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

[frigilux]

We are a rather unique group, passionate and opinionated about subjects (appliances/laundry/laundry products) the general population rarely gives a second thought.

So, which qualities/behaviors/thought processes/quirks/obsessions epitomize AW enthusiasts?

I'll start:

"You know you're a member of AW when you purposely stain a bunch of flour sack dish towels with a dozen different stains to test detergents."[this post was last edited: 9/2/2015-08:50]

 

[turquoisedude]

"You know you're a member of AW when.... you spending more time deciding WHICH vintage washer to use than on actually sorting laundry"

 

Don't laugh too much... this does happen to me fairly often!   * giggle *

 

[DADoES]

 
When you have 1 washer and 1 dryer in your laundry room, 2 washers in your master bath, 1 washer in your master BR closet, a dishwasher and dryer on your patio, and 25+ appliances in your garage.

 

[frigilux]

When you see a photo of a mid-1950's Westinghouse dishwasher and know that particular machine was the one year Westy employed a metal rather than Bakelite impeller (tomturbomatic).

 

[turquoisedude]

...When your version of the alphabet is as follows:  K=1953, L=1954, M=1955, N=1956   etc....   LOL 

 

[hoovermad]

When you browse the domestic appliances for sale on eBay several times a day just in case you find "treasure "

 

[mikael3]

When people ask you about old movies and TV shows, and you describe all the great appliances but can’t remember the plot!

 

[abcomatic]

When you still go into appliance stores and know more than the salesman selling the washer and driers and tell him so.

 

[chachp]

When you..

<span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">find youself "recklessly" dirty-ing extra bowls, pans, dishes and utensils because you can't wait to hear the roar of your vintage dishwasher.  That's of course after you decide which one you'll use that day.</span>

 

<span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">Or even worse, when you just run it empty because you can't wait.</span>

 

[gusherb]

When you just woke up from a dream and realize you don't have a KitchenAid KDS-17 or 18 in your kitchen... Or when you eagerly count the days until it's "the big" laundry day again, then wash every possible thing in the house dirty or clean and watch the washer through every cycle.

 

[maytagbear]

When........

"Normal" people laugh at you behind your back, but you can, and do, tell them that the Thor Automagic that they had been "eww gross-ing" has separate tubs for dishes and clothes, and that shuts them up right quick!!

Lawrence/Maytagbear[this post was last edited: 9/2/2015-13:41]

 

[whirlpolf]

when your landlord...

...asks you: "So why would a single person need 5 washers? Isn't that 4 too many?" (happened here last month) and, not even thinking about it, you hear yourself answering: "Nope, that is 4 x 4 too few of them".

Or when a friend comes up and says: "Hey soap wizard, I got under my truck, My hands are ok, but what can you do about that stained sweater?"

Or when your brother in law calls you from 300 km away and says: "Got that weekly leaflet of xyz market here. Three models here, priced almost identically, which one?"

 

[frigilux]

When you could win on Jeopardy if the answer to the Daily Double was "What is a BobLoad."
[this post was last edited: 9/2/2015-12:39]

 

[turquoisedude]

...when everyone else in the room goes deathly quiet after someone informs you that their new dishwasher/washer/dryer is so much better than anything built in the 1950s.  

 

[goatfarmer]

When you see a picture of a vintage machine, and remember when they were new.

 

Or you drive around to the back of every Lowes you pass by.

 

[revvinkevin]

You know you're a member of AW when....

 

 

.... you have the ability to wash six loads of laundry at the SAME time... in YOUR OWN home!

 

 >> OR << 

 

.... you have somehow acquired more than 50 washers, dryers, washer/dryer combos, twin-tubs and wringers that date back as far as 1949 or 1950.

 

 

  

 

[foraloysius]

You know you're a member of AW when....

you're apologizing for the fact that the washing machine in the livingroom isn't connected.

 

[alr2903]

You have childhood memories of a trip to "the car" with embarrassed parents because you terrorized the appliance department of a store. An awful  behavior reminiscent of ADHD, OCD, demon possession & steroids. 

 

[lordkenmore]

You visit the laundry detergent aisle even though you have no need for detergent.

You have several different laundry detergents in your laundry room.

A difficult decision to make when washing clothes: what detergent do I use today?

 

[washman]

When you upload

vids of your washer to YouTube and then send the link to everyone you know.

 

[ladorosh]

...when every appliance purchase involves eBay, Craiglist or the Goodwill...and ANOTHER conversation with the hubby about why vintage is so much better....

 

[luxflairguy]

Brun,
You've got nothing else to do and so you go to the store just to see what's new in the laundry aisle. Who cares about veggies and fruit!

 

[henene4]

...

When you're in a laundromat and just can't stop slamming your head against the wall.

When you just know 3 rinses aren't enough.

When you know what the washer will do - before IT SELF does.

When you take 15 minutes thinking about a better arrangement of the dishes in a DW.

When you look at a washer in a store and the sales person comes up, asking "Can I help you?" and you just want to say "I think with me it rather should be the other way around!"

When you just can't go without the smell of laundry right from the dryer.

When you know basicly any washer on the market.

And, finaly, if you are proud to have AW.org as shortcut in your browser.

 

[daveamkrayoguy]

When you can make the bed WITHOUT your wife's help and DON'T feel 'Unmanly' about it! -- Dave

 

[lordkenmore]

When you do everything you possibly can do--and then some--to avoid Walmart, and yet stop by for a quick visit just to see the new Persil detergent line.

 

[whirlykenmore78]

I have a few:

1. You are excited for a trip to the laundromat.
2. You can't walk through a Sears, Best Buy or Menard's without looking @ the appliances.
3. You had a MAJOR crush on the Ecolab rep who services your work's dishmachine. (HOLY S#!T could she make a lab coat look sexy.)
4. When you check in to a hotel the first thing you want to find out is what type of washer-extractors they have and do they use Ecolab.
5. When eating in a restaurant you try to find out what kind of dishmachine they have.
6. You have an appliance store looking for old machines for you.

I am guilty of all of these. Nice thread!
WK78

 

[lordkenmore]

A major highlight of summer is drying clothes outside.

 

[mjg0619]

You know you're a member of AW when half of your Facebook chats and text message thread routinely include the words Maytag, Whirlpool, JetClean, Center Dial, A806, Kitchen Aid, and Speed Queen.

 

[warmsecondrinse]

1. You remember more about your grandmother's washers than your mother does.
2. You've picked out washers and dryers for multiple scenarios for your new condo.... and the building hasn't changed its rules and you haven't bought the condo yet.
3. You see videos of people using unauthorised agitator attachments and you find yourself more concerned with washer make/model, spin speed, stability, etc. than you are with any action that might be going on.

Jim

 

[frigilux]

When you can name the three Lefever brothers! ---John (combo52); Phil (kb0nes); Jeff (jeff_adelphi)
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