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This is for Pink and all. How do you do your laundry?
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<blockquote data-quote="GoingNorth" data-source="post: 734735" data-attributes="member: 1963"><p>Those old top-loading washing machines were real mommy machines. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p><p>And the early ones wore like iron. When husband and I bought our house after he got out of the Army, it came with an elderly washer and dryer. How elderly the washer was, we didn't find out until much later, but it was old.</p><p>We replaced the dryer immediately as it was gas and a fire hazard, especially as the pilot light used to go out continually.</p><p></p><p>Anyway, about 3 yrs later, the washer broke down, so we called out a repairman. </p><p></p><p>He took one look at the washer and said, "You've got to be kidding me? That thing is 45 years old if it's a day!" It was a Frigidaire. He called the manufacturer, read off the serial number, and after a bit of checking on the mfr side, it turned out that our recently expired washer was one of the very first top loading electric washers made. It was something like 50 years old! </p><p></p><p>And, up until the day it died, we'd never had a moment's trouble with it.</p><p></p><p>Needless to say, we didn't repair it: no way to get parts for a machine that old. We wound up buying a new, basic, large capacity machine.</p><p>[/QUOTE]</p>
[QUOTE="GoingNorth, post: 734735, member: 1963"] Those old top-loading washing machines were real mommy machines. :)[/QUOTE] And the early ones wore like iron. When husband and I bought our house after he got out of the Army, it came with an elderly washer and dryer. How elderly the washer was, we didn't find out until much later, but it was old. We replaced the dryer immediately as it was gas and a fire hazard, especially as the pilot light used to go out continually. Anyway, about 3 yrs later, the washer broke down, so we called out a repairman. He took one look at the washer and said, "You've got to be kidding me? That thing is 45 years old if it's a day!" It was a Frigidaire. He called the manufacturer, read off the serial number, and after a bit of checking on the mfr side, it turned out that our recently expired washer was one of the very first top loading electric washers made. It was something like 50 years old! And, up until the day it died, we'd never had a moment's trouble with it. Needless to say, we didn't repair it: no way to get parts for a machine that old. We wound up buying a new, basic, large capacity machine. [/QUOTE]
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