Want to get your clothes REALLY clean? :) (Boomer Nostalgia to tug at your heart)

[warrprayer]

[In_The_Wind]

1. Busted!

Yes, I remember seeing those old machines.

[warrprayer]

2. In the early 60's

remember going into the basement with Mom when she did the clothes on one of these. It was a feeling of comfort and home to slip under fresh sheets that dried in the bright sunshine, kissed by the breeze and smelling so clean...

[In_The_Wind]

14. That's a great memory.

There is nothing that smells better than clean sheets dried out in the sun.

[Wounded Bear]

3. Mom's was round....

but yeah, I remember that.

[warrprayer]

12. in this video....

I remember being the little kid helping Mom do the wash.

[malthaussen]

4. Got my fingers caught in the wringer when I was a tad...

... I screamed, my mother almost had a heart attack.

Good times.

Now there are places where it's against the law to hang your wash outside on your own property. Go figger.

-- Mal

[warrprayer]

11. hope your fingers were o.k.!

I guess there was some danger involved...

[Doc_Technical]

5. John Hartford

Thanks for the heart!

[warrprayer]

8. PERFECT!!!

what a great tune!!! Says it in song!

[kentauros]

6. I'd rather have one of these:

so I could hang up most of my laundry indoors instead of paying another dollar in quarters to use the dryers here

[warrprayer]

9. hear ya!

it adds up when you're counting every penny.

[rurallib]

7. My mother had one for decades. They replaced it with a crappy Sears Kenmore

My dad got some promotions and pay raises to the point he felt comfortable replacing it.
So they picked out a Sear's Kenmore and the moment we got it the problems started. So many years ago I can't all the details.
My father called, Sears sent a repairman out about three or four times. My father was not satisfied and he wanted a hew machine. The Sears guy basically told him to stick it, there was no problem with his washer.

Since it didn't work anyway he had us boys carry it out of the basement one Saturday and put it out on the parking. He then painted a lemon on the three covered sides and placed a sign that said "Sears Kenmore" on the top.

Sears was out that afternoon. They came to an agreement that we would get our money back. Then my father got a new Maytag that they were quite satisfied with.

[warrprayer]

10. Great Washing machine story!

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Good for your Dad!!!

[Kali]

13. you can still buy them new

in Mexico.

use less water and less power. I want a Staber, myself. we line dry everything.

http://www.staber.com/washingmachines