Recent content by joan

Exactly, cheese wonton. It was so long ago it's hard to remember how or why cream-colored attachments got replaced by green. I had an Electrolux salesman for years, until he retired. He was great, would even deliver bags to my home when I ran out, with no charge for the 32-mile round trip from...

My Olympia is no longer for sale on this site. I'm giving it away, hopefully to a Minneapolis area collector. Incredible find, Charles. Congrats!

It's now FREE. Hope there's a nearby collector who can pick it up.

Yes, that's exactly what it is. Thanks.

Waterspot City!

Found this pic of my 1941 bathtub. Anyone know what the insulation material is?

Exactly, Alan. Thanks for your valuable contribution. Now if only I could get out of my head the image of 89-year-old me bathing in a pasture as the slobbering Holsteins of my youth vie to quench their thirst. I owned a 4 bed/1 bath 1898 Victorian for 26 years. Its bathtub was enameled iron and...

I am the original owner of a model 1401B Olympia, serial no. N41167H, purchased new in 1978. It is in excellent condition, with all accessories. The hose is worn out and needs to be replaced. The machine has been in storage in Minneapolis since 1992, when all I needed in a new home was a stick...