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Back to St-Liboire....

And I am still catching up with laundry there.   I really, really need a second (or third) washer/dryer hookup here!!  How dare the builder of this house not have anticipated that someone might eventually need that capacity.... 

 

The good news is that the 'Ladies of St-Liboire' are coping with the extra workload nicely.  And I am totally impressed that the dryer dried the load of towels completely in just ONE automatic cycle!    I hope the person who now has that Magic Chef dryer I used to have in the Montreal apartment isn't too disappointed... LOL 

 

Must test the automatic cycle on the '59 Imperial...  I've heard nothing but good things about it!

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I already made the suggestion to add a few machines in the basement but there are no drains so far! I think a pump would be required.
 
Yes... that lack of plumbing in the basement is pretty distressing.  I think that's why Hubby chose this house over the one with the 'showroom' garage.... LOL 

 

This long weekend's project will be to replace the drain hose on that '59 Frigidaire Custom Imperial washer AND put some kind of a lint filter into the '59 Frigidaire Imperial dryer.  I did a wash test with the washer last week and had issues draining the final rinse water.  My theory is that the elongated loop in the drain hose is not my friend.  I'll be posting results next week (I no longer have internet access down in Ogden but now have tons of bandwidth in St-Lib).  Stay tuned!!
 
turquoisedude, have a general question not related to your Kenmore's. Does "HUBBY" run the entire show or do you guys share, or perhaps I am missing something.....? EVERY post you write is about what "Hubby" does, wants, needs, agrees, disagrees, discloses, nondisclosure, blah blah blah. Sounds like you might me a tad on the battered wife syndrome side and jealous? Just curious?

--Steve
 
Steve, to be fair to Paul's partner. I think he just doesn't want their common space to be completely invaded by appliances, and Paul knows it makes sense! Sometimes, he probably wishes Chris let him do whatever he wants but he knows it's not the best thing and it could lead to disasters in the long term.

 

I don't have a hubby or a wife to take care of that and I have to admit that I got the things a bit out of control myself! When you get so many appliances that you need to rent a space to park your cars, that you can't use your appliances or work on them (or on your cars) in the garage because appliances are stacking up, it becomes a problem!

 

And when you are at the point where you have two washer/dryer sets in your bedroom, it can be fun but it's a problem too! A few weeks ago, one of my washers leaked on my bedroom floor and a simple fix (removing my own hair from between the impeller and the seal in a Rollermatic) became a challenge because of the lack of space I had to work on it!
 
Oh May, either you're not married or not married long enough. After 20+ yrs together my husband runs everything. He rants, raves and I go along doing what ever the hell I want! That what a relationship is, one who makes the rules and one who totally ignores them.
 
That's probably because you are both able to control yourself and get rid of things before they pile up! Like Donald, Paul also happens to collect Christmas lights (and small appliances, and cookware, and large appliances and magazines...).

 While it definitely takes some space, he manages to hide the Christmas lights away from the view most of the year, it's harder to hide the large appliances!

 

And as far as I know, Chris doesn't collect anything except maybe National Geographic magazines (something I also have...) because they'd be in trouble or they'd need more houses/garages to store everything!

 

Imagine if you collected houses, not to rent them but just to live in them alternately! There would be a point where you couldn't afford it and you probably wouldn't want more as it would become very complicated to keep them maintained and pay for the bills!
 
I've always thought Paul's references to "hubby" were a bit of self-deprecating humor. I don't know him but clearly he has a good relationship with "hubby" or this wouldn't have gone on for so long.

I've gotten a ton of vicarious enjoyment from reading about his finds and his repair and restoration attempts, documented here for our amusement and instruction.

It seems to me that we have fewer restoration threads than we used to. A lot of people don't take the time to document what they're doing the way Paul does, AND he freely admits he is oftentimes over his head. That's really encouraging for us non-experts!
 
Love the 1965 Lady Kenmore's

Those turquoise Lady Kenmore's are beautiful machines. The right amount of chrome, the controls and the lighted dashboard, why can't we make stuff like that anymore. To me, there is no style or class to the modern machines. Thanks for sharing your collection, brings back memories.
 
Be glad for a "voice of reason" in the household.

It's been a couple years since I ran off the last live in harpy, so things have definately gotten a bit out of hand around here. Not that I really mind, but it causes potential playmates of the female variety to wig out. They just can't fathom why I would have 3 stoves in my kitchen, 2 hooked up and working, one just sitting there. A pair of old side dial Newton Maytags and a wringer in the washroom and several glassback center dials in the garage. I pulled up the disintergrating shag carpet 10 years ago and never got around to putting anything over the concrete ...yet. They always ask why I don't buy a "real" refrigerator when the 1954 GE works just fine. They also find it odd to have a disassembled Sportster transmission on the kitchen table or a coke machine, a kegorator and a tube tester in the den. You can hardly see the pool table for all the vintage motorcycle parts. They eventually make their way to the bedroom or bathroom and spot the AK-47 leaning against the dresser, not out of paranoia or anything, but because it just never made it's way back to the closet....yet. My formal living room furniture consists a computer and a Joe Wieder gym. Just think, this could be you without that pesky, sometimes annoying, voice of reason. Me? I'll probably sell this pad and buy a barn / warehouse out in the sticks. More room for cool old stuff.
 
Turquoise

is my favorite by far....but "hubby" refuses to let me do the turquoise thing...I'll give him that one!  BUT....when we get a bigger house I'm GOING to find me something turquoise too.  Don't get me wrong, I rule the roost but sometimes it's easier to let him "think" he does!  He says "one does not argue with the Queen!"  I just laugh and tell him "maybe so, unless he's the King!"
 

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