Retromania: I'm sure DADoES will correct me if I’m wrong, but to me it looks like the dispensers inside the lid of a Maytag Neptune TL washer, and yes it fills through the lid. I was going to say the GE Dispense All fills thru the lid, but it doesn’t. It just flushes recirculation water thru the lid after it’s washing or rinsing.
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What got me fascinated with laundry machinery…
I don’t know that there is a single moment that I can pin point. I have just always been fascinated with anything mechanical, but for some reason I was always drawn to washing machines, just like a moth to a porch light.
As far back as I can remember, whenever my family would go visit anyone, I would always seek out the laundry room and the washing machine.
A few short stories….
(The following occurred when I was between the ages of 5 or 6 thru 9 or so.)
I remember visiting a woman’s home when and finding a Philco or Bendix combo in the laundry room (of course I had no idea what it was at the time). I can’t remember if it was already running or if the woman started it for me, but I did hear / see it humming along. I think it was drying now that I think about it.
During a visit to another home I discovered a green Hoover twin tub in their garage. I thought it was so cute that I wanted to take it home! However I was stopped by my mother after I wheeled it down the driveway in and attempted to load it in our car.
I don’t remember exactly how it was acquired, but I ended up with a (1950’s?) gas dryer sitting outside in my back yard (we didn’t have a clothes dryer until many, many, many years later). I now know it was gas because I was able to plug it into an extension cord and make it work. Anyway… I remember climbing inside it and me telling my brother to turn it on. I think I only did 2 or 3 revolutions before I told him to turn it off. Another time, OK a few times, I tried to turn it into a front load washer. I added clothes and stuck in the garden hose in an attempt to fill it with water. Of course it never held any water, but all the clothes got wet and it sounded like one of the newest FL washers (almost no water), IF you had the door open.
Also, at some point within this time, after asking to have one, then begging and begging and begging… my parents bought me a Suzy Homemaker battery powered washer for Christmas. I can’t even begin to tell you how many sets of “D” batteries I went through…. LOL I played with it and played with it and played with it until the “transmission” finally broke.
I almost forgot to add… Every time we would go to my grand parent’s house, I would go to the “back porch” to see if my grandmother was doing laundry. If so, I would always sit and watch her early 50’s Westinghouse slant front washer do it’s thing. She would ALWAYS chase me out of there… but I usually found my way back…. that is until she would get really angry and bring out the “switch” and swat me with it! I fondly remember the smell of the hot water and either Dash or ALL detergent!
Then about 2.5 – 3 years ago after my relationship ended, a free washer presented itself and that was the beginning of my…. now extensive collection!
Kevin[this post was last edited: 6/8/2011-14:32]
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What got me fascinated with laundry machinery…
I don’t know that there is a single moment that I can pin point. I have just always been fascinated with anything mechanical, but for some reason I was always drawn to washing machines, just like a moth to a porch light.
As far back as I can remember, whenever my family would go visit anyone, I would always seek out the laundry room and the washing machine.
A few short stories….
(The following occurred when I was between the ages of 5 or 6 thru 9 or so.)
I remember visiting a woman’s home when and finding a Philco or Bendix combo in the laundry room (of course I had no idea what it was at the time). I can’t remember if it was already running or if the woman started it for me, but I did hear / see it humming along. I think it was drying now that I think about it.
During a visit to another home I discovered a green Hoover twin tub in their garage. I thought it was so cute that I wanted to take it home! However I was stopped by my mother after I wheeled it down the driveway in and attempted to load it in our car.
I don’t remember exactly how it was acquired, but I ended up with a (1950’s?) gas dryer sitting outside in my back yard (we didn’t have a clothes dryer until many, many, many years later). I now know it was gas because I was able to plug it into an extension cord and make it work. Anyway… I remember climbing inside it and me telling my brother to turn it on. I think I only did 2 or 3 revolutions before I told him to turn it off. Another time, OK a few times, I tried to turn it into a front load washer. I added clothes and stuck in the garden hose in an attempt to fill it with water. Of course it never held any water, but all the clothes got wet and it sounded like one of the newest FL washers (almost no water), IF you had the door open.
Also, at some point within this time, after asking to have one, then begging and begging and begging… my parents bought me a Suzy Homemaker battery powered washer for Christmas. I can’t even begin to tell you how many sets of “D” batteries I went through…. LOL I played with it and played with it and played with it until the “transmission” finally broke.
I almost forgot to add… Every time we would go to my grand parent’s house, I would go to the “back porch” to see if my grandmother was doing laundry. If so, I would always sit and watch her early 50’s Westinghouse slant front washer do it’s thing. She would ALWAYS chase me out of there… but I usually found my way back…. that is until she would get really angry and bring out the “switch” and swat me with it! I fondly remember the smell of the hot water and either Dash or ALL detergent!
Then about 2.5 – 3 years ago after my relationship ended, a free washer presented itself and that was the beginning of my…. now extensive collection!
Kevin[this post was last edited: 6/8/2011-14:32]