Thread Number: 8766
Maytag "Suds Saver"? (Not Sure) |
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Post# 164543   11/1/2006 at 23:14 (6,356 days old) by launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage)   |   | |
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Post# 164548 , Reply# 1   11/2/2006 at 00:31 (6,356 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)   |   | |
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Post# 164569 , Reply# 2   11/2/2006 at 07:30 (6,355 days old) by mayken4now (Panama City, Florida)   |   | |
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Post# 164574 , Reply# 3   11/2/2006 at 07:49 (6,355 days old) by whirlcool (Just North Of Houston, Texas)   |   | |
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Cosmetically, that machine looks like its been to hell and back. Look at all that residue in the middle of the agitator! I'd be worried what might crawl out of it. It looks like it may have been in some roach infested basement. |
Post# 164575 , Reply# 4   11/2/2006 at 07:59 (6,355 days old) by hoover1060 ()   |   | |
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It looks like its not been used for some time too! The duct tape trim adds just the right touch... nothing says "rescued from the trailer park" quite like that! |
Post# 164578 , Reply# 5   11/2/2006 at 08:15 (6,355 days old) by gadgetgary (Bristol,CT)   |   | |
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Post# 164625 , Reply# 6   11/2/2006 at 11:57 (6,355 days old) by mistereric (New Jersey (Taylor Ham))   |   | |
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Post# 164714 , Reply# 7   11/2/2006 at 22:19 (6,355 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY)   |   | |
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Post# 164738 , Reply# 8   11/2/2006 at 23:39 (6,355 days old) by launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage)   |   | |
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Not exactly "free", one paid water rates based upon frontage. Many if notall older NYC/NYS apartments, condos, and co-ops are still unmetered, while newly built homes are required by law to have meters. This results in residents of mulit-dewlling units usually using far more water because they do not see the link between usage as costs. Of course condo and co-op owners/shareholds do feel the pinch of water bills because it is paid either out of common charges or other monthly/yearly fees. |
Post# 164991 , Reply# 9   11/3/2006 at 21:30 (6,354 days old) by bpetersxx (laf in on the banks of the Wabash River)   |   | |
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Post# 165280 , Reply# 10   11/5/2006 at 13:27 (6,352 days old) by mistereric (New Jersey (Taylor Ham))   |   | |
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Post# 165326 , Reply# 11   11/5/2006 at 17:07 (6,352 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY)   |   | |
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All very valid points. A water meter was optional for the longest time at least in private and two-family homes. The frontage charge (a flat rate for unlimited usage) crept up every so slowly, but steadily. Word eventually got our that a water meter resulted in SMALLER water charges. You'd be amazed at how quickly homowners "opted-in" to have one installed. Manipulative genius, AND the installers were not overwhelmed with a RUSH. Logic was, at first, that the city did not want poeple living in such close proximity to one another to fear the cost of water. WASH! CLEAN! BATHE, USE IT! It was believed to be in the interest of public health, hygiene and sanititation to have very inexpensive water As I have said WAY too many times before, if it ever stopped raining in this area, specifically Long Island, there would be still literally 150 years worth of water in the ground. |