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Post# 161175 10/18/2006 at 20:54 (6,389 days old) by launderess  (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage) |
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The things you see when you haven't got your gun! *LOL*
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| Post# 161256 , Reply# 2 10/19/2006 at 06:54 (6,389 days old) by thirtyater () | ||
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Now we know where Maytag got their inspiration! | ||
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Post# 161275 , Reply# 3 10/19/2006 at 08:24 (6,389 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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| Post# 161279 , Reply# 4 10/19/2006 at 09:17 (6,388 days old) by brettsomers () | ||
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there was something similar in the home ec kitchen in my old junior high. the junior high was an old school. | ||
| Post# 161346 , Reply# 6 10/19/2006 at 14:30 (6,388 days old) by washerboy (Little Rock Arkansas) | ||
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baking clothes Ralf:...do things come out stiff and wrinkled? I thought the tumbling action was what made the fabric softer less wrinkled? | ||
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Post# 161599 , Reply# 8 10/20/2006 at 20:13 (6,387 days old) by launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage) |
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My vintage Mary Proctor ironing book, circa 1940, mentions this sort of dryer, so guess they were common enough "back in the day". When one thinks of it nothing more than a contained version of hanging one's laundry on racks suspended above the AGA, which is how many homes in England/UK/Europe have done for ages. Am told that often estates or large homes would have large "airing rooms" or even cupboards with a range for drying laundry indoors. FWIW built in linen presses/cupboards were often recommended to be on the opposite side of a wall with a range, or room where the heating pipes went through so it was warm. In damp climates such as parts of England/UK mould could take hold easily in an unheated/damp linen storage area. L. | ||
| Post# 161665 , Reply# 10 10/21/2006 at 06:22 (6,387 days old) by lavamat_jon (UK) | ||
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Doors closed 
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| Post# 161671 , Reply# 13 10/21/2006 at 07:03 (6,387 days old) by sudsman () | ||
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These Are still made Cissell still makes them. they have them for steam or electric. We priced them about a year ago and they sell for around 4000.00 depending on which model you want. 
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| Post# 161672 , Reply# 14 10/21/2006 at 07:08 (6,387 days old) by lavamat_jon (UK) | ||
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Asko make a smaller, home version too which has been sold in Scandinanvia for a few years I believe, but has only been recently released on the US & UK markets. Jon 
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Post# 161707 , Reply# 15 10/21/2006 at 09:45 (6,386 days old) by polkanut (Wausau, WI ) |
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Post# 161773 , Reply# 16 10/21/2006 at 15:48 (6,386 days old) by launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage) |
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AskoMiele
You're comparing today's well insulated hot water boilers/heaters and pipes to yesterdays, and they are not the same. Many older boilers/hot water heaters/tanks became so hot one could get burned by touching them. Indeed like ranges they were often behind railings to keep wee ones away. Speaking of ranges, you have not felt heat until you've been in kitchen with an AGA or similar range. Aga's are quite capable if heating an entire kitchen to almost uncomfortable temperatures. This is not a problem if one lives in a damp/cold climate, but certianly would cause problems say if one lived in a warmer climate. Cannot understand why so many Americans living in the deep south, or even parts of the Northeast want an Aga, as it most certinaly will be off more of the year than on because of the heat. Home design years ago, always made use of heat that was already being generated for other things. Scores of children over the years grew up drying their mittens and winter outer garments by hanging them near or over those cast iron radiators common in many homes with hot water/steam central heating. Airing cupboards or placing linen storage areas near sources of heat is not an accident of design, but a way of dealing with the problem of rising damp/mould in areas where the climate is cool/cold and damp for a good part of the year. L. | ||
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