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toggleswitch

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Took a weekend to go visit a friendd in his new summer place at lake Wallenpaupack in the Pocono Mountains, PA. It was my first time in a modular home (read: glorified trailer.) The house itself is two pieces that arrives on its own wheels, then is bolted together on the site and then attached to the utilities. Teh wheels are removed and it is moored to the earth , with a "skirt" added. It was actually a lovely large 3-bedroom home.
 
During our stay we went antiquing. Here is what I saw.

(Can you guess what I did behind the barns? )

This was a country store along a rather large main route.
The proprietor was a very nice and attentive young man.

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Country Store

Machine #2

.. and this concludes our tour of the Gain-A-Day time and work saving NEW electric servant.

Plesae keep all hands inside the rides at all times.

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Country Store

I spoke with he proprietor and gave him this website name and address and informed him of the market for such collectibles, and of course our predilection for automatic versions.
Pending his approval I will post the contct info publically.

In that area there is no bulk pick-up day for such large things, but there is a "Spring Clean-up Day" where the whole area dumps larger things. I will follow-up with him to see when that day occurs and to see if he got his hands on anything we would want.

If anyone wants to get the tel # and address of this store now, write to me and I will dis-seminate. (sp?)
 
and now, pics of the modern automatics That came with the house that was built 1993/1994

Stove and Ref. Magic Chef and GE, REspectively.

The stove came bolted to the floor and the ref also has that, plus a bracket securing it to the wall.

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IMHO- And now for the most health-endangering appliance of them all.

This house is all-electric which is a pricey energy cost but do-able in Pennsylvania.

The elderly couple before the present owner added an UNVENTED propane-fired gas heater, to boost comofort and control costs. (Another reason may have been the baseboard-style electic heaters throughout have thermostats on the units themselves (right at floor level) making adjustments to temperature a PITA.

I implored the owner to avoid using it and to get a vented heater instead.

Next to the gas heater is a pre-packaged wood-burning fireplace with a heat recovery fan.

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Unvented Propane Gas Heater

Boo-hiss!!!

Death by carbon-monoxide and water vapor(which leads to mold growth.)

We wont even discuass the yellow film that will engulf eveything eventually.

The 2 x 4 wooden studs behind it keep it away from flammable surgface. Come to think of it, metal here might make a bit more sense. LOL

Actually I hope this heater was used only for black-out situations, but then what is wrong with the wood-burning fireplace for that?

And yes, I could not wait to get home to central-air and WHITE switches and outlets, WHITE curtains, WHITE blinds WHITE mouldings, and WHITE appliances.

Beige upon beige upon almond (appliances) upon wood-tones, upon paneling. OMG I can only take so much. LOL !!!!!!

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