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How old is your oldest working appliance? Couple has 42 yr old working washer/dryer
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My oldest appliance is my TV... had it about 23 years. Works fine...but a it's thick as hell compared to the new flat screens.
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Maytag man visits 42-year-old appliances

OLD FORGE, Pa., Aug. 14 (UPI) -- Maytag's "Lonely Repairman" made a stop at the home of Pennsylvania couple who have had their washer and dryer since 1967 -- but the appliances weren't broken.

Clay Jackson, who portrays Maytag's "Lonely Repairman" on the TV advertisements, visited the home of Fred and Grace Augustine in Old Forge Thursday to congratulate them on the longevity of their Maytag washer and dryer and offer them a new refrigerator to replace their ailing fridge, which is not a Maytag, the Wilkes-Barre (Pa.) Times-Leader reported Friday.

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  -How old is your oldest working appliance? Couple has 42 yr old working washer/dryer Liberal_in_LA  Aug-15-09 02:49 PM   #0 
  - My 20-year old Maytag dryer just died - but the washer is still going strong. nt  polichick   Aug-15-09 02:50 PM   #1 
  - I have my  H2O Man   Aug-15-09 02:51 PM   #2 
  - (sigh)  Libertas1776   Aug-15-09 02:51 PM   #3 
  - My last washer and dryer were Maytag, too . . . or so I thought.  Vinca   Aug-15-09 02:52 PM   #4 
  - Yikes!  Liberal_in_LA   Aug-15-09 02:52 PM   #5 
  - Are they the "Maytag Performa" stuff?  LeftyMom   Aug-15-09 03:01 PM   #12 
  - Just checked and that's exactly what they were.  Vinca   Aug-15-09 04:42 PM   #64 
     - Yeah, they're crap.  LeftyMom   Aug-15-09 05:17 PM   #75 
  - That was what happened to me, but it was a different companay that slapped the  GreenPartyVoter   Aug-15-09 03:23 PM   #38 
  - Oh, man! We came soo close!  bain_sidhe   Aug-15-09 02:53 PM   #6 
  - You know what? You just reminded me that my stove is my oldest appliance. Original to my  Liberal_in_LA   Aug-15-09 02:55 PM   #8 
  - LOL! My Dad said "maybe they never washed their clothes" :-D Our 40 yr old freezer just died  KittyWampus   Aug-15-09 02:54 PM   #7 
  - I bought my 1953 stove last year  roseBudd   Aug-15-09 02:57 PM   #9 
  - My Kirby vacuum cleaner is older than I am..  JackDragna   Aug-15-09 02:57 PM   #10 
  - The Dyson guy wants you to get one of those high tech ball vacuums  Liberal_in_LA   Aug-15-09 02:59 PM   #11 
     - I think I'd trade him my kid for one of those Dysons right about now  RubyDuby in GA   Aug-15-09 05:36 PM   #84 
        - i just got through cleaning a house using one of those. it sucked, & not in a good way.  Hannah Bell   Aug-16-09 04:55 AM   #124 
  - I've got my mom's avocado green Rival crock pot that has to be from the 1970s  eleny   Aug-15-09 03:01 PM   #13 
  - I recently replaced a yellow 70s dishwasher. What was it with avocado and yellow in the 70s?  Liberal_in_LA   Aug-15-09 03:03 PM   #14 
     - I had an avocado green stove and fridge and loved them  eleny   Aug-15-09 03:07 PM   #19 
     - That's not yellow, it's "harvest gold".  surrealAmerican   Aug-15-09 03:18 PM   #29 
        - Oh that's right...harvest gold was the name of the color. In a few years folks will b sick of their  Liberal_in_LA   Aug-15-09 03:20 PM   #32 
           - I was sick of it before it became popular.  Mariana   Aug-15-09 03:28 PM   #41 
              - Oops.  Mariana   Aug-15-09 03:31 PM   #43 
  - We just recently upgraded our 25+ year old washer/dryer  madokie   Aug-15-09 03:04 PM   #15 
  - My sister and BIL have a 28-yr-old Cuisinart food processor that has seen daily use  kestrel91316   Aug-15-09 03:05 PM   #16 
  - I have a 30 year old hair dryer that works. My uncle gave it to me for Chrismas when I was 11.  Maru Kitteh   Aug-15-09 03:05 PM   #17 
  - That's unusual. Heat coils tend to fail eventually.  Liberal_in_LA   Aug-15-09 03:06 PM   #18 
  - Not if you have one of these:  Maru Kitteh   Aug-15-09 04:11 PM   #51 
  - You reminded me  eleny   Aug-15-09 03:10 PM   #20 
     - OMG... I hated those things. I had one for awhile. Eventually tossed it.  Liberal_in_LA   Aug-15-09 03:11 PM   #24 
        - It could toast the back of your neck!  eleny   Aug-15-09 03:17 PM   #28 
           - I remember how uncomfortable the bonnet was...the way the elastic plastic bunch felt on my head.  Liberal_in_LA   Aug-15-09 03:19 PM   #30 
  - Vornado attic fan and a Westinghouse vacuum 55 years or older.  Wilms   Aug-15-09 03:10 PM   #21 
  - My Kenmore toaster was a wedding gift in 1969. n/t  Tansy_Gold   Aug-15-09 03:10 PM   #22 
  - A Braun bean grinder  Madam Mossfern   Aug-15-09 03:14 PM   #27 
  - Hold onto it - the new ones from China are garbage  eleny   Aug-15-09 03:20 PM   #33 
     - I know. Actually, I DREAD having to replace it. . . .  Tansy_Gold   Aug-15-09 06:50 PM   #95 
  - We inherited my friend's parents drier... It's 30 something. n/t  Mythsaje   Aug-15-09 03:11 PM   #23 
  - I believe the deep freezer I am sitting beside was bought in the early-to-mid 60s.  lildreamer316   Aug-15-09 03:11 PM   #25 
  - I have a 22 year old GE dryer & an 18 year old Amana fridge.  CrispyQ   Aug-15-09 03:13 PM   #26 
  - Not really...  Gogi   Aug-15-09 03:21 PM   #34 
     - Appliance parts are not cheap, even plastic handles run $50 and up.  demosincebirth   Aug-15-09 04:12 PM   #52 
  - Not an appliance, but my furnace dates from the 50s.  tilsammans   Aug-15-09 03:19 PM   #31 
  - 15 yo Kitchenaid refrigerator  azmouse   Aug-15-09 03:22 PM   #35 
  - My Kenmore hand-me downs were close to that old when they gave up the ghost a few years back. Since  GreenPartyVoter   Aug-15-09 03:22 PM   #36 
  - BEAT THIS!!! A 35 year old WATER HEATER, under my cabin,  Raven   Aug-15-09 03:23 PM   #37 
  - my 94 year old neighbor heats with a wood furnace from the 50s.  Hannah Bell   Aug-16-09 04:59 AM   #125 
  - What brand? (Genuine Monkey Wards here!)  DarthCheney   Aug-16-09 07:34 AM   #127 
  - Our washer and dryer are 22 years old and made it through 3 kids worth of cloth diapers.  HopeHoops   Aug-15-09 03:25 PM   #39 
  - Wait a minute here. You're saying the kids are still in diapers?  RC   Aug-15-09 03:59 PM   #50 
     - LOL! Okay, I guess I could have made that a LITTLE clearer!  HopeHoops   Aug-15-09 05:23 PM   #79 
  - We've had our dryer since 1987  spinbaby   Aug-15-09 03:25 PM   #40 
  - 37 year old  Mz Pip   Aug-15-09 03:29 PM   #42 
  - My aunt has a gas range from the 1930's that works perfectly.  Mariana   Aug-15-09 03:33 PM   #44 
  - My dryer is from 1978. It a Whirlpool..  Historic NY   Aug-15-09 03:40 PM   #45 
  - 41 year old dryer - Kenmore  elfin   Aug-15-09 03:41 PM   #46 
  - My mom has a meat grinder that's older than me  teenagebambam   Aug-15-09 03:42 PM   #47 
  - My parents have a 37 year old dryer  high density   Aug-15-09 03:53 PM   #48 
  - My built-in range and oven were put in when the house was built 44 years ago. (1965) nt  Speck Tater   Aug-15-09 03:58 PM   #49 
  - I think I win the prize! A Worthington refrigerator from 1939--still humming. My parents bought  kittykitty   Aug-15-09 04:17 PM   #53 
  - Yep. U win the prize.  Liberal_in_LA   Aug-15-09 05:30 PM   #81 
     - Okay, here goes... our oven is a Garland 6 burner with flame grill circa 1920. It was bought  KittyWampus   Aug-15-09 10:38 PM   #109 
        - I take back the prize and award it to you.  Liberal_in_LA   Aug-16-09 02:07 PM   #130 
  - My vacuum was made in the early 1930s  niceypoo   Aug-15-09 04:19 PM   #54 
  - I didn't even own any appliances  drmeow   Aug-15-09 04:25 PM   #55 
  - This spring, we replaced our 27 year old TV with a  truedelphi   Aug-15-09 04:27 PM   #56 
  - My 24 year old espresson maker  nadinbrzezinski   Aug-15-09 04:28 PM   #57 
  - 16yr old stove,  petersond   Aug-15-09 04:29 PM   #58 
  - Wow ... they certainly got their money's worth!  BattyDem   Aug-15-09 04:30 PM   #59 
  - We have a late 1930's GE refrigerator that we use in the kitchen for beer, cokes etc.  Rowdyboy   Aug-15-09 04:32 PM   #60 
  - That LOOKS ancient. We have an old Garland stove but it doesn't really look that antique  KittyWampus   Aug-15-09 10:40 PM   #111 
  - i just retired my robot coupe food processor. it actually still worked  mopinko   Aug-15-09 04:35 PM   #61 
  - The Maytag washer is 26 y.o. Don't know how old the stove and oven are...  Hekate   Aug-15-09 04:35 PM   #62 
  - Whirlpool closed the factory and sold the employees out  DainBramaged   Aug-15-09 04:39 PM   #63 
  - The Sunbeam toaster my parents got as a wedding gift in 1960 nt  WolverineDG   Aug-15-09 04:43 PM   #65 
  - In our old house, the stove is 30 years old  csziggy   Aug-15-09 04:47 PM   #66 
  - 59 year-old KitchenAid Mixer.  Tracer   Aug-15-09 04:48 PM   #67 
  - this makes me want to make  dd20045   Aug-15-09 04:53 PM   #69 
  - Wacky I know  Pavulon   Aug-15-09 05:07 PM   #73 
  - Try ebay for a bowl. n/t  tammywammy   Aug-15-09 05:31 PM   #82 
  - 59 yr old Thermador wall oven worked until 2006  amborin   Aug-15-09 04:50 PM   #68 
  - Whatever it was, bet my pinki it did not come from china  Pavulon   Aug-15-09 04:53 PM   #70 
  - 42 year old Fender amp (in my house, guitar amps are considered essential appliances)  mitchum   Aug-15-09 05:00 PM   #71 
  - I guess you could lump my 1963 Hammond B-3 into that category too  B3Nut   Aug-15-09 11:57 PM   #113 
     - Absolutely! (n/t)  mitchum   Aug-16-09 12:14 AM   #116 
  - our gas stove is at least 60 years old  central scrutinizer   Aug-15-09 05:03 PM   #72 
  - We recently replaced a 33 year old refrigerator.  Lugnut   Aug-15-09 05:07 PM   #74 
  - I have 2 working televisions from the 70s. nt  LWolf   Aug-15-09 05:18 PM   #76 
  - 1948 Singer straight stitch.  leftyclimber   Aug-15-09 05:19 PM   #77 
  - I have a soldering gun that is easily 40 years old.  MindPilot   Aug-15-09 05:20 PM   #78 
  - as i mentioned in another thread  Blue_Tires   Aug-15-09 05:25 PM   #80 
  - I have a washer/dryer that are 8 years old  tammywammy   Aug-15-09 05:35 PM   #83 
  - Clunking sounds doesn't necessarily mean it's was on last legs... lol  Liberal_in_LA   Aug-15-09 05:39 PM   #85 
     - It was when the compressor shut off  tammywammy   Aug-16-09 04:49 AM   #123 
  - Coffee grinder/mill from 1910... hank crank, so doe that count?  Solly Mack   Aug-15-09 05:42 PM   #86 
  - I'm currently watching my President on  JustAnotherGen   Aug-15-09 05:44 PM   #87 
  - I have a 19 year old microwave oven.  MilesColtrane   Aug-15-09 06:01 PM   #88 
  - Hang on to it. My first nuker lasted practically forever. Have had 2 or 3 since then....  Hekate   Aug-15-09 11:46 PM   #112 
  - 29 yr. old GE electric stove.  Ikonoklast   Aug-15-09 06:05 PM   #89 
  - Have a cracking GE toaster oven from the 1970's  JCMach1   Aug-15-09 10:21 PM   #107 
  - Hummm  SteveG   Aug-15-09 06:09 PM   #90 
  - 32 year old Gravely 812 tractor  Stinky The Clown   Aug-15-09 06:15 PM   #91 
  - Not a 'major' appliance but I still use my 65 year old egg poacher!  Viper Mad   Aug-15-09 06:19 PM   #92 
  - Panasonic microwave  JSK   Aug-15-09 06:26 PM   #93 
  - 1937 Silex Glass coffeemaker, electric base still works.  snagglepuss   Aug-15-09 06:42 PM   #94 
  - 1965 Hot Point Dishwasher still kicking ass.  no_hypocrisy   Aug-15-09 06:52 PM   #96 
  - This Still Does The Trick....  jberryhill   Aug-15-09 08:15 PM   #97 
  - What is the purpose of that thing?!  Liberal_in_LA   Aug-15-09 09:02 PM   #99 
     - Ummm... it vibrates. Look at the attachments and figure it out /nt  jberryhill   Aug-15-09 10:13 PM   #101 
     - LOL  SleeplessInAlabama   Aug-16-09 01:58 AM   #119 
  - Kenmore dryer is 24 yrs old. Washer bought w/it died last yr.  williesgirl   Aug-15-09 08:35 PM   #98 
  - Hoover Vacuum Cleaner  Celebration   Aug-15-09 09:03 PM   #100 
  - A 72 year old cell phone.....n/t  RagAss   Aug-15-09 10:15 PM   #102 
  - Mr Gray's....  graywarrior   Aug-15-09 10:16 PM   #103 
  - We have a toaster that my mother in law bought in 1952  SoCalDem   Aug-15-09 10:16 PM   #104 
  - A 46 year old blender  RB TexLa   Aug-15-09 10:18 PM   #105 
  - Water heater in FL is circa 1955  JCMach1   Aug-15-09 10:20 PM   #106 
  - my dishwasher is 58 years old and still going strong!  obliviously   Aug-15-09 10:33 PM   #108 
  - TMI.  dkf   Aug-16-09 12:07 AM   #115 
  - I have a window fan that I got from my grandmother  flvegan   Aug-15-09 10:39 PM   #110 
  - My Sony Betamax  mockmonkey   Aug-16-09 12:05 AM   #114 
  - I had a TV that was 32 years old  nini   Aug-16-09 12:18 AM   #117 
  - I hope my Fisher-Paykel lasts half that long.  GreenTea   Aug-16-09 01:44 AM   #118 
  - My oven is from the 1940s  Lorien   Aug-16-09 02:03 AM   #120 
  - 60-year-old Electrolux vacuum cleaner  dragonlady   Aug-16-09 02:24 AM   #121 
  - 70 yr old Microphone, 40 yr old reel-to-reel recorder and a 30 year old quadraphonic amp  slampoet   Aug-16-09 02:41 AM   #122 
  - I have an AM/FM radio that was in my father's house in 1962 and more than that  ThomWV   Aug-16-09 07:22 AM   #126 
  - Why in the heck don't you turn it off periodically?  Liberal_in_LA   Aug-16-09 02:06 PM   #129 
  - The last time I turned it off (when I retired) it took it hours to warm back up  ThomWV   Aug-16-09 03:57 PM   #136 
  - 1955 or 1956 RCA Victor tube-type portable AM radio  Bozita   Aug-16-09 04:56 PM   #137 
  - 54-year-old (1955) Kenmore chest freezer . . .  OneBlueSky   Aug-16-09 12:40 PM   #128 
  - A O'Keefe & Merritt gas stove from the 50's or 60's.  devilgrrl   Aug-16-09 02:10 PM   #131 
  - Thanks for the humor relief!  nightrain   Aug-16-09 02:10 PM   #132 
  - 30+ year old GE electric oven and stove. As old as the apartment building.  Odin2005   Aug-16-09 03:01 PM   #133 
  - I am 27, oldest appliance in our house is a mid-80's hot air popper I got  iris27   Aug-16-09 03:11 PM   #134 
  - My grandparents had a working dryer from the 1950's....  MrsBrady   Aug-16-09 03:49 PM   #135 
  - Still use my Mom's 1956 Sunbeam electric waffle iron.  Thothmes   Aug-16-09 06:41 PM   #138 
 

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