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Thread Number: 4245
Texas Wash-In Real Time |
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Post# 97756 , Reply# 2 12/10/2005 at 21:49 (6,710 days old) by toggleswitch  (New York City, NY) |
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Post# 97774 , Reply# 3 12/11/2005 at 00:54 (6,710 days old) by cleanteamofny ((Monroe, New York) |
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| Post# 97785 , Reply# 4 12/11/2005 at 02:43 (6,710 days old) by newwave1 (Lincoln, United Kingdom) | ||
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Post# 97793 , Reply# 5 12/11/2005 at 08:03 (6,709 days old) by gyrafoam (Wytheville, VA) |
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Wash-ins are sooooo much fun! Wishing I was there to join ya'll! Thanks for the photos! | ||
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Post# 97810 , Reply# 6 12/11/2005 at 11:03 (6,709 days old) by frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie) |
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So, how did it go, Austin? Did your house get trashed by the raucous AW.ORG members? Is Venus filing restraining orders, LOL? Your WW FL'er looks almost identical to my 2nd FL'er, although mine was a Gibson-branded machine. My first FL'er was an '86 (or was it '87?) Frigidaire FL'er. It was offered only as a rear-control type. The dispensers were still on top, like the classic Westy's. It didn't reverse-tumble and the solenoids made a loud BANG when it went into a spin. Looking forward to more pictures and video and stories! | ||
| Post# 97814 , Reply# 7 12/11/2005 at 12:27 (6,709 days old) by tlee618 () | ||
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Sure looks like you guys are having a good time. Wish that I could be there!! More pictures please!! Terry | ||
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Post# 97832 , Reply# 8 12/11/2005 at 16:07 (6,709 days old) by appnut (TX) |
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The two laundry baskets at the right of the White-Westy ard the massive 1-18 load you see all nicely folded in front of Glenn & myself as well as a load of sheets I did in the WO65-2 Unimatic. The only restraining order for Venus is the one I had to execute on her. Her Bosh dishwasher got "Bob loaded". Venus commits the mortal sin of pre-rinsing before she puts in dishwasher. I tortured her by loadeding the dinner dishes and utensils unwashed, scraped at best. | ||
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Post# 97837 , Reply# 9 12/11/2005 at 17:18 (6,709 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY) |
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Post# 97852 , Reply# 12 12/11/2005 at 18:40 (6,709 days old) by dadoes (TX, U.S. of A.) |
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There was some minor concern over that 1-18 load. I said "Load It Up." I shoulda tossed in a couple more of the towels that were floating around the room.... By the way, I shoved my arm down the 1-18's maw while the towels were processing. Nothing quite like it, yay! Folks, I'm so terribly sorry, but I personally didn't get any pictures of anything, so you'll have to depend on more coming from the others. I had my camera on charge Thu night in the spare bedroom, and totally forgot about it Friday afternoon/evening. Then on top of *THAT*, I forgot to take the $@#$& camera to Bellville on Saturday. Among other things that were forgotten are chips and dip and soft drinks in the garage fridge. UGH. [hides face in shame] But it was fault of being distracted by all the fantabulous visitors. Really. Seriously. (Barry and Carol, we missed ya!) I can say that Jason (AS USUAL!) took some outstanding video. Bob managed to confuse my IWL12 at least once, probably several times. Hell, at one point when the cycle ended, the soil level lights started flashing in agony, and the display had a little "H" and "M" at the extreme margins. I figure that was a signal of HELP ME. Pull the plug so it forgets, carry on. (No, the truth is that I had been playing with diagnostic mode, and probably triggered some mysterious subfunction that I'll never be able to find again.) Other than that, it didn't miss a beat. Upon watching a double-load of sheets slowly-but-surely roll over, Mr. Appnut's remark was "I'm convinced." We ran the waiting-since-Monday DishDrawer load late on Fri night, everything came out perfectly clean. Bryan, unfortunately, missed that. "You ran the DishDrawer? I didn't even hear it." (Hey, being kinda woozy after a flight and a drive can do that to ya.) Ms. Venus of the '59 Frigidaire Kitchen, aka Retromom, aka Den Mother, put on a fabulous display of hosting, right along with Mr. Wilder, and Miss Hayley of the barnyard contingent (she wants a hedgehog, dontcha know!), and Mr. WestyTopLoader Himself. Man, anybody who wants to feel right at home in TX, do Bellville. Austin's "wash shed" is the "It Place" for Austin County and surrounding areas. First and last generation Frigidaire mechanisms in the same room, how can you lose!!? Steve & Jeff, mucho thanks for the Maytag parts. I doubt I can show as much finesse with it as you, but I'll sure try. Bryan, mucho thanks for the laundry supplies. Already tried the White King. And I'm set with Downy Enhancer for a good while. :-) | ||
| Post# 97856 , Reply# 15 12/11/2005 at 20:32 (6,709 days old) by jasonl (Cookeville, TN) | ||
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What REALLY goes on at wash-ins. Videos coming soon. | ||
| Post# 97858 , Reply# 16 12/11/2005 at 20:44 (6,709 days old) by westytoploader () | ||
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I think I know what that is! ;-) Mum's the word... | ||
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Post# 97863 , Reply# 17 12/11/2005 at 21:27 (6,709 days old) by appnut (TX) |
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Carol, yes you were missed. I thought of you numerous times. Well, I had a great time. And as usual, terrorized appliances, whetehr they be new or vintage lol. The Wilders were awesome hosts. Den Mother really was in her element as were Tom, Haley, and of course the man AUSTIN. We definitely all took a walk on the Wilders side of life. Austin's laundry studio is a sight to behold. The pic oc the White Westy above sent chills down my spin as I was experiencing it real time. I kept expecting to hear Pearl Bailey's golden tones shoutin' out "DAAWLIN', you usin' my machine at its best." I loved the sight of having a WO65-2 and a 1-18 right next to each other. And to be there when Bryan actually experienced nh person his first Frigidaires!! Was worth my patients and anticipation (and thank you Jason!!). And Jason was his usualy washer fun, bubbly self. Between Unimatics & Kenmores, it's a thrill to be around Jason. Incidentally, jason & I drooled over Venus' 1959 Range--after we drooled over it's productions on our tummies. And as Jason said, it all tasted even that much better knowing it came from a vintage Frigidaire range. And Steve & Jeff, what an awesome pair. Was so nice to spend time with Steve, wish I'd had a chance to spend more time with Jeff. And last but not least, Bryan. He fit right in right off the bat. What a guy (plus an outstanding cheuffer for yours truly) A thank you to the Wilders and Glenn and esspecially RJ. I know Glenn's IWL-12 is going to be in shock for the next 6 months. I doubt it's EVER seen that much laundry in a relatively small period of time, much less so many large loads. But it all smells so nice and am enjoying the various scents acquired form Austin & glenn & Bryan's detergent/softener offerings. Words can't desribe what I feel after us Texans finally beginning to get together--and it won't be the last by any means!! | ||
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Post# 97890 , Reply# 18 12/11/2005 at 23:21 (6,709 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY) |
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Post# 97895 , Reply# 20 12/12/2005 at 00:29 (6,709 days old) by dadoes (TX, U.S. of A.) |
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Post# 97910 , Reply# 21 12/12/2005 at 08:06 (6,708 days old) by appnut (TX) |
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Post# 97914 , Reply# 22 12/12/2005 at 08:56 (6,708 days old) by unimatic1140 (Minneapolis) |
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YAY for the Local Wash In's | ||
| Post# 97920 , Reply# 23 12/12/2005 at 09:45 (6,708 days old) by mayken4now (Panama City, Florida) | ||
We had the time of our Life
First of all, again, let me say THANK YOU both for hosting this wonderful event. My first, my partners first Wash-In. (of course we have them all the time at home with just ourselves - hehehehehehe) Anyone who did not have a good time, well it's your own fault. Just being around folks with the same interest and the likes made for a good time, whether you had experience or not. We had soooooooooooooooooooo much fun. The excitement of going, then the excitement of being a part of the event. Also the conversation for the 570 miles back home made for a quick and easy trip. Glenn (DADoES) had a very nice inviting home and we were greeted with most pleasure and kindness. Thanks to Glenn for making sure that I had all the directions, phone numbers, places to stay etc. to make our drive and visit easy. He does have some really nice machines in the garage. His F & P's (shhhhhhhhhhhhhhh Venus) are cool and very unusual machines. Bob can testify to that. That dryer is one like I have never seen before with all it's drama and unique sounds. RJ, you are too cool and your real time Home Theater is to die for! The Wilders, well what can I say. In the next posting we have breath taking pictures of what an experience thier home and hospitality can bring to a stranger. Absolutely wonderful folks. You ain't bored at their house Mr. or Miss. The whole family just reaches out to you and caters to your every need, no matter what your taste of a good time may be. We made it home by 3:45 PM Sunday. Talked about what you will see in the pics to follow and the video(to be posted by Jasonl) all the way home! So nice to meet Jason, Bob, Glenn, Venus, Brian, Austin, RJ, Tom, & Haley. | ||
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Post# 97929 , Reply# 24 12/12/2005 at 10:58 (6,708 days old) by petek (Ontari ari ari O ) |
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Post# 97978 , Reply# 26 12/12/2005 at 13:54 (6,708 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY) |
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| Post# 98027 , Reply# 27 12/12/2005 at 17:23 (6,708 days old) by mayken4now (Panama City, Florida) | ||
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| Post# 98029 , Reply# 28 12/12/2005 at 17:26 (6,708 days old) by mayken4now (Panama City, Florida) | ||
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| Post# 98031 , Reply# 29 12/12/2005 at 17:28 (6,708 days old) by mayken4now (Panama City, Florida) | ||
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Post# 98032 , Reply# 30 12/12/2005 at 17:29 (6,708 days old) by appnut (TX) |
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| Post# 98033 , Reply# 31 12/12/2005 at 17:31 (6,708 days old) by mayken4now (Panama City, Florida) | ||
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| Post# 98034 , Reply# 32 12/12/2005 at 17:33 (6,708 days old) by mayken4now (Panama City, Florida) | ||
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| Post# 98035 , Reply# 33 12/12/2005 at 17:35 (6,708 days old) by mayken4now (Panama City, Florida) | ||
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Post# 98036 , Reply# 34 12/12/2005 at 17:35 (6,708 days old) by peteski50 (New York) |
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Washin! | ||
| Post# 98037 , Reply# 35 12/12/2005 at 17:36 (6,708 days old) by mayken4now (Panama City, Florida) | ||
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| Post# 98038 , Reply# 36 12/12/2005 at 17:39 (6,708 days old) by mayken4now (Panama City, Florida) | ||
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| Post# 98040 , Reply# 37 12/12/2005 at 17:40 (6,708 days old) by mayken4now (Panama City, Florida) | ||
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| Post# 98042 , Reply# 38 12/12/2005 at 17:42 (6,708 days old) by mayken4now (Panama City, Florida) | ||
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| Post# 98043 , Reply# 39 12/12/2005 at 17:44 (6,708 days old) by mayken4now (Panama City, Florida) | ||
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| Post# 98045 , Reply# 40 12/12/2005 at 17:47 (6,708 days old) by mayken4now (Panama City, Florida) | ||
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| Post# 98046 , Reply# 41 12/12/2005 at 17:52 (6,708 days old) by mayken4now (Panama City, Florida) | ||
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| Post# 98048 , Reply# 42 12/12/2005 at 18:01 (6,708 days old) by mayken4now (Panama City, Florida) | ||
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Hey all: We have a lot more pictures to post, however like I stated, I am not computer Savvy. So I will email anyone who ask. There was one that I wanted to post about the gifts received. Glenn and RJ did an outstanding job on secretly giving all of us either a Maytag or Frigidaire stain glass memorbilia for our collections. It is absoutly stunning. Thanks so much Guys. Then in addition, we ended up with a demonstration of a New Hoover Constellation (Connie) by Austin Wilder. What a great peice. Love, Steve | ||
| Post# 98050 , Reply# 43 12/12/2005 at 18:08 (6,708 days old) by agiflow () | ||
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Glad you all had such a great time! That looked like a lot of fun. Glad everyone had a blast. | ||
| Post# 98051 , Reply# 44 12/12/2005 at 18:31 (6,708 days old) by hoover1060 () | ||
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How cool! Nice pictures, thanks for sharing them, and its awesome to see Austin's shed and machines! Venus: That stove is gorgeous! | ||
| Post# 98055 , Reply# 45 12/12/2005 at 19:06 (6,708 days old) by frontaloadotmy (the cool gay realm) | ||
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What a blast It looks like you all had a swell time.Hmm, maybe the March/April event shouldn't be missed!!!! | ||
| Post# 98082 , Reply# 46 12/12/2005 at 21:12 (6,708 days old) by mayken4now (Panama City, Florida) | ||
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Post# 98093 , Reply# 48 12/12/2005 at 21:53 (6,708 days old) by appnut (TX) |
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| Post# 98097 , Reply# 49 12/12/2005 at 22:15 (6,708 days old) by rickr (.) | ||
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| Post# 98099 , Reply# 50 12/12/2005 at 22:23 (6,708 days old) by rocky2 (Northwest Indiana) | ||
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Wash-In Fun Glad everyone had a great time. Thanks for sharing the pictures. Nice job on the shed Austin. And Venus, you and the frigidaire range look fantastic. | ||
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Post# 98105 , Reply# 51 12/12/2005 at 22:41 (6,708 days old) by swestoyz (Cedar Falls, IA) |
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Looks like fun! | ||
| Post# 98110 , Reply# 52 12/12/2005 at 22:48 (6,708 days old) by tlee618 () | ||
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Thanks everyone for sharing all the neat pictures, it is always so neat to put faces to names. Venus that range is just beautiful!! Sure wish that I could have been there, next time for sure. Terry | ||
| Post# 98127 , Reply# 53 12/13/2005 at 03:19 (6,707 days old) by lavamat_jon (UK) | ||
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Looks like a good time was had by all! Makes me even more envious of you guys now :-) Austin - I love your hair! I used to have hair like yours until my mum made me chop it off! Jon | ||
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Post# 98162 , Reply# 54 12/13/2005 at 07:49 (6,707 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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Post# 98197 , Reply# 57 12/13/2005 at 14:11 (6,707 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands) |
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Post# 98221 , Reply# 58 12/13/2005 at 16:50 (6,707 days old) by frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie) |
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Thanks much for posting your stories and all the great pictures! I'm sure it'll be a weekend everyone remembers. Austin--- I checked out the pics of your machines in action and saw the ones of the front loading Westinghouse. Has the milky-colored plastic ring around the front of the tub ever popped out of place? I'd completely forgotten about this until I saw the closeup photos. Something rubbed against that plastic piece on my machine and wore a groove in it. That allowed the thing to pop off occasionally. It would fall into the tub and the clothes would get all entangled in it. Rather than replace the plastic thingy, I bought a first issue, 1996 FrigiLux FL'er. I miss the tub light in the White-Westinghouse machines. | ||
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Post# 98263 , Reply# 59 12/13/2005 at 21:33 (6,707 days old) by appnut (TX) |
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| Post# 98264 , Reply# 60 12/13/2005 at 21:37 (6,707 days old) by mayken4now (Panama City, Florida) | ||
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Wish I could post the far away picture I took of Austin's wash shed. It is tucked away in the south east corner of the Wilder Family's property. It is green with green with color, metal building, hurricane resistant, beautiful lighting, plenty of space (for more machines!!! LOL) and just clean as clean can be. It has carpet in the laundry room proper (oh it has more than one galery) and is air tight for detergent arouma! Venus came in at one point and said---- Oh Oh what's the detergent, the smell is so wonderful. Thanks to Brian (Westtexxman) it was fresh start granules. Of course, Bob uses BIZ in every load. If you ever have a chance to go to a Texas Wash-in at the Wilder's, you will experience all the facets of good! AND, the machines you will see, in operation! Way to much fun for only a weekend. Steve | ||
| Post# 98313 , Reply# 62 12/14/2005 at 08:36 (6,706 days old) by jasonl (Cookeville, TN) | ||
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Gotta get a cable today I gotta drive all the way to Lafayette to get a Firewire cable. These Opelousas people don't no nuttin about dem Far-war thingy. "We don' have dat ova here chere'." | ||
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Post# 98342 , Reply# 63 12/14/2005 at 13:54 (6,706 days old) by dadoes (TX, U.S. of A.) |
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Post# 98411 , Reply# 64 12/15/2005 at 01:15 (6,706 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY) |
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| Post# 98424 , Reply# 65 12/15/2005 at 06:23 (6,705 days old) by mayken4now (Panama City, Florida) | ||
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Post# 98438 , Reply# 66 12/15/2005 at 06:48 (6,705 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY) |
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Someone please correct me....
LINKY: CTRL + C COPY CTRL + V PASTE into URL Link to share: Check before finalizing PIC: In the Upload JPEG Format Picture to share in message: click on browse find your pic hit enter EDIT EDIT EDIT. It's real easy to post the WRONG PIC. finalize. MAKE SURE YOU POST A PIC NOT A FOLDER. In general, re-set your camera to save pics as <4.0 meg-pixels. The 3.2 setting is nice. ROTSA RUCK | ||
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Post# 98439 , Reply# 67 12/15/2005 at 06:48 (6,705 days old) by gyrafoam (Wytheville, VA) |
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I sure am sorry I couldn't make it. I know ya'll had a great time. Those photo's sure tell the story. Now for the video's---------! | ||
| Post# 98460 , Reply# 68 12/15/2005 at 08:48 (6,705 days old) by jasonl (Cookeville, TN) | ||
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Everytime I hear the song "Anticipation" I think of Heinz ketchup. In fact, I add the line "It's soooo good" after the line "It's making me wait" Anyway, I will try to go get the cable. ugh. I can't belive I didn't pack that with my camera. I think evacuating a Catagory 5 storm was more important. | ||
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Post# 98484 , Reply# 70 12/15/2005 at 10:35 (6,705 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY) |
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| Post# 98529 , Reply# 71 12/15/2005 at 16:28 (6,705 days old) by frontaloadotmy (the cool gay realm) | ||
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Great Album Bob Jason Crowning Steve with Austin sheer looks; a howler!!!!! | ||
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Post# 98547 , Reply# 72 12/15/2005 at 18:52 (6,705 days old) by frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie) |
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| Post# 98569 , Reply# 73 12/15/2005 at 21:10 (6,705 days old) by mayken4now (Panama City, Florida) | ||
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Yea frigilux, tell her to stop about being photo-genic. She is a pretty lady, no matter about the pics. I am not the worlds best either when it comes to a camera. Yes, I have to give it to her, she is like me, we hate the photos because of the outcome, but in reality, we are just goodlooking and the camera makes it not fun to prove!!!! LOL Steve | ||
| Post# 98570 , Reply# 74 12/15/2005 at 21:11 (6,705 days old) by mayken4now (Panama City, Florida) | ||
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Post# 98573 , Reply# 75 12/15/2005 at 21:55 (6,705 days old) by appnut (TX) |
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Post# 98612 , Reply# 76 12/16/2005 at 09:00 (6,704 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY) |
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