New Dwarf Planet Discovered Far Beyond Pluto's Orbit

space.com ^ | 07/11/2016

[NoCmpromiz]

But at least OscartheGrouch didn’t take your parking spot. ;-)

[Tax-chick]

‘Face had that for a tagline for a while.

I’m milling about drinking wine, waiting for Jamie My Hairdresser to come get her son, whom I brought home from Boy Scout camp along with some of my sons.

I told him he could take a shower, but he doesn’t have any clean clothes to put on.

[Covenantor]

TC, don't know how your machines feel, but my wash machines are indicating it's too hot...

[Tax-chick]

LOL! Mine burn up their bearings with our usage.

I remembered to open my birthday card from my brother ... and found the title to Bill’s car in it. I guess my brother didn’t want to waste a stamp. Like his nephew, he’ll never be poor ...

[Covenantor]

This is almost the same washer we had while I was in grade school. The Kenmore didn't have the fancy pants fill nozzle for the rinse/spin dry, which was about the size of the ice buckets at B&R just deeper.....

Assigned to monitor the wash cycle so it was evenly loaded, I always succumbed to temptation and played Viking with the big lid. I left our lid in factory new condition. Those folks must have had hard sword fighting kids to do that damage. And when the spin dryer needed to run I was shifting that lever like a truck driver. A little imagination and any chore becomes less tedious.

[Monkey Face]

OscartheGrouch was at work, which is why I chose today to do it! He doesn’t have any place to park at the moment, unless he chooses to park in the circle.

:o])

[NoCmpromiz]

My Mom had one of those many moons ago. Of course it wasn't a demo model with windows. If we had one of those it would have been like television only with a bigger screen... You DO remember that TV's did not occupy an entire wall back in the early 50's, yes? ;-)

Or am I the only one who remembers the early 50's?

Demo model Easy spin drier with windows

[NicknamedBob]

"Or am I the only one who remembers the early 50's?"

My question is, where are the wringers?

[Covenantor]

Now that I think on it, it probably was an Easy....every other appliance was a Kenmore though.

Ours didn’t have the “20,000 Leagues Under the Sea” windows either. I do remember the demo model washing machines that had the colored poker chips to demonstrate the effiency of the curved agitator blades.

Televisions, the term TV came later, were mostly pieces of furniture, wood cabinets, some with doors. Grams crocheted some cover for ours, fruit bowl and little ceramic geehaws. Only watched when parents were home except for sat. cartoons.

[Monkey Face]

I think I missed Bill getting a car from your brother. My bad. I must have been out for a walk. Or something... I think.

[Monkey Face]

That was — ummm — interesting. I think!

[Covenantor]

No wringers on that model. Had a vertical perforated drum about 12” in diameter that spun the water out, or most of it.

If the load was unbalanced the whole machine bucked and jumped around making an unholy racket.

[Tax-chick]

It was a few weeks ago. There has been a garble regarding the title, but it’s back now, and hopefully Bill can get it registered.

[Monkey Face]

This is the BMW?

[moose07]

The dryer had manual load balancing.
Remember well the spinner advancing across the kitchen like something out of a horror film.

[Tax-chick]

Yes.

[moose07]

[Tax-chick]

Nice pictures! Where’s the murder?

Tom the Son is home, and I’m not done his brothers’ laundry yet.

[moose07]

The Murder is in Avebury,Wiltshire.
The “Murderer” is Alexander Keiler.
The Victim is buried in the Neolithic stone ring.....
Your job is to decipher the clues and locate the skeleton. :)
(There really was one)

[moose07]

A Bath tub makes a great emergency clothes washer.