Way back in time I wrote a column about wash day in my family when I was a young boy. I recalled the log cabin that my father built back in the mid 20s and the fast moving spring running beside it ...

“See that?” I asked, pointing at a TV ad for major appliances. “If we ever have to get a new washer and dryer, that’s the color I want!” They were deep blue, and I heard a choir of angels singing.

When I was growing up in the 1970s and early 1980s, my great-grandmother was still using a Maytag wringer washing machine that her family purchased in 1928. Saturday was wash day, and we'd spend the ...

Wringer washer: John of Quakertown is looking for a wringer washer. Easel: Reba of Allentown is looking for an easel for painting. Fence posts: Amy of Lehighton is looking for white vinyl fence posts.

SEOUL, Jan 30 (Reuters) - When South Korea's Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics last year announced plans to build home appliance factories in the United States, they hoped to sidestep any fallout ...

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