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

[jetcone]

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

You definitely have certain machines for blue jeans, whites, delicates.

 

When you have 2 dishwashers connected under-counter but just need one hookup on the sink for that Youngstown portable.

 

You've washed with most vintage detergents and its the 21st century.

 

[daveamkrayoguy]

You actually CARE about DELICATES! As in squishy, sexy, shiny, luxurious NYLON 'from back in the day'! You'll actually use your Delicate cycle (maybe even have an old school Mini-Basket GE) for whatever 100% Nylon, or whatever is similar (polyester?) is left and give that kind'a TLC! -- Dave

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[toploader55]

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

Oh Please !!!   LOL

 

All what you say is so true.

 

Miele for Whites.

 

Maytag for Delicate Gym Clothes or Regular Agitation on Medium or Normal water levels for scrubbing the Crap out of heavy soil.

 

Kenwhirl for daily Loads, and KitchenAids for Heavy duty Washing.

 

Good Lord... Having choices are simply the BEST !!! Don't cha think ???

 

Oh yes, And I have used and remember using Vintage Brands of detergents. Something about Cheer and Clorox washed then Line dried Sheets make me think of Grandma's house.

 

[daveamkrayoguy]

DaveAMKrayoGuy: Old Skool Car AND APPLIANCE Buff!

You're as "manly" or a "gear head" for being an old appliance enthusiast as you are for being a geek for old cars...!

 

 

-- Dave

 

[mrb627]

How About When...

you cannot sleep so you lie in bed watching videos of other people's washers on YT. Only to wake up several hours later to find YT has continued to serve up random videos of other people's washers while you slept and it makes you smile...

Malcolm

 

[turquoisedude]

...when your partner is at first suspicious of the slips of paper tucked into your wallet with cryptic notes like 'Larry - NOS WD12X53   555-7777' or 'Susan possible spin-tube lead - Milwaukee' but then realizes they are referring to vintage appliances or parts.

 

[whirlykenmore78]

I forgot one:

If you went to the Laundromat on your honeymoon.
WK78

 

[daveamkrayoguy]

You see discarded appliances on your drives that you irk your fellow-passenger/passengers to see...

 

You wish that the appliance WOULD have the DOOR or LID LEFT ON so you can at least see the brand! (I know, the door or lid need to be taken off, for the assurance that nothing or no one gets trapped inside...)

 

 

-- Dave

 

[brib68]

Because you have to pause Masters of Sex because you can't go on until you identify the dishwasher. (GE Mobile Maid, right?)

 

[maytagbear]

When........

you go past a house with a delivery truck in the driveway, and wonder what machine(s) is/are exiting, and what machine(s) is/are entering.

Laawrence/Maytaagbear

 

[toploader55]

When

Your cruising Craig's List and CRINGE when you see Air conditioners stored and photographed on their side 

 

[brib68]

When you don't mind that your husband does races like Warrior Dash and Tough Mudder because it's a chance to use all the special cycles on your washer and the drying rack in the dryer.

(For the record, LG FL, Gentle, warm wash, Heavy dirt, pre-wash with Wisk, main wash with Tide powder and Biz. And then turn everything inside out for a gentle cycle wash, normal dirt, with Wisk to get rid of any remaining grit.)

 

[cuffs054]

...When you pack a load of dirty dishes and pots in garbage bags in the house with the modern dw, drive across town to put them in a 30yr old dw to see how it does. (ps: it kicked ass!)

 

[daveamkrayoguy]

The JCC's West Bloomfield Location, after OP one closed!

You're in the locker room at your health club and try to peek in the Laundry Room through the doorway when ever it's opened momentarily to see the Washing & Drying Equipment and are PISSED because you STILL don't see it--'cause you're unfortunately not allowed to go more deep within!!!!

 

 

-- Dave

 

[logixx]

When (like in this very moment) your landlord's son in his bedroom above yours, watches porn - while you are watching... a washer video on YouTube.

 

[toploader55]

OMG Alex

 

Morning coffee through the nose.   Toooooo Funny !!!

 

What a great way to start the day with a Really good Laugh.

 

[classicguywi]

you know you are a member when...

when...... you are planning a laundry room that is bigger than your living room ?

 

[toploader55]

You know your an AW member when...

Yesterday I was on my way to work with one of my employees. There was a pick up truck in front of us at a red light.  There was a washer in the back of the truck on it's laying on it's back and you could see the pulleys on the bottom of the Base Pan.  I said to my friend " That's a Maytag washer in the back of that truck" He asked how I knew... I told him Only Maytag has the pulleys on the bottom of the base pan."  He looked at me weird and said "Oh, I'll remember that the next time I see a washer on it's back".

 

[daveamkrayoguy]

You set the dishwasher for a delay start for a time while you & your family were gone just to see the door propped open & the "Start" light flashing and the time remaining before it starts being hours ago--and just give hell to the person responsible hell--my wife, in this case--for opening the door to put "one more thing in it"--silverware, to be exact--though a bowl she used it for is still sitting on the counter, indicating there was no room for it, but should suggest even to any simpleton that the dishwasher WILL go on to wash what there IS inside it that DOES fit--and you've gone through this with this individual, over and over again! As this has happened in the past...--Well, now getting to be a very long story...

 

But in short: I like the machine to go while we're away, in this case visiting the father-in-law, who's residing in a nursing home, having dinner w/ the mother-in-law at her place, and then coming home to the dishes, pots, pats, silverware, kitchenware,<a class="avnmcatnrij" title="Click to Continue > by not this site" href="#68054807"> glasses

</a>, cups, utensils, etc. nice & dry-and HOT, too!--and mostly THAT is the case, when this frggin' thing, that I routinely set up, GOES RIGHT!!!!

 

 

-- Dave

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[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

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[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!"