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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 (4,628 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 (4,628 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis) |
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Post# 537555 , Reply# 2 8/17/2011 at 11:46 (4,628 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. | ||
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Post# 537556 , Reply# 3 8/17/2011 at 11:55 (4,628 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands) |
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Post# 537561 , Reply# 4 8/17/2011 at 12:03 (4,628 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.) |
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Post# 537563 , Reply# 5 8/17/2011 at 12:06 (4,628 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.) |
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Post# 537565 , Reply# 6 8/17/2011 at 12:08 (4,628 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.) |
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Post# 537568 , Reply# 7 8/17/2011 at 12:09 (4,628 days old) by lovestowash (St. Petersburg, FL) |
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Good times were had by all... 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 | ||
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Post# 537569 , Reply# 8 8/17/2011 at 12:11 (4,628 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands) |
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Kitchy, dark restaurant | ||
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Post# 537570 , Reply# 9 8/17/2011 at 12:12 (4,628 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.) |
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Post# 537576 , Reply# 10 8/17/2011 at 12:20 (4,628 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.) |
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Post# 537592 , Reply# 11 8/17/2011 at 13:26 (4,628 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 | ||
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Post# 537599 , Reply# 12 8/17/2011 at 13:48 (4,628 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. | ||
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Post# 537604 , Reply# 13 8/17/2011 at 14:04 (4,628 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands) |
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| Post# 537612 , Reply# 14 8/17/2011 at 14:40 (4,628 days old) by tlee618 () | ||
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Thank you Bob for bringing this to our attention. For me it was not only a wonderful experience but it has brought so many wonderful friendships into my life. Robert, we can never thank you enough for making this possible.
Terry | ||
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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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FRIST WASHIN | ||
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Post# 537700 , Reply# 16 8/17/2011 at 21:37 (4,627 days old) by JETCONE (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers) |
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OMG i can't believe it was 10 years | ||
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Post# 537701 , Reply# 17 8/17/2011 at 21:41 (4,627 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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Who's that with the long hair?? | ||
| Post# 537715 , Reply# 18 8/17/2011 at 23:05 (4,627 days old) by PeterH770 (Marietta, GA) | ||
Hush you | ||
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Post# 537805 , Reply# 19 8/18/2011 at 10:58 (4,627 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. | ||
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Post# 537818 , Reply# 20 8/18/2011 at 11:08 (4,627 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis) |
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Post# 537830 , Reply# 21 8/18/2011 at 11:21 (4,627 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands) |
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| Post# 537851 , Reply# 22 8/18/2011 at 12:14 (4,627 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY) | ||
THANK YOU, GENTLEMEN, AND THANK YOU, AGAIN | ||
| Post# 537908 , Reply# 23 8/18/2011 at 15:42 (4,627 days old) by macboy91si (Frankfort, KY) | ||
Wow | ||
| Post# 537994 , Reply# 26 8/18/2011 at 23:47 (4,626 days old) by golittlesport (California) | ||
Thanks for posting the pics | ||
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Post# 538048 , Reply# 28 8/19/2011 at 09:04 (4,626 days old) by JETCONE (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers) |
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Wicked website indeed | ||
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Post# 538057 , Reply# 29 8/19/2011 at 09:45 (4,626 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.) |
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Post# 538061 , Reply# 30 8/19/2011 at 10:10 (4,626 days old) by peteski50 (New York) |
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10 years ago! | ||
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Post# 538177 , Reply# 31 8/19/2011 at 20:30 (4,625 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 | ||
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Post# 538184 , Reply# 32 8/19/2011 at 21:11 (4,625 days old) by JETCONE (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers) |
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Robert tells me | ||
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Post# 538191 , Reply# 33 8/19/2011 at 21:56 (4,625 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 | ||
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