A wringer would not need a suds saver since you removed each load from the wash water and rinsed in separate tubs or sinks while washing successive loads in the same water with additional detergent or soap thrown in to keep the dirt in suspension. Suds saver features sought to emulate the hot water savings of wringer machines because at the time automatics were introduced, many homes did not have huge supplies of domestic hot water for top loaders especially with a warm rinse. Consumer Reports like to have had a bird over the amount of hot water the Bendix Home Laundry used when they first tested it. They weren't sure that every home would have enough hot water to meet its requirements and the narrative went steadily downhill from there.
"Like to have had" is Southern for almost had. A variation is "I thought so-and-so was gonna have a bird" to indicate extreme excitement, pleasure, shock, anger etc.
"Like to have had" is Southern for almost had. A variation is "I thought so-and-so was gonna have a bird" to indicate extreme excitement, pleasure, shock, anger etc.
