You Know You're A Member of AW When...

[maytagbear]

when setting up a NEW computer,

the first place you come after the antiviral site is here.

Lawrence/Maytagbear

I now owe my soul to best buy

 

[daveamkrayoguy]

You damn yourself for not peeking in the back of the hair salon where the washer & dryer for washing the linen are, (hey, there's a dryer vent, often blowing heat stickin' outta that part o' the buildin'!) though you have the perfect opportunity while the stylist is waiting on the last customer before you get waited on, and then promise you'll try to the next time you go in...

 

Trouble is, I'm still trying to get my hair to grow real long (guys, when are we going to have a HAIR THREAD??--that stuff isn't just for girls, you know!) and I just go in every month/every two-months for a trim & recently switched to the salon that's at my work; the person I usually go to who operates her business from her home might soon be retiring... And I'm up on the stuff at her housed--the washer & dryer she does her own laundry in, but--Damn!--when she had a place she had her hair business in, that had a washer & dryer in the basement that I never got to see...

 

 

-- Dave

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[revvinkevin]

You know your an AW member when...

... a friend has a birthday cake like this made for you!

 

[joeekaitis]

. . . you're a better cook than your wife, and she's the first to mention it to new acquaintances.

 

[daveamkrayoguy]

A True Story, Seaway Hosp. More than 30-Years-Ago:

Your grandpa is in the hospital, you go there w/ your grandmother & li'l sister and then want to see the hospital's kitchen & laundry, dragging those two with you to peek through whatever doors & windows you can look through--yeh, the room where the dirty laundry gets sorted was DISGUSTING!!!!--to get a glimpse at the APPLIANCES they use!

 

(And unfortunately, the Three Musketeers candy from the cafeteria vending machine had a "hospital food flavor", while the red pop (Strawberry?, Cherry?) that my sis & I got, also had a very disagreeable, "Throw it all away!" taste...)

 

Grandpa luckily got better...

 

 

-- Dave

 

[delaneymeegan]

When:

Some of your favorite Saved Searches on Ebay are for decades old appliances, and those searches have been focused, to find just the right items to meet your specific needs...... and checking your search can be rated as one of lifes great pleasures.

When you not only buy appliances you find on line, you worry about their safe arrival. You wonder: 'should I have contacted the seller and asked them to double package?' .... just in case.

You make a video of unpacking appliances and/or showing them in operation, not so much as a How-to video, but more like the pics taken of a child at a graduation ceremony, then post it for the world to see what an appliance loving freak you are proud to be.

My recent ..... graduate. I'm so proud. ;-)

http://https//youtu.be/zZt-TWddHDg

 

[beekeyknee]

You're away from home, you realize your membership has run out, you have to remember your Pay Pal password so you can renew your membership on your iPad because you don't want to miss anything on AW.org and AW.org deserves your donation more than most sites or at least it ranks pretty high for me.

Some people that post in this forum have found it acceptable to be hyper-critical and occasionally down right rude to the point of causing apathy among other members. I know several members or former members that no longer post because a few that behave in this manner. It's sad when a very small number of members are so rude or lack the proper communication skills to participate in a forum that they ruin the free exchange of ideas and information. I considered not renewing my membership because of this behavior, but I love the site so much that I'm going to give it another try and hope that the the people causing dissent will tone it down a bit. I hope these members will realize who they are if they care anything at all about AW.

I know this is drifting way off topic but I feel like it might be a good place to comment. We owe our web masters, Robert and Fred a great deal of gratitude. Even though I haven't met them yet, I hope to some day. I've watched from afar via YouTube, AW and Vaccumland. Thank you for all you do.

Brian[this post was last edited: 10/24/2015-14:44]

 

[delaneymeegan]

We owe our web masters, Robert and Fred ...

Your so right, Brian. AW has come a long way since it started, thanks to Robert's, and other's hard work.

Anyone who's been a long term member of this group, or similar type 'collector' groups, recognizes that each member has an idealistic bank of memories that bring them pleasure. It's like we come together for the sake of saying "hey, remember when....... and didn't that make us feel great". And that's great.

IMHO, It seems that people who, like myself, are idealist, tend to be very intelligent, but sometimes the intelligence comes at the expense of personal skills or other life skills. One simply needs to understand that one persons idealistic views may not mesh with others, or there may be a generation gap. But respect for others views is universal.

I'm so grateful for the work of Robert and others who've put together this wonderful platform. I know it's helped me to appreciate my interests and to understand other people interests. I've learned so much about appliances and other interesting information. So many wonderful people here and so much information as a result.

 

[joeekaitis]

. . . when your wife likens your behavior to a demented obsessed chess master while you're loading the dishwasher.

 

[daveamkrayoguy]

re: Post# 847257 , Reply# 83

You actually remember the mostly-burnt out florescent lights in the ceiling of that yucky dirty laundry sorting room at that hospital--and the smell that hit you, as well as clearly remember the whatever appliances you saw in the kitchen & laundry there...!

 

You're open to ancient appliances that were invented even before there was electricity to run them--as well as stuff made in Asia, Africa, Australia, Europe and places over-seas--even if most of 'em really aren't the Neo-Modern Big Hunk O' America you're used to seeing, but you do like just as much...

 

 

-- Dave

[this post was last edited: 10/26/2015-01:01]

 

[turquoisedude]

You're on a plane.   The captain announces turbulence ahead. The plane rocks, rolls, shakes, and starts to careen out of control. The flight crew plea for help - the pilot and co-pilot have been gravely injured.  You bravely leap out of your seat and struggle to the cockpit.  You bravely throw the door open, grab the radio and scream: "MAYTAG! MAYTAG! MAYTAG!"

 

[countryguy]

LOL @ turquoisedude

 

[askolover]

When you're working a stretch

and can't get online there due to the firewall, but you are just dying to find out who's ranting this week about how bad modern HE washers and dishwashers are.  Then on off days you sit in front of the computer eating a bag of candy while reading all the responses (and laughing so hard almost wet your pants)! ! ! !

 

ducks and runs.....!

 

[volvoguy87]

When.

You have more than one laundry room and still have appliances in storage.
You have more washers / dryers than you have loads of laundry per week.
You have more than 3 types of detergent, and use all of them.
You cook on your Chambers range and pitty the unfortunate souls who only have a Wolf or Viking.
Your refrigerator's referigerant is neither R12 nor R134a.
You know what refrigerant your refrigerator uses.
You have more than one dishwasher.
You have more than one dishwasher, and you use them!
You use appliances (plural!) with cloth cords.
You have replaced one appliance with an older model.
You yearn for features that used to exist, but are no longer on the market (foot pedals to open dryers and refrigerators!).
You believe washer and dryer consoles should always be lit.
You are in any way bothered by new appliances that last less than 7 years.
You know what a dryer sprinkler is.
You use a dryer sprinkler.
You won't use a washing machine unless you can clean its lint filter.

And finally:
You have the cleanest laundry of everyone you know!

Dave

 

[joeekaitis]

. . . an entree, side dish or dessert is deemed "for VERY special occasions ONLY" because a utensil or cooking vessel required to prepare it isn't dishwasher-safe.

 

[thomasortega]

You know you're an aw.org member when...

..you're almost married to another member and you knew each other thanks to an specific washer model you posted almost three years ago.

 

[delaneymeegan]

Aww, that's sweet Thomasortega. Love in the laundry room. I like that.

 

[thomasortega]

Thanks. And yes, everything started right here a little bit over 2 years ago and a few hours ago se were exchanging emails about finger size (for the ring) and how we are going to use the last name.

I won't tell who's Mr. Right because he's discreet. if he wants, he'll tell here.

But our closer friends in the group could follow our love and wash story since the beginning.

 

[daveamkrayoguy]

One side of the Temperature Selector on your dryer's control panel is too far from the other, so you coordinate your loads so you don't have to go far from one Temperature to the other (Highest to Lowest, Lowest to Highest) eg.

 

DELICATE  LOW  MEDIUM HIGH

 

In other words, I go from Delicate to Medium, High to Low, Low to Medium or Vice-versa, in the above... (I can get this system to work, believe me, I've done it a life-long time since getting this dryer, before!)

 

-- Dave

 

[daveamkrayoguy]

You go through another extreme: "Appliance Siting"--STALKING, rather!

Yes, spied through a kitchen window in my in-laws' neighborhood, and on a wall, A DOUBLE-OVEN BLACK GLASS DOOR!  The four KNOBS were the first most-noticed...  Then the ANALOG timer w/ start-stop and the digital clock--a rotating kind, NOT any LED's...

 

And the brand, most-likely? (I didn't get THAT close, but could easily identify) a GENERAL ELECTRIC... (Not just GE!)

 

 

-- Dave