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| Post# 492370 1/29/2011 at 10:32 (4,834 days old) by dishwashercrazy (West Peoria, IL) | ||
When good things happen to those of us who are collecting vintage appliances in the quest to preserve them for future generations to appreciate, we have a desire to share those joys with our colleagues and friends.
On March 28, 2009 my local newspaper, the Peoria Journal Star, ran an article entitled “Antique lovers – Central Illinoisans share their vintage, irreplaceable appliances.” Of the five appliances featured in the article, one was a 1955 ABC Wringer Washer regularly used by our own abcomatic (Gary Black). Here is the section of that article from 2009 about Gary. 
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| Post# 492374 , Reply# 1 1/29/2011 at 10:39 (4,834 days old) by dishwashercrazy (West Peoria, IL) | ||
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After that article ran in the paper, I contacted the author of the story, and shared my dishwasher collecting story with her. At the time, there were no plans for a follow-up article.
Fast Forward to 2 days ago (Thursday January 27). I received a phone call that morning from the same article author. She was putting together a follow-up article, and in her archives had found my contact information. We spoke for 25 minutes about my collecting, and my dreams. A photographer from the paper was dispatched to my home to take pictures and to gather additional information about me and my appliance collection.
Today, Saturday, January 29th, the new article entitled "Domestic Workhorses"was published. I have not been able to locate a link on the Journal Star's website to the complete story - just my picture and the caption. So I have scanned the article from my copy of the newspaper. Here it is, divided up in 4 sections.
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| Post# 492375 , Reply# 2 1/29/2011 at 10:40 (4,834 days old) by dishwashercrazy (West Peoria, IL) | ||
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| Post# 492376 , Reply# 3 1/29/2011 at 10:41 (4,834 days old) by dishwashercrazy (West Peoria, IL) | ||
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| Post# 492377 , Reply# 4 1/29/2011 at 10:42 (4,834 days old) by dishwashercrazy (West Peoria, IL) | ||
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| Post# 492384 , Reply# 5 1/29/2011 at 11:04 (4,834 days old) by toploader55 (Massachusetts Sand Bar, Cape Cod) | ||
What's going on here ??? | ||
Post# 492390 , Reply# 6 1/29/2011 at 12:03 (4,834 days old) by appnut  (TX) |
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Post# 492429 , Reply# 7 1/29/2011 at 16:55 (4,833 days old) by Tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD) |
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Pretty neat. I'd love the see the 55 WP pair in Peoria. | ||
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Post# 492464 , Reply# 8 1/29/2011 at 18:49 (4,833 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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Bring on the paparazzi -  Good for you, guys! It's so great when we can "show off" our collections and be proud of our achievements, unafraid of (jealous) scorn, well done!
Who knows? You may get a call or two with offers of more appliance-finds that a reader now sees there is interest in. This post was last edited 01/29/2011 at 19:52 | ||
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Post# 492476 , Reply# 9 1/29/2011 at 19:53 (4,833 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis) |
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| Post# 492484 , Reply# 10 1/29/2011 at 20:25 (4,833 days old) by washernoob () | ||
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That is awesome!! Mike, your dishwasher collection is unbelievable! Your room is a work of art! Looks like lots of planning went into putting it together! | ||
| Post# 492515 , Reply# 11 1/29/2011 at 21:41 (4,833 days old) by dishwashercrazy (West Peoria, IL) | ||
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Thank you everyone. They got a couple of the details wrong in the article about me, but I am not going to get all hung up on that - the general public, whom are the audience, will not know the difference.
Thanks Eddie.
Thanks Bob.
Tom: Re: 55 WP pair - Do you mean the set next to the freezer in the other photo? It is not mine, so I do not know anything about the pair. Thanks.
Greg: Exactly - I think we should all be proud of our collections and not a bit afraid of our accomplishments. Thank you so much for the support.
Robert: Thank you too for your support. I am glad that you enjoyed the newspaper stories. I looked and I thought we had "bragged" about Gary's article back in March 2009, but I could not find anything.
Brandon: Thanks. Please take a look at the following link related to my Wash Party in August 2009. Look at Replies #19, 20, 21 and 36 to see photos of my basement. My brother and I worked the entire month of July 2009 getting the basement ready for the permanent installations of many of my machines - just in time for the party. Plus there are other pictures of the collection as it was 18 months ago. My basement and solarium are nearly full now - I am running out of space. CLICK HERE TO GO TO dishwashercrazy's LINK | ||
| Post# 492529 , Reply# 12 1/29/2011 at 22:16 (4,833 days old) by A440 () | ||
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Awesome! Great reading! Congratulations on the coverage news coverage! Brent | ||
| Post# 492743 , Reply# 13 1/30/2011 at 22:39 (4,832 days old) by dishwashercrazy (West Peoria, IL) | ||
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The Journal Star finally added the whole story to their internet website. So I am adding the link now. I am uncertain how long it will be kept.
Mike
CLICK HERE TO GO TO dishwashercrazy's LINK | ||
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Post# 492746 , Reply# 14 1/30/2011 at 23:11 (4,832 days old) by peteski50 (New York) |
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Congratulations! | ||
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Post# 492776 , Reply# 15 1/31/2011 at 06:41 (4,832 days old) by turquoisedude (.) |
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Too cool! | ||
| Post# 493640 , Reply# 16 2/3/2011 at 08:32 (4,829 days old) by varicyclevoice (Davenport, Iowa) | ||
Mike...congratulations!
The article written about your collection was excellent! As Paul (turquoisedude) said, I feel like I know a celebrity! I so enjoy our friendship and it is so fun when we all get together and have fun sharing our stories and experiences!
Thanks Mike for sharing this fun article with everyone on here in the forum! Todd | ||
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Post# 493643 , Reply# 17 2/3/2011 at 08:54 (4,829 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut) |
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Aferim! | ||
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