Mr. McD
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Sat Jan-24-04 09:17 PM
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Son of a gun. It's an anomaly. |
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My Clairol Son-of-Gun hair dryer is going on 29 or 30 years old and still get used daily. I am sure it was never designed to last that long. Anybody else have an old appliance that is still ticking after all these years. :wow:
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rockymountaindem
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Sat Jan-24-04 09:21 PM
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1. My mom has a can opener |
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that she got in 1972. It still works just fine, even after it was almost replaced 3 years ago by another one that didn't work as well.
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Piltdown13
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Sat Jan-24-04 09:22 PM
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2. My grandma gave me a Zenith TV for my 7th birthday |
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I used it, in one room or another, til I went away to college. Then my folks moved it into their bedroom for several years, and it's now the computer room TV in their house. I guess that means that in July it will have been going strong for 22 years, and never had a thing wrong with it.
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Archae
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Sat Jan-24-04 09:23 PM
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My clothes washer and dryer were both built in the mid 1970's.
Both are Maytag.
The washer is white, the dryer is...avocado green. (Now you know why I keep that door shut.) :-)
Before I got them, they belonged to a family of 7.
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mourningdove92
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Sat Jan-24-04 09:31 PM
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I bought it at a flea market in Colorado about 13 years ago. It was old then. Its a white with black Westinghouse. Looks like 50's or early 60 color scheme. It still works and cooks a super moist turkey.
has a metal cabinet attached to the bottom. The roaster comes out for cleaning. Pretty cool.
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Piltdown13
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Sat Jan-24-04 09:53 PM
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5. My parents' washer and dryer too! |
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My grandparents bought them just before I was born -- same avocado green color, too! The dryer conked out about two years ago, but the washer is still working, 28-plus years later.
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Sat Jan-24-04 10:02 PM
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6. my ex-wife gave me a battery operated alarm clock when she kick me out |
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17 years ago. still working. only on it's second battery.
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nuxvomica
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Sat Jan-24-04 10:47 PM
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7. My Sunbeam toaster/broiler/microwave is about 20 years old |
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And one of these days I'm going to try the broiler option.
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WannaJumpMyScooter
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Sat Jan-24-04 10:50 PM
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8. My wife has an appliance that is ancient, but since I am around |
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she does not have to use it very often. Here's to hoping she does not need it for a long time.
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nuxvomica
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Sat Jan-24-04 11:09 PM
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9. A dishwasher or a refrigerator? |
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If you wash the dishes, the answer is "dishwasher." If you're a big eater, the answer is "refrigerator."
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WannaJumpMyScooter
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Sat Jan-24-04 11:44 PM
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12. Smaller and battery-powered |
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but, I do like those answers
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nuxvomica
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Sun Jan-25-04 10:27 AM
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13. Ha ha ha. Jeez, I was awful dense yesterday |
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Sat Jan-24-04 11:13 PM
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working on 57 years now. Old model somethingorother, out in the garage. I think it is an westinghouse 1946...
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Sun Jan-25-04 11:08 AM
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14. I'm still using a refrigerator bought at J C Penney's 25 years ago. |
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Haven't had a bit of trouble out of it. And Penney's hasn't sold appliances for years. It's dark brown. They haven't made that color since I don't know when.
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BrotherBuzz
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Sat Jan-24-04 11:44 PM
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11. My Wedgewood was built in 1937 |
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and still cooks up a storm, a pre-depression RCA radio that is only used for baseball games (just sounds better for some reason), and a pre- WWII refrigerator that still works but sits unplugged in the basement because it's just too expensive to run compared to the new ones (and has a shoe-box size freezer which, when just defrosted, could hold a half-gallon of ice cream!).
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Sun Jan-25-04 02:26 PM
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15. My brother's '71 cuda runs better than ever |
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but the paint job is faded
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