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God i miss the 90's
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Post# 286069   6/19/2008 at 12:10 (5,786 days old) by ariston4life ((Dublin) Ireland)        

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i miss the 90's, when everything was less compliated, when applicances got on with there job and didn't fuss about and lasted years rather than months. i miss the machines i grew up with including my ariston my nannys electrolux WH818 my other nannys hoover A3630 and my aunties indesit 610W god, they were great. anyone else miss the 90's, i certanly do, there's other reasons why i miss the 90's but they are off topic. so i won't mention them.




Post# 286072 , Reply# 1   6/19/2008 at 12:36 (5,786 days old) by newwave1 (Lincoln, United Kingdom)        

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Amen to that. i miss 80's & 90's machines!!!!!!!!!

i miss oldschool zanussi's,electroluxs, hoovers, hotpoints, indesits....i could go on.

Darren.


Post# 286074 , Reply# 2   6/19/2008 at 12:39 (5,786 days old) by funguy10 ()        

You're right. I remember watching my Grandma Put a load of laundry in the 1972 Kenmore DD (I didn't know its model number). She would turn the machine on and water would pour into the machine like a waterfall. She would pour in soap and the put in the clothes or whatever was being washed. After a while, the water would stop and the machine would make a loud, rapid "Chun-Ka Chun-Ka" sound as the White stick thing in the middle which in about 2002 I learned was called an agitator would turn and the laundry would get pulled by it underwater. After seveal minuites, it would stop, the knob would click several times, and a loud growling type noise would begin. After a few minuites, it would stop with a "thunk" and begin making a "whooshing" noise with the sound of filling and then the machine would start shaking. If I opened it during the growling noise, it would stop and go to the whooshing noise when I closed the lid which would stop and start again. I didn't know why until about last year when I learned how Kenmore DD Top-Loaders worked. In 2000, I learned the concept of the Rinse Cycle finally answering the question to why it made the same sounds twice. I still wondered what happened to the water and why the clothes would be stuck to the edges of the basket. Later that same year the lidswitch became shot and the washer would work with the lid opened. There I saw the "High-Pitched growling" noise was the water draining out. The main level bathroom in our house is next to the laundry room and when the growling noise occured there would be a mighty trickling sound inside the wall. I figured it was sucked down the drain through the holes in the bottom of the basket until I learned how Kenmore DDs worked. Then the whooshing noise was incredible. The whole basket spun really fastand pulled the clothes up to the sides of the basket and sprayed them. I felt the clothes were wet as the drain cycle finished up and dry after the spin cycle was done. Unfortunatley in 2002, the machine quit spinning so we bought a new one. It was another Kenmore DD that made basically the same sounds but had a totally different drain sound. It died just last year (2007) and we got a Kenmore Oasis Agitator model. Not only did it make totally different sounds, but my grandma has trouble using it because of the electronic control panel.

Thus ends my life laundry story and rant and I say, you are right about the fact that appliances have gotten more complicated and don't last as long.


Post# 286083 , Reply# 3   6/19/2008 at 13:18 (5,786 days old) by dadoes (TX, U.S. of A.)        

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I remember watching my Grandma Put a load of laundry in the 1972 Kenmore DD...
I assume DD refers to direct-drive. There were no direct-drive machines in 1972. That's about 10 years too early. :-)


Post# 286085 , Reply# 4   6/19/2008 at 13:28 (5,786 days old) by funguy10 ()        
I assume DD refers to direct-drive. There were no direct-dri

Well, it made DD sounds. Either I am making a misconception of the machine's year, or its type. Probably the year. I think it was 1982 not 1972.

Post# 286119 , Reply# 5   6/19/2008 at 18:14 (5,786 days old) by vintagesearch ()        
amen to that!

i don't mind the new technological advances in appliances but they tend to get fussy or sometimes it takes a while to figure out, or lack the option if complete control for the user or, they cost too much to replace and, often times under typical conditions i don't find excessive options and features to be that useful. Funny how the lower end appliances usually have a much lower repair rate and the higher end well a higher repair rate LOL!
whatever it is i guess we generally like simplicity. im sure a nice washer with steam option stain treat, and delay wash are useful im not knocking those types of things but do we really need them? our parents and grandparents did fine without those things do we really need them? i hope it doesn't offend anyone but as for me i probably wouldn't spend more than 700 for a washer and i only go for basic things super capacity plus, 3 water temperatures and about 4 water levels fabric softener and bleach dispensers and extra rinse thats it! which today is pretty standard.

R


Post# 286588 , Reply# 6   6/22/2008 at 19:27 (5,783 days old) by zanussi_lover (Nottingham, UK)        
keep the machine simple, and you won't go wrong

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I miss the 90s too, the way that machines were simple yet advanced, I had a Whirlpool washing machine that lasted me ages, and it was still working when we got rid of it, it only had 800rpm spin and rinse hold and a spin reduction button, and 11 programmes, 1-9 and A and B which were rinse and spin programmes for cottons and delicates.

I miss the pull out dials on Zanussis, i remember doing a wash at my friends grey zanussi FL812, it had 23 Programmes around the dial, i think it went from A-X, Her mum used Persil Automatic. I loved pulling the dial out, seeing the red vertical pilot light come on and it starting.

I want a dark gray 1985-1990 Zanussi :)



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