Designgeek
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When I was a little kid we had one of those with the raised control panel, a few key-shaped pushbuttons on the left, the dial on the right with white lettering on a black background, the words V-12 in the middle, black agitator, and white plastic filter-flo thingie. That one I do remember; the ones we had later, I don't remember clearly. The reason this one stuck in my memory is because I recall being about 6 years old and trying to figure out the lettering on the dial, and thinking that the "12" setting was for 12 lbs, so the other markings were for various sizes of loads rather than for initial wash time.
As for people losing their clothes through the gap under the control panel: what really happened during the Consumer Reports tests was that a bunch of pesky squirrels kept sneaking in from outside, hiding behind the washer, and popping up behind the raised control panels to snarf a sock now and then to use for making their nests. Such crafty squirrels, only popping up to make their mischief when the CR testing guy turned his back for a moment!
As for people losing their clothes through the gap under the control panel: what really happened during the Consumer Reports tests was that a bunch of pesky squirrels kept sneaking in from outside, hiding behind the washer, and popping up behind the raised control panels to snarf a sock now and then to use for making their nests. Such crafty squirrels, only popping up to make their mischief when the CR testing guy turned his back for a moment!