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Post# 578605   2/27/2012 at 06:19 (4,413 days old) by Tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD)        

The GE with the metalic trim and clear dials between the APEX and the Thor automatic could be dressed up with a light hood. It had a fluorescent light and was a factory accessory, much like the various HP models whose only difference was the presence or absence of the light hood. Bendix got to have two machines: the washer and the Duomatic. What is to the left of the Thor?




Post# 578614 , Reply# 1   2/27/2012 at 07:27 (4,413 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)        

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I can't tell either Tom, if I had to guess I would say, it kinda looks like a Hotpoint, but I'm not positive about that. I also can't tell what the machine to the left of the Westinghouse Laundromat is either. It's control panel looks kinda Apex, but the wrap around along the top isn't Apex. Maybe that's the Universal version?

Post# 578631 , Reply# 2   2/27/2012 at 09:20 (4,413 days old) by lebron (Minnesota)        

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So cool to see an Apex sticking out with the same style control panel as yours Robert! This little collection of machines that "ALL" has gathered, quite impressive.

Post# 578632 , Reply# 3   2/27/2012 at 09:21 (4,413 days old) by Yogitunes (New Jersey)        

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This is a great POD.....we could play name that washer with this one....from what year would this have been taken?....and it almost seems like the boxes and the pics angle was to cover up certain manufacturers....

seems also like a few are missing from this time frame, or covered up, Speed Queen, Frigidaire, Kenmore...interesting though...

back then you got a big box of detergent with purchase.....I remember in the 70/80's, you got a coupon for pennies off, now NOTHING!


Post# 578707 , Reply# 4   2/27/2012 at 13:41 (4,413 days old) by frontaloadotmy (the cool gay realm)        
Could that be an Easy to the left of

 the Thor? I know that's  a  Hotpoint behind the Norge


Post# 578862 , Reply# 5   2/27/2012 at 23:30 (4,413 days old) by arbilab (Ft Worth TX (Ridglea))        

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What is the trick to seeing PODs? That does stand for "picture of the day" doesn't it? Then howcome I NEVER see a picture? Or even a link to one? I see links and photos on ordinary threads but NEVER on a POD thread.

Post# 578895 , Reply# 6   2/28/2012 at 01:07 (4,412 days old) by qualin (Canada)        
To Arbilab

The link to the POD is included below, but you can get it from the main site under "Daily Double" then "Today's picture of the day".

It is verboten to post pictures from the POD in the thread. :/ (At least, from what I've read in the rules anyway.)

The Bendix in the middle looks like the one which was selling in that auction not to long ago.. I don't have the thread... It is so CHROMEY!!!!

One thing which is readily apparent, they just don't put chrome on washing machines anymore.

So, when can any of you remember what year they stopped putting Chrome on washing machines? My guess is, it would be sometime around the early 1980's...



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Post# 579158 , Reply# 7   2/28/2012 at 23:02 (4,412 days old) by arbilab (Ft Worth TX (Ridglea))        

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OK thanks, I saw it. Not illegal then to link to it?

Post# 579159 , Reply# 8   2/28/2012 at 23:07 (4,412 days old) by arbilab (Ft Worth TX (Ridglea))        

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Not possible to access POY, Picture of Yesterday?

Post# 579192 , Reply# 9   2/29/2012 at 02:47 (4,411 days old) by qualin (Canada)        

I wish there could be a POY. :) I dunno.. I don't think it's illegal to link to it, at least I don't THINK it is... Maybe when the site is revamped, it might be a possibility.

I'm off topic now...


Post# 579193 , Reply# 10   2/29/2012 at 03:01 (4,411 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK)        
The issue is..

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Whe you guys start asking all the interesting questions to do with it, we in the different time zones are already on the "Next Days" POD....frustrating....LOl!!!

Post# 579201 , Reply# 11   2/29/2012 at 06:00 (4,411 days old) by Tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD)        

Mike, you could start a thread on it and we could pick it up after you go to sleep. Alternately, or if necessary, you could do a print screen to refresh your memory for when you awaken. It is so people will know what I am talking about that I try to identify the POD by date and topic. I used to check another site where the "P" in POD meant something else entirely except there was a picture, (how could there not be a picture) and no brand names or even names were involved so the date was important for purposes of the scholarly discussions.

Post# 579210 , Reply# 12   2/29/2012 at 06:52 (4,411 days old) by Yogitunes (New Jersey)        

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Actually the POD should have its own forum right under the pic, and then be able to access that POD by the date....rather than start a new thread, and everyone has to jump back and forth, or miss is.....this way everyone knows what is being talked about and can re-view by just scrolling

just a thought


Post# 579211 , Reply# 13   2/29/2012 at 07:07 (4,411 days old) by alr2903 (TN)        

Off topic here to, what happened to the washer museum?  I wish the 2 files of the WP combo where under "see it wash".   alr


Post# 579231 , Reply# 14   2/29/2012 at 08:23 (4,411 days old) by Tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD)        

Martin, You might wish to couch that petition to The One Who Must Be Obeyed in terms that do not use the word "should." "I wish" and "If it please" might be more appropriate.

Post# 579258 , Reply# 15   2/29/2012 at 10:03 (4,411 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)        
Some clarifications...

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Not possible to access POY, Picture of Yesterday?
That is correct, the system takes the old POD down and replaces it with a new one in the early AM hours of the morning, there is no way to link on aw.org to yesterdays POD as it no longer exists in POD directory. It will come up again in about 200 days as the PODS are in constant recirculation.

I wish there could be a POY. :) I dunno..
Back in 2001 my idea of creating the POD was to give people a good reason to come back to the site everyday (not every three days or once a week). Those reasons are still valid in 2012. If one could simply call up the previous PODs the would totally nullify my main reason for having the POD. So that wish wont be granted. Believe it or not, having to catch the POD every 24 hours does drive a lot traffic to the site daily. For many once they arrive and view the POD they then go and peruse the Discuss-o-Mat, which makes for more posts, a more active forum and a more interesting website overall. Last month there was 63,000 unique IP addresses that visited aw.org.

I don't think it's illegal to link to it, at least I don't THINK it is... Maybe when the site is revamped, it might be a possibility.
It is perfectly fine and not against the rules to put a url link to the POD in the threads (as done above in 578895). BUT IT IS against the rules to download and take a copy of the POD and then post it as a picture into the threads. I delete them when I catch them. Again that is nullifying my main reason for having the POD.

Actually the POD should have its own forum right under the pic, and then be able to access that POD by the date....rather than start a new thread
I've thought of that too Yogi, but creating a new thread to discuss the POD isn't a bad thing either, it creates searchable history and more ways to find us in Google. Just having comments posted under the POD that would be deleted everyday as the POD changes would mean those comments are lost forever.

Off topic here to, what happened to the washer museum?
I removed it because it was too out of date and too much trouble to keep up. It was created in the pre-YouTube days, now with YouTube there are thousands of washer videos out there that are easily found.

"The One Who Must Be Obeyed"
lol, she is now rolling her eyes 8-)




This post was last edited 02/29/2012 at 10:22
Post# 579339 , Reply# 16   2/29/2012 at 14:45 (4,411 days old) by akronman (Akron/Cleveland Ohio)        
well he's right

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Robert--I guess you really do know your stuff. With fresh coffee every morning, I check the POD  before emails or anything else, and I download it daily.

Thanks for the explanation, I enjoy this website and friends have called to tell me that I'll probably like Crazy Obsession. Even my loser friends with only one washer and dryer!


Post# 579378 , Reply# 17   2/29/2012 at 18:32 (4,411 days old) by 300C (Jonesboro, GA)        
Start Each Day With the POD

I start each day by:
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- making a pot of coffee (with a percolator)
- turning on NPR
- checking out the AW.org POD

Thank you Robert for all the work you put into the site!!!


Post# 579384 , Reply# 18   2/29/2012 at 18:52 (4,411 days old) by Yogitunes (New Jersey)        

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I stand corrected Tom...thank you.....


but I do love all the input and ideas everyone has....

Robert-nice to know you consider all possibilities.....and take time to comment for our clarification, and your ideas behind it....

just the same the POD does roll around again, if someone misses it this time, they'll catch it the next time.....

it is a funny routine we get into....wake up, start coffee, let the dog out, sit and view the POD, and into the forums......to view what's new in the washer world today!....terrible to think we turn down the morning news to focus on what someone has wrote in a thread.....

thats like the day AW was shut down in protest.......didn't know what to do with myself until AW came back online...talk about WITH-DRAWL!....lol....like throwing a monkey wrench into the gears....Crazy Obsession?...nope, none at all....


Post# 579460 , Reply# 19   3/1/2012 at 00:03 (4,410 days old) by arbilab (Ft Worth TX (Ridglea))        

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(sputters) Bu-bu-bu-but, YOUR videos would play on my jurassic box and youtubes won't. Ah well I've seen them all multiple times.

You don't have to bribe me with PODs to get me here every day. But if it's good for the site it's good for me.

At least now I know how it works.


Post# 579474 , Reply# 20   3/1/2012 at 01:06 (4,410 days old) by alr2903 (TN)        

Robert thank you,  I sometimes forget ( or never knew) how much technologies have changed.  arthur



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