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FakeNoose

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72. Sure, as long as the parts are still available

Reply to End Of The Road (Reply #61)

Thu Jul 4, 2019, 09:08 AM

Jul 2019

Eventually there will be no parts for those old appliances, and the days of doing-it-ourselves will be over.

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I once had a perfectly good wringer washing machine. [View all] democrank Jul 2019 OP

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What a great post malaise Jul 2019 #2

Fading moniss Jul 2019 #45

I don't own a smart phone malaise Jul 2019 #46

I have one True Blue American Jul 2019 #62

ROFL re the monster malaise Jul 2019 #70

I don't even have a cell phone. Oppaloopa Jul 2019 #89

The cell phone generation communicates just fine KentuckyWoman Jul 2019 #96

By the same token, we don't need every bell and whistle ProudLib72 Jul 2019 #3

What we need now is Scarsdale Jul 2019 #34

LOL - I've always wanted my dryer to play Backseat Driver Jul 2019 #4

Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody... Totally Tunsie Jul 2019 #8

How about True Blue American Jul 2019 #63

Yes but it's also a generational thing FakeNoose Jul 2019 #5

You'll be glad to have that phone if you break down or if you get lost...it really can be an UniteFightBack Jul 2019 #14

I call AAA True Blue American Jul 2019 #64

I just ask to borrow someones for a local call. No one has ever said no to me. I am a white haired Oppaloopa Jul 2019 #90

Bells and whistles The Wizard Jul 2019 #20

And when it does break The Mouth Jul 2019 #21

Ha! I remember the old days in the 50s and 60s FakeNoose Jul 2019 #23

When I was a kid the worst thing we could hear the TV repairman say Mr Jimmy Jul 2019 #26

My uncle (RIP) Freddie Jul 2019 #27

$10 in 1960, adjusted for inflation, is about $85 today NotASurfer Jul 2019 #36

Well I don't know what they charged because my parents paid them FakeNoose Jul 2019 #39

Actually moniss Jul 2019 #44

We had a local store that carried the tubes radical noodle Jul 2019 #51

We used to take out our tubes and take them to the hardware store for testing. Oppaloopa Jul 2019 #91

I so agree End Of The Road Jul 2019 #61

Sure, as long as the parts are still available FakeNoose Jul 2019 #72

Needed to use a thermometer Ferryboat Jul 2019 #6

This made me laugh because i would like marlakay Jul 2019 #7

And if you drop a sock Freddie Jul 2019 #28

Actually mine has a window marlakay Jul 2019 #29

Still using my 20 year old Kenmore, almost every day. My dryer is almost as old. The dryer had an Tess49 Jul 2019 #33

I am proud of you. Oppaloopa Jul 2019 #92

Thank you! Tess49 Jul 2019 #95

I stayed simple on that one. True Blue American Jul 2019 #65

Have lots of engineers in my family. llmart Jul 2019 #9

I still miss my 1949 Chevy The Mouth Jul 2019 #25

Drove moniss Jul 2019 #43

And being able to work on it The Mouth Jul 2019 #47

Changed plugs moniss Jul 2019 #53

Same here True Blue American Jul 2019 #66

"Great as we get older." llmart Jul 2019 #71

Join the crowd! True Blue American Jul 2019 #73

My grandmother had a wringer, i got my arm in it up to the elbow Elmer1007 Jul 2019 #10

How much damage did that do?! Codeine Jul 2019 #24

Wringer rollers Elmer1007 Jul 2019 #48

Only my fingers. True Blue American Jul 2019 #67

How long did it take you to do laundry with that old machine? PoindexterOglethorpe Jul 2019 #11

We moniss Jul 2019 #42

What everyday thing? PoindexterOglethorpe Jul 2019 #49

I'm right behind moniss Jul 2019 #52

? PoindexterOglethorpe Jul 2019 #59

LOL True Blue American Jul 2019 #75

Wow - I haven't thought about stretchers for curtains for 65 years... No Vested Interest Jul 2019 #82

Sad to say, I followed in my Mothers True Blue American Jul 2019 #85

my aunt had one of those wringer ones. It was kept outside. Demovictory9 Jul 2019 #12

boy did you make me miss my old Maytag. I had a Maytag for 25 year more or less. demigoddess Jul 2019 #13

I understand where you're coming from but it seems like a lot more work for a similar result. UniteFightBack Jul 2019 #15

Thank you!❤ Loved your story...in general, I don't find new is necessarily improved. Karadeniz Jul 2019 #16

My grandmother had a washer operated by a small, two-stroke gasoline engine. MineralMan Jul 2019 #17

My grandfather had a one year warranty for that... spark plug not included. 1926 I think. keithbvadu2 Jul 2019 #54

There are quite a few of them out there still running. MineralMan Jul 2019 #76

(Good Old) Electric Washing Machine Circa 1943 BluesRunTheGame Jul 2019 #18

my late mom had one of those . AllaN01Bear Jul 2019 #19

My grandmother was the first person in either Malden or Marlboro MA to buy a Doitnow Jul 2019 #22

I remember helping my mon run the clothes through the ringer.... KY_EnviroGuy Jul 2019 #30

I remember those days, but sorry; I wouldn't trade my Maytag for a ringer washer for anything. politicaljunkie41910 Jul 2019 #31

I had a wringer washer. Scarsdale Jul 2019 #32

Sewing moniss Jul 2019 #41

My uncle George used one til the day he died. leftyladyfrommo Jul 2019 #35

It's the nature of human beings. We adapt, and we progress. Can't stop it. Honeycombe8 Jul 2019 #37

I don't remember my parents having a wringer washer NewJeffCT Jul 2019 #38

Bingo. PoindexterOglethorpe Jul 2019 #50

Progress moniss Jul 2019 #40

luddites unite. new washer a bitch. so picky. needs to be level. great-aunt used her 60's maytag til pansypoo53219 Jul 2019 #55

Talked to a couple. They still use their True Blue American Jul 2019 #68

i also foound a stove top 1 cup percolator. also works great. find an old percolator. ebay has many pansypoo53219 Jul 2019 #79

I still have and use 40 year old towels from J C Penny's my mother gave then to me. Oppaloopa Jul 2019 #93

they still make them Kali Jul 2019 #56

...sigh, at 74 all I can say is that I miss the day when my radio had only a tune, volume, and Jack-o-Lantern Jul 2019 #57

Walk across the room True Blue American Jul 2019 #69

You can still buy new cothes wringers. procon Jul 2019 #58

Just wait until you get your fingers caught in that wringer! True Blue American Jul 2019 #60

Replacing a plug is simplicity itself -- and makes things a lot safer. Fortinbras Armstrong Jul 2019 #74

Modern washers may be too complicated and too costly to fix, but at least colorado_ufo Jul 2019 #77

For that experience, there are mammograms. JustABozoOnThisBus Jul 2019 #86

True dat! colorado_ufo Jul 2019 #88

First marketed to those who distrusted those newfangled appliances lambchopp59 Jul 2019 #78

My grandmother had a washer with the rollers .. it worked great. But us kids were told to stay away. YOHABLO Jul 2019 #80

Motorized wringer? Or hand crank? NurseJackie Jul 2019 #81

As a young woman, I bought one and used it for 2 years. Worked great" SharonAnn Jul 2019 #83

You should have seen how those rollers worked. LogicFirst Jul 2019 #84

I once had a perfectly normal set of fingernails OxQQme Jul 2019 #87

New isn't always better. Wringer washers are still used off grid and in rural areas. Galraedia Jul 2019 #94