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20. My mom still has a Montgomery Ward refrigerator from the summer of 1954

Wed Nov 25, 2020, 05:17 PM

Nov 2020

when my parents moved into their first house, about six months after I was born.

"Jennifer" (yes, she has a name) became the soft drinks and snacks fridge about 1970. She has outlived at least a half dozen other fridges in the last 50 years and still runs great. The biggest problem is that she has to be manually defrosted, taking a full day to wait for all the built-up ice to melt.

Jennifer will outlive me!

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I was thinking about my electric hand held mixer [View all] Ohiogal Nov 2020 OP

Harvest Gold was a 1970 thing. I had Harvest Gold washer and Dryer True Blue American Nov 2020 #1

Sweet. I found my vintage Kitchen Aid at an estate sale. Grasswire2 Nov 2020 #2

I have an electric hand mixer, a Hamilton Beach, I got as a wedding present in sinkingfeeling Nov 2020 #3

Wow you've got me beat! Ohiogal Nov 2020 #4

My Hamilton Beach is about that old and it still runs like a top. I occasionally look at Nay Nov 2020 #17

I have a GE harvest gold stand mixer from the 70s catrose Nov 2020 #5

An interior designer for Cambridge had to design furniture to last 1000 years Cicada Nov 2020 #6

Cast iron waffle iron patented 1901 central scrutinizer Nov 2020 #7

I have my grandmother's MrsMatt Nov 2020 #42

this is my hand mixer.... by Waring IcyPeas Nov 2020 #8

Change the logo from Waring to GE Ohiogal Nov 2020 #9

happy mixing and happy thanksgiving IcyPeas Nov 2020 #10

Thanks Ohiogal Nov 2020 #11

or Sunbeam and it could be mine yellowdogintexas Nov 2020 #28

Isn't wonderful how inanimate objects can trigger such wonderful memories. Fla Dem Nov 2020 #12

I collect old clocks from as far back as the 1870s Chainfire Nov 2020 #13

So true. Ohiogal Nov 2020 #14

That is true for everything I can think of except for cars. Chainfire Nov 2020 #31

Yes I agree about cars! Ohiogal Nov 2020 #32

My parents bought a Zenith chest freezer in 1962..... lastlib Nov 2020 #15

Wow! We had one the lasted about 10 years, then it died. LeftInTX Nov 2020 #30

Shouting out to B'port, CT ❣ sprinkleeninow Nov 2020 #16

Thank you, sprinkleeninow! Ohiogal Nov 2020 #23

We are still using Mom's old Hamilton Beach chrome stand mixer from the 1960s, and it still japple Nov 2020 #18

Try here jmowreader Nov 2020 #34

Thanks. I had already looked and the one I need is not listed. It's so old that it was japple Nov 2020 #35

Well...you could do this... jmowreader Nov 2020 #36

That's a great idea. Thanks for the suggestion. If there's not one in my town, I'm sure japple Nov 2020 #38

That's the SAME ONE that I have... harvest gold! NurseJackie Nov 2020 #19

Harvest gold Ohiogal Nov 2020 #33

My mom still has a Montgomery Ward refrigerator from the summer of 1954 Staph Nov 2020 #20

Wow! Ohiogal Nov 2020 #25

We so Rebl2 Nov 2020 #21

The inexpensive items like handheld mixers will never be made here again jmowreader Nov 2020 #37

Tell me about it lillypaddle Nov 2020 #22

I still have beach towels from when I was a child Ohiogal Nov 2020 #24

I remember 50 years ago my mom used to make whipped cream applegrove Nov 2020 #26

my mom used to whip egg whites with a flat whip to make meringue yellowdogintexas Nov 2020 #27

I went through my grandmothers house after everyone else had. We were giving it up in the 90s. applegrove Nov 2020 #29

We have a Sunbeam Mixmaster from the 70's. Niagara Nov 2020 #39

My Mom had a Kitchen Aid Marthe48 Nov 2020 #40

My mom's Kitchen Aid stand mixer from the '50s, wound up with me. Tracer Nov 2020 #41

For my Kitchen Aid, lost the whip attachment Marthe48 Nov 2020 #43