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Very clever claim in Today's Picture of the Day |
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Post# 476265   11/19/2010 at 09:32 (4,877 days old) by Jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers)   |   | |
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Hamilton Claims "where automatic washdays were first made possible"
I rankled when I read that, since, as we all know, Bendix was the worlds first automatic washer! But in re-reading it carefully, their claim relates to "washdays" not "washers" and so since they invented the automatic dryer I guess their claim is valid! Smart copy writer there! That one knew his/her stuff. |
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Post# 476273 , Reply# 1   11/19/2010 at 10:20 (4,877 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK)   |   | |
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Its all in the wording!!! same thing happens to me when I see Miele promote the fact that they made the first Computerised washing machine...The first was actually Servis UK in 1976...produced late 1975 and then shown at a trade show and then for sale...little old private company Servis from Darlaston, West Midlands led the laundry world....who`d have thought...
NOWTHEN before the "M" diehards spit their dentures out...the M`s where the first Computerised Washer AND Tumble Dryer....but not the first washer alone... Marketing...get away with anything until you mention litigation!!!...LOl |
Post# 476280 , Reply# 2   11/19/2010 at 11:40 (4,877 days old) by electron1100 (England)   |   | |
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Post# 476282 , Reply# 3   11/19/2010 at 12:08 (4,877 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK)   |   | |
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Post# 476284 , Reply# 4   11/19/2010 at 12:18 (4,877 days old) by electron1100 (England)   |   | |
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Post# 476287 , Reply# 5   11/19/2010 at 12:38 (4,877 days old) by PeterH770 (Marietta, GA)   |   | |
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Post# 476295 , Reply# 6   11/19/2010 at 13:16 (4,877 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY)   |   | |
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It looks like the classic 4 paddle Norger in the drawings--one of these in the pic below used in both the automatics and the wringers.
Jon, remember when some of us were kids and Darren on "Bewtiched" was an ad man, and we learned how advertising plays fast and loose with the truth, and how stunned we were. You mean they can just lie?! And then only last winter, our friend Bradross posted as ad for an Easy that claimed to have water enter from the bottom of the jetcone--NO FAUCETS-- No one has seen or heard of this machine. (Yes there are faucetless Easies but they can't supply water.) Still nada, even after a Libraray of Congress search by our Thomas. PS: I love the English tickling we're getting today. I won't even try to compete. |
Post# 476418 , Reply# 7   11/20/2010 at 05:11 (4,876 days old) by Jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers)   |   | |
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Post# 476431 , Reply# 8   11/20/2010 at 07:46 (4,876 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands)   |   | |
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Mike, I think you missed something. Miele never claimed that they built the first computerized washing machine. But in 1978 they claimed they launched the first computer controlled washer (dryer and dishwasher) with sensor controls. More smart copy writing... LOL
BTW, here is the link to a thread in the archives about the first Servis computerized washing machine. CLICK HERE TO GO TO foraloysius's LINK |
Post# 476437 , Reply# 9   11/20/2010 at 08:28 (4,876 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK)   |   | |
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Hi Louis, quite correct...How some of the copywriters got away with stuff one only knows....LOL, heres the first link to the debate that had gone on!!!
CLICK HERE TO GO TO chestermikeuk's LINK |
Post# 476439 , Reply# 10   11/20/2010 at 08:35 (4,876 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK)   |   | |
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Jon, Mechanical Computer....not thought of it like that, always think of it as a cam reader linked to a mechanical timer...I was thinking fist Quartz Silicone "Chip" being used etc!!!
I changed the pressure pot & tubing on dads Quartz (1986)model last week as it had cracked & perished. overfilling & flooding the kitchen...and just observed how well made they are, with the flat ribbon from the computer board to the control panel...Oh what they could be today if not for mergers & aquisitions!!! |
Post# 476440 , Reply# 11   11/20/2010 at 08:37 (4,876 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands)   |   | |
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Post# 476640 , Reply# 12   11/21/2010 at 11:30 (4,875 days old) by Jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers)   |   | |
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Post# 476649 , Reply# 13   11/21/2010 at 12:30 (4,875 days old) by electron1100 (England)   |   | |
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Post# 476936 , Reply# 14   11/22/2010 at 13:16 (4,874 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK)   |   | |
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Look Into my eyes...
Look into my eyes.... At the count of three, you will.... Ditch the Oovahhhs and turn them in at ya work... By Brand Servis and covert them forever... I did this on Danksy a few weeks ago after all the ribbing...and guess what...I paid a visit to the "Laundry Danks" on the weekend and pride of place is... |
Post# 476937 , Reply# 15   11/22/2010 at 13:20 (4,874 days old) by electron1100 (England)   |   | |
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Post# 476945 , Reply# 16   11/22/2010 at 13:54 (4,874 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK)   |   | |
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Post# 476948 , Reply# 17   11/22/2010 at 14:08 (4,874 days old) by electron1100 (England)   |   | |
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Nah get with it Mike the new name is SCERVIS (named after the nasty rash you get coz of the crap rinsing)......an besides if you want a modern Scervis you should have said, we get hundreds of the piles of shite at work, not very old either......1600/1400/1200 spin all singing all dancing all NOT WORKING and F**KED ;-)
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