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Post# 202354   4/8/2007 at 20:55 (6,199 days old) by jons1077 (Vancouver, Washington, USA)   |   | |
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Thought you guys might be interested in seeing a couple of things. Tony and I are making arrangements to purchase an old home in Portland, OR. I suppose technically I have my first vintage washer/dryer pair now. There are also three vintage vacuums in the house, 2 Hoover convertables and a Singer Canister. The White-Westinghouse pair run perfectly by the way and look great!
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Post# 202355 , Reply# 1   4/8/2007 at 20:56 (6,199 days old) by jons1077 (Vancouver, Washington, USA)   |   | |
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Post# 202359 , Reply# 2   4/8/2007 at 21:02 (6,199 days old) by unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)   |   | |
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Post# 202395 , Reply# 3   4/8/2007 at 22:33 (6,199 days old) by westyslantfront ()   |   | |
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Congratulations to you both on the purchase of your new home in Oregon and getting started on your collection. Ross |
Post# 202399 , Reply# 4   4/8/2007 at 22:41 (6,199 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY)   |   | |
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Post# 202402 , Reply# 5   4/8/2007 at 22:47 (6,199 days old) by appnut (TX)   |   | |
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Post# 202450 , Reply# 10   4/9/2007 at 05:19 (6,198 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY)   |   | |
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Post# 202451 , Reply# 11   4/9/2007 at 05:25 (6,198 days old) by jons1077 (Vancouver, Washington, USA)   |   | |
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Remodeling will be happening for sure! It is definetly a fixer-upper inside and out, but it's a really cute house built in 1915. Scott, unfortunately that nice, old double cement tub is broken and leaks so it may have to go. The Westy kicked into a spin and the sink drain was clogged, so the cracks sent water going in all directions. Think maybe I can just seal it? Thanks so much for the nice messages guys. It's going to be a while before we actually move in. We have obligations to fill in D.C. for the next year, but by next summer the condo goes on the market for top dollar and we'll be truckin to Portland. Sounds like a lesbian couple doesn't it? Kelly, I would never make you do work for us, but of course you'd be welcome to stop by. There is plenty of room for machines in the basement too so I'm hoping to have lots of folks over in the future! BTW, the Westy's hadn't been used in at least a few years. The only thing I noticed it do was the water filled way too high. I had to reset it really fast or it was going to continue over-filling. Once I reset it then it was ok. I'm guessing it was just cobwebs. |
Post# 202470 , Reply# 12   4/9/2007 at 07:40 (6,198 days old) by tlee618 ()   |   | |
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Jon I am so happy for you and Tony!! It sounds like you are going to be really busy for a while!! It was so good to meet both of you in Tucson! Looking forward to seeing you both again in Omaha!! Terry |
Post# 202527 , Reply# 14   4/9/2007 at 13:00 (6,198 days old) by pdub (Portland, Oregon)   |   | |
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I too live in the Portland area. It is fun to see the Northwest's vintage appliance lovers group grow even larger. There are some great places here to find vintage "stuff" as well as a lot of older homes with most likely many undiscovered treasures hiding in their basements and garages. I know you will love it once you move here and get settled and I look forward to meeting you in the future. Patrick btw- I love the avocado GENUINE Westinghouse set! |
Post# 202553 , Reply# 15   4/9/2007 at 16:21 (6,198 days old) by roto204 (Tucson, AZ)   |   | |
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Wowzers!!! What a great set to start with! You'll love the capacity and capability of that washer. It has a kick-butt agitator. And YES, as Patrick noted above, those are GENUINE Westinghouse machines. White-Westinghouse units don't have the blue W seal on the control-panel. How fantastic!!! Congratulations!! |
Post# 202559 , Reply# 16   4/9/2007 at 16:40 (6,198 days old) by jons1077 (Vancouver, Washington, USA)   |   | |
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Just keep in mind I'm haven't caught the vacuum bug yet, so maybe there's a Hoover with your name on it. I had no idea the Singer was that old either. I know two of them work for sure. One of the Hoover uprights (which I will have pictures of next week) supposedly got damaged when a spring door stopper was picked up. Knowing the lady who owned this house, it's probably still stuck in there and she never bothered to turn it over and pull it out. I didn't get a chance to look at them myself either. This weekend we'll go back and I'll be sure to check them out and fire them all up. It feels good to see everyone is so supportive of us with this moving. I'm so nervous about doing it, but I feel like it's the right thing to do. Tony is tired of being screwed with United Airlines and I'm tired of being screwed in the Army. We both feel like it's time to move on and just take the challenge head-on. I think we'll be ok. If not I'll be taking donations! haha Can't wait till that Portland wash-in! |
Post# 202568 , Reply# 17   4/9/2007 at 16:55 (6,198 days old) by petek (Ontari ari ari O )   |   | |
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Post# 202571 , Reply# 18   4/9/2007 at 16:59 (6,198 days old) by petek (Ontari ari ari O )   |   | |
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Post# 202578 , Reply# 19   4/9/2007 at 17:23 (6,198 days old) by jons1077 (Vancouver, Washington, USA)   |   | |
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Post# 202590 , Reply# 20   4/9/2007 at 18:29 (6,198 days old) by appnut (TX)   |   | |
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Post# 202695 , Reply# 22   4/9/2007 at 23:17 (6,198 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY)   |   | |
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Post# 202696 , Reply# 23   4/9/2007 at 23:19 (6,198 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY)   |   | |
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Post# 203340 , Reply# 24   4/12/2007 at 08:45 (6,195 days old) by jons1077 (Vancouver, Washington, USA)   |   | |
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Post# 203343 , Reply# 25   4/12/2007 at 08:56 (6,195 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)   |   | |
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Post# 203345 , Reply# 26   4/12/2007 at 09:24 (6,195 days old) by golittlesport (California)   |   | |
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Post# 203650 , Reply# 27   4/13/2007 at 10:59 (6,194 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY)   |   | |
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