old style miele machine

[foraloysius]

Hebban olla vogala nestas hagunnan hinase hic anda thu, wat

Actually Dutch is a rather old language, the sentence above is the oldest written one that was found. It's too simple to say that is a modern form of middle age German or a combination of French, German and English. The basis of the languages in this part of Europe is a West Germanic (not German) language. There are also the dialects that were spoken overhere and Latin that had it's influence on the Dutch language.

And the meaning of the first sentence? All birds are nestling, what are we waiting for?

 

[foraloysius]

Now back to washers, I won't push my luck!

Ralf, I haven't found an exact picture of the WA565, but did it look like the machines in this picture?

 

[foraloysius]

And Theo,

Did your mother's Bauknecht look like this?

 

[foraloysius]

Now I am posting pictures, I'd better post a picture of a Philips toploader as well. Just for memories sake, don't get nightmares Ralf! ;-)

An aunt of mine had this particular machine and although it never ran when I was able to look at it, I was totally fascinated by it. I loved the big dial and the row of pushbuttons and the glass lid was intriguing too.

 

[mielabor]

Ralf,
You are a lingual expert, knowing so many languages. However, I think that it is difficult to judge your native language against others. The native language will always be different from languages that you learn at a later age. This is why e.g. in the European Union translators always translate from another language into their native language and not vice versa.

About our history you are partially right. Yes, we gained independence in 1648, not from Germany but from Spain after an 80-year war. (see link)

Now about the commercial: how interesting, in those days TOL meant less choices: everything was already pre-programmed. Nowadays TOL means the opposite: the more knobs the better!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_Revolt

 

[mielabor]

Askomiele,
I wouldn't say that Dutch is a mixture from German, English and French. German, English and Dutch have evolved from common origins, but those origins could neither be called German, English or Dutch. French is less related to German, English or Dutch, but more to Italian, Portuguese and Spanish.

And we are drifting further and further away...

http://www.ned.univie.ac.at/publicaties/taalgeschiedenis/en/

 

[mielabor]

It is getting busy here...

Louis,
I see that you commented on the history of the Dutch language while I was still preparing an answer!

Now back to laundryland: No that is not the Bauknecht washing machine that my mother had although it has some similarities. It is a pity that the outer door is closed. The machine in your picture looks older. My parents bought it in the beginning of the 1970's. The front was all white and there was only one program/timer knob to operate the machine. The detergent dispenser was located on top of the machine and had a white plastic lid. One thing looks familiar though: the button to open the outer door (red rectangular button above the upper left corner of the door). In the black round area of this knob you could insert a simple key or screwdriver to activate a child's lock.

 

[foraloysius]

Theo,

In those days Bauknecht produced a lot of models, I have a lot of pictures, but probably not the right one. Here's one that must come close, but the door opener isn't red.

 

[foraloysius]

Here's a picture of another picture of another Bauknecht from the seventies. This one has two controls, but it does have the red push button for the door.

 

[mielabor]

Louis,
I didn't know that there were that many models. First about the door opener button: I have thought about this and now I am not sure whether it was red as in the first picture or orange or grey. Now your second example (Programm '75) looks more familiar to me. I recognise the big alumium knob of the timer and the aluminium operating panel above the door, but to the left of the knob there is a round dial (?) that I do not remember and the outer door didn't open that way. The machine in the last picture has an outer door and detergent dispenser that are similar to that of my mother's machine, but the operating panel and knobs are different. If I had to make a choice I would choose model no. 2 (Programm '75) for having the most similarity with my mothers machine. That would also mean that the machine could have been bought around 1975 and that is somewhat later than I imagined.

 

[foraloysius]

Theo,

The brochure is from 1975, but it's possible that this particular model was sold earlier.

 

[lederstiefel1]

ohh my gooosh

Where to start?????
Wasn't here because my mother in law had died and we had to go to the funeral...
But ok will start...
The language!
Well it's actually true that the languages drift apart furtehr and further...although e are coming to gether in Europe closer and closer!
The story with Spain I know also but thought that the Netherlands were during the middle-ages a part of the First German Realm, wasn't it? This old sentence you wrote here is quite understandable if you read it twice or thrice!
Concerneing the Belgium Dutch: I do not understand enough Dutch to see the dfferences, for me both seem to be the same....although they aren't, I know! Thanks for the links - very interesting!
Concerning the pic of the control-panel: that's it!!!
The Bauknecht machines: It must have bee one of the left ones (first or second row from front) as far as I remember!
And Luis, that is exactly the bloody Philips I was talking about!!!
Did I forget somebody??
Ralf