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    When Good Enough Becomes Lousy

    Kitchen Towel Sanitizing Machine Says "Suck It" To ShamWow

    Like Everything, Washing Machines Would Be Better with TVs

    Tragic Death Reminds Us To Lock Down Our Washing Machines And Other Large Gadgets

    Baguni Washing Machine Takes In Entire Laundry Baskets

    No More Mildewy Undies, Thanks to the Twittering Washing Machine

    Re-cycle Laundry Center: 'Spin Cycle' Taken Literally

    iBasket Laundry Concept is Clothes Hamper, Washer For The Lazy

    Spherical Washing Machine Saves Space and Aching Backs

    Laundry Concept Hides Washing Machine In Lounge Chair
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_ForgotNametag GitEmSteveDave_ForgotNametag
    04/28/09

    In reply to When Good Enough Becomes Lousy
    You know, people laughed at people who still used Cast Iron pans and pots. Then, it comes out that the non-stick coating on pans can kill birds and one chemical has been moved to the same list as mercury in "not good for you". NOW, cast iron is making a "comeback", when it never really should have gone ou.
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    Image of bosskev bosskev
    04/28/09

    @ICanHazBrokenCowboy_GitEmSteve...: And where have YOU been all day? Ponies!, Curves, 92BLS, Lite, Kaiser-Mac, others--they've all been working their asses off covering for you. Being a Star Commenter, GESD, is a privilege of great power. And with that great power comes...well, you know the rest.


    No more slacking.

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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_ForgotNametag GitEmSteveDave_ForgotNametag
    04/28/09

    @bosskev: My frakking boss sent me offsite to within sneezing distance of The Swine Flu island, and I couldn't get online access. I did tell him if I get sick, I'm coughing on him. I apologize.


    Wrath of Khan, right?

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    Image of bosskev bosskev
    04/28/09

    @ICanHazBrokenCowboy_GitEmSteve...: Exactly! Through gritted teeth, spit at your boss with "From hell's heart, I stab at thee."


    Or am I getting confused with The Sound of Music?

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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_ForgotNametag GitEmSteveDave_ForgotNametag
    04/28/09

    @bosskev: Wait, what does this have to do with Nazi's?
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    Image of Curves Curves
    04/28/09

    In reply to When Good Enough Becomes Lousy
    My grandmother swore by her ringer washer. She said the new ones didnt get the clothes as clean, and she used to tell me horror stories of ladies hands (and other parts) that got caught in those ringers as I watched her do the washing.
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    Image of greyer greyer
    04/29/09

    @Curves: I thought my grandma was the only one that told those stories. It was inexplicably fascinating to watch clothes go through the wringer.
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    Image of Curves Curves
    04/29/09

    @greyer: By virtue of the fact that we were not allowed to touch it, it was even more fascinating, as are all things to children when that thing is off limits to them. Ah, the lure of forbidden fruit (and gadgets).
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    Image of godwhacker, your incandescent leader! godwhacker, your incandescent leader!
    04/29/09

    @Curves: i still have access to a wringer maytag (over at dads) back when blue jeans were blue and stiff as a board, you dropped them in a big bath of hot water and bleach, kicked the washer on, left for school, and when you got home, TA-DA!!! bleached, soft jeans.
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    Image of kexline kexline
    04/29/09

    @Curves: I think I'd still want a dryer for practicality's sake, but man, if I had a yard big enough for a clothesline, I would trek out to the homestead and GET one of my grandmother's Maytags.
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    Image of Curves Curves
    04/29/09

    @kexline: Lol, yeah, it would be weird having one and being a grown up, I can actually use it. I would probably get my hand stuck in there. I heard horror stories of "stuff" getting caught in there. Line dried linens are the bomb. Nothing beats the smell, but watch out for bees and stuff that get in your clothes. They are very angry. Trust me on this ;)
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    04/29/09

    @godwhacker, your incandescent leader!: I took a pair of stiff, new jeans to my dads house once and had him shoot them with buckshot. Instantly they were peppered with holes and then I washed them a few times. Coolest jeans you ever saw.
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    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    04/28/09

    In reply to When Good Enough Becomes Lousy
    It's the inspiration for the GNK Power Droid.


    *Gonk Gonk Gonk

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    Image of 92BuickLeSabre 92BuickLeSabre
    04/28/09

    In reply to When Good Enough Becomes Lousy
    The highpoint was the washboard.


    Cause I can make me some music on it.


    (I can also make me some music on the washing machine, but that music sucks.)

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    Image of bosskev bosskev
    04/28/09

    In reply to When Good Enough Becomes Lousy
    Well, Jason, taken out of context, of course this machine looks like a fail. You need to remember that what made this workhorse a winner in its day was its versatility, that is, once you added on all the options: meat grinder head, hurdy-gurdy roller and counterfeit money printing press.
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    Image of RiceBandit RiceBandit
    04/28/09

    In reply to When Good Enough Becomes Lousy
    A big part of the "Good Enough" mantra (as you call it), was that the product in question is affordably inexpensive... any ideas as to how "inexpensive" this was back in the day? It looks expensive to me...
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    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    04/28/09

    @RiceBandit: Actually, it was probably top of the line back then.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    04/28/09

    In reply to When Good Enough Becomes Lousy
    And it's good to torture the gold out of old-timey prospectors, and these here varmints.


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    Image of .357 .357
    04/28/09

    In reply to When Good Enough Becomes Lousy
    The Hoover- Primarily used by murderers to wash blood stains out of clothes.
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    Image of Nick Nick
    04/24/09

    In reply to Kitchen Towel Sanitizing Machine Says "Suck It" To ShamWow
    i love how there is always a concept to make a miniature version of an existing appliance that would actually only perform a small fraction of the original appliance's duties. in this case, as stated by Kaiser, it replaces a washing machine. however, this device washes one small piece of cloth at a time. efficiency be damned. now as much as this upsets me i will not give up my bank of easy bake ovens i use for making brownies. that becomes a quality of life issue.
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    Image of OfficerMike OfficerMike
    04/24/09

    In reply to Kitchen Towel Sanitizing Machine Says "Suck It" To ShamWow
    Actually, Popular Mechanics tested a bunch of "as seen on TV" products to test whether they lived up to their promises. They decided Shamwow was worth it.
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    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    04/24/09

    @OfficerMike: If they're the same thing as those orange super chamois they've been hawking at state fairs for 20 years, they're not worth it.
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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    04/24/09

    In reply to Kitchen Towel Sanitizing Machine Says "Suck It" To ShamWow
    "I refuse to buy a ShamWow from Beavis."


    He is Beavis. I totally missed that before now..

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    Image of .357 .357
    04/24/09

    In reply to Kitchen Towel Sanitizing Machine Says "Suck It" To ShamWow
    Shamwow is still better. Because, if Beavis (Vince) offers you something, you know it's good.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    04/24/09

    @.357 [Advertise Here For Only One Gold Star!]: The deification of Vince Offer no longer stands. Once the God bleeds, he ain't a God no more.
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    Image of Skunky Skunky
    04/24/09

    In reply to Kitchen Towel Sanitizing Machine Says "Suck It" To ShamWow
    This looks like a bot from WALL-E.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    04/24/09

    @Skunky: Like this one


    Photobucket

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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_ForgotNametag GitEmSteveDave_ForgotNametag
    04/24/09

    In reply to Kitchen Towel Sanitizing Machine Says "Suck It" To ShamWow
    ShamWow says "Let go of my tongue you escort it took me 50 months of saving money on paper towels to afford" then punches Kitchen Towel Sanitizing Machine.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    04/24/09

    In reply to Kitchen Towel Sanitizing Machine Says "Suck It" To ShamWow
    Good cloth kitchen towels are not expensive. Get enough for maybe a few days to a week, and just wash them when you do the laundry (unless you're one of those people who stretch laundry day to once or twice a month). They'll last you a good while longer than even a bulk pack of Bounty, and in the long run, be much cheaper.
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