60+ year old thread.

I like pictures of your greenhouse. So compact yet functional.

My parents had one of the first ones, about 30 years ago, that attached to the filter system with a hose. It worked a lot better than a manual cleaning. I am sure there are a lot nicer systems on the market now.

Good morning. Welcome @Unit59 A little more outside work planned today after hitting the gym. Putting a smaller chicken on the smoker today after I give the smoker a decent cleaning.

 

Morning Porch Folks
Hope you all have a good day

 

sixtys/wannabes/cabana boys . I slept in a chair downstairs last night; sinuses were throwing a fit and I didn't want both of us to have a crummy night's sleep. We didn't get the 2" of snow forecast, just a dusting. Par for the course this winter, although I say that cautiously due to memories of a few really big March blizzards! Chilly and windy today, March coming in like a lion.

 

I am driving my wife to the same thing today, then lunch (really an omelet breakfast) then home to sleep it off.

 

Good Morning Porch Pals & Sue! Everyone have another great day!

 

"Someone will be by tomorrow, to take you away. You'll be fine!"

 

Years ago we bought an analog electrical SpeedQueen washer. Not likely to be replacing it in our lifetime.

 

This is all mechanical switches. With a very analog leak underneath. Well past any warranty. It goes.

 

Analog leaks suck.

 

15 yr warranty

 

Don't TALK about it~! They HEAR you!

 

And let's hear it for JB Weld!







And black spray paint. Almost as good as duct tape.

 

One of the best washers ever made. RIP GE.

 

Our new Whirlpool replacement will hail from Benton Harbor MI. Home of the finest appliances left in America!

 

Ah, but does it have an agitator? Is it a top load? Does it ‘save’ water? Is it “Energy efficient”? These new mandated features in washers are crappola.

 

Whirlpool 3.5-cu ft High Efficiency Agitator Top-Load Washer
Mechanical up top. NOT an Energy Star Model. No bother to me. I learned all those requirements at work.
The leaking GE was an Energy Star. Gas heats our hot water - hard to make that much more efficient.

 

We've moved a LOT. Utah, Arkansas, Nevada, back to Utah, and several homes in each state. When we were young, in our first ($15K) home and not making any money, we fell into a used Maytag that served us well but when we moved we didn't want to lug it with us. So we sold it for what we'd paid for it. When we got to the next house we looked for another used Maytag because why mess with success? So we've done that in every home we've lived in if there was too much distance involved to keep the washing machine. Buy a Maytag, use it, take care of it, don't break it, and sell it for what we paid for it. When we got back to Utah (almost 14 years ago now), this last house, we were walking through the local Home Depot and there was a spanking new Maytag set on sale for $500 bucks. We'd been hearing a lot from friends and relatives over the years about the fancy frontloaders they'd buy... and how they were so proud of them and the high prices ($4k+) they paid... and how they had all kinds of problems with them and ended up disgusted and wishing they'd never purchased the high dollar garbage. So we bought the $500 machines that looked pretty much the same as the used ones we'd always owned... our first brand new Maytags.

Almost 14 years... no regrets.

(knock on wood)

 

For years, we bought used stuff repaired by a nice old guy in Austin. Then, rebuilt by a small company in San Marcos.
My wife still lives in those days. I have other things to do. So, a good best selling model, and 5 years from nearby Lowes in warranty.

 

Well, we will see in 90 days if this phone guy can stop my IRA bleed.

 

Never had to repair a washing machine we bought used. We had one dryer that seemed to be a lemon, not sure of the brand, and one brand new GE fridge that needed four compressors in two years and it was a nightmare every time to get it warrantied. We ended up asking for a new fridge when the fourth compressor went out and they ended up charging us the shipping on a smaller fridge (which never gave us problems) to replace it. I don't buy GE anymore.