Actually the Maytag appliance brand is are now owned by Whirlpool - the old Maytag doesn't exist in any real sense as most (all?) current products are Whirlpool-designed and mostly made offshore. Assuming that both are today in good functional condition, I'd rather have a 20 year old Maytag product than a new one, as I'd expect the latter to have a longer remaining service life.
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I beg to differ. People have aspired to have more/better stuff than their neighbors since cuneiform was all the rage.
"The Flavii have a new chariot. We need a new one, too."
Cindy Hamilton
Well, perhaps someone will reply and help you see this. I used to use Google Gripes, but now I'm using trn on Solaris.
Cindy
Never hit a child in the head, he/she/it could grow up to be just like you from the brain damage. A better solution is a stun gun. Believe me, you only have to zap them in the backside once and just the sight and noise of the sparks jumping between the electrodes will activate the child's "buttocks memory" which, over the years and many generations, has been shown to be an effective technique for behavior modification. You will be gratified when you overhear children talking among themselves and one or more children will say, "I don't do or say that anymore because it makes my butt hurt.". Of course there are the weird ones who like it and you must keep a close eye on them and be ready to get professional help for them so they don't become prison fodder when they grow up. ^_^
TDD
Yes guys they are all same, clich "O" but I have coupon big deal isn't!
Hmm. I would guess that stun guns don't leave bruises, like the old board of education?
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Now you'll tell me Eve at the apple because she wanted to be smart like the serpent?
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We bought a Maytag when we got married 47 years ago Bought a new one last week. No comparison there either. Much different technology, but cheaper in the hours worked from what I recall of prices..
The $60 microwave oven made me a "chef"! : )
What would you have paid for one in 1960?
Mine was made in USA, but I'm sure at least some of the parts are made offshore. The controls for high efficiency models are more complex, more water valves as it can fill in five different places.
Right. I should have mentioned a better example of something like hiring a plumber.
Education is a very poor example. Every time the government loosens borrowing rules, colleges just hike up the cost of tuition. In medicine complying with government regulation is about 40% of the cost if I remember Ted Kennedy correctly.
Envy was an ugly and counterproductive emotion, even then. It's what leftism is based on.
"Maybe we need to forgo our vacation this years so we can buy a new chariot?"
If medical insurance could be purchased across state lines and 65 year old couples were not required by government rules to purchase pregnancy coverage, the price of normal medical insurance would have been affordable but government just had to screw with medical insurance again with the idiotic Obama Care which has nothing to do with providing affordable health care. It does give government more control over the lives of the citizenry. The government can tell citizens to do as you're told or we will cut off your medical care. It's so absolutely obvious that only the stupid don't see it and the P.L.L.C.F. know it but refuse to admit it. o_O
TDD
We need a new credit card?
. Christopher A. Young Learn about Jesus
In 1960, the wife stayed home with Wallace and Theodour. She had black and white TV. After her morning dexedrine, she had plenty of energy to do her chores, and cook on the range. Dad came home in the 8 cylinder Buick, using ethyl gas, played with the boys for a while, and went to the den to smoke his pipe. They would have paid about $19.95 for a microwave, which would have lasted 20 years. And comes in avocado green.
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Close but no cigar.
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Raytheon licensed its technology to the Tappan Stove company. Tappan introduced a large 220-volt wall unit as a home microwave oven in 1955. It sold for $1,295 (figure $10,500 today).
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The article was written in October 2010.
Percy Spencer discovered the heating effect of microwaves in 1945.
The first Raytheon commercial microwave oven was the 1161 Radarange, which was marketed in 1954. Rated at 1600 watts, it was so large and expensive that it was practical only for restaurant and institutional use.
In 1947, the first commercial microwave oven hit the market. These primitive units where gigantic and enormously expensive, standing 5
1/2 feet tall, weighing over 750 pounds, and costing about $5000 each.($52,273 in today's dollars) The magnetron tube had to be water-cooled, so plumbing installations were also required.By the early 1950s, domestic appliance makers began showing interest in the microwave. Lacking the distribution and marketing infrastructure to promote and sell the product on its own, Raytheon entered into a licensing agreement with Tappan Stove Company in 1952. In 1955, Tappan introduced the first domestic microwave oven, which featured a more compact but less powerful microwave generating system. With a price tag of approximately $1,300, these domestic models fared only modestly.
In 1967, Amana, a division of Raytheon, introduced its domestic Radarange microwave oven, marking the beginning of the use of microwave ovens in home kitchens. Although sales were slow during the first few years, partially due to the oven?s relatively expensive price tag, the concept of quick microwave cooking had arrived. In succeeding years, Litton and a number of other companies joined the countertop microwave oven market. By the end of 1971, the price of countertop units began to decrease and their capabilities were expanded
Oh, so she was too busy cooking to use the microwave.
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