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Thread Number: 9247
Maytag pair that I found last fall |
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Post# 171720 , Reply# 1 12/3/2006 at 14:00 (6,347 days old) by appnut  (TX) |
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Post# 171732 , Reply# 3 12/3/2006 at 14:45 (6,347 days old) by panthera (Rocky Mountains) |
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Scott,
There is also a lot to be said for not being single - you can give each other exactly the support which is so sadly lacking in this "young" woman. I think it would be a sweet gesture (obviously, I don't have to do it) if Dwight were to take the nice old lady a picture of the machines in their new home and spend time listening to her stories of domesticity through the last years. Think what this woman knows and has seen! A treasure trove of knowledge, ideas and experiences with the machines and the era we here all so love. As for the daughter. Well, let's see. Even if mom had her late in life (that was early thirties back then) then she has to be in her mid- fifties at the youngest. Ms. Bitches day is coming. Hope her children aren't as cold-hearted as she is. | ||
| Post# 172060 , Reply# 5 12/4/2006 at 04:57 (6,346 days old) by drmitch () | ||
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Beautiful set, Dwight! These should make your washdays much brighter! :) | ||
| Post# 172080 , Reply# 6 12/4/2006 at 07:57 (6,346 days old) by mayken4now (Panama City, Florida) | ||
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| Post# 172180 , Reply# 7 12/4/2006 at 13:34 (6,346 days old) by captainmoody () | ||
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Already have! Just put both into service this morning. Here is a shot of the interior, not bad for 30 years. 
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Post# 172229 , Reply# 9 12/4/2006 at 17:41 (6,346 days old) by rp2813 (Sannazay) |
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Dwight, your story really hit home with me. My mom is 92, still in her own home even though she had a stroke back in April and is barely ambulatory anymore. She was completely on her own up until then, legally blind with macular degeneration, in a large home that's not as secure as it should be, cooking for herself and fiercely independent except for the fact that she hasn't been able to drive for over 20 years. But here's the deal: She's not rich, has only Social Security income and we are now borrowing against her house (thank God it's worth a lot) to have a mother-daughter team give her care 24/7. It's costing $2K per week--per WEEK!--to do this. A room in a small 6-bed home would be around $3K a month, everything included. We are still paying the utilities and grocery bills on top of the costs of the care my mom is getting. At some point, she won't be able to afford the monthly interest payment on the equity loan anymore. Then we're stuck, we might be able to arrange a reverse mortgage but those are supposed to be avoided at all costs. My sister isn't much better than that daughter in the way she feels about this. She's 400 miles away and I handle everything. I get sick to my stomach thinking about how my mom could end up destitute and owing a ton of money she can't afford to pay back. It's not easy for the kids involved in this kind of situation and my mom is easily as sentimental as that Maytag lady. I'm doing what I can to keep her comfortable, she's not as sharp as she was, but she still knows the score, and as long as that's the case my partner and I know she needs to stay right where she is and we won't consider moving her out. I hope that maybe for this Maytag lady, it was a decision based on finances and not for the convenience of those who were caring for her. I know she'll love to have you visit and assure her that her Maytags are being appreciated and cared for the same way she did. Dwight, you must be a pretty swell guy. Ralph | ||
| Post# 172397 , Reply# 10 12/5/2006 at 01:14 (6,345 days old) by helicaldrive (St. Louis) | ||
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Those machines are a dream! Steve | ||
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Post# 172400 , Reply# 11 12/5/2006 at 02:18 (6,345 days old) by panthera (Rocky Mountains) |
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Ralph, | ||
| Post# 172746 , Reply# 13 12/5/2006 at 22:41 (6,344 days old) by decodriveboy (FL, US) | ||
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That's so awesome you will visit the lady and stay in contact with her.... what a wonderful thing for someone to do. And the set is gorgeous, she really took good care of her possessions and now others can enjoy them. | ||
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Post# 172967 , Reply# 14 12/6/2006 at 14:26 (6,344 days old) by rp2813 (Sannazay) |
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I think pturo has captured things pretty well when it comes to our parents and their machines. Both of my parents went through the depression and unless it was really a fatal problem everything mechanical got fixed instead of replaced. The washer she recently replaced was a 1975 Kenmore. A Coldspot fridge of the same vintage is still her main one. And most impressive of all is the daily driver 1949 Westinghouse electric stove. My mom was always on top of her game, she had a system and routine for everything, and now at 92 she can't even cook for herself anymore. The level of frustration became too much for her and we ended up putting her on anti-depressants. They've really helped. Maybe that Maytag lady will feel better about her situation with the help of a little Zoloft. Panthera, I think my sister will be OK when it comes time to settle things. She knows I'm doing all the work and has stated that I need to be compensated, but I don't really care about that one way or the other. I don't expect any disputes as we've discussed this enough with all the close calls we've had with my mom over the past several months. My sister is just a cold person who never had a good relationship with my mom, so there's a double whammy in play here. We're trying to avoid a reverse mortgage but will be out of options in less than a year if my mom continues to hang on. I feel bad because even my mom has made statments like "I shouldn't be here" and has apologetically stated that this isn't what she wanted to happen to our inheritance, to which both my sister and I respond, "too bad" because things are what they are and we just go forward one day at a time. The hardest thing is to see the people we pay through the nose to come in to help my mom just sitting around. They are basically being paid to do glorified babysitting and causing my mom to go broke, yet this is the only way she can still stay in her house, which is her wish. The situation is a little different from the Maytag lady. At this point, my mom might not even know the washer and dryer were being taken away, and they are both cheap machines, a late model BOL GE washer and a funky 80's Norge dryer. Nowhere near the sentimental value of that beautiful Maytag pair that started this thread! | ||
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