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Found a very cool site for those who have repair all sorts of household items: (Original Post) dixiegrrrrl Jan 2012 OP
Cool Sherman A1 Jan 2012 #1
This is a great resource. Glad you posted it. Curmudgeoness Jan 2012 #2
We are the essence of frugal, believe me. dixiegrrrrl Jan 2012 #4
Kudos for the kids. My parents were depression era Curmudgeoness Jan 2012 #5
My G'ma raised 8 kids during the Depression dixiegrrrrl Jan 2012 #6
I ordered parts for my washer and dryer from RC... Phentex Jan 2012 #3
I used this site to fix my dryer and a couple other items....they have step by step video Historic NY Jan 2012 #7
oooohhhh... dixiegrrrrl Jan 2012 #8
Worked great saved me some bucks.... Historic NY Jan 2012 #9
Yep, it works out well. My appliances are from the early 80's and work/look RKP5637 Jan 2012 #10

dixiegrrrrl

(60,011 posts)
4. We are the essence of frugal, believe me.
Sun Jan 1, 2012, 03:24 PM
Jan 2012

And happily, the "kids" both absorbed that message and live very low footprint lives, too.

Curmudgeoness

(18,219 posts)
5. Kudos for the kids. My parents were depression era
Sun Jan 1, 2012, 03:47 PM
Jan 2012

so they definitely drilled it into us----and all of us kids learned well. I think it helps to get over some of the phobias about things like expiration dates or drinking the water from the tap when you were raised with all of that. I feel sorry for the people who must throw out the iodine in the medicine chest because the date on it is passed. The money wasted!

Isn't it great that "frugal" and "low footprint" work out to be the same thing??? That is what I love the most about it.

dixiegrrrrl

(60,011 posts)
6. My G'ma raised 8 kids during the Depression
Sun Jan 1, 2012, 05:11 PM
Jan 2012

and boy, did she ever impress on me how not to spend money.!
Now I am very grateful for all the "tapes" in my head she left behind.

Phentex

(16,504 posts)
3. I ordered parts for my washer and dryer from RC...
Sun Jan 1, 2012, 03:17 PM
Jan 2012

easy and quick. I got the link from applianceblog.com. These days, any issue you have means someone else has had the same issue! I am happy my husband could do the repair work himself.

Historic NY

(37,859 posts)
9. Worked great saved me some bucks....
Tue Jan 3, 2012, 10:03 PM
Jan 2012

I'm still waiting for the repair guy. . simpliest repair I ever done...replaced a few parts for $52 my 1980 dryer is like new.

RKP5637

(67,112 posts)
10. Yep, it works out well. My appliances are from the early 80's and work/look
Sun Jan 8, 2012, 07:45 PM
Jan 2012

like new. I've been repairing stuff for years, but often did that because it was fun, but anymore it's mandatory survival. The labor rate plus the parts markup is outrageous today.

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