Archived Messages From Applianceville at www.classicappliances.com
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Post# 1-5/20/2001-16:44 ||| Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)
SUBJECT: Welcome to Applianceville
MESSAGE: With this post I officially kick off the test phase of Applianceville.
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Post# 2-5/20/2001-17:20 ||| Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)
SUBJECT: RE: Welcome to Applianceville (What's a Drift?)
MESSAGE: When you select Reply to Post button, there is this optional input box called Subject Drift. This is a simple way of adding a small amount of text to the subject without actually changing the subject. It can be used when we're going off the subject slightly, so members can quickly locate posts they are interested in.
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Post# 3-5/20/2001-17:22 ||| Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)
SUBJECT: How to post links
MESSAGE: I've include another option input box at the bottom of the Post Message and Reply to Message screens. Its called URL Link to Share. If you would like to include a link, copy and paste the address in this special input box and not only will your link be added, but the work [LINK] will be added to the Pink Table of Contents Page so members will quickly be able to find posts with links elsewhere.
LINK: http://www.maytag.com
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Post# 4-5/20/2001-19:28 ||| Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)
SUBJECT: Hello Applianceville
MESSAGE: Please Log-In and Sign up. Then post and reply to as many message as you can so we can see if this thing really works!
Thanks for you help everyone.
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Post# 5-5/20/2001-19:57 ||| Eddy1210 (Vancouver, B.C. Canada)
SUBJECT: new website
MESSAGE: I love it Robert! Hi all, hope to see you all here in Applianceville. Lots of love from
Speed Queen Eddy
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Post# 6-5/20/2001-20:02 ||| Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)
SUBJECT: RE: new website
MESSAGE: Hi Eddy, welcome to Applianceville 2. Thanks for signing up and helping with the first round of testing.
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Post# 7-5/20/2001-20:33 ||| Appnut (Temple, TX)
SUBJECT: New web site
MESSAGE: I be here too y'all
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Post# 8-5/20/2001-20:33 ||| Peteski50 (New York)
SUBJECT: RE: Welcome to Applianceville (Great Web Site )
MESSAGE: Robert this is real great
Thank You
Peter
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Post# 9-5/20/2001-20:36 ||| Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)
SUBJECT: RE: New web site
MESSAGE: Hi Appnut, welcome, thanks for helping test. Let me know if anything funny happens. This is just the beginning, we can grow and shape this web site as a collective group in which ever way we want.
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Post# 10-5/20/2001-20:36 ||| Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)
SUBJECT: RE: Welcome to Applianceville (thanks)
MESSAGE: Thanks Peter, I'm glad you're here!
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Post# 11-5/20/2001-20:40 ||| Appnut (Temple, TX)
SUBJECT: A suggestion
MESSAGE: Robert, I may be daft, but I don't neccessarily like having to click on each post. Any thought on having a next and/or previous post buttons?
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Post# 12-5/20/2001-20:44 ||| Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)
SUBJECT: RE: A suggestion
MESSAGE: I can certainly figure out a way to add that feature Appnut. I will put it on the to do list. Any suggestions like that is much appreciated.
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Post# 13-5/20/2001-20:59 ||| Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)
SUBJECT: I've Just added the 1960's Speed Queen Logo
MESSAGE: The 1960's Speed Queen Logo is now available for background wallpaper. To change your wallpaper, make sure your logged-in and select Edit My Profile from the Applianceville menu.
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Post# 14-5/20/2001-21:15 ||| Jetcone (Boston)
SUBJECT: RE: I've Just added the 1960's Speed Queen Logo
MESSAGE: I love the new website.ITS BEAUTIFUL!
jetcone
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Post# 15-5/20/2001-21:19 ||| Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)
SUBJECT: RE: I've Just added the 1960's Speed Queen Logo (Hi Jon)
MESSAGE: Welcome to the new web site. Thanks for all your help during the initial tests.
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Post# 16-5/20/2001-21:20 ||| Jetcone (Boston)
SUBJECT: RE: I've Just added the 1960's Speed Queen Logo (Hi Jon)
MESSAGE: It has been sooo much fun testing the new site. Uni has done an outstanding job here.!!
jet
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Post# 17-5/20/2001-21:22 ||| Eddy1210 (Vancouver, B.C. Canada)
SUBJECT: RE: I've Just added the 1960's Speed Queen Logo (thanks)
MESSAGE: Thank you Robert for including my FAVORITE wallpaper!
Eddy
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Post# 18-5/20/2001-21:23 ||| Jetcone (Boston)
SUBJECT: RE: I've Just added the 1960's Speed Queen Logo (thanks)
MESSAGE: Eddy don't you just love this!
Jet
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Post# 19-5/20/2001-21:26 ||| Jetcone (Boston)
SUBJECT: Anybody ever see this 20# Westy F?L?
MESSAGE: Has anyone ever seen this machine? What kind of tub does it have?
jon
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Post# 20-5/20/2001-21:27 ||| Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)
SUBJECT: RE: Anybody ever see this 20# Westy F?L? (where is this???)
MESSAGE: You mean the washer in the picture of the day Jon?
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Post# 21-5/20/2001-21:28 ||| Jetcone (Boston)
SUBJECT: RE: Anybody ever see this 20# Westy F?L? (where is this???)
MESSAGE: Yes Robert the picture of the day today has a odd looking Westinghouse F/L that I have never ever seen before!
jon
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Post# 22-5/20/2001-21:29 ||| Jetcone (Boston)
SUBJECT: RE: Anybody ever see this 20# Westy F?L? (where is this???)
MESSAGE: When you press POST does it autoamtically refresh your screen?
jon
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Post# 23-5/20/2001-21:29 ||| Kc4ab (limaburg ky)
SUBJECT: I LIKE IT
MESSAGE: Nice i realy like it. I hope scott dont find me.
jeff
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Post# 24-5/20/2001-21:30 ||| Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)
SUBJECT: RE: I LIKE IT
MESSAGE: Welcome to the new site Kc4ab, glad you found us!
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Post# 25-5/20/2001-21:30 ||| Jetcone (Boston)
SUBJECT: RE: I LIKE IT
MESSAGE: Kc4ab welcome to the new version of WASH_IN!
jetcone
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Post# 26-5/20/2001-21:43 ||| Eddy1210 (Vancouver, B.C. Canada)
SUBJECT: RE: I've Just added the 1960's Speed Queen Logo (hi Jon)
MESSAGE: Yes, I LOVE this new website. Isn't it great? Are you planning any trips out to B.C. in the near future?
Eddy
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Post# 27-5/20/2001-21:47 ||| Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)
SUBJECT: More Wallpaper Added
MESSAGE: I've just added the RCA Whirlpool logo from 1960!
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Post# 28-5/20/2001-21:49 ||| Jetcone (Boston)
SUBJECT: RE: I've Just added the 1960's Speed Queen Logo (B.C)
MESSAGE: Hi Eddy! MY favorite cousins from Van. are coming out to Boston to visit me right after the convention so it won;t be this year but I am planning a trip in the next couple of years.
I would like to play with your Beatty!
Jon
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Post# 29-5/20/2001-21:49 ||| Kc4ab (limaburg ky)
SUBJECT: RE: More Wallpaper Added
MESSAGE: are you going to have your pin on for the FRIG. pride day parade ??
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Post# 30-5/20/2001-21:54 ||| Kc4ab (limaburg ky)
SUBJECT: RE: I LIKE IT
MESSAGE: Thanks i like it
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Post# 31-5/20/2001-21:55 ||| Eddy1210 (Vancouver, B.C. Canada)
SUBJECT: RE: I've Just added the 1960's Speed Queen Logo (B.C)
MESSAGE: Maybe I'll be out your way then first! Whenever you're out this way, be SURE to let me know so we can hook up. You can play all you want with my Beatty's ;-) automatic and manual.
Eddy
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Post# 32-5/20/2001-21:58 ||| Jetcone (Boston)
SUBJECT: RE: I've Just added the 1960's Speed Queen Logo (B.C)
MESSAGE: Eddy c'mon down anytime to Boston.
jon
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Post# 33-5/20/2001-21:58 ||| Jetcone (Boston)
SUBJECT: RE: I've Just added the 1960's Speed Queen Logo (B.C)
MESSAGE: Are we refreshing?
jon
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Post# 34-5/20/2001-22:00 ||| Kc4ab (limaburg ky)
SUBJECT: RE: I've Just added the 1960's Speed Queen Logo (B.C)
MESSAGE: Yes this is a refhing change
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Post# 35-5/20/2001-22:24 ||| Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)
SUBJECT: RE: More Wallpaper Added (Kenmore Logo)
MESSAGE: Now I just added the famous 1957 Kenmore logo to the wallpaper choices. This logo was used from '57 well into the 1960's.
Again to change your wallpaper after you have initially signed-up simply make sure you're logged in and select Edit My Profile.
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Post# 36-5/20/2001-22:51 ||| Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)
SUBJECT: Now for the lovers of the Laundromat
MESSAGE: We have the 1950's Westinghouse Logo loaded!
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Post# 37-5/20/2001-24:28 ||| Gansky1 (Omaha, NE)
SUBJECT: RE: Now for the lovers of the Laundromat
MESSAGE: I love the wallpaper - very cool. When are you going to put up the Friederich, Fedders, Airtemp, Carrier, Philco logos for my room air conditioner collection?? Hee hee!
Thanks for all the hard work - this site is certainly a credit to your hard work - congratulations on getting it up and running so well!
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Post# 38-5/20/2001-24:29 ||| Gansky1 (Omaha, NE)
SUBJECT: RE: Now for the lovers of the Laundromat
MESSAGE: Where's the wallpaper? I can't see it on my screen....
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Post# 39-5/20/2001-24:30 ||| Gansky1 (Omaha, NE)
SUBJECT: RE: Now for the lovers of the Laundromat
MESSAGE: Well, the Frigidaire logo works
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Post# 40-5/20/2001-24:30 ||| Gansky1 (Omaha, NE)
SUBJECT: RE: Now for the lovers of the Laundromat
MESSAGE: Westinghouse logo isn't coming up....
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Post# 41-5/21/2001-06:25 ||| Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)
SUBJECT: RE: Now for the lovers of the Laundromat (strange?)
MESSAGE: I see the westinghouse logo just fine, do you guys?
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Post# 42-5/21/2001-06:30 ||| Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)
SUBJECT: RE: Now for the lovers of the Laundromat (opps)
MESSAGE: there I'm set to westinghouse, it should show the westinghouse logo now?
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Post# 43-5/21/2001-06:31 ||| Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)
SUBJECT: RE: Now for the lovers of the Laundromat (Westinghouse seems to work fine)
MESSAGE: Do you guys see the westinghouse logo?
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Post# 44-5/21/2001-06:37 ||| Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)
SUBJECT: I won the Apex Manual on Ebay!
MESSAGE: It turned out to be $37.00 bucks, but its worth it. I will scan it and place some of the best pictures in the owners manual library! Here's a picture of the cover...
LINK: http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1430518674
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Post# 45-5/21/2001-07:29 ||| Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)
SUBJECT: Miele question for Louis?
MESSAGE: Hey Louis, was the vintage Miele logo the same as the modern logo, or have they made changes over time? Let me know so I can scan both logos. Thanks.
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Post# 46-5/21/2001-07:30 ||| Gansky1 (Omaha, NE)
SUBJECT: RE: Now for the lovers of the Laundromat (Westinghouse seems to work fine)
MESSAGE: No logo shows up here - could be Netscape?
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Post# 47-5/21/2001-07:32 ||| Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)
SUBJECT: RE: Now for the lovers of the Laundromat (other logos?)
MESSAGE: Do the Kenmore, Whirlpool and other logos show up from earlier posts?
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Post# 48-5/21/2001-07:32 ||| Gansky1 (Omaha, NE)
SUBJECT: RE: I won the Apex Manual on Ebay! (Repair Manual on Ebay now!)
MESSAGE: Did you see it? I put a bid in - feel free to take over if it goes above my bid.
LINK: http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1432106856&r=0&t=0&showTutorial=0&ed=991090022&indexURL=0&rd=1
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Post# 49-5/21/2001-07:44 ||| Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)
SUBJECT: RE: Now for the lovers of the Laundromat (thanks )
MESSAGE: It seems like the logos work fine in Internet Explorer but Netscape doesn't want to show the RCA Whirlpool and Westinghouse logos, all the others seem to show up fine in Netscape though. I'll check out those logos files tonight, it could have been a blip in the transfering to the server.
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Post# 50-5/21/2001-07:54 ||| Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)
SUBJECT: RE: Now for the lovers of the Laundromat (hey it works!)
MESSAGE: when I hit the PREV button in the pink list above, Netscape clears and when I go back to the posts the Westinghouse and Whirlpool logos should up (the Whirlpool logo is view in post #27).
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Post# 51-5/21/2001-08:36 ||| Peteski50 (New York)
SUBJECT: wallpaper
MESSAGE: I want to see if it works
I may change it
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Post# 52-5/21/2001-08:41 ||| Peteski50 (New York)
SUBJECT: RE: wallpaper (try this one)
MESSAGE: I want to see different ones
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Post# 53-5/21/2001-08:49 ||| Tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD)
SUBJECT: I got in!
MESSAGE: Robert it works here. Thanks. Tom
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Post# 54-5/21/2001-09:14 ||| Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)
SUBJECT: RE: I got in! (Hi)
MESSAGE: Hi Tom, welcome to Applianceville 2. Did you check out the Consumer Reports button. Soon I want to have every washer, dryer and dishwasher report loaded and ready to be read at any time!
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Post# 55-5/21/2001-09:15 ||| Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)
SUBJECT: RE: wallpaper (try this one)
MESSAGE: looks like the wallpaper works just fine for you Peteski, thanks! Did you see the Hotpoint and Whirlpool Wallpaper on your last two posts?
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Post# 56-5/21/2001-09:53 ||| Peteski50 (New York)
SUBJECT: RE: wallpaper (wallpaper )
MESSAGE: I saw Hotpoint but not Whirlpool
I may go with Frigidaire cause it's my fav
Thanks Peter
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Post# 57-5/21/2001-10:36 ||| Foraloysius (Groningen, The Netherlands)
SUBJECT: RE: Welcome to Applianceville
MESSAGE: Hi all (and especially Robert ofcourse). I'm very thrilled about this new website. I hope to meet you all often here. Louis
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Post# 58-5/21/2001-10:47 ||| Foraloysius (Groningen, The Netherlands)
SUBJECT: RE: Miele question for Louis?
MESSAGE: No Robert, the Miele logo has always been the same one. And I bet it will stay the same for many years to come. Louis
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Post# 59-5/21/2001-10:59 ||| Foraloysius (Groningen, The Netherlands)
SUBJECT: RE: A suggestion (and another one)
MESSAGE: I would like a forward and previous button too, very convenient. I have another one, I like it that my name was not beginning with a Capital, actually it's forAloysius but that looks so silly. The names in the message part all begin automaticcaly with a capital, do you all want it that way? Perhaps it could be made possible to control that through the prodile? Or am I fussing about something small? Louis
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Post# 60-5/21/2001-11:06 ||| Foraloysius (Groningen, The Netherlands)
SUBJECT: Wonderful!!!!!!!!
MESSAGE: I have visited the libaries that are already up. I was really impressed. You did a wonderful job Robert, the styling is wonderful and works really well. And everything is so very simple to use. Louis
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Post# 61-5/21/2001-11:32 ||| Gansky1 (Omaha, NE)
SUBJECT: Checking Site on AOL
MESSAGE: Seems to work fine - was able to get all the features. Have a good day all!
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Post# 62-5/21/2001-11:45 ||| Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)
SUBJECT: RE: A suggestion (Vote for Capital Case)
MESSAGE: Thanks Louis, I can certainly have the system display our names in all lowercase, its probably not worth the extra server processing time to analyze each persons upper or lower case request, so lets just decide on what we want, ALL UPPDERCASE, all lowercase or First Letter Upper Case.
Vote for what you would like to see:
-ALL UPPDERCASE
-all lowercase
-First Letter Upper Case.
I vote First Letter Upper Case, but it really doesn't matter to me.
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Post# 63-5/21/2001-11:49 ||| Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)
SUBJECT: RE: Wonderful!!!!!!!!
MESSAGE: Thanks Louis, this will be so nice to have all of our scans and pictures organized in one easy place to find them. Yahoo Photos was good for a start, but we need a real Library! Most of us have lots to contribue so will figure out some standards such as 100dpi and the such for the scans and we will fill the libraries with goodies!
This is really the start of a new, more powerful information era for us Appliancevillians or Appliancevillers or what ever we call ourselves.
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Post# 64-5/21/2001-11:50 ||| Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)
SUBJECT: RE: Checking Site on AOL (YAY)
MESSAGE: Thanks Greg, does the wallpaper show up on AOL? Also was the standard AOL browser Netscape? Does anyone else use AOL out there in Applianceville?
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Post# 65-5/21/2001-11:54 ||| Foraloysius (Groningen, The Netherlands)
SUBJECT: RE: A suggestion (Vote for Capital Case)
MESSAGE: all lowercase, but you guessed that already.
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Post# 66-5/21/2001-11:54 ||| Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)
SUBJECT: RE: Miele question for Louis?
MESSAGE: Thanks for the info on the Miele logo Louis, I will scan that tonight and add it to the list of wallpapers, let me know if there are other non-American Logos that should go up. I'll do the Inglis logo too for our Canadian members. Hopefully they will show up without much trouble.
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Post# 67-5/21/2001-11:58 ||| Foraloysius (Groningen, The Netherlands)
SUBJECT: RE: Wonderful!!!!!!!! (Appliancevillers)
MESSAGE: I'm looking forward to this new information era. All these things make it very easy for me to get even more acquainted with the American appliances.
BTW, I like Appliancevillers (versus Appliancekillers!!)
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Post# 68-5/21/2001-12:11 ||| Rapidry1000 (San Francisco)
SUBJECT: testing the new site
MESSAGE: Hi Robert
I just set up my profile and twice it did not pick up my name and birthdate and the questions asked beyond the number of items held by me.
Help
Your work is absolutely unbelievable. Thank you for devoting so much time and effort.
Many thanks
Rapidry1000
James
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Post# 69-5/21/2001-12:15 ||| Peterh770 (Atlanta, GA)
SUBJECT: RE: A suggestion (Vote for Capital Case)
MESSAGE: Doesn't matter to me, as I probably cannot do PeterH770!
Is this a great site or WHAT!!!
-ph
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Post# 70-5/21/2001-12:20 ||| Peterh770 (Atlanta, GA)
SUBJECT: Search
MESSAGE: It appears that the search function in the Archive is inop...?
-ph
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Post# 71-5/21/2001-12:22 ||| Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)
SUBJECT: RE: testing the new site (Looks OK to me??)
MESSAGE: Hi James, when I select the Profiles button and select your name (Rapidry1000) it appears that all the information you typed is in there correctly, including birthdate. Can you take a look, go into the profiles button and click on your name, then hit the Reload or Refresh button on you browser, see if that makes any difference. Keep us posted, thanks so much for your help in testing.
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Post# 72-5/21/2001-12:25 ||| Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)
SUBJECT: RE: Search (works for me)
MESSAGE: Hi Peter, go into the Archive Button, select posts 0-2000, wait a second for it to load. Next RIGHT CLICK on the white page on the right side of the screen to select the white text page (not the yellow index). Hold down the Control Key and press F. Type in Speed Queen and see if it takes you to Eddy's message! It just worked fine for me in both IE and Netscape, but let me know. Are you using Internet Explorer or Netscape or another kind of browser?
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Post# 73-5/21/2001-12:32 ||| Foraloysius (Groningen, The Netherlands)
SUBJECT: RE: Search (works for me)
MESSAGE: Works for me too. It's not only very handy for finding messages, but also for catching up after a holiday or so. Well done, Robert!
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Post# 74-5/21/2001-12:33 ||| Rapidry1000 (San Francisco)
SUBJECT: RE: testing the new site (Thanks Robert)
MESSAGE:
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Post# 75-5/21/2001-12:34 ||| Peterh770 (Atlanta, GA)
SUBJECT: What goes where?
MESSAGE: Has any discussion started about which club website is for what? Are we continuing Yahoo and here simultaneously?
Will there be a "courtesy rules" page for appropriate conduct here?
-ph
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Post# 76-5/21/2001-12:35 ||| Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)
SUBJECT: RE: What goes where? (oops a BUG)
MESSAGE: Peter and everyone else don't end your post with a dash and your initials. I see this is a bug that I will need to fix.
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Post# 77-5/21/2001-12:36 ||| Peterh770 (Atlanta, GA)
SUBJECT: RE: Search (duh me)
MESSAGE: Yes it works. I just didn't select the first group of archive posts, thinking since that group is highlighted, it was selected already. It was a Monday moment...
-ph
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Post# 78-5/21/2001-12:37 ||| Peterh770 (Atlanta, GA)
SUBJECT: RE: Search (dashes)
MESSAGE: Looks like this last post didn't bug out, unless Robert The Web Wizzard fixed it already!
dash ph
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Post# 79-5/21/2001-12:38 ||| Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)
SUBJECT: RE: What goes where? (were in test mode)
MESSAGE: Before we make any decisions about where to post, lets give it a few days of testing to find any bugs and how important they are to be fixed before "Going Live". As for Yahoo Classic Appliances I know there was some resistance to stop using Yahoo, so I no reason why we cant use both. We do have more control and powerful features here, but I'm not positive that they all work properly yet. This is my first attempt at programming in HTML, Perl and Javascript.
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Post# 80-5/21/2001-12:39 ||| Foraloysius (Groningen, The Netherlands)
SUBJECT: RE: Search (duh me)
MESSAGE: What wondered me more is why you already wanted to search the archives, I hope your memory isn't that bad. Age and Nutrasweet?
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Post# 81-5/21/2001-12:42 ||| Peterh770 (Atlanta, GA)
SUBJECT: RE: Search (duh me)
MESSAGE: More like a senior moment or too much peroxide!
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Post# 82-5/21/2001-12:42 ||| Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)
SUBJECT: RE: Search (uses for Archives)
MESSAGE: When I was writing the code for the archive I realized that this will be a powerful feature after you been away for a few days. We can read all the messages in the archive and then write down the message numbers you want reply to, then go out and make your replies. What used to take almost an hour, can now be done in less than 10 minutes!
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Post# 83-5/21/2001-12:44 ||| Foraloysius (Groningen, The Netherlands)
SUBJECT: RE: What goes where? (rules)
MESSAGE: I would suggest that at least there is a link to a few courtesy rules overhere. One of them might be that this is a gay friendly site.
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Post# 84-5/21/2001-12:46 ||| Foraloysius (Groningen, The Netherlands)
SUBJECT: RE: Search (duh me)
MESSAGE: The fun already starts even before the site is officially opened. That is what I like about our club.
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Post# 85-5/21/2001-12:49 ||| Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)
SUBJECT: Its Perl Baily...
MESSAGE: Did everyone see Perl in today's picture of the day? This picture was taken from a magazine in a dentist's office waiting room, that I ripped out when I was probably 15 or 16 years old, back in '78 or '79! I just loved the site of the Westinghouse Front Loader running as I had never seen one of those machines in action up to that point.
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Post# 86-5/21/2001-12:51 ||| Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)
SUBJECT: RE: What goes where? (rules schmules)
MESSAGE: I don't think we need rules, unless you guys think its necessary? We're a pretty behaived group as it is, with minor exceptions.
This sure seems faster than Yahoo, doesn't it?
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Post# 87-5/21/2001-14:16 ||| Peterh770 (Atlanta, GA)
SUBJECT: RE: Its Perl Baily...
MESSAGE: I loved those ads, always so full of camp as only Pearl could do. This washer was my machine of choice for a very long time. Only the Firestone tire dealer sold Westies, and I never could get good looks at them, as I would be the only pre-teen appliance shopper in the store!
I forwarded the pic link to some friends of mine here at work, and of course they all want to know if I dress like that when I wash...
-ph
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Post# 88-5/21/2001-14:19 ||| Peterh770 (Atlanta, GA)
SUBJECT: RE: What goes where? (made to be broken)
MESSAGE: This site FLIES compared to Yahoo.
I just thought that a code of conduct might be helpful. I guess our mission statement on the main page pretty much sums it up...
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Post# 89-5/21/2001-14:33 ||| Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)
SUBJECT: RE: What goes where? (whatever you guys want)
MESSAGE: If you guys feel we do need a code of conduct, please write it up and if we all agree I'll post it. I just want everyone to remember that this is our site, not mine. I really want to make this a community for us, very special--appliance loving people. We deserve a special place, we have so much to share. And I just know that once we advertise on the search engines, we're going to find others like us and help them come out of the washer closet too!
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Post# 90-5/21/2001-14:34 ||| Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)
SUBJECT: Look what I just found
MESSAGE: Look what I just found on my hard drive, dated September 9, 2000. This time I can fit it all in one message! Remember this:
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Hi everyone, I was recently asked what is the difference between the Unimatic and the other Frigidaire washers and I wanted to give an explanation for those who might not know.
The Unimatic transmission was designed and built by a Frigidaire engineer named Kenneth O'Sissen back in the late 1930's. Kenneth, who was hired by Frigidaire after working at Bendix where he invented the incrementing timer for their bolt-down washer and Kenneth’s basic timer design is still used today in some washers and dishwashers. His Unimatic, (Uni. meaning one and Matic short for automatic) consisted of a pulsator crankshaft & spin cage/brake assembly type transmission located on the top, a motor mounted in the middle and a water pump mounted underneath the motor. It was one complete direct drive unit without any clutches, drive belts or pulleys. The motor ran at 1140rpm, the gearing ratio in the pulsator part of the mechanism made the agitator go up and down in a 1 7/8” stroke at 330 pulses per minute. Since there was no gearing in the spin section of the mechanism, the tub spun at the same rate as the motor -- 1140rpm, which made for incredibly dry clothes. Because of the war effort it wasn’t until 1947 that Frigidaire introduced this mechanism in its very first washer, model WJ-60. Unimatic washers for domestic use were continued to be produced through 1958.
In 1955 Frigidaire engineers experimented with a belt-drive mechanism and introduced the Pulsa-Matic mechanism on its lower end washer model WV-35. The Pulsa-Matic agitated up and down at a very rapid 630ppm and also spun the tub at 630rpm, which was the slowest spinning full-size washer GM Frigidaire ever produced. Because of the rapid agitation with the Pulsa-Matic, Frigidaire shortened the length of the stroke of the agitation from 1 7/8" to 3/4". This change in agitation stroke and pulse rate did reduce the rate of turnover of the clothes which made for less tangling, but did not clean anywhere near as well as the Unimatic’s agitation. For this reason the Pulsa-Matic only lasted 4 years as they continued to market it in '56, '57 and '58. These models (WV-35, WS-56, WD-56, WS-57, WD-57, WS-58, WD-58 and WDP-58) are now some of the rarest of the Frigidaire washers and I only know of one collector that has one of these Pulsa-Matic washers.
The only major design of the Unimatic washers outside of the normal yearly changes in the cabinet and control panels was the introduction of the 3-Ring Agitator in 1956, with a neoprene rubber, gray colored cap, lint-chaser ring and circulator ring. The same colors were used in ’57 and a bleach cup was added. In ’58 Frigidaire’s advertising firm suggested that they color the rings (sort of like they did in the ’57 magazine ad’s), so the cap became turquoise, the lint chaser ring became yellow and the circulator became a coral color.
In 1959 Frigidaire introduced their first coin-operated washer (model WCOZ). The WCOZ used the Unimatic tranny and coin-op Unimatics were produced until 1964. Starting in 1965 Frigidaire introduced other coin-op machines with various mechanisms and continued to make them until the mid 70’s. About 1962 Frigidaire introduce their top-loading Dry-Cleaner, it too used the Unimatic mechanism and I'm not sure how long it was produced for (anyone out there know????).
For the new 1959 domestic washer line Frigidaire discontinued the Unimatic (for home use) and completely discontinued the Pulsa-Matic. They now introduced the Multi-Matic which was nothing more than a very advanced version of the Pulsa-Matic. It consisted of two drive belts (one for agitate and one for spin), a new two speed motor and a special clutch to shift drive power between the two belts. This arrangement produced Frigidaire's first multi-speed washer, allowing for 330ppm for normal wash speed or a 220ppm delicate speed as well as a 850rpm high spin speed and a 330rpm delicate spin speed. Because of the slower 330ppm Frigidaire was now able to return the agitator stroke back to a full 1.25" just like the old Unimatic. For the 1963 line Frigidaire introduced it's new 12lb capacity tub, but unfortunately for both the 1963 and 1964 line Frigidaire cheapened the clutch design of the Multi-Matic which dropped the high spin speed from 850 all the way down to 710.
In 1965 (actually it was the end of the year 1964) Frigidaire introduced the Roller-Matic mechanism. This was now a belt-less mechanism again with rollers of different sizes to drive the transmission. They also brought back the high speed spin of 1010rpm (not quite as fast as the 1140 of the Unimatic, but still very impressive). The Imperial and Custom Imperial washers had this 1010 “Rapidry spin” as well as a 650 mid level spin and a 330 low speed spin. Agitation speeds remained at 330 normal or 220 delicate speeds. In '65 they also introduced the "Deep Action Agitator" which was also referred to as "Jet-Action". They had been experimenting with this 3-cone agitator since 1962 when they stated placing it in their coin-op machines, but for some reason waited until '65 to introduce it into the domestic line.
The 1970 line brought some very big changes. They introduced the new 1-18 washer with big 18lb perforated tub and the Jet-Cone agitator. The normal agitation speed was brought up from 330ppm to 360ppm and the spin speed was lowered from 1010 to about 660. They day's of the high speed spin were now over, even though its 660 was still the fastest spin available through the 1970's.
Of course in 1980 GM sold off Frigidaire it will never be the same :( . For a few years they kept the same general look of the cabinet and control panel of the 1-18 but inside was a 1970's design Westinghouse Top-Loading washer, one of the worst top-loader washer designs ever. It was a very dark-day in applianceville. The first time I saw this new Frigidaire after catching my breath, I nearly cried. I don’t need to describe to anyone out there in applianceville what WCI is producing now as a top-loader.
If anyone has any additions to add this piece of history, that would be really great!
*****
Post# 91-5/21/2001-14:37 ||| Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)
SUBJECT: RE: Look what I just found (hmmmm)
MESSAGE: this does seem a bit buggy, I wonder if it has something to do with the quote character. I'll have to do a bit of research yet, we'll get these bugs out.
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Post# 92-5/21/2001-17:00 ||| Dadoes (El Campo, TX)
SUBJECT: First Post
MESSAGE: Quite a spiffy piece of work, Uni! It was acting a little flaky for a short while, especially in Netscape, but things seem to have cleared up now.
I do have a few comments and suggestions . . .
1. On the discussion area, where you have the pink section showing the message topics, and the white section for the text of the messages, it would be helpful to have a larger, more visible frame line between them to facilitate resizing the two frame sections.
2. As Louis suggested, a "next" and "back" link when perusing posts would be helpful, but the Archive section also works well for that.
3. Can you add Fisher & Paykel wallpaper? I know that's not exactly vintage, but . . .
4. I LOVE the picture-of-the-day feature!
5. Will club members have their own photo album areas for posting pictures?
6. What is the possibility for having a "preview post" function, for purposes of proofreading and editing before final submission?
7. How much server space is available for our domain?
8. You might consider using hyphens or underscores in the .htm filenames, instead of spaces. Current versions of IE and Netscape generally replace the spaces with "%20", but, as I've heard, some browsers have trouble with spaces in filenames. It's also a little disconcerting to see the Address or Location field in the browser report the page as http://www.classicappliances.com/NEW%20DISCUSS/DISPLAY%20PAGES/POST%20A%20NEW%20MESSAGE%20PAGE.htm. 8-)
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Post# 93-5/21/2001-17:01 ||| Dadoes (El Campo, TX)
SUBJECT: First Post
MESSAGE: Quite a spiffy piece of work, Uni! It was acting a little flaky for a short while, especially in Netscape, but things seem to have cleared up now.
I do have a few comments and suggestions.
1. On the discussion area, where you have the pink section showing the message topics, and the white section for the text of the messages, it would be helpful to have a larger, more visible frame line between them to facilitate resizing the two frame sections.
2. As Louis suggested, a next and back link when perusing posts would be helpful, but the Archive section also works well for that.
3. Can you add Fisher & Paykel wallpaper? I know that's not exactly vintage, but . . .
4. I LOVE the picture-of-the-day feature!
5. Will club members have their own photo album areas for posting pictures?
6. What is the possibility for having a preview post function, for purposes of proofreading and editing before final submission?
7. How much server space is available for our domain?
8. You might consider using hyphens or underscores in the .htm filenames, instead of spaces. Current versions of IE and Netscape generally replace the spaces with %20, but, as I've heard, some browsers have trouble with spaces in filenames. It's also a little disconcerting to see the Address or Location field in the browser report the page as http://www.classicappliances.com/NEW%20DISCUSS/DISPLAY%20PAGES/POST%20A%20NEW%20MESSAGE%20PAGE.htm. 8-)
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Post# 94-5/21/2001-17:06 ||| Dadoes (El Campo, TX)
SUBJECT: RE: First Post
MESSAGE: When I posted the first post, everything before point number 3 didn't appear. I used my browser's back button to get back to the composition screen, and removed some quotation marks, as well changing a sentence that ended with an ellipsis (space-dot-space-dot-space-dot) to just a period. Posted it again, and now it's OK.
But I don't think the ellipsis was the problem, because I just noticed there is also one on point number 3 about the Fisher & Paykel wallpaper. Could have been the quotation marks.
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Post# 95-5/21/2001-17:48 ||| Appnut (Temple, TX)
SUBJECT: RE: Its Perl Baily...
MESSAGE: I just loved it when Pearly sold those westy. Was it dahlin or honey she used a lot?
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Post# 96-5/21/2001-18:02 ||| Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)
SUBJECT: RE: First Post
MESSAGE: Thanks Dadeos, I will work on some of your requests tonight. Keep checking back. This evening. You're right about the quote marks are making Perl chock. I think I have a fix though and will give it a try.
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Post# 97-5/21/2001-18:04 ||| Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)
SUBJECT: QUOTATION MARKS-DO NOT USE
MESSAGE: Hey guys, for the time being don't use any quotation marks, its making the program skip a beat. I'm researching a fix now, I might a solution.
Thanks, all you guys posting stuff really helps uncover the bugs so we can get this thing up and running!
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Post# 98-5/21/2001-18:05 ||| Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)
SUBJECT: RE: Its Perl Baily...
MESSAGE: I don't remember Perl selling Westinghouse washers Appnut, did she do this for quite a while?
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Post# 99-5/21/2001-18:16 ||| Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)
SUBJECT: Ignore-Test
MESSAGE: The following message is a test without any quotes
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Post# 100-5/21/2001-18:17 ||| Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)
SUBJECT: Ignore Test2
MESSAGE: The following message contains "
quotation"
marks.
This is another test, please ignore this message guys!
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Post# 101-5/21/2001-18:21 ||| Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)
SUBJECT: RE: Ignore Test2 (another test)
MESSAGE: This message also contains "
quotation"
marks.
This is only a test:
Hi everyone, I was recently asked what is the difference between the Unimatic and the other Frigidaire washers and I wanted to give an explanation for those who might not know.
The Unimatic transmission was designed and built by a Frigidaire engineer named Kenneth O'Sissen back in the late 1930's. Kenneth, who was hired by Frigidaire after working at Bendix where he invented the incrementing timer for their bolt-down washer and Kenneth’s basic timer design is still used today in some washers and dishwashers. His Unimatic, (Uni. meaning one and Matic short for automatic) consisted of a pulsator crankshaft & spin cage/brake assembly type transmission located on the top, a motor mounted in the middle and a water pump mounted underneath the motor. It was one complete direct drive unit without any clutches, drive belts or pulleys. The motor ran at 1140rpm, the gearing ratio in the pulsator part of the mechanism made the agitator go up and down in a 1 7/8” stroke at 330 pulses per minute. Since there was no gearing in the spin section of the mechanism, the tub spun at the same rate as the motor -- 1140rpm, which made for incredibly dry clothes. Because of the war effort it wasn’t until 1947 that Frigidaire introduced this mechanism in its very first washer, model WJ-60. Unimatic washers for domestic use were continued to be produced through 1958.
In 1955 Frigidaire engineers experimented with a belt-drive mechanism and introduced the Pulsa-Matic mechanism on its lower end washer model WV-35. The Pulsa-Matic agitated up and down at a very rapid 630ppm and also spun the tub at 630rpm, which was the slowest spinning full-size washer GM Frigidaire ever produced. Because of the rapid agitation with the Pulsa-Matic, Frigidaire shortened the length of the stroke of the agitation from 1 7/8"
to 3/4"
. This change in agitation stroke and pulse rate did reduce the rate of turnover of the clothes which made for less tangling, but did not clean anywhere near as well as the Unimatic’s agitation. For this reason the Pulsa-Matic only lasted 4 years as they continued to market it in '56, '57 and '58. These models (WV-35, WS-56, WD-56, WS-57, WD-57, WS-58, WD-58 and WDP-58) are now some of the rarest of the Frigidaire washers and I only know of one collector that has one of these Pulsa-Matic washers.
The only major design of the Unimatic washers outside of the normal yearly changes in the cabinet and control panels was the introduction of the 3-Ring Agitator in 1956, with a neoprene rubber, gray colored cap, lint-chaser ring and circulator ring. The same colors were used in ’57 and a bleach cup was added. In ’58 Frigidaire’s advertising firm suggested that they color the rings (sort of like they did in the ’57 magazine ad’s), so the cap became turquoise, the lint chaser ring became yellow and the circulator became a coral color.
In 1959 Frigidaire introduced their first coin-operated washer (model WCOZ). The WCOZ used the Unimatic tranny and coin-op Unimatics were produced until 1964. Starting in 1965 Frigidaire introduced other coin-op machines with various mechanisms and continued to make them until the mid 70’s. About 1962 Frigidaire introduce their top-loading Dry-Cleaner, it too used the Unimatic mechanism and I'm not sure how long it was produced for (anyone out there know????).
For the new 1959 domestic washer line Frigidaire discontinued the Unimatic (for home use) and completely discontinued the Pulsa-Matic. They now introduced the Multi-Matic which was nothing more than a very advanced version of the Pulsa-Matic. It consisted of two drive belts (one for agitate and one for spin), a new two speed motor and a special clutch to shift drive power between the two belts. This arrangement produced Frigidaire's first multi-speed washer, allowing for 330ppm for normal wash speed or a 220ppm delicate speed as well as a 850rpm high spin speed and a 330rpm delicate spin speed. Because of the slower 330ppm Frigidaire was now able to return the agitator stroke back to a full 1.25"
just like the old Unimatic. For the 1963 line Frigidaire introduced it's new 12lb capacity tub, but unfortunately for both the 1963 and 1964 line Frigidaire cheapened the clutch design of the Multi-Matic which dropped the high spin speed from 850 all the way down to 710.
In 1965 (actually it was the end of the year 1964) Frigidaire introduced the Roller-Matic mechanism. This was now a belt-less mechanism again with rollers of different sizes to drive the transmission. They also brought back the high speed spin of 1010rpm (not quite as fast as the 1140 of the Unimatic, but still very impressive). The Imperial and Custom Imperial washers had this 1010 “Rapidry spin” as well as a 650 mid level spin and a 330 low speed spin. Agitation speeds remained at 330 normal or 220 delicate speeds. In '65 they also introduced the "
Deep Action Agitator"
which was also referred to as "
Jet-Action"
. They had been experimenting with this 3-cone agitator since 1962 when they stated placing it in their coin-op machines, but for some reason waited until '65 to introduce it into the domestic line.
The 1970 line brought some very big changes. They introduced the new 1-18 washer with big 18lb perforated tub and the Jet-Cone agitator. The normal agitation speed was brought up from 330ppm to 360ppm and the spin speed was lowered from 1010 to about 660. They day's of the high speed spin were now over, even though its 660 was still the fastest spin available through the 1970's.
Of course in 1980 GM sold off Frigidaire it will never be the same :( . For a few years they kept the same general look of the cabinet and control panel of the 1-18 but inside was a 1970's design Westinghouse Top-Loading washer, one of the worst top-loader washer designs ever. It was a very dark-day in applianceville. The first time I saw this new Frigidaire after catching my breath, I nearly cried. I don’t need to describe to anyone out there in applianceville what WCI is producing now as a top-loader.
If anyone has any additions to add this piece of history, that would be really great!
*****
Post# 102-5/21/2001-18:21 ||| Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)
SUBJECT: Final Test
MESSAGE: Hi everyone, I was recently asked what is the difference between the Unimatic and the other Frigidaire washers and I wanted to give an explanation for those who might not know.
The Unimatic transmission was designed and built by a Frigidaire engineer named Kenneth O'Sissen back in the late 1930's. Kenneth, who was hired by Frigidaire after working at Bendix where he invented the incrementing timer for their bolt-down washer and Kenneth’s basic timer design is still used today in some washers and dishwashers. His Unimatic, (Uni. meaning one and Matic short for automatic) consisted of a pulsator crankshaft & spin cage/brake assembly type transmission located on the top, a motor mounted in the middle and a water pump mounted underneath the motor. It was one complete direct drive unit without any clutches, drive belts or pulleys. The motor ran at 1140rpm, the gearing ratio in the pulsator part of the mechanism made the agitator go up and down in a 1 7/8” stroke at 330 pulses per minute. Since there was no gearing in the spin section of the mechanism, the tub spun at the same rate as the motor -- 1140rpm, which made for incredibly dry clothes. Because of the war effort it wasn’t until 1947 that Frigidaire introduced this mechanism in its very first washer, model WJ-60. Unimatic washers for domestic use were continued to be produced through 1958.
In 1955 Frigidaire engineers experimented with a belt-drive mechanism and introduced the Pulsa-Matic mechanism on its lower end washer model WV-35. The Pulsa-Matic agitated up and down at a very rapid 630ppm and also spun the tub at 630rpm, which was the slowest spinning full-size washer GM Frigidaire ever produced. Because of the rapid agitation with the Pulsa-Matic, Frigidaire shortened the length of the stroke of the agitation from 1 7/8"
to 3/4"
. This change in agitation stroke and pulse rate did reduce the rate of turnover of the clothes which made for less tangling, but did not clean anywhere near as well as the Unimatic’s agitation. For this reason the Pulsa-Matic only lasted 4 years as they continued to market it in '56, '57 and '58. These models (WV-35, WS-56, WD-56, WS-57, WD-57, WS-58, WD-58 and WDP-58) are now some of the rarest of the Frigidaire washers and I only know of one collector that has one of these Pulsa-Matic washers.
The only major design of the Unimatic washers outside of the normal yearly changes in the cabinet and control panels was the introduction of the 3-Ring Agitator in 1956, with a neoprene rubber, gray colored cap, lint-chaser ring and circulator ring. The same colors were used in ’57 and a bleach cup was added. In ’58 Frigidaire’s advertising firm suggested that they color the rings (sort of like they did in the ’57 magazine ad’s), so the cap became turquoise, the lint chaser ring became yellow and the circulator became a coral color.
In 1959 Frigidaire introduced their first coin-operated washer (model WCOZ). The WCOZ used the Unimatic tranny and coin-op Unimatics were produced until 1964. Starting in 1965 Frigidaire introduced other coin-op machines with various mechanisms and continued to make them until the mid 70’s. About 1962 Frigidaire introduce their top-loading Dry-Cleaner, it too used the Unimatic mechanism and I'm not sure how long it was produced for (anyone out there know????).
For the new 1959 domestic washer line Frigidaire discontinued the Unimatic (for home use) and completely discontinued the Pulsa-Matic. They now introduced the Multi-Matic which was nothing more than a very advanced version of the Pulsa-Matic. It consisted of two drive belts (one for agitate and one for spin), a new two speed motor and a special clutch to shift drive power between the two belts. This arrangement produced Frigidaire's first multi-speed washer, allowing for 330ppm for normal wash speed or a 220ppm delicate speed as well as a 850rpm high spin speed and a 330rpm delicate spin speed. Because of the slower 330ppm Frigidaire was now able to return the agitator stroke back to a full 1.25"
just like the old Unimatic. For the 1963 line Frigidaire introduced it's new 12lb capacity tub, but unfortunately for both the 1963 and 1964 line Frigidaire cheapened the clutch design of the Multi-Matic which dropped the high spin speed from 850 all the way down to 710.
In 1965 (actually it was the end of the year 1964) Frigidaire introduced the Roller-Matic mechanism. This was now a belt-less mechanism again with rollers of different sizes to drive the transmission. They also brought back the high speed spin of 1010rpm (not quite as fast as the 1140 of the Unimatic, but still very impressive). The Imperial and Custom Imperial washers had this 1010 “Rapidry spin” as well as a 650 mid level spin and a 330 low speed spin. Agitation speeds remained at 330 normal or 220 delicate speeds. In '65 they also introduced the "
Deep Action Agitator"
which was also referred to as "
Jet-Action"
. They had been experimenting with this 3-cone agitator since 1962 when they stated placing it in their coin-op machines, but for some reason waited until '65 to introduce it into the domestic line.
The 1970 line brought some very big changes. They introduced the new 1-18 washer with big 18lb perforated tub and the Jet-Cone agitator. The normal agitation speed was brought up from 330ppm to 360ppm and the spin speed was lowered from 1010 to about 660. They day's of the high speed spin were now over, even though its 660 was still the fastest spin available through the 1970's.
Of course in 1980 GM sold off Frigidaire it will never be the same :( . For a few years they kept the same general look of the cabinet and control panel of the 1-18 but inside was a 1970's design Westinghouse Top-Loading washer, one of the worst top-loader washer designs ever. It was a very dark-day in applianceville. The first time I saw this new Frigidaire after catching my breath, I nearly cried. I don’t need to describe to anyone out there in applianceville what WCI is producing now as a top-loader.
If anyone has any additions to add this piece of history, that would be really great!
*****
Post# 103-5/21/2001-18:24 ||| Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)
SUBJECT: YAY for 1010 page and RPM's
MESSAGE: Page number 1010 (just like the Rapidry 1000 spin speed) told me how to convert those "
quotes"
to their hexadecimal values so the system wont choke on "
quote"
marks anymore. You guys can resume using "
's. Thanks for the help, this is great!
*****
Post# 104-5/21/2001-18:28 ||| UNimATic1140 (Minneapolis)
SUBJECT: Lets see if this works
MESSAGE: How does my name look?
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Post# 105-5/21/2001-18:32 ||| uniMATIC1140 (Minneapolis)
SUBJECT: LOUIS, this was for you
MESSAGE: I just changed the code so your login name will appear in the pink index as well as in the white message in same the same capital case that you typed it to log-in.
In other words, when you hit login type your username in all upper case if you want it to show in all upper case or any other case you like, it will show up exactly as you type it in!
YAY, everyone gets to have their name shown exactly as they want without any extra if-then code on the server!
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Post# 106-5/21/2001-19:03 ||| Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)
SUBJECT: And for my next trick
MESSAGE: The F&P wallpaper should appear just for you Dadoes!
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Post# 107-5/21/2001-19:19 ||| Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)
SUBJECT: Now I'm Miele Fan
MESSAGE: Miele Logo added to the choices, as well as F&P. Any other logo requests, I have a lot more coming?
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Post# 108-5/21/2001-19:48 ||| Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)
SUBJECT: RE: First Post (thank you)
MESSAGE: Hi Dadoes, thanks for all those great suggestions. Here are my responses to each one...
#1. I tried adding a visiable frame line between the frames, and this works great for us at 800x600 and above, but there are quite a few of us at 640x480 screen resolution and it took up quite a lot of screen real estate. I can still add them if we think is necessary though, just want to be thoughtful of those who have smaller screens. Let me know.
#2. NEXT and PREV post buttons I will look into coding this during the long holiday weekend coming up. This is going to take a lot of coding and I want to get the other small bugs out first before I start adding major code.
#3. DONE, you can change your wallpaper by going into the Edit My Profile button.
#4. Thanks, I have 24 pictures loaded, but I'm going to upload more tonight. The system generates a random number every day to pick a new picture.
#5. Eventually it would be nice to figure out a way that everyone can post their own pictures. But for now lets all continue using Yahoo Photos. For stuff being added to the libraries anyone who wants to add something can scan it at 100dpi and email to me and I will add it for now.
#6. I will look into a preview feature, I don't think this is going to be as hard to write or as server-tasking as the PREV and NEXT buttons, so I will try and do that this week.
#7. Hispeed (our server company) says we have unlimited server space, but I don't believe that. I bet its around 500mb or so.
#8. I change the files names of the pages but our users really wont need to know the exact name, they just want a button to click to do all the work.
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Post# 109-5/21/2001-20:27 ||| gansky1 (Omaha, NE)
SUBJECT: RE: Checking Site on AOL (YAY)
MESSAGE: Yes, the wallpaper was there too - I was only using AOL's internet feature (through the AOL shell) not Netscape, although I'm sure they are pretty closely related.
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Post# 110-5/21/2001-20:28 ||| gansky1 (Omaha, NE)
SUBJECT: RE: Checking Site on AOL (YAY)
MESSAGE: Oops, forgot to mention one thing I noticed. I was only on the site for few minutes, but when I posted the message orginally, I couldn't see it in the message list right away, even with the re-load a couple of times.
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Post# 111-5/21/2001-20:37 ||| gansky1 (Omaha, NE)
SUBJECT: Reply to Screen Suggestion
MESSAGE: Would it be possible to have a "
View Replies to this Message Key"
that would pull up a list of message postings that were a reply to an orginal post. Yahoo has a feature like this and it could be a handy tool if we are researching a topic from the archives. The keyword search would work for this too, but the View Replies would be nice for more specific on topics. Not something vital that we'd need right away, but down the road would be nice to have - just a little more powerful edge?
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Post# 112-5/21/2001-20:39 ||| gansky1 (Omaha, NE)
SUBJECT: RE: Its Perl Baily... (On TV too!)
MESSAGE: Do you remember her on the TV commercials? There were a number of them (including the shot in the pic of the day) where she was halking Westy wares. Gotta love Pearl!
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Post# 113-5/21/2001-20:52 ||| peteski50 (New York)
SUBJECT: RE: Its Perl Baily... (Pics )
MESSAGE: Is this going to change every day?
Peter
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Post# 114-5/21/2001-20:54 ||| Peteski50 (New York)
SUBJECT: RE: Its Perl Baily... (change logo)
MESSAGE: I thought I would try another
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Post# 115-5/21/2001-20:56 ||| unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)
SUBJECT: RE: Its Perl Baily... (hi peter)
MESSAGE: change back to Whirlpool if you don't mind. I think I just figured out the logo problem with netscape.
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Post# 116-5/21/2001-20:57 ||| Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)
SUBJECT: RE: Its Perl Baily... (Yup)
MESSAGE: The picture of the day only lasts 24 hours, it automatically changes at 3am your time.
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Post# 117-5/21/2001-20:59 ||| Peteski50 (New York)
SUBJECT: RE: Its Perl Baily... (changed )
MESSAGE: Ok Robert
I changed back to Whirlpool
Peter
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Post# 118-5/21/2001-21:03 ||| Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)
SUBJECT: RE: Its Perl Baily... (its working)
MESSAGE: yay, hopefully all new message will show the wallpaper properly. Netscape didn't like my file names.
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Post# 119-5/21/2001-21:10 ||| Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)
SUBJECT: RE: Its Perl Baily... (thanks)
MESSAGE: Thanks for your help Pete. By the way, I just got off the phone with John and he says your going down there to DC for a visit. Should be fun, I can't wait to see the museum in person.
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Post# 120-5/21/2001-21:18 ||| appnut (Temple, TX)
SUBJECT: RE: Its Perl Baily...
MESSAGE: Yes, Uni, Pearl was the tv spokesman for Westinghouse for a number of years, before & after the WCI debaucle. I only remember her selling the front load washers too.
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Post# 121-5/21/2001-21:27 ||| Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)
SUBJECT: RE: Its Perl Baily...
MESSAGE: thanks appnut I never saw any of her commercials, otherwise I would have remember them. Just this little magazine ad.
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Post# 122-5/21/2001-21:29 ||| Appnut (Temple, TX)
SUBJECT: A new logo suggestion
MESSAGE: Uni, can ya dig up a Hamilton logo. I think we should pay homage & respect to the pioneer of the dryer and such a rugged, long-lasting machine. Heck, I may change posting wall paper every day just to be fun.
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Post# 123-5/21/2001-21:33 ||| Appnut (Temple, TX)
SUBJECT: RE: Its Perl Baily...
MESSAGE: Oh that's okay "
dahlin"
. Pearl used to have her ads quite a bit on the Merve Griffin Show, some soaps, and other afternoon shows like Griffin's that my mom would have on the tv when i got home from school. Jane Wyatt, from Father Knows Best, used to do ads for Kenmore. I remember a mag ad she did for the LK w/d you had in your basement, until recently; the piano keyboard LK in avocado; as well as a LK roto-rack ad entitled "
The best cleaning lady in town."
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Post# 124-5/21/2001-21:34 ||| Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)
SUBJECT: RE: Reply to Screen Suggestion
MESSAGE: Thats a great idea Greg, I'll add that to the to-do list for the future enhancements. Your westinghouse wallpaper should now be fixed for all new messages you post in Netscape. Thanks for helping double check AOL.
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Post# 125-5/21/2001-21:47 ||| DADoES (El Campo, TX)
SUBJECT: RE: And for my next trick
MESSAGE: YeeeHawww! I gots wallpaper!!
(testing it with this post)
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Post# 126-5/21/2001-21:48 ||| DADoES (El Campo, TX)
SUBJECT: RE: And for my next trick
MESSAGE: And my nick case is correct-a-mundo!!!
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Post# 127-5/21/2001-22:00 ||| Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)
SUBJECT: Two New Logos added
MESSAGE: One for Scott, one for Appnut!
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Post# 128-5/21/2001-22:07 ||| PeterH770 (Atlanta, GA)
SUBJECT: RE: A new logo suggestion (logos logos everywhere)
MESSAGE: Two nights of Anne Frank, I need to talk appliances!
Norge logo with the squares around the letters.
That wonderful Bendix script.
Is the Kenmore one the one with the '60 K?
The Speed Queen logo with the queen with the perfectly horizontal hair, like on Greg's 54's?
Not to mention the different Frigidaire crowns. How about a background with the spiffy woman in long gloves and crown "
doing the sheer look"
?
Isn't there a Kelvinator and/or ABC logo?
Robert: for the logos, do you get them from digital pics you take or from literature scans?
Oh God, Monica Kaufmann has white hair! That woman has more hair styles than Dolly Parton has wigs! She's a news anchor here...
I won a Frigidaire '56 tech talk on ebay tonight.
11pm and I'm pooped! You guys have a wonderful night! Catch you in the morning...
Robert: your doing great!
-ph
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Post# 129-5/21/2001-22:10 ||| PeterH770 (Atlanta, GA)
SUBJECT: RE: A new logo suggestion (bug)
MESSAGE: The program also does not like "
greater than"
and "
less than"
signs. My last post started with Whew! in the pointed brackets and that emotional sigh is missing altogether...
-ph
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Post# 130-5/21/2001-22:14 ||| Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)
SUBJECT: RE: A new logo suggestion (OY)
MESSAGE: One at a time please boys! Don't worry I have logos for everything. In time everybody requests will be furnished.
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Post# 131-5/21/2001-22:15 ||| Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)
SUBJECT: RE: A new logo suggestion (bug)
MESSAGE: Thanks Peter I have to do the same to those greater than and less than signs that I did with the quotes. I knew having everyone test would turn up the bugs quickly. Thanks you guys.
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Post# 132-5/21/2001-22:16 ||| PeterH770 (Atlanta, GA)
SUBJECT: RE: A new logo suggestion (Explorer script error)
MESSAGE: I got the internet Explorer script error pop-up at work, but I figure that was just my work PC with the network connection. I just got it here on my laptop using AOL. Does anyone know if there is there an internet setting I need to check?
-ph
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Post# 133-5/21/2001-22:19 ||| PeterH770 (Atlanta, GA)
SUBJECT: RE: A new logo suggestion (slow down, sweetie!)
MESSAGE: Robert... Sweetie... Slow down! I don't want them all in yesterday! I was just asking how you got them into your 'puter... Don't you be up all night doing this computer hokus-pokus... Sleep is a good thing, amongst other things horizontal...
'nite all!!!
-ph
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Post# 134-5/21/2001-22:21 ||| Appnut (Temple, TX)
SUBJECT: RE: A new logo suggestion
MESSAGE: Thank you Mr. Uni, you gentleman and scholar you!!!
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Post# 135-5/21/2001-22:31 ||| Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)
SUBJECT: RE: A new logo suggestion (my pleasure)
MESSAGE: After all this I should be able to go out and get a job as a web designer.
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Post# 136-5/21/2001-22:33 ||| Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)
SUBJECT: RE: A new logo suggestion (slow down, sweetie!)
MESSAGE: Oh, I forgot, this isn't work? Actually I'm having so much fun doing all this I really don't mind. Its really good experience for me anyway.
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Post# 137-5/21/2001-22:37 ||| Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)
SUBJECT: RE: A new logo suggestion (Explorer script error)
MESSAGE: Peter try it again first thing in the morning and see if this error was still coming up. We'll try to troubleshoot it then.
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Post# 138-5/21/2001-22:55 ||| Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)
SUBJECT: Well since I can't read the posts on Yahoo
MESSAGE: I'm being sent back to message 40 again. Hopefully I can see Todd's new sink in the morning. Nite guys.
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By the way, the first person to see the new picture of the day gets a special message telling them they are the first viewer. If you're first please let us know that you did get the message.
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Post# 139-5/21/2001-24:25 ||| gansky1 (Omaha, NE)
SUBJECT: RE: Its Perl Baily... (Kenmore Print Ads)
MESSAGE: I have a number of ads for Sears appliances with lots of notable people. All of them have the same foundation - " (name of famous person) could afford any washer, dryer, refrigerator, sewing machine, etc. - but they chose Kenmore." The Jane Wyatt LK ad is great - an all glass laundry room and the avocado set - true 70's!
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Post# 140-5/21/2001-24:39 ||| DADoES (El Campo, TX)
SUBJECT: RE: Its Perl Baily... (Kenmore Print Ads)
MESSAGE: That sounds wonderful! Let's get 'em scanned and on the site!
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Post# 141-5/21/2001-24:39 ||| gansky1 (Omaha, NE)
SUBJECT: Profiles Section - Member's Links
MESSAGE: Hi - how about a "favorite link" field in the profiles section? Several spaces would be nice for those of us that have a number of yahoo identities or sites that pictures are posted on, or better yet, we talked once about some kind of "link bank" for links to other fun sites, but could we have the same for each user/member for their individual sites indexed by user name, this would keep things organized for everyone. No hurry, I'll check back tomorrow - just kidding! Have a good night all.
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Post# 142-5/21/2001-24:42 ||| Gansky1 (Omaha, NE)
SUBJECT: RE: A new logo suggestion (Logo gone again...)
MESSAGE: Westy logo is still gone for me tonight.......I changed to Miele to see if that one works for me.
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Post# 143-5/21/2001-24:42 ||| Gansky1 (Omaha, NE)
SUBJECT: RE: A new logo suggestion (miele worked OK)
MESSAGE:
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Post# 144-5/21/2001-00:16 ||| DADoES (El Campo, TX)
SUBJECT: Picture of the Day suggestion
MESSAGE: The browser back button works of course, but how's about a link for "home" on it?
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Post# 145-5/22/2001-04:08 ||| EDDY1210 (Vancouver, B.C. Canada)
SUBJECT: RE: Well since I can't read the posts on Yahoo (first to see the pic of the day)
MESSAGE: Good morning all. Well, I guess I was the first to see the new pic of the day! I did get the message telling me that indeed I was the first. The website has been working great for me so far. Nice to see everyone here.
Eddy
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Post# 146-5/22/2001-05:29 ||| Scottdamit (Bright Indiana)
SUBJECT: New web site
MESSAGE: Robert you did a fabulous job with this web site! I'm jelous because I never would have been able to do anything like this. I't really looks good. Thank you!
SD
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Post# 147-5/22/2001-05:54 ||| Foraloysius (Groningen, The Netherlands)
SUBJECT: RE: LOUIS, this was for you
MESSAGE: Robert, you are the greatest!!!! And thanks for the Miele logo, from now on I will be posting on a Miele background, YAY!
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Post# 148-5/22/2001-06:41 ||| Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)
SUBJECT: RE: A new logo suggestion (Logo gone again...)
MESSAGE: Morning Greg, change your wallpaper back to westy, it should work now. I made a fix last night, but you need to reset your profile.
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Post# 149-5/22/2001-06:54 ||| Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)
SUBJECT: RE: Picture of the Day suggestion (You wish is my command)
MESSAGE: DONE
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Post# 150-5/22/2001-06:54 ||| Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)
SUBJECT: RE: Well since I can't read the posts on Yahoo (first to see the pic of the day)
MESSAGE: Thanks Eddy, glad to know that does work! I'm never up early enough.
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Post# 151-5/22/2001-06:57 ||| Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)
SUBJECT: RE: New web site
MESSAGE: Thanks Scott, welcome to Applianceville 2
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Post# 152-5/22/2001-07:03 ||| unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)
SUBJECT: 19 Members & Counting
MESSAGE: 19 Members have signed up and added profiles, YAY. We're growing already.
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Post# 153-5/22/2001-07:40 ||| Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)
SUBJECT: Driest Spin In Town!
MESSAGE: Some of you guys might remember this postcard, it was the very first picture I posted to share with the "new club".
LINK: http://y42.photos.yahoo.com/bc/unimatic1140/vwp?.dir=/Frigidaire&.dnm=Driest+Spin+In+Town!.jpg&.src=ph&.view=t&.hires=t
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Post# 154-5/22/2001-08:16 ||| PeterH770 (Atlanta, GA)
SUBJECT: RE: A new logo suggestion (happening at work)
MESSAGE: I go into my profile, change my wallpaper to Hotpoint, click to update, and...
An error has occurred in the scirpt on this page.
line: 11
char: 1
error: object expected
code: 0
Do you want to continue running the script on this page? y/n
-ph
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Post# 155-5/22/2001-08:22 ||| PeterH770 (Atlanta, GA)
SUBJECT: RE: Driest Spin In Town!
MESSAGE: Back then, they would install all these washer, then install one 50# dryer for about every 4 washers! So it's always more impressive to show lots and lots of washers and kinda ignore the dryers. Boy, I'd love to find 6 coin-op Frigidaires to replace my GE's.
-ph
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Post# 156-5/22/2001-08:31 ||| PeterH770 (Atlanta, GA)
SUBJECT: POTD 5/22
MESSAGE: Those Westy coin-op were in every laundry room at the University of Rochester in 1981. They were replaced with Maytags in 1983. The ones in the basement of my dorm were significantly older than the ones in the rooftop laundry, and the old ones washed and spun significantly faster than the newer ones, such that the indexing tub didn't seem to hinder washing too badly. Love the way they took the side-opening lid, put a hinge on the back and put the little chrome handle on the front. The only purpose for the lid switch was to sense that the lid was down, so when the washer went into spin, the lid lock solenoid was activated. You could fake it out with a pencil, then leave the lid up for spin observation. I think the old SQ coin-ops did the same.
-ph
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Post# 157-5/22/2001-08:47 ||| Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)
SUBJECT: RE: A new logo suggestion (error)
MESSAGE: Peter are you only getting this when you press "update change to my profile button"? And did this happen at home or just on your work computer? What browser and version are you running at work? Any details will be helpful, has anyone else seen this error message? Even though you received this error it looks like its still working fine because you were able to change your wallpaper, but I would still like to figure out the cause of the error message.
Thanks Peter
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Post# 158-5/22/2001-08:49 ||| Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)
SUBJECT: RE: Driest Spin In Town! (dream machine)
MESSAGE: I would love to find a 1959 WCOZ Frigidaire coin op Unimatic, with a round window lid, that would be a dream machine.
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Post# 159-5/22/2001-08:52 ||| Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)
SUBJECT: RE: POTD 5/22 (spin speed?)
MESSAGE: Peter I don't think those Top-Loading Coin-Op Westinghouse machines spun any faster than the domestic models did, they were pretty slow at 550 rpm or so. I remember the laundry rooms in my Grandparents Condo after they moved to Fort Lauderdale in 1974 had 5 coin-op Whirlpools and just 1 of those Westy coin-op top loaders. I thought it was a neat machine.
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Post# 160-5/22/2001-09:20 ||| PeterH770 (Atlanta, GA)
SUBJECT: RE: A new logo suggestion (error)
MESSAGE: Yes, just when I update my profile. I'm running Internet Explorer 4.72 here at work. At home, it's AOL v5. The updates seem to take, and since it is happening in 2 different places with different PC setups, it's more of a Windows thing rather than anything with the website...
-ph
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Post# 161-5/22/2001-09:26 ||| PeterH770 (Atlanta, GA)
SUBJECT: RE: POTD 5/22 (spin speed?)
MESSAGE: Not the dorm basement machines. If the new machines upstairs were washing at about 60 spm, the basement machines were at 70-80. Kinda like comparing a Maytag wash speed to a GE. They were much more vigorous and brisk. I'd assume the spin was faster. I couldn't tell by dryer time, as those Westy dryers were really bad, and each one dried differently.
-ph
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Post# 162-5/22/2001-09:28 ||| ()
SUBJECT: RE: A new logo suggestion (DaDoes)
MESSAGE: Maybe DaDoes can help with this one?
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Post# 163-5/22/2001-09:31 ||| PeterH770 (Atlanta, GA)
SUBJECT: RE: POTD 5/22 (coin vs. domestic)
MESSAGE: Oh, I didn't mean that there was a difference between the coin and home models. I meant that the difference was between older and newer models. The basement machines had the plastic covered wire clothes guards, gray agitators with very deep cuts between the vanes and the barrel/skirt. The newer machines had light blue agitators with shallower cuts, plastic clothes guard. Seems to me the hole pattern in the tub was different too. The older machines made that curved-agitator-sucking sound as they washed; the newer machines just hummed along.
-ph
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Post# 164-5/22/2001-09:31 ||| PeterH770 (Atlanta, GA)
SUBJECT: RE: A new logo suggestion (who ARE you?)
MESSAGE: That post has no author... We have a ghost already!
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Post# 165-5/22/2001-11:05 ||| foraloysius (Groningen, The Netherlands)
SUBJECT: RE: LOUIS, this was for you (Just a test)
MESSAGE: I'm home again, I saw a few things at work. Now a post as a little test.
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Post# 166-5/22/2001-11:06 ||| jetcone (Boston)
SUBJECT: RE: POTD 5/22 (Lid Lock Defeaters Anonymous -LLDA)
MESSAGE: Peter I used to take a pencil and jamb it into the Speed Queens at the Laundromat too! The speed queens used to make so much noise when they were filling up. AS if they were pumping the water from deep in the ground!
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Post# 167-5/22/2001-12:43 ||| DADoES (El Campo, TX)
SUBJECT: RE: A new logo suggestion (DaDoes)
MESSAGE: It's definitely related to IE 4.xx. I have two computers at the office running IE4, and I get the script error on both when updating my profile, although the changes do appear to take effect. I don't get the script error on IE5/5.5 or Netscape 4.75. I've seen other sites that trigger script errors as well with IE4.
Just my opinion, but seems like the best solution would be for PeterH to upgrade his IE to insure compatibility with the latest script coding on all the sites he may visit. It's easy to do. Go to http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com and click on the "Product Updates" link -- NOT on the rather prominent link for IE 5.5. Scroll through the list of available updates, and get your choice of either IE 5.02 or IE 5.5. Be sure to also get all the Critical Updates, and look in the Recommended Updates section for the Microsoft Virtual Machine. Some of the items must be a single download, then you reboot and go back to get more, until you have everything you need. Beware that a browser upgrade will likely be a very large download -- it may start with a small "installer" that is only a few hundred KB, but then that will download the rest of the update, possibly as much as 17 MB.
LINK: http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com
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Post# 168-5/22/2001-12:45 ||| DADoES (El Campo, TX)
SUBJECT: RE: A new logo suggestion (DaDoes)
MESSAGE: Forgot to mention . . . stay away from the IE6 Beta.
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Post# 169-5/22/2001-12:52 ||| unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)
SUBJECT: RE: LOUIS, this was for you (everything OK Louis?)
MESSAGE: Is everything working OK for you?
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Post# 170-5/22/2001-12:54 ||| unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)
SUBJECT: RE: POTD 5/22 (SQ Lid Locks)
MESSAGE: I used to do the same thing with the Speed Queen coin ops. I noticed that once the locking bar came across the lid switch lever, it automatically would hold down the lid switch level and it would spin with the lid open.
Talk about a bug that was never fixed!
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Post# 171-5/22/2001-12:55 ||| unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)
SUBJECT: RE: A new logo suggestion (DaDoes)
MESSAGE: Thanks Dadoes, I'll look at line 11 of the code, but wont worry too much about it.
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Post# 172-5/22/2001-13:23 ||| foraloysius (Groningen, The Netherlands)
SUBJECT: RE: LOUIS, this was for you (everything OK Louis?)
MESSAGE: Robert, everything works like a charm, I'm enjoying this thoroughly.
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Post# 173-5/22/2001-14:00 ||| Gansky1 (Omaha, NE)
SUBJECT: RE: Driest Spin In Town! (window lid)
MESSAGE: Wow - I thought those were Hamilton machines with that window lid! (tee hee)
What a dream that would be - guess it was really the driest spin the country at that point.
Great postcard - thanks.
Now let's see if the Westy logo works....
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Post# 174-5/22/2001-14:08 ||| Gansky1 (Omaha, NE)
SUBJECT: YaPOO isn't working at all now....
MESSAGE: I tried to get into the club (and other Yapoo sites) this AM early, but it wasn't working - couldn't even get the home page up for several minutes. When I clicked on posts, it took me to mssg. 40 everytime. This site was certainly timely - I wouldn't be able to get my "Appliance Fix" without it! I should be in the garage working on some anyway.....
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Post# 175-5/22/2001-15:08 ||| unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)
SUBJECT: RE: Driest Spin In Town! (HEY)
MESSAGE: Excuse me, but isn't it still the driest spin in town, what up with this "was really the driest spin the country at that point!" Mister!
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Post# 176-5/22/2001-15:10 ||| unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)
SUBJECT: RE: YaPOO isn't working at all now.... (Yahoo Pictures)
MESSAGE: Yahoo Photos is also acting funny, at least we can say we've always been able to get into the new Applianceville. A missing logo here and there, an error message on occassion, but at least the posts all pop up within a second or two after posting them and we've never been sent back to message 40 here, YAY.
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Post# 177-5/22/2001-16:37 ||| Scott55405 (Minneapolis)
SUBJECT: Hi Everybody!
MESSAGE: Wow! There are a lot of messages over here already, everyone is having a good time! Robert, you have outdone yourself as usual, thank you for all your hard work. I really like the way the posting and reading system works. Glad to see we can edit our profiles as I'm sure I'll think of things I want to add or change!
I've really been enjoying the picture of the day feature too.
Scott
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Post# 178-5/22/2001-16:38 ||| Scott55405 (Minneapolis)
SUBJECT: Background
MESSAGE: Oops I had forgotten to select a background!
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Post# 179-5/22/2001-16:42 ||| Peteski50 (New York)
SUBJECT: Frigidaire background
MESSAGE: I thought I would try being JetAction is my favorate
Peter
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Post# 180-5/22/2001-18:31 ||| Scott55405 (Minneapolis)
SUBJECT: Steve D--
MESSAGE: What is a 1968 Frigidaire "High Fashion" washer? This sounds intriguing! Scott
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Post# 181-5/22/2001-18:48 ||| Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)
SUBJECT: RE: Hi Everybody! (Hey You)
MESSAGE: Hi Scott, welcome to the Club, we've been anxiously wait for you to arrive. I purposely scanned the F and Crown logo for you last night cause I knew it would be your favorite! Enjoy.
We’re still in test mode, but things are running so much better than I expected that I think we can soon consider "going live".
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Post# 182-5/22/2001-18:57 ||| Scott55405 (Minneapolis)
SUBJECT: RE: Hi Everybody! (Hey You)
MESSAGE: Thanks! I saw your post earlier where you talked about scanning the later Frigidaire logo and I was so pleased! I'm glad things are running smoothly, we're on our way! S
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Post# 183-5/22/2001-19:27 ||| Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)
SUBJECT: RE: Hi Everybody! (THIS IS A TEST)
MESSAGE: THIS IS ONLY A TEST, PLEASE IGNORE, I'M TRYING TO FIND THE CAUSE OF TODAY'S GHOST POST.
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Post# 184-5/22/2001-19:32 ||| Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)
SUBJECT: RE: Hi Everybody! (TESTS COMPLETED)
MESSAGE: THANKS FOR YOUR PATIENCE GUYS.
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Post# 185-5/22/2001-20:31 ||| hqots (Not sure)
SUBJECT: Thanks Robert!!
MESSAGE: Just wanted to thank you again Robert! This new site is wonderful!!
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Post# 186-5/22/2001-20:37 ||| Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)
SUBJECT: RE: Thanks Robert!! (YAY)
MESSAGE: Hi Jason, welcome to the club!
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Post# 187-5/22/2001-20:38 ||| gansky1 (Omaha, NE)
SUBJECT: RE: Driest Spin In Town! (HEY)
MESSAGE: I was speaking only of the period in which that postcard was made - you would be correct though, still is the driest spin, but there aren't any Unimatic equipped laundromats around now!
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Post# 188-5/22/2001-20:40 ||| gansky1 (Omaha, NE)
SUBJECT: RE: YaPOO isn't working at all now.... (Server is lightening fast!!)
MESSAGE: I love the speed and reliability with this site versus yahoo - it's like a slice of heaven!
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Post# 189-5/22/2001-20:49 ||| kc4ab (limaburg ky)
SUBJECT: RE: New web site
MESSAGE: dam he found me
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Post# 190-5/22/2001-20:51 ||| Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)
SUBJECT: RE: Driest Spin In Town! (HEY)
MESSAGE: True, true, Greg, sad but true.
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Post# 191-5/22/2001-22:01 ||| EDDY1210 (Vancouver, B.C. Canada)
SUBJECT: Unimatic's range pic
MESSAGE: Hi Robert, I remember you posted a picture of your range in one of your photo albums. I can't seem to find it. Could you tell me which yahoo photo album it's in? I have a friend over who is into vintage electric and gas ranges and I wanted to show him. Thanks,
Eddy
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Post# 192-5/22/2001-22:07 ||| Scott55405 (Minneapolis)
SUBJECT: RE: Unimatic's range pic
MESSAGE: Hi Eddy! Here you go, in case Uni doesn't get back to see this! Thank you for your email, sorry I've taken so long to get back to you we'll talk later or soon! Scott :)
LINK: http://y42.photos.yahoo.com/bc/unimatic1140/vwp?.dir=/Frigidaire&.src=ph&.dnm=Frigidaire+1954+30+Range.jpg&.view=t&.done=http%3a//y42.photos.yahoo.com/bc/unimatic1140/lst%3f%26.dir=/Frigidaire%26.src=ph%26.view=t
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Post# 193-5/22/2001-22:15 ||| unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)
SUBJECT: RE: Unimatic's range pic (thanks)
MESSAGE: Thanks for your help Scott, looks like you uncovered another minor bug to be fixed too.
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Post# 194-5/22/2001-22:24 ||| EDDY1210 (Vancouver, B.C. Canada)
SUBJECT: RE: Unimatic's range pic (thanks)
MESSAGE: Boy that was fast! Thanks guys ;-) drop me an email anytime, Scott!
Eddy
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Post# 195-5/22/2001-22:33 ||| Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)
SUBJECT: Look what I did to the Lady Kenmore tonight
MESSAGE: And she's not happy about it one bit. This golden piece of art came from our wonderful trip to Rockford this last weekend.
Of course what you're about to see is temporary, but we can drag it out again during the convention.
LINK: http://y42.photos.yahoo.com/bc/miscbrands00/lst?&.dir=/quick+share&.src=ph&.view=t&.last=1
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Post# 196-5/22/2001-22:35 ||| Scott55405 (Minneapolis)
SUBJECT: RE: Look what I did to the Lady Kenmore tonight
MESSAGE: LOL, so your jeans have been "spanked" clean. ;-) Was there tangling at the end of the load?
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Post# 197-5/22/2001-22:42 ||| Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)
SUBJECT: RE: Unimatic's range pic
MESSAGE: Hi Eddy, I know Scott already replied to your message, but it had a bug because the link was printed in the wrong spot. I just put in a fix and want to see this takes care of it.
LINK: http://y42.photos.yahoo.com/bc/unimatic1140/vwp?.dir=/Frigidaire&.src=ph&.dnm=Frigidaire+1954+30+Range.jpg&.view=t&.done=http%3a//y42.photos.yahoo.com/bc/unimatic1140/lst%3f%26.dir=/Frigidaire%26.src=ph%26.view=t
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Post# 198-5/22/2001-22:42 ||| Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)
SUBJECT: RE: Unimatic's range pic (WoooHoo)
MESSAGE: It's fixed, another bug bites the dust!
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Post# 199-5/22/2001-22:44 ||| Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)
SUBJECT: RE: Look what I did to the Lady Kenmore tonight (Caught)
MESSAGE: No the jeans weren't tangled, but one of the legs did get caught under one of those flex vanes as I was taking the clothes out of the washer. I was really stuck and I had to reach down and loosen the poor thing.
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Post# 200-5/22/2001-22:45 ||| Scott55405 (Minneapolis)
SUBJECT: RE: Look what I did to the Lady Kenmore tonight (Caught)
MESSAGE: I wondered about that, with no bottom part of the agitator, if things would get caught down there under the post by the "workings".
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Post# 201-5/22/2001-23:04 ||| appnut (Temple, TX)
SUBJECT: RE: Look what I did to the Lady Kenmore tonight
MESSAGE: Robert, I had a sneeky suspicion you would do this and had been praying you wouldn't I'm glad she didn't like it. But I gotta admit, I never got to see one of these agitators in action, so I'll have to allow myself the experience why conventioning. Somebody get me the smelling salts. I feel faint.
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Post# 202-5/22/2001-23:06 ||| appnut (Temple, TX)
SUBJECT: RE: Unimatic's range pic (WoooHoo)
MESSAGE: Just call you the Orkin man of applianceville!!!
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Post# 203-5/22/2001-23:08 ||| Austinado16 (San Luis Obispo, CA)
SUBJECT: Just got all signed in. This is great!
MESSAGE: Hi Guys,
Just got all hooked up to "Applianceville." Nice job Robert, This just works so well. Thanks so much agian. Now to go hunt around the site some more.
Todd
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Post# 204-5/22/2001-23:11 ||| unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)
SUBJECT: RE: Just got all signed in. This is great! (Welcome Todd)
MESSAGE: Hi Todd, welcome to the club!
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Post# 205-5/22/2001-23:11 ||| appnut (Temple, TX)
SUBJECT: RE: Look what I did to the Lady Kenmore tonight
MESSAGE: Yes, I immediately recognize the detergent cup cap in pic 5 that's supposed to go on top of the agitator. However, I think it looks more period appropriate on a black scrubber cap, personally.
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Post# 206-5/22/2001-23:54 ||| DADoES (El Campo, TX)
SUBJECT: RE: Look what I did to the Lady Kenmore tonight (Caught)
MESSAGE: Question: Why only four pairs for a full load (high water level)? Seems like it should comfortably hold more than that. Four pairs is a medium load in my F&P, and I can get eight pairs in for a full load.
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Post# 207-5/22/2001-23:57 ||| DADoES (El Campo, TX)
SUBJECT: RE: Look what I did to the Lady Kenmore tonight
MESSAGE: I recall my one of my aunts had a 1960's Kenmore Series 70 (or maybe was Series 60) with the fat bakelite Rotoswirl, and it had the detergent cup / scrubber cap. Another aunt who had a LK runner-up from the 1970's had the scrubber cap, but I never recall the detergent cup being on it -- it must have gotten lost early in the machine's life. Then when the scrubber got all sticky and grungy, they pulled it off and had only the plastic under-cap.
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Post# 208-5/22/2001-23:59 ||| scott55405 (Minneapolis)
SUBJECT: Words in parens in subject lines
MESSAGE: What are these words that appear in parens in the subject lines, like "caught" and "woohoo"...where are they coming from?
I just got home from work and came on, and when I went to post this message, I got the cute error message! I won't give it away so everyone can enjoy the fun the first time they get it!
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Post# 209-5/22/2001-00:00 ||| scott55405 (Minneapolis)
SUBJECT: oh and...
MESSAGE: what is the difference between "subject" and "subject drift" and does that have to do with the words in parens?
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Post# 210-5/22/2001-00:05 ||| appnut (Temple, TX)
SUBJECT: RE: Look what I did to the Lady Kenmore tonight (Caught)
MESSAGE: Glen, this is a 9 or 10 pound washer capacity.
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Post# 211-5/22/2001-00:20 ||| Austinado16 (San Luis Obispo, CA)
SUBJECT: What are the plans for the Yahoo club site?
MESSAGE: Hey Robert,
Are there any plans for the future of the Yahoo club. Will we eventually just abandon it? This seems so much more suited to "our" needs.
Todd
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Post# 212-5/23/2001-04:11 ||| Arrrooohhh (Sydney Australia)
SUBJECT: RE: Look what I did to the Lady Kenmore tonight
MESSAGE: Sorry Uni but that is an UGLY agitator. The Ladys black spriral is just so stylish and elegant. HEy its a shame no one makes those spirals anymore, they always seemed to wash sho well.
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Post# 213-5/23/2001-06:47 ||| unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)
SUBJECT: RE: Look what I did to the Lady Kenmore tonight (Caught)
MESSAGE: Hi Dadoes, with most of my machines 4 jeans is the limit before the turnover stops. With a Frigidaire 3-Ring or 2-Ring Agitator, I can get five to turn over, but usually I just wash four pairs at a time even in the Frigidare. Washing five pairs of jeans in a Frigidaire is hard on the rubber pulsator.
Whirlpool and Kenmore standard capacity machines claimed to have a 14lb capacity, but I don't really believe that.
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Post# 214-5/23/2001-06:50 ||| unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)
SUBJECT: RE: Words in parens in subject lines (I'm drifting)
MESSAGE: That's the subject drift Scott. The reason I wrote this into the program was becase so many times when we are posting messages we don't take the time to start a new message when the subject starts to "DRIFT" off of the original subject title. The subject drift box is an optional field to let members add a word or two to the orginal subject line to help make the pink index list a little bit clearer.
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Post# 215-5/23/2001-06:52 ||| unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)
SUBJECT: RE: Words in parens in subject lines
MESSAGE: Yes and this "error message" I wrote last night and it isn't a bug YAY. Lets see how many people find it today.
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Post# 216-5/23/2001-06:54 ||| unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)
SUBJECT: RE: What are the plans for the Yahoo club site?
MESSAGE: That's sort of up to everyone in the club to decided Todd. I was a great start for our first 20,000 messages, but we needed something more powerful. I will post in both places until we stop using one or the other.
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Post# 217-5/23/2001-06:56 ||| unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)
SUBJECT: RE: Look what I did to the Lady Kenmore tonight
MESSAGE: Hi Arrrooohhh, welcome to the club, nice to see you here. Is there a particular logo you would like to have scanned for your background wallpaper? If you have an Australian logo you would like, scan and email it to me, I will make turn it into a very light shade of gray and add it to the list of wallpaper choices.
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Post# 218-5/23/2001-07:07 ||| gansky1 (Omaha, NE)
SUBJECT: RE: Look what I did to the Lady Kenmore tonight
MESSAGE: I was wondering when you would try that agitator. Was the lint filter full when the load was done? I'm surprised to see a measuring cup/cap-top that isn't broken, all the ones I remember from years ago were either broken and long trashed or just plain gone.
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Post# 219-5/23/2001-07:11 ||| unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)
SUBJECT: Decisions, Decisons
MESSAGE: OK, we'll the test is going better than I ever imagined. While there will be many enhancements and new features added (and probably a few more bug corrections) to our new club over time, I think its safe to start "officially posting to the club".
Do you guys want to keep our first 200 some messages, or should I delete them tonight and we start fresh at message #1? I'll let you guys decided.
Also I could use a hand in writing the "help" section for Applianceville. Any volunteers? I just need a block text written that explains how to sign-up, login, post new and replied messages, etc. Any help would be appreciated, and this would help make the creation of Applianceville an Applianceville-wide effort.
Let's discuss...
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Post# 220-5/23/2001-07:13 ||| unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)
SUBJECT: RE: Look what I did to the Lady Kenmore tonight (K detergent cups)
MESSAGE: Those cups are still available! You can order them through Sears FSP parts, at least they were available about 6 ago when I purchased a few of them for a wopping $2.95. Later I'll try and get the part # for everyone. The gold scrubber cap was also still available then.
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Post# 221-5/23/2001-07:21 ||| gansky1 (Omaha, NE)
SUBJECT: RE: Decisions, Decisons
MESSAGE: I vote to keep the first 200 messages, but still have an "Official Startup" whenever you are ready. As far as the help section, I vote for Scott! He's a very articulate and accurate typist and would be able to create a great welcome/sign-up guide. Sorry if you don't want the job, Scott - just a natural choice for this!
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Post# 222-5/23/2001-07:22 ||| gansky1 (Omaha, NE)
SUBJECT: RE: Look what I did to the Lady Kenmore tonight (K detergent cups)
MESSAGE:
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Post# 223-5/23/2001-07:39 ||| unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)
SUBJECT: RE: Decisions, Decisons (GO Scott)
MESSAGE: I agree Greg, Scott would be a great choice! Scott no pressure here of course, but feel like writing a help page for using applinceville?
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Post# 224-5/23/2001-07:40 ||| unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)
SUBJECT: RE: Look what I did to the Lady Kenmore tonight (oops)
MESSAGE: Hmmmmm, looks like I also need to write a subroutine to prevent accidental blank posts.
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Post# 225-5/23/2001-07:49 ||| appnut (Temple, TX)
SUBJECT: RE: What are the plans for the Yahoo club site?
MESSAGE: Unless I've missed something here, Yapoo has the instant messaging (chatting) feature we don't have here.
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Post# 226-5/23/2001-07:54 ||| PeterH770 (Atlanta, GA)
SUBJECT: RE: A new logo suggestion (can't upgrade)
MESSAGE: Can't upgrade here at work until the desktop people "certify" a new version. Sux...
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Post# 227-5/23/2001-07:58 ||| PeterH770 (Atlanta, GA)
SUBJECT: RE: Driest Spin In Town! (HEY)
MESSAGE: There could be, Greg... Give me time.. :)
-ph
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Post# 228-5/23/2001-08:00 ||| PeterH770 (Atlanta, GA)
SUBJECT: RE: Unimatic's range pic (link placement)
MESSAGE: Robert: should the link that Scott posted go into the message he replied to?
0ph
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Post# 229-5/23/2001-08:03 ||| PeterH770 (Atlanta, GA)
SUBJECT: RE: Unimatic's range pic (link placement)
MESSAGE: There you go... You gotta read all posts before you post, or you just trip up all over yourself...
-ph
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Post# 230-5/23/2001-08:08 ||| PeterH770 (Atlanta, GA)
SUBJECT: RE: Look what I did to the Lady Kenmore tonight (oh dear)
MESSAGE: The first pics look like an octopus -- or is that a hexopus? But then, after the machine is full, it a very erotic image arrising from the dark water. I'm surprised that housewives everywhere didn't just LOVE this agitator. LOLOLOL
-ph
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Post# 231-5/23/2001-08:11 ||| gansky1 (Omaha, NE)
SUBJECT: RE: Look what I did to the Lady Kenmore tonight (blank posting)
MESSAGE: Just thought I'd try that - it's happened a couple of times on yahoo and I'd rather have an error message than post a blank mssg.
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Post# 232-5/23/2001-08:11 ||| PeterH770 (Atlanta, GA)
SUBJECT: RE: Words in parens in subject lines (no login)
MESSAGE: That is WAY cute!!!
-ph
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Post# 233-5/23/2001-08:11 ||| appnut (Temple, TX)
SUBJECT: New "bug"
MESSAGE: When replying to a previous message, the previous message isn't being quoted in a box below when the reply is posted.
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Post# 234-5/23/2001-08:44 ||| PeterH770 (Atlanta, GA)
SUBJECT: Libraries and collections
MESSAGE: When will some of the new features be up and running, specifically the collection photo albums? Just curious, as I bought a digital camera last night, and Yahoo seems to be having picture album issues today!
-ph
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Post# 235-5/23/2001-08:45 ||| PeterH770 (Atlanta, GA)
SUBJECT: RE: Libraries and collections (Westinghouse?)
MESSAGE: Did I pick this wallpaper? I must have had a Perl moment...
-ph
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Post# 236-5/23/2001-08:47 ||| PeterH770 (Atlanta, GA)
SUBJECT: RE: Libraries and collections (GE)
MESSAGE: in honor of my 6 toploaders at the 'mat... Besides, I don't think anyone tried this one yet.
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Post# 237-5/23/2001-08:50 ||| PeterH770 (Atlanta, GA)
SUBJECT: Profile screen enhancement
MESSAGE: Not a must-have, but a nice-to-have: A small window to the right of the walpaper popup, such that when you click on a wallpaper choice, you can see the logo you are selecting before saving.
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Post# 238-5/23/2001-08:52 ||| unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)
SUBJECT: RE: What are the plans for the Yahoo club site? (Instant messaging)
MESSAGE: Hi Bob, good point, but can you explain to me how Yahoo Instant messaging works? My only experience with it is this:
About a year ago, I tried turning on instant messaging. That same evening I was uploading pictures to share with you guys when Chad pop in with an instant message asking me "Uni How Do I take apart my new ABC-O-Matic to lubricate it." What that did was to kill my upload and I had trouble getting logged back on after that. I immediately turned Yahoo Messaging off and never turned it back on.
I thought you log into instant messenger and you can instant message anyone else that is logged in to instant messenger? Why couldn't you continue to use that system? Maybe I don't understand it that well.
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Post# 239-5/23/2001-08:55 ||| unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)
SUBJECT: RE: Look what I did to the Lady Kenmore tonight (oh my)
MESSAGE: Naughty boy you! LOL
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Post# 240-5/23/2001-08:57 ||| unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)
SUBJECT: RE: Libraries and collections (patience, patience)
MESSAGE: Since we have Yahoo Photos, lets continue to use that for the time being. I going to need to learn more programming on how to write code so everyone can upload stuff to our server. But for now, lets just keep posing our picts to Yahoo, that usually works well.
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Post# 241-5/23/2001-08:58 ||| hqots (Not sure)
SUBJECT: RE: What are the plans for the Yahoo club site?
MESSAGE: So log onto Yahoo's chat program and then come here. I don't thik it's that hard to do and Yahoo works with any web page. Heck, you don't even need a web page up to use Yahoo Chat.
QOTS
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Post# 242-5/23/2001-08:59 ||| unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)
SUBJECT: RE: Profile screen enhancement (keeping track)
MESSAGE: We all have such great ideas, that I'm having trouble keeping track of them. I will add a button for suggested enhancements this weekend, that way we can all keep ideas for the site in once place.
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Post# 243-5/23/2001-09:00 ||| unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)
SUBJECT: RE: New "bug" (are you sure)
MESSAGE: Hi Bob, I don't see any sign of this bug, can you post an example of a RE: that isn't showing its the previous text?
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Post# 244-5/23/2001-09:04 ||| unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)
SUBJECT: RE: Libraries and collections (YAY)
MESSAGE: Oh, I forgot to say congrats Peter on you new digital camera! YAY will get to see more of your collection now! What kind of Camera did you end up getting?
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Post# 245-5/23/2001-09:25 ||| PeterH770 (Atlanta, GA)
SUBJECT: RE: Libraries and collections (camera info)
MESSAGE: Sony DSC-S50... An open box special at Micro Center, $407.00... Serial cable missing, so they thru in the memory stick diskette reader thingy, saying it's better than the serial connection. And I can do some short movies with it, so it'll be fun!
Any recommendations for memory stick size? I think this came with a 4mb stick...
-ph
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Post# 246-5/23/2001-09:29 ||| unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)
SUBJECT: RE: Libraries and collections (64MB)
MESSAGE: Get the 64MB disk Peter, otherwise you'll be sorry when you run out of space too soon. The 64MB holds 168 pictures at 1024x768 resolution.
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Post# 247-5/23/2001-09:58 ||| foraloysius (Groningen, The Netherlands)
SUBJECT: RE: Hi Everybody!
MESSAGE: Your Majesty, we find it really wonderful to see you here now too. We hope that we will meet you here for many years to come.
QLOTOC
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Post# 248-5/23/2001-10:22 ||| foraloysius (Groningen, The Netherlands)
SUBJECT: Question for Robert
MESSAGE: When I'm reading messages at Yahoo I can easily see what message I have read last, because the links that I have clicked stay red for two weeks (in my case ofcourse, depending on the settings of the browser). That system doesn't seem to work here on this site. Are there others with the same problem? If so, would it be possible to make this site display the reading history? It would be a great help. Louis
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Post# 249-5/23/2001-10:37 ||| golittlesport (California)
SUBJECT: Hello all of you out there in Appliance-land
MESSAGE: Hey guys! This website is great! I feel like I've moved into a new home. Thanks again Robert for building it!
Rich
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Post# 250-5/23/2001-10:38 ||| hqots (Not sure)
SUBJECT: RE: Libraries and collections (camera info)
MESSAGE: Hi Peter,
I have a 4mg thingy in my cam and it works pretty good IF you pull the picts off it often. Mine is set on Standard Resoultion and Better pic quality. With those setting I can get 40 picts to the 4mb card. The card reader is much better and faster than the serial cable connection. I bought one a while ago and love it. If I were you I would watch the prices on the cards and do some serious searching for the best prices. Mostof the time you will find the best price online. I have seen then differ by more that 30 dollars for the same card at different stores.
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Post# 251-5/23/2001-10:49 ||| PeterH770 (Atlanta, GA)
SUBJECT: RE: Libraries and collections (camera info)
MESSAGE: Jason, Which model camera do you have?
-ph
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Post# 252-5/23/2001-10:50 ||| appnut (Temple, TX)
SUBJECT: RE: What are the plans for the Yahoo club site? (Instant messaging)
MESSAGE: Robert, sorry for the unfortunate combination of events. I guess another bad hanging chad. Anyway, my system has a missing file that doesn't allow me to download & install full IM. So, I simply click on the person's name on the club I wanna chat with. That particular version is an "abbreviated" (not proper term). I'll have to try another avenue I have in my head as an idea.
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Post# 253-5/23/2001-10:53 ||| appnut (Temple, TX)
SUBJECT: RE: New "bug" (are you sure)
MESSAGE: Robert, I'll reply to this one. Even my just recent post about Yahoo IM didn't show the reply history & I'm not seeing anybody elses either. The feature was working on Tuesday for me.
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Post# 254-5/23/2001-10:54 ||| golittlesport (California)
SUBJECT: RE: Look what I did to the Lady Kenmore tonight
MESSAGE: Hey Robert...what fun...I knew this was coming when I saw that Rotoflex in Greg's pictures. Thanks for sharing. We'll definitely have to play "change the agitator" during the convention in whatever machines it is possible. I can't believe there are over 250 posts already...I gotta catch up!
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Post# 255-5/23/2001-10:55 ||| appnut (Temple, TX)
SUBJECT: RE: Question for Robert
MESSAGE: Luigi, I initially had the same concern. Just hit your reload button and it will then show the posts you've read with the "red" color--just like mine does/did.
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Post# 256-5/23/2001-10:58 ||| appnut (Temple, TX)
SUBJECT: RE: New "bug" (are you sure)
MESSAGE: Robert, it's happening on machine at home & at work. I'm not seeing anybody else's reply history below their reply either. Using Netscape 4.5 & 4.7.
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Post# 257-5/23/2001-11:01 ||| Appnut (Temple, TX)
SUBJECT: RE: New "bug" (are you sure)
MESSAGE: I changed wallpaper--let's see what happens
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Post# 258-5/23/2001-11:02 ||| Appnut (Temple, TX)
SUBJECT: RE: New "bug" (are you sure)
MESSAGE: Oops, having a brunette moment. The "box" is showing up for composing the reply. So, I guess it is working properly. I thought the reply would show up in the actual posted reply. Sorry for the anxt.
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Post# 259-5/23/2001-11:04 ||| Appnut (Temple, TX)
SUBJECT: RE: New "bug" (are you sure)
MESSAGE: But I have to add, when one is reading others' posts, it's hard to determine what post number they're replying to. Am I missing something here then?
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Post# 260-5/23/2001-11:13 ||| Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)
SUBJECT: RE: New "bug" (Thats very strange Bob)
MESSAGE: Are you using the vertical scroll bars Bob to scroll down to the bottom of those white reply messages? All the replies have the original message posted in a box below, there all there when I look at it on my screen. BUT, I seem to remember you said you were using 640x480 resoultion. So I changed my monitor over to that resolution and what I found was you have to scroll down in the white area to see the box with the original message text posted in it? At 640x480 it doesn't all fit on one screen. Can this be what's happening Bob? I don't think anything is wrong with the program, since it appears to be working fine. Let me know ASAP, thanks Bob.
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Post# 261-5/23/2001-11:17 ||| Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)
SUBJECT: RE: Question for Robert
MESSAGE: Hi Louis, that whole red-message when already red thing has me a bit stumped, it does work when you hit reload, but sometimes they turn back to blue for no apperent reason. I'm researching how that whole system works so I can make them STAY RED like there suppose to.
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Post# 262-5/23/2001-11:19 ||| Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)
SUBJECT: RE: Look what I did to the Lady Kenmore tonight
MESSAGE: Hi Rich, welcome to Applianceville 2. Glad your here!
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Post# 263-5/23/2001-11:43 ||| appnut (Temple, TX)
SUBJECT: RE: New "bug" (Thats very strange Bob)
MESSAGE: Yes Robert, I'm seeing the original post in a box when composing the reply to that specific post. so, that's fine. I just wish that in the actual posts, I'd see something to the effect "message #260, reply to message #241". Incidentally, I'm using 800 X 600 16-bit resolution. Thanks.
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Post# 264-5/23/2001-12:02 ||| foraloysius (Groningen, The Netherlands)
SUBJECT: RE: Question for Robert
MESSAGE: That's not really the problem. The problem I have is when I get home from work and want to read all the new messages, they all are blue, including the ones I already have seen.
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Post# 265-5/23/2001-12:07 ||| foraloysius (Groningen, The Netherlands)
SUBJECT: RE: Question for Robert
MESSAGE: We will consider giving you a Knighthood when you solve this problem.
QLOTOC
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Post# 266-5/23/2001-12:17 ||| Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)
SUBJECT: RE: New "bug" (Can't Be?????)
MESSAGE: BOB once again, I'm not talking about the green message composition screen, I'm talking about the actual WHITE posted reply message with the logos in it. At the VERY BOTTOM (use the scroll bars in the white zone if necessary) is a box with not only the message number but the whole text.
Look at this screen shot of what I'm seeing on 6 different computers. Does everyone else get this reply box at the very bottom of their white reply messages?
LINK: http://y42.photos.yahoo.com/bc/miscbrands00/vwp?.dir=/quick+share&.dnm=A+Shot+of+My+Screen+-1024x768.jpg&.src=ph&.view=t&.hires=t
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Post# 267-5/23/2001-12:26 ||| gansky1 (Omaha, NE)
SUBJECT: RE: New "bug" (Reply message view - )
MESSAGE: Maybe I'm mistaken - this is all so new still, but wasn't the orginal message (or a couple of lines) shown in a box at the bottom of the screen when you are just READING posts (not posting a reply to a message, just reading one already on the system) I could be wrong about it appearing in the "read-only" box, but if that's too much work to build, then a button that simply says "this message is in reply to message #xxx by (user name)" that we could use to flip back to the orginal message if needed.
I think the shaded (red) message numbers on yahoo was not only in conjunction with your browser's settings, but also that the message list refreshed each time you went to it or read another posting. The screen reloads each time you move within the message system so you would have the shading of the message numbers each time. Perhaps our system could automatically refresh the top message list each time a move is made to either read, reply or post a message. I think it does do this when you reply or post a message as you are in a different screen anyway and then go back to message list when finished. A couple of times when reading messages, there were more messages posted while I was reading and unless you hit refresh once in a while, you don't get those new ones on the list.
Are you overwhelmed yet Robert? You're doing fantastic - we don't want the whole world in one day, take two days!
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Post# 268-5/23/2001-12:28 ||| gansky1 (Omaha, NE)
SUBJECT: RE: New "bug" (Can't Be?????)
MESSAGE: It's not on mine - I thought I'd seen that before - I'm not crazy!
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Post# 269-5/23/2001-12:31 ||| Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)
SUBJECT: RE: New "bug" (Netscape $%&#&@)
MESSAGE: Netscape (the browser from hell) must be at it again. Everything works fine in IE5, I have had not ounce of trouble with IE5. Netscape on the other hand has been very difficult to work with. Tonight I will see what the heck is up with Netscape again and get it to work again, maybe Netscape doesn't like the box around the text, but it worked before??????
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Post# 270-5/23/2001-12:35 ||| gansky1 (Omaha, NE)
SUBJECT: RE: New "bug" (Netscape $%&#&@)
MESSAGE: It is only Netscape - confounded browser!
BTW: I got buzzed - too cute for words!
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Post# 271-5/23/2001-12:39 ||| gansky1 (Omaha, NE)
SUBJECT: Pic of the Day - Bendix Duomatic
MESSAGE: One wonders why the entire family of five is sleeping in the same bed. I'll bet that Duomatic noise scared the crap out of the kids and they ran to their parent's bed!
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Post# 272-5/23/2001-12:50 ||| appnut (Temple, TX)
SUBJECT: RE: New "bug" (Can't Be?????)
MESSAGE: Robert, the answer is no, I'm not seeing what you displayed at your link. All I'm seeing is the reply, with no box underneath it. I even switched to 1024 X 768. Sorry to be such a pain.
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Post# 273-5/23/2001-12:59 ||| appnut (Temple, TX)
SUBJECT: RE: New "bug" (Can't Be?????)
MESSAGE: Robert, well Netscape strikes again. I'm at work. Using 4.5. Now, when I bring up IE 3.02, it's all there, just as it should be. Hmmm.
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Post# 274-5/23/2001-12:59 ||| foraloysius (Groningen, The Netherlands)
SUBJECT: RE: New "bug" (Can't Be?????)
MESSAGE: I see all the original messages, including the # in the white screen. Louis
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Post# 275-5/23/2001-13:05 ||| foraloysius (Groningen, The Netherlands)
SUBJECT: RE: New "bug" (Netscape $%&#&@)
MESSAGE: Robert, you're right, I just tested reading the messages on Netscape 4.7 and the original messages didn't appear in the white screen. IE5 works fine.
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Post# 276-5/23/2001-14:13 ||| DADoES (El Campo, TX)
SUBJECT: RE: Libraries and collections (64MB)
MESSAGE: I have the 4 MB that came with the camera, a 16 MB stick, and a 64 MB stick. I ordered the 64 MB on-line from www.provantage.com.
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Post# 277-5/23/2001-14:21 ||| Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)
SUBJECT: RE: Pic of the Day - Bendix Duomatic
MESSAGE: That is a very strange Bendix ad isn't it? I wonder what the Madison Avenue Advertising executives were thinking when they created that ad?
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Post# 278-5/23/2001-14:27 ||| Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)
SUBJECT: RE: New "bug" (Can't Be?????)
MESSAGE: Thanks Bob, ok now I realize what we're dealing with. If you go back into the old posts in Netscape, does the white box and reply text appear before post #192? Another words does the reply boxes stop showing up after post 192? It might have to do with the fix that I put in last night to correct the link showing in the wrong spot on replies. Let me know what you find out. Thanks for your help.
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Post# 279-5/23/2001-14:33 ||| Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)
SUBJECT: RE: New "bug" (no appology necessary)
MESSAGE: No need to appologize Bob, I so appreciate you help and we all need to work together to get applianceville running just the way we like it. The only thing I do ask is that when you guys are describing problems, to be as wordy and specific as possible. There is no such thing as too much information when describing the issues, the more information I get the quicker I might be able to figure out the problem. Thanks guys!
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Post# 280-5/23/2001-14:56 ||| DADoES (El Campo, TX)
SUBJECT: RE: New "bug" (Can't Be?????)
MESSAGE: The following posts do NOT show the original "boxed" message in Netscape 4.75 --
177 through 180
185
191
195
197 through 199
And I didn't check any further.
176 does show it
181 through 184 do.
186 through 190 do.
192 through 194 do.
196 does.
I thought perhaps it was posts that have links that didn't quote the original message, but those aren't the only ones.
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Post# 281-5/23/2001-14:57 ||| DADoES (El Campo, TX)
SUBJECT: RE: New "bug" (Can't Be?????)
MESSAGE: And Post #280 itself doesn't, and Post #281 (this one) probably won't either.
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Post# 282-5/23/2001-14:58 ||| appnut (Temple, TX)
SUBJECT: RE: New "bug" (Can't Be?????)
MESSAGE: Robert, I went back, I can see the "stuff" for #190 & prior, but after #190 post, I can't. Bob
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Post# 283-5/23/2001-15:09 ||| scott55405 (Minneapolis)
SUBJECT: RE: Hi Everybody!
MESSAGE: Thank you, Your Majesty, 'tis wonderful to see you here too, and I'm sure we will be meeting here for years to come! This posting system works so smoothly and nicely, we just really enjoy it.
QEOM
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Post# 284-5/23/2001-15:10 ||| scott55405 (Minneapolis)
SUBJECT: RE: Question for Robert
MESSAGE: That would be something to consider if it is possible....I was just reading posts and hadn't logged in, went to reply got the "message" and when I got back in, all the messages had turned to unread status, and fortunately I had remembered I'd left off with Louis' post.
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Post# 285-5/23/2001-15:11 ||| Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)
SUBJECT: RE: New "bug" (OY)
MESSAGE: Careful Dadoes because posts #177-180, 185, 191, 195 are all NEW posts, so there would not be any replies to show. Post#197 and Post#199 should have the reply box, so it does sound like the fix I put in last night at message 192 screwed up Netscape reply boxes. In the words of my grandmother, OY. I bet this might be an easy fix, but I can't do it till I get home, since I don't have Netscape here at work to test it.
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Post# 286-5/23/2001-15:13 ||| foraloysius (Groningen, The Netherlands)
SUBJECT: RE: Hi Everybody! (Yahoo Messenger)
MESSAGE: Your Majesty, we just installed Yahoo messenger (now offline) and received a message from you. We hope you do not mind that we added you to our friendslist and we hope to meet you soon.
Yours sincerely,
QLOTOC
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Post# 287-5/23/2001-15:13 ||| scott55405 (Minneapolis)
SUBJECT: RE: Libraries and collections (camera info)
MESSAGE: That is a good suggestion Jason....don't go to Best Buy and spend $140 for the memory stick, that is ridiculous. You can usually get them on Ebay and etc. for much less. I don't remember what I paid but it was well under $100 on Ebay.
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Post# 288-5/23/2001-15:16 ||| scott55405 (Minneapolis)
SUBJECT: Keeping track of which messages you've read
MESSAGE: Hi, I just replied to a message, then afterward it took me to the "top of the list" (not where I had left off reading). So I hit "back" twice and got back to seeing where I was. I wonder if this maybe would have worked also when I was prompted to log in.
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Post# 289-5/23/2001-15:16 ||| scott55405 (Minneapolis)
SUBJECT: RE: Question for Robert
MESSAGE: Thanks Bob for that suggestion! We all have to help each other learn!
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Post# 290-5/23/2001-15:19 ||| scott55405 (Minneapolis)
SUBJECT: RE: New "bug" (Can't Be?????)
MESSAGE: Yes Robert, I have been getting that info. on the bottom of each screen. If I didn't mention before, thanks for the explanation on the "parens" thing!
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Post# 291-5/23/2001-15:24 ||| scott55405 (Minneapolis)
SUBJECT: RE: New "bug" (Netscape $%&#&@)
MESSAGE: For the IE uninitiated: IE = GM Frigidaire Washer
Netscape = beating your clothes on a rock in the river.
I used to get so frustrated that certain things wouldn't even open, refresh, show up or do whatever. I switched about 3 years ago, never looked back, and never again had an ounce of trouble.
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Post# 292-5/23/2001-15:28 ||| scott55405 (Minneapolis)
SUBJECT: RE: Hi Everybody! (Yahoo Messenger)
MESSAGE: Absolutely! I am always happy to chat with anyone out there that might like to! Just to let everyone know that it doesn't work here at work, so that only applies to my "at home" hours.
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Post# 293-5/23/2001-15:31 ||| scott55405 (Minneapolis)
SUBJECT: RE: Decisions, Decisons (GO Scott)
MESSAGE: Yes Robert, I would be happy to "help" out by writing a "help" page. Why don't you email me or something with an outline of topics you'd like to see covered, and I'll start "plugging away"! Isn't it nice to be able to post during the day, LOL. Hopefully your computer office won't catch on to this site!
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Post# 294-5/23/2001-15:42 ||| hqots (Not sure)
SUBJECT: RE: New "bug" (Netscape $%&#&@)
MESSAGE: Damn it, I got buzzed again. It is very cute though!!!! Can we have the off balance sound too?? Oh Robert, sweet Robert.....How about putting something in if you can that will automaticaly log us in like with Yahoo and some other sites? I suppose I could remember(really means not be so lazy) to log in everytime I come to the site but it is so much easier just to click the link and be logged in. Oh, and would it be too much trouble to try and make the main message page update by itself? When I am done reading all the posts I have to go back and refresh the page to see new posts.
BTW, I'm not having any problems with IE5.5.
Louis, I think I know what your problem is. This is what happens to me, maybe it's the same with you. When I read the posts without logging in I can see the ones I have already read BUT if I log in all of the one I have read are now marked as unread. So I figure if I log in first than read the posts it should all be marked correctly and stay that way for future log ons.
Jason
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Post# 295-5/23/2001-15:51 ||| scott55405 (Minneapolis)
SUBJECT: RE: New "bug" (Netscape $%&#&@)
MESSAGE: Hi sweetie, I have not found it necessary to re-login every time I leave and return to the site. So far, the only time I have had to do so is when I go from work to home and vice versa. I wonder if it is set up to last for a certain period of time, like Yahoo?
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Post# 296-5/23/2001-16:17 ||| DADoES (El Campo, TX)
SUBJECT: RE: New "bug" (OY)
MESSAGE: Well, hell's bells. That's what I get for doing too many things at once, and not paying proper attention to any of them.
But anyway, at least we have confirmed there is another insect involved.
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Post# 297-5/23/2001-16:43 ||| jetcone (Boston)
SUBJECT: Yeah laundry done for all you combo owners!
MESSAGE: We dual machine types still have to get up and transfer the wash into the dryer.
-dual-machining in boston
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Post# 298-5/23/2001-16:45 ||| jetcone (Boston)
SUBJECT: RE: Pic of the Day - Bendix Duomatic (Bendix Duo)
MESSAGE: They are playing on the "ALL" detergent line as well as the "Bendix".."all" the familys' wash is done in All while they "all" sleep.
Sillyboyz!
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Post# 299-5/23/2001-17:13 ||| gansky1 (Omaha, NE)
SUBJECT: RE: Yeah laundry done for all you combo owners!
MESSAGE: I thought you had a combo Jon - who has the Easy combo?
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Post# 300-5/23/2001-17:35 ||| appnut (Temple, TX)
SUBJECT: RE: Pic of the Day - Bendix Duomatic (Bendix Duo)
MESSAGE: Well, you know what they say---all's well that ends well.
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Post# 301-5/23/2001-17:38 ||| appnut (Temple, TX)
SUBJECT: RE: New "bug" (Netscape $%&#&@)
MESSAGE: Well, here are a few observations I've made. With IE, when I hit refresh, the "read" links return to the "unread" state. Also, if I exit a browser, I have to re-login when I come