Thread Number: 36056
A LOOK BACK 10 YEARS AGO THIS VERY DAY, WASH-IN 2001 MINNEAPOLIS, MN, ROBERT'S BASEMENT & HOUSE |
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Post# 537469   8/17/2011 at 00:04 (4,629 days old) by appnut (TX)   |   | |
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Yes, August 17, 2001. International Wash-in, held in Minneapolis, MN. Three glorious days from Friday eveing the 17th through Suday the 19th (well actually only 2 days for me thanks to weather delays). We invaded Robert's house and baement. Anywhere from 30-50 people (it seemed like) at any given time. Share your reflections here as well as photographs, memories, anything else. Washing, fellowship, food, merriment,. And such a grand time!!! Even Mall of America. And Sunday afternoon after all had wound down, Sears was never the same with the invasion of 15 to 20 or more washer boys to scope out the BRAND NEW, just showing up in the showrooms at Sears, the Kenmore He3T. I'd never seen such a sight either in Robert's basement or us trapsing through Sears--we actually had to go to at least two stores, if not 3 to find the machines we wanted to see. Complete with Chestermikeuk Arming the Hettie.
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Post# 537553 , Reply# 1   8/17/2011 at 11:34 (4,629 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)   |   | |
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Post# 537555 , Reply# 2   8/17/2011 at 11:46 (4,629 days old) by Tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD)   |   | |
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We were able to board planes without showing anyone our privates and could carry our own food and water with us. Within a few weeks, the world we had so taken for granted was gone forever. |
Post# 537556 , Reply# 3   8/17/2011 at 11:55 (4,629 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands)   |   | |
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Post# 537561 , Reply# 4   8/17/2011 at 12:03 (4,629 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.)   |   | |
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Post# 537563 , Reply# 5   8/17/2011 at 12:06 (4,629 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.)   |   | |
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Post# 537565 , Reply# 6   8/17/2011 at 12:08 (4,629 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.)   |   | |
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Post# 537568 , Reply# 7   8/17/2011 at 12:09 (4,629 days old) by lovestowash (St. Petersburg, FL)   |   | |
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Indeed!... Thanks Bob for commemorating the anniversary... I was fortunate to make good friendships during that outing... Not to mention the vintage laundromat in the basement... And I particularly remember that kitchy, dark restaurant where we dined one night...it was like a step back in time... Thanks Robert for sharing your passion...
George |
Post# 537569 , Reply# 8   8/17/2011 at 12:11 (4,629 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands)   |   | |
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Post# 537570 , Reply# 9   8/17/2011 at 12:12 (4,629 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.)   |   | |
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Post# 537576 , Reply# 10   8/17/2011 at 12:20 (4,629 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.)   |   | |
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Post# 537592 , Reply# 11   8/17/2011 at 13:26 (4,629 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)   |   | |
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Yay, I found my pictures, all of the captions are from 2001! CLICK HERE TO GO TO Unimatic1140's LINK |
Post# 537599 , Reply# 12   8/17/2011 at 13:48 (4,629 days old) by Tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD)   |   | |
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Louis, your description of the piano player is priceless. I don't even remember the piano. I remember we got separated from the "procession" on the way, but Greg got us there. We were hungry, so we ordered our food as soon as our butts hit the seats. |
Post# 537604 , Reply# 13   8/17/2011 at 14:04 (4,629 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands)   |   | |
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Post# 537640 , Reply# 15   8/17/2011 at 17:51 (4,628 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md)   |   | |
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Post# 537700 , Reply# 16   8/17/2011 at 21:37 (4,628 days old) by JETCONE (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers)   |   | |
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Post# 537701 , Reply# 17   8/17/2011 at 21:41 (4,628 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)   |   | |
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Post# 537715 , Reply# 18   8/17/2011 at 23:05 (4,628 days old) by PeterH770 (Marietta, GA)   |   | |
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Post# 537805 , Reply# 19   8/18/2011 at 10:58 (4,628 days old) by Tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD)   |   | |
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OH WOW ROBERT! Thanks for the photo archive. Photo 65 is my baby stove. Where did she wind up? That was the greasiest moment in her life. I had forgotten the Eugene Field poem, but I remembered your taking the picture for me. Thank you again. |
Post# 537818 , Reply# 20   8/18/2011 at 11:08 (4,628 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)   |   | |
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Post# 537830 , Reply# 21   8/18/2011 at 11:21 (4,628 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands)   |   | |
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Post# 537851 , Reply# 22   8/18/2011 at 12:14 (4,628 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY)   |   | |
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Post# 537908 , Reply# 23   8/18/2011 at 15:42 (4,627 days old) by macboy91si (Frankfort, KY)   |   | |
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Post# 537994 , Reply# 26   8/18/2011 at 23:47 (4,627 days old) by golittlesport (California)   |   | |
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Post# 538048 , Reply# 28   8/19/2011 at 09:04 (4,627 days old) by JETCONE (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers)   |   | |
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Post# 538057 , Reply# 29   8/19/2011 at 09:45 (4,627 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.)   |   | |
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Post# 538061 , Reply# 30   8/19/2011 at 10:10 (4,627 days old) by peteski50 (New York)   |   | |
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Post# 538177 , Reply# 31   8/19/2011 at 20:30 (4,626 days old) by Tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD)   |   | |
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Jon, what do you mean about about we are in the top 400,000? Thanks |
Post# 538184 , Reply# 32   8/19/2011 at 21:11 (4,626 days old) by JETCONE (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers)   |   | |
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Post# 538191 , Reply# 33   8/19/2011 at 21:56 (4,626 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)   |   | |
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Have a look at automaticwasher.org's "ranking" by Alexa - the gender demographics are interesting! CLICK HERE TO GO TO gansky1's LINK |