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Post# 76273 , Reply# 1 8/3/2005 at 00:31 (6,835 days old) by DADoES  (TX, U.S. of A.) |
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Post# 76274 , Reply# 2 8/3/2005 at 00:41 (6,835 days old) by Pulsator (Saint Joseph, MI) |
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Post# 76294 , Reply# 4 8/3/2005 at 05:57 (6,834 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY) |
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| Post# 76322 , Reply# 6 8/3/2005 at 08:18 (6,834 days old) by lavamat_jon (UK) | ||
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Well I'm Aquarius - which is the water star sign... maybe a link there :-) | ||
| Post# 76337 , Reply# 8 8/3/2005 at 09:00 (6,834 days old) by jaxsunst () | ||
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I don't remember a time that I wasn't facinated with watching the washer. But, I am also facinated with all mechanical automated devices. My second love is old jukeboxes. | ||
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Post# 76373 , Reply# 9 8/3/2005 at 11:50 (6,834 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands) |
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| Post# 76374 , Reply# 10 8/3/2005 at 11:52 (6,834 days old) by GEExtraRinse (Hudson Valley, New York ) | ||
Grandma started it all!
I too was of the variety that my parents would work and so i went to my grandma's to be bbabysat - she didn't have too many toys so she said - come down stairs while I wash a load of clothes - you can help. Her '64 GE didn't have a lid switch so I could watch everything if i promised to close the lid for the spin cycle. I loved going to grandma's and weather I slept over and had clothes to wash the next mornning or she'd just give me some towels to keep me busy - it was great. Now the sounds of a GE make me so very comfortable and remind me of a much easier time. This is why I also think I collect Vintage Christmas ornaments. They also remind me of Christmases which are far less dramatic and far more magical than today... 
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| Post# 76387 , Reply# 11 8/3/2005 at 12:53 (6,834 days old) by bosch2460 (Harrisonburg, VA) | ||
I cant ever remember a time when i didnt love washing machines. My mom has pictures of me when i was barely 2 years old watching our old green Whilpool Imperial. One of my first words was "agitator". Guess that sould have tipped someone off a long time ago...... Anyway, I used to get lost in stores cause I would sneak off and look at the washers......got my ass beat a lot in Sears. lol. Washing to this day gives me comfort....and ok ya'll........I love my Bosch, But there is nothing more soothing than to hear a belt drive washer just chugging away. I dont care if its a Whirlpool, Hotpoint, Filter Flo, or on old center dial Maytag. As i sit here and type, I can still hear each one........
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| Post# 76500 , Reply# 13 8/3/2005 at 23:17 (6,834 days old) by GEExtraRinse (Hudson Valley, New York ) | ||
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I'm a Cancer - a water sign
and I too was always fascinated by water! - I loved Fish tanks - I had 8 - Swiming Pool Filters, Sump Pumps, and Yes even played with the water from the rain gutters too! Also the Dishwasher and Garbage Disposal, could replumb or just fiix any broken toilet and one christmas my sister got a drum set - by the next spring I had taken the bass drum and turned it on its side, ripped off one of the sides and filled it with the hose, next I put an old agitator in and whatever towels from the pool I had lyinng around - next thing -we were all doing a wash! Maybe it is the water signs... | ||
| Post# 76504 , Reply# 15 8/3/2005 at 23:32 (6,834 days old) by westytoploader () | ||
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As for my "sign", I'm a Virgo. Don't think it has anything to do with my obsession...LOL | ||
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Post# 76511 , Reply# 16 8/4/2005 at 00:08 (6,834 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.) |
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| Post# 76517 , Reply# 17 8/4/2005 at 02:25 (6,833 days old) by spankomatic (Ukiah,CA) | ||
My first memory of a washing machine was when I was 3 years old. My mother had me sitting on top of the whirlpool washer when she started it. The phone rang and she left me sitting on top of the washing machine. I started unscrewing the agitator as it was going (lucky I did not fall in. I liked them ever since.
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Post# 76569 , Reply# 18 8/4/2005 at 12:58 (6,833 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY) |
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Hi Jim! See..... and I don't remember the first agitator I touched. Did the machine progress to the spin cycle? That may explain a few things... My first word was said to be the Greek word "BRIZA" (outlet). [BTW ==> Seems this word was "borrowed" from French/Italian and or Spanish.] Brits would know this as a power-point. This is a word most Greek-Americans (such as my parent's friends) did not know. They kept asking what I was saying..... Ddouble-entendres even at that age.. LOL | ||
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Post# 76570 , Reply# 19 8/4/2005 at 12:59 (6,833 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY) |
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Post# 76571 , Reply# 20 8/4/2005 at 13:01 (6,833 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY) |
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Post# 76588 , Reply# 21 8/4/2005 at 14:44 (6,833 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY) |
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Austin: Quote: As for my "sign", I'm a Virgo. Don't think it has anything to do with my obsession...LOL. uhmmm dear, sweet innocent Austin. WAKE UP! LOL. Virgo is the sign of the virgin, Virgins as knows for purity and being "clean". Virgos love order and perfection. Repeat after your dear old pal Toggle.."There is no such thing as perfection." (Man's only perfeciton lies in his imperfection..that is called character!) Did it not occur to you that both machines involed with your hobbies, (washers and vacuums) are built to .... HELLO... clean? It's ok..... I understand. I'm a Virgo/Libra with a Scorpio rising. Meaning I am a driven and unrelenting (Sorpionic) clean-freak (Virgoan). The Libra makes me hugely dizzy and flirtatious, and in theory potentially bi-coastal. Virgo= female Socrpio=Male Libra = melding the two together by marriage. So in theory my personality and mentality is herm-aphroditic and I CAN go F--K myself (at least mentally). LOL | ||
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Post# 76673 , Reply# 23 8/4/2005 at 21:09 (6,833 days old) by appnut (TX) |
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I"m a water sign too (cancer). I apprently got hoooked with our 1948 or 1949 Bendix. I was told even b4 I learned to walk, I'd manage to crawl out to the grage and watch it and to mom's dismay, I usually opened the door while it was runing. Water all down the driveway. The door to the garage was from my bedroom (which was actually a small paneled den) Maybe that's why I love the look of wood evn today. I'm still not quite sure how I managed to get the door open, maybe after I learned to walk, which wasn't until 18 months--which explains the 1955/56 GE without FF. | ||
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Post# 76680 , Reply# 24 8/4/2005 at 21:33 (6,833 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY) |
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Post# 76681 , Reply# 25 8/4/2005 at 21:36 (6,833 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY) |
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Post# 76687 , Reply# 27 8/4/2005 at 22:38 (6,833 days old) by appnut (TX) |
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Post# 76690 , Reply# 28 8/4/2005 at 22:53 (6,833 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.) |
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Post# 76691 , Reply# 29 8/4/2005 at 23:19 (6,833 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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Oh dear... | ||
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Post# 76704 , Reply# 30 8/5/2005 at 06:48 (6,832 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY) |
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| Post# 76723 , Reply# 31 8/5/2005 at 09:23 (6,832 days old) by veg-o-matic (Baltimore, Hon!) | ||
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Post# 76758 , Reply# 32 8/5/2005 at 15:32 (6,832 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.) |
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Post# 76770 , Reply# 33 8/5/2005 at 19:37 (6,832 days old) by appnut (TX) |
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Post# 76773 , Reply# 34 8/5/2005 at 19:40 (6,832 days old) by appnut (TX) |
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| Post# 76979 , Reply# 35 8/7/2005 at 09:15 (6,830 days old) by Bearpeter () | ||
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I'm no water sign, so what's my excuse???? I'm a Taurus! Broad footed and can't stick cabbage! So how did I get this fixation with washers? | ||
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Post# 77146 , Reply# 37 8/8/2005 at 15:40 (6,829 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY) |
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Jim: Quote: Acutally, I just wanted to post something in this thread so there would be another filter-flo background LOL Speaking of astrology making me hugely dizzy. Just realized that the wallpaper backgrounds "follow" each member. Apparently there is a mysterious but good little fairy in the background assigning these things to us.. HMMMM...LOL I really thought they were random at first. But if you notice, some newer members have yet to be assigned one. EUREKA, eh? LOL | ||
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Post# 77147 , Reply# 38 8/8/2005 at 15:53 (6,829 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY) |
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Bob, If I ever get an offical invite from Glen, or the Wilders or yourself.. I will get a car and pick you up and we'll trek through Texas. (If do-able!) Y'all are invited to me by the way....but you knew that! Now there is my next project tri-angulate the Texas triangle (like the Bermuda triangle). Appnut -- DADoES-- Wilder | ||
| Post# 77155 , Reply# 39 8/8/2005 at 17:12 (6,829 days old) by may63 (St. Paul MN) | ||
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Steve: Yep, everyone can pick their fav background for their postings. I'd like to see a different thread for each background started sometime! *Taurus with moon in Aries* | ||
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Post# 77159 , Reply# 40 8/8/2005 at 18:51 (6,829 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.) |
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Texas Triangle
Anybody who wants to swing through for a visit, preferably with a Frigidaire tool kit (ha!) -- is surely welcome, but advance notice is required so preparations can be made (namely, me being somewhere other than work). Per Mapquest, the long leg is about 3.75 hours (a bit less in actuality). Lake Jackson is from where my DD603, IWL12 and DEGX1 came. 
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| Post# 77160 , Reply# 41 8/8/2005 at 19:11 (6,829 days old) by westytoploader () | ||
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Come on down here too, but let us know first!! LOL | ||
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Post# 77169 , Reply# 42 8/8/2005 at 21:25 (6,829 days old) by appnut (TX) |
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Post# 77185 , Reply# 43 8/8/2005 at 23:00 (6,829 days old) by Petek (Ontari ari ari O ) |
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OK I'm on my way | ||
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Post# 77223 , Reply# 44 8/9/2005 at 07:00 (6,828 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY) |
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Post# 77224 , Reply# 45 8/9/2005 at 07:07 (6,828 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY) |
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Post# 77291 , Reply# 47 8/9/2005 at 13:49 (6,828 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY) |
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Post# 77293 , Reply# 48 8/9/2005 at 14:02 (6,828 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.) |
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| Post# 77311 , Reply# 50 8/9/2005 at 16:13 (6,828 days old) by westytoploader () | ||
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Count me in! But I'll probably need to straighten out the shed a little bit first (and DEFINITELY do some cleaning/vacuuming)! | ||
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Post# 77327 , Reply# 51 8/9/2005 at 18:22 (6,828 days old) by appnut (TX) |
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Post# 77328 , Reply# 52 8/9/2005 at 18:25 (6,828 days old) by appnut (TX) |
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Post# 77741 , Reply# 53 8/11/2005 at 21:55 (6,826 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY) |
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| Post# 84469 , Reply# 54 9/22/2005 at 11:39 (6,784 days old) by hooverac216 () | ||
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when 1 was my grandad putme in frontt of his hooverwashing machine | ||
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Post# 84479 , Reply# 55 9/22/2005 at 12:38 (6,784 days old) by chachp (North Little Rock, AR) |
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Taurus Here!
Mine has alwasy been dishwashers, and for as long as I can remember. When I was very young I used to push a chair up to my Mom's Youngstown Dishwasher I would start it and then crawl up on top to watch it through the window. My Mom was always yelling at me because she was afraid I would burn myself. The tops got pretty warm as I recall and when it was finished it would pop open to let the steam escape. She was also afraid I'd fall in I guess. When we left New York and moved to Wisconsin (that's a whole story in itself), we had our first KitchenAid and I remember trying to figure out how to jimmy the switch with a knife or something to get it to start with the door open. I can remember a couple of showers courtesy of the old KitchenAid. How nice it is to know I am not the only "freak" who is crazy about this stuff. I used to think I was some kind of nut because I liked to play with these things. | ||
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Post# 84534 , Reply# 56 9/22/2005 at 16:01 (6,784 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY) |
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