This machine is a Dispensomat unlike any I've seen here. The 8 fabric choices are listed top to bottom in one list in really pretty color codes; it screams Custom Imperial Frigidaire as soon as the booklet pops open--only more colorful. It is interesting and striking. Even the next to TOL is eye-catching.

But as with every Ephemera, it always provokes a question, this time regarding rinsing, Here's how the doctrine reads:

"FRESH WATER SUPER RINSE -- Combines most effective rinsing methods known to ensure detergent and soil removal:

a Spray Rinse at the end of the wash spin, A Surface Overflow Rinse, an Agitated Overflow Rinse, an Agitated Deep Wave Rinse, a final Spray Rinse."

We've seen most of this before, even the SOR in the Kelvinator, but what is the difference between an AOR and an ADWR?

Spoiler alert: When I went back for a second read, something elsewhere in the text suggested by inference what the Agitated Deep Wave Rinse may be. So I was really perplexed, but now I know the answer. Before that, I wanted to ask the Norgemen if they knew what this rinse was.

Robert, this was a real stunner and so chock-full of cool stuff. Thank you. Keep ephemeragasming and chuckling.

You can see your Aunt's pink, green, and yellow agitator in my wallpaper above the post--the quintessential Frigidaire icon. How we love it! The railroad uncle sounds like a gem. It was always so good when someone in our childhood understood, and always a nice surprise to hear who it was.

Can you remember any circulation at all, even if not as dramatic as the GE's?

I didn't see the "below" illustration as mentioned in the copy. 

Jason, I'm sad for you too. For many of us here, half the fun is recovering and using the machines of our youth.

Larry, I was surprised to see that this version of Norge did recirculate. Your memory confirms what the doctrine states which I'll be getting to later on--it was fascinating.

Bob, you're right: the time/temp/speed chart for the 8 programs is missing. I'll ask the Wizard of Awg about it.

Robert, it is really star-studded, isn't it! I love that long list. Odd that we haven't found one. I wonder of it is more or less rare than the Apex BB.

I was so ecstatic over all the surprizes that I never noticed till Bob mentioned it.

Example: Some models have a separate switch on the console, just like an illumination button, for Wash N' Wear: it makes the machine cooldown through an overflow at the end of the wash. So you can meditate: To overflow or not to overflow, ah....that is the question. Made me give the Frigi's a little scowl because they can't do this without in-cycle intervention.