SUPA-SAFE

[paulg]

The Brady-Bunch thread brought back a memory.
Dad worked for Hotpoint. Occasionally he'd bring home a box of very generic washing machine power named "SUPA-SAFE".
It worked... no big deal.
Does anyone remember this stuff called SUPA-SAFE ?

 

[paulg]

Apparently not.

Ho-hum. Nobody reads my threads... <deep sigh>
It's 10:25PM. I'll go and finish my glass of wine.
It's been a long day... and maybe if someone wanted to talk I'll tell them all about my trip this week to BENTON HARBOR regarding clothes-dryer technical issues.
...But maybe some other time, when I'm invited to a WASH-IN!
Alas, they'd never know I wanted to attend since nobody reads my threads <deeper, long sigh>.
Maybe I'll lay out my beloved ABC (Altorfer Bros) sales literature and take solace that tomorrow IS another day.
(Drama queen takes a bow. This thread closed. )

 

[scott55405]

Paul, to answer your question, I have not heard of that product. It's interesting to hear about it though, and that it worked. What did your father do for Hotpoint?

You don't need to be invited to a wash-in. They are well-publicized events that to my knowledge anyone is welcome to attend. Particularly since you live in the midwest where there are a fair number of members, you're bound to come across one you can attend at some point, even if you don't have the means to travel extensively. I am sure there are a lot of people that would enjoy seeing your ABC literature.

Threads come and go and travel at different speeds. Give people a chance to approach you and become your friend. Throwing a pity party and posting all about it for all to see is not the way to go about doing that. I am sorry if that last statement coming from someone you don't know seems harsh, but I'm saying it for your own good. I've been there myself and Lord knows I've had more than my share of issues of all kinds, including the kind you seem to be having right now. I know it's not always easy to pull yourself up and look at the world another way, and you may fall on your face a bunch of times first, but I will say that it's nice enough on the other side of all that to give it a try.

Get a good night's rest, and think about it tomorrow.

 

[panthera]

Paul,

darling, we all run on different schedules here. I frequently have a lag of, no, not the 8 hours you would expect, but several days - even and especially on links which I have either started or which interest me.
It is easy to feel ignored or offended; but with very few exceptions - most everybody here is interested in most everything anyone has to say.
It's just, at that hour of the night the only folks online are likely to be the UK crowd...many (tho' not all) of whom are rather choosy with whom and over which topics they associate and, a bit later, the rest of Europe. Most of the Europeans are very interested in everything and everybody but the language barrier does somewhat limit many of us in participating actively.
I have only a vague recollection of Supa-Safe, and that, I believe, from a trip to Canada many years ago. Benton Harbor sticks out in my mind for their Voice of Music turntables and HI-FI systems. A lot of their Tri-o-matics and following are now coming up on their recommended 40 year lube and clean checkups...
As for the wash-ins, well, I doubt there are very many folks here who have more controversial opinions than I have and, everyone - including those in the UK who most diligently disagree with my every statement - have gone out of their way to make me feel welcome.
So lighten up a bit, take a bow, and give us a chance, will'ya?
(Put another way, we don't know you well enough to hate you!)
))

 

[paulg]

The limitations of e-mail

Thank you for your kind words. I unfortunately stumbled into a characteristic of e-mail that I easily forget.
The thread was written with the intention of humor. Unfortunately, the e-mail (which, in retrospect was not perfectly written) distilled out the humor and tongue-in-cheek intention leaving me sounding desperate.
So... THANK YOU! for reminding me of the kind "tone" that exists on this website.
I will pay closer attention to how I write things and advise y'all that I'm not as pitiful as my writings may have eluded to. Someday we'll meet and laugh at the mess (if remembered).
But thank you too for the reminder that this website is populated by classy,kind people who are looking for a respectable platform to "connect". That is one reason why I return time and time again.

 

[chestermikeuk]

Hello Paul

Welcome from across the pond, its a FAB club, but dont believe everything you read in print, it is difficult to pick up the nuances of email etc....we come in all shapes, sizes, creed & statures, but most of all in friendship & peace ...yes even from the UK...Lol

Looking forward to seeing the literature about ABC etc...

Cheers, Mike

 

[petek]

Yes even Brits fart (but with an accent) LOL

 

[cehalstead]

glass of wine....

.....maybe if you had said, "...finish my glass of wHine", we would have caught the humor.....

 

[spiralator60]

Hello Paul

Do you know where SUPA-SAFE was produced? Years ago, up to the mid 1980s, there was a line of locally (Southern California) produced soaps and detergents that were also distributed across the US. I don't know for certain, but this might have been one of the regional brand names for the product. The company that manufactured them was called the Pacific Soap Co., of Los Angeles.

The detergent here was called Vogue, and the heavy duty soap was called Citrus. These were budget priced, as I remember, and were just OK when it came to cleaning anything that was not too dirty. It was not uncommon to see these brand products used by food service workers, janitors, and other commercial/industrial places. Even so, both the detergent and soap were fairly high sudsing, which meant that my mother rarely used the box of Vogue she had. It has been over twenty years since I last saw it or its direct budget competitor, White King D, on store shelves anywhere.

 

[paulg]

Thank you for the info

Thanks for the info. It makes complete sense that this basic soap or detergent was economically produced for (at least) the commercial market.
I remember the high sudsing (but prefer the name VOGUE).
Thanks again. I can now get restful sleep.
SPIRALATOR seems to know a lot about this obscure soap. Did he work in that segment of industry? Hmmm? Hmmm?

... and I'll stay away from the wHine..

 

[cehalstead]

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[spiralator60]

Vogue

Hi Paul,

No, I have never worked in the soap industry. Over the years, I have spent more than a little time (like others in the club) checking out the laundry aisle in the stores and supermarkets, as well as personally experimenting with the different brands and products.

Citrus soap could always be found at the sink in the school cafeteria. I once asked the cafeteria supervisor about this, and she said that it was a basic product that the school district bought in bulk for general use. This was probably the reason that Vogue was used in some of the home economics classes at the time (mid 1970s). The reason that I know about this is because my aunt was a home econ teacher.

Some teachers used Vogue, and many others did not, as it was especially difficult to rinse out of clothes if too much of it was used. Can you imagine the suds cakes that there were because of careless students? This was more of a problem for the washers in the classrooms, though, as suds lock was a common problem and machines were often out of commission for extended periods of time while waiting to get them repaired. The solution, according to my aunt, was to use a less budget-friendly low sudsing product, and to keep a closer eye on what the students were doing. For the most part, what was finally used was All, Dash, or one of the store brands found in the larger supermarkets.