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Thread Number: 88716
/ Tag: Vintage Automatic Washers
Video of the First 2 Hours of the 2001 Washer Convention |
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Post# 1132436 10/31/2021 at 17:51 (901 days old) by Unimatic1140  (Minneapolis) |
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I've been going through some old VHS tapes and found the video I took of the 2001 convention, the first one that was larger than a wash-in. It was here in Minneapolis in my old house on August 17-18, 2001. I set up the camera in the corner of the basement and just let the camera go. Lots of memories and familiar faces for sure from aw.org. It's over 2 hours long so you'll probably want to fast forward through it, gets more crowded by the end.
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Post# 1132439 , Reply# 1 10/31/2021 at 18:06 (901 days old) by appnut (TX) |
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| Post# 1132459 , Reply# 2 10/31/2021 at 23:34 (901 days old) by Maytag85 (Sean A806) | ||
I wish I could have been there but I was only 2 years old at the time in 2001. I did however go to my first wash in back in 2019 and met Norgeway (Hans Craig), volvoguy87 (Dave), classiccaprice (Will Moore), spiraldasher (Chris), speedqueen (Richard), glhturbo2 (Tyler), and a few others at my first wash in convention back in August of 2019.
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Post# 1132464 , Reply# 3 11/1/2021 at 04:37 (901 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands) |
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That you Robert for posting this. It brings back great memories! So great to see the familiar faces from back then. We were so young! lol
I remember you arrived a day later Bob. A miracle you survived that delay ;-) It was a great event, we had so much fun. And it was also great to see those American classics in reality, the machines I had only seen in the pictures we shared. | ||
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Post# 1132466 , Reply# 4 11/1/2021 at 05:34 (901 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK) |
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AW Convention 2001
Wow, a blast from the past there Robert, it was my first conventio and one abroad, I flew from Manchester UK to Amsterdam Schipol Airport and flew with Dutch airlines KLM Boeing 747 on their new business class service direct to Minneapolis.
Scott collected me and we headed downtown for dinner before heading over to Roberts home for my first convention before many more and many friendship made. Heres a few photos I took , can others post their photos here as well, they can get lost over the years with moving platforms etc. CLICK HERE TO GO TO chestermikeuk's LINK | ||
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Post# 1132470 , Reply# 5 11/1/2021 at 09:01 (900 days old) by Ultramatic (New York City) |
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Post# 1132476 , Reply# 6 11/1/2021 at 10:06 (900 days old) by kb0nes (Burnsville, MN) |
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Robert, Thanks for sharing this. It was fun to watch through and remember.
Our family was well represented with 4 of the 5 brothers in attendance and our mom who looked good back then. I showed up fashionably late at 1:47 with my girlfriend in tow and sporting more hair than I recall having. I'm curious who I was droning on to about amateur radio at the very end of the video... It is amazing to look back at everyone 20 years ago. | ||
| Post# 1132498 , Reply# 7 11/1/2021 at 18:15 (900 days old) by Oliger (Indianapolis, Indiana) | ||
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That westinghouse laundromat looks so much smaller than I expected. The set I once saw on "Father knows best" looked massive in my memory. | ||
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Post# 1132508 , Reply# 8 11/2/2021 at 04:07 (900 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands) |
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Post# 1132509 , Reply# 9 11/2/2021 at 07:17 (900 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis) |
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Post# 1132510 , Reply# 10 11/2/2021 at 07:26 (900 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands) |
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Post# 1132517 , Reply# 11 11/2/2021 at 10:07 (899 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis) |
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Hey Louis, yes it was there you are remembering correctly. You can see the '56 Norge Timeline in Mike's pictures next to the Bendix Dryer...
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Post# 1132526 , Reply# 12 11/2/2021 at 12:44 (899 days old) by appnut (TX) |
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Post# 1132533 , Reply# 13 11/2/2021 at 15:14 (899 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands) |
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Post# 1132650 , Reply# 14 11/4/2021 at 04:26 (898 days old) by SudsMaster (SF Bay Area, California) |
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Post# 1132660 , Reply# 15 11/4/2021 at 07:59 (898 days old) by lovestowash (St. Petersburg, FL) |
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Hidden camera... | ||
| Post# 1132662 , Reply# 16 11/4/2021 at 08:18 (897 days old) by Helicaldrive (St. Louis) | ||
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Just curious Robert, when did you move? Have you scaled down your collection or increased it? | ||
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Post# 1132673 , Reply# 17 11/4/2021 at 11:37 (897 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis) |
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Robert, when did you move?
I moved in 2003 to my current house. I lived in my old house from 1998-2003. My collection has increased in the new house since my basement space went from 800 to 1200 square feet and my kitchen is much larger in my current house as well. I'm considering a move to Tucson, AZ area in a few years which I hope to have a 1000-1200 square foot garage/out building space for the washers into my retirement. The biggest challenge will be to move all the machines I want to move 1650+ miles. I'm thinking on some ideas for the big move well ahead of time. I thought about a major downsizing of the machines, but I really don't want to have to do that especially if I have lots of time for the machines in my retirement years. We will see a lot change change in a few years. | ||
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Post# 1132732 , Reply# 18 11/5/2021 at 03:09 (897 days old) by thomasortega (El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora de Los Angeles de Porciúncula) |
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Robert, what about a container? Shipping ONE heavy washer is expensive, but a whole container isn't that expensive. You can probably fit all your machines plus part of your house in a 20 HQ container. We do that all the time in the company, sending containers to the other warehouses believe me, the cost is silly, even with the prices skyrocketing because of the pandemic. | ||
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Post# 1132764 , Reply# 19 11/5/2021 at 16:07 (896 days old) by Jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers) |
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Wonderful post!
We did it RIGHT !
Was that Karen's first attendance with her Hubby?? And my hair was so dark then! LOL What was I telling Mike about with all the hand gestures?? I remember descending down there so well, it was cool as it was HOT outside and the machines just gleamed back at us! The floors were amazing ! So nice to see all the old faces again too! | ||
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Post# 1133020 , Reply# 20 11/8/2021 at 19:57 (893 days old) by joelippard (Hickory) |
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Post# 1133496 , Reply# 21 11/14/2021 at 08:52 (887 days old) by lovestowash (St. Petersburg, FL) |
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Convention 202?... | ||
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Post# 1133497 , Reply# 22 11/14/2021 at 09:06 (887 days old) by appnut (TX) |
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Post# 1133513 , Reply# 23 11/14/2021 at 12:14 (887 days old) by bradfordwhite (central U.S.) |
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