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Post# 185433 1/24/2007 at 11:37 (6,295 days old) by revvinkevin  (Tinseltown - Shakey Town - La-La Land) |
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Hello All, I am new here and only discovered this website about 3 weeks ago... I LOVE IT!!! Looking at all the photos, videos and other info has revitalized a suppressed intrest from deep in my soul! Anyway, can you tell me more about the toy washer and it's companion (green) in the photo?? It's from "GANSKY1", "south room, west side" photo. I had one as a kid and loved playing with it. I am pretty sure it's mid - late 60's Thanks much!!! 
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Post# 185462 , Reply# 3 1/24/2007 at 13:10 (6,295 days old) by chachp (North Little Rock, AR) |
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I have the dishwasher. | ||
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Post# 185463 , Reply# 4 1/24/2007 at 13:11 (6,295 days old) by revvinkevin (Tinseltown - Shakey Town - La-La Land) |
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WOW, really...Suzy Homemaker, huh?? Who'da thunk it? LOL Thanks Dave! Yes I vividly remember playing with it... filling, washing, draining, spining for many hours, then changing the batteries and going until those went dead too. Also if I remember correctly the tub and agitator was one piece like the more recent Frigidaire stacked, top loading washer/dryer units. So Dave, did you have one?? And yes, who else out there had or currently has one?? Also, if anyone has any detailed photos, I would love to see them. THANKS! | ||
| Post# 185493 , Reply# 5 1/24/2007 at 14:32 (6,294 days old) by scoots (Chattanooga TN) | ||
... A guilty secret that can only now be told....
Ever since I was a kid, I've always had a fixation on machinery. When I was in grade school (K-5) I used to drive my teachers crazy during art period. Instead of drawing dogs and trees, I'd draw appliances, phonographs, and Volkswagen engines. Over and Over again. Every day. For variety, I'd draw only a single part like a tone arm or a generator... So when Topper came out with the toy washer, I was able to finagle this very expensive toy out of my folks. Didn't have to wait for Christmas or my birthday. Mechanical gratification on demand. I remember being asked a few "screening" questions, especially from my Dad. I think he wanted to be sure I wasn't turning into some kind of second grade housefrau -- remember this was 1967 and I think Paul Lynde (or at least Felix Ungar) was on his mind. But I guess I passed his test. My closet was full of he-boy toys like G.I Joe, and Tonka, and Hot Wheels and when he discovered I was interested in just the Washer, not the refrigerator, vacuum, or easy-bake oven, I got the green light and that very afternoon we trooped down to Sears Torrance and bought one in the basement toy department. Well, I'm sorry to say it didn't last more than a few months. I loved taking things apart to see how they worked at this age, and it was only a matter of time before I pried the Suzy Homemaker Washer apart, and only after I had reduced it to a pile of gears did I discover that I had seriously over-estimated my skills and was now clueless how it went back together. I concealed the evidence by putting the whole pile back in the shipping box and the dismembered Washer quietly spent the rest of its days in the back of the closet since I could not admit what I had done or throw it away with out a major questioning... Scoots PS, I was seriously pissed that the agitator was molded to the tub, instead of being separate units..... grrrr. | ||
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Post# 185523 , Reply# 8 1/24/2007 at 16:39 (6,294 days old) by dadoes (TX, U.S. of A.) |
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| Post# 185578 , Reply# 9 1/24/2007 at 18:52 (6,294 days old) by exploder3211 () | ||
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I wanted an Easy Bake oven and nobody ever bought me one... I did have a fisher price kitchen set, a play microwave and dishwasher. Great items | ||
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Post# 185607 , Reply# 10 1/24/2007 at 20:16 (6,294 days old) by revvinkevin (Tinseltown - Shakey Town - La-La Land) |
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I cannot remember if I received mine for a B-day or Christmas or.....?? Yeah... I think I also wore out the transmission as well.... (also remember turning the drum by hand or stick or….) Hey Scoots, Sears in Torrance, huh? I think that is also where my parents bought mine, as I grew up in Torrance!! Lived right by North High! Yes I also had a strong attraction to all things mechanical and still do! I guess that's why I am so into cars, other machinery and steam locomotives... talk about ultimale mechaical complexity!!! | ||
| Post# 185624 , Reply# 11 1/24/2007 at 20:44 (6,294 days old) by scoots (Chattanooga TN) | ||
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Howdy Kevin
Yes, I lived two blocks north of North High on Floorwood Ave. Went to Edison Elementary, Magruder Middle. Would have gone to North High (with Chuck Norris), but my folks moved and I went to school at Rolling Hills (with Tracy Austin). Moved back to Doty Ave. in the 80's when I left home... my next door neighbor was the man accused of killing Bob Crane. No, I'm not a name dropper. Really. Going to Sears was always a treat. Me and my Mom always stopped to buy popcorn at the free-standing candy counter and Sweedish Fish for later (if I was good). If I was *very* good, before we left the store, she'd take me over to the washing machine department, open the lids, and hold me up so I could see the agitators. Mechanistic Voyurism I guess. Dr. Freud would have so much fun with me. | ||
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Post# 185629 , Reply# 12 1/24/2007 at 20:54 (6,294 days old) by revvinkevin (Tinseltown - Shakey Town - La-La Land) |
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Wow a neighbor Torranceian (is that a word?) | ||
| Post# 185824 , Reply# 13 1/25/2007 at 10:57 (6,294 days old) by veg-o-matic (Baltimore, Hon!) | ||
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| Post# 185888 , Reply# 14 1/25/2007 at 14:59 (6,293 days old) by lesto (Atlanta) | ||
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I had the washer. My father almost killed my aunt for buying it for me. | ||
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Post# 186101 , Reply# 16 1/26/2007 at 00:19 (6,293 days old) by revvinkevin (Tinseltown - Shakey Town - La-La Land) |
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Dishwasher pix | ||
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Post# 186102 , Reply# 17 1/26/2007 at 00:20 (6,293 days old) by revvinkevin (Tinseltown - Shakey Town - La-La Land) |
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Post# 186103 , Reply# 18 1/26/2007 at 00:22 (6,293 days old) by revvinkevin (Tinseltown - Shakey Town - La-La Land) |
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Post# 186104 , Reply# 19 1/26/2007 at 00:32 (6,293 days old) by appnut (TX) |
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| Post# 186129 , Reply# 20 1/26/2007 at 06:26 (6,293 days old) by laundromat (Hilo, Hawaii) | ||
"Suzy Home Wrecker"
I have the washer,range,diswasher/sink,refrigerator and vacuum cleaner all of which work great!When I was 4,my grandmother gave me a wolverine toy washer in pink.My dad too was a jerk about connecting appliances with femininity.I guess my early closet escape (I was a flaming queen by the age of 11)wasn't what amused him too much either.Oh well he's dead now and I don't miss him at all.
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Post# 186133 , Reply# 21 1/26/2007 at 06:41 (6,293 days old) by mattywashboy (Perth, Western Australia) |
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Post# 186248 , Reply# 22 1/26/2007 at 18:07 (6,292 days old) by appnut (TX) |
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