On Sun 12 Feb 2006 12:40:04p, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it Syssi?
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> "Wayne Boatwright" <wayneboatwright_at_gmail.com> wrote in message
> 28.19...
>> On Sat 11 Feb 2006 09:16:01p, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it
>> wff_ng_7?
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>>> "Gregory Morrow"
>>> <gregorymorrowEMERGENCYCANCELLATIONARCHIMEDES@eart hlink.net> wrote:
>>>> All taken from period (40's - 60's) advertising...some pretty neat
>>>> stuff, from the gross to the sublime:
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>>>> http://www.plan59.com/galleries/food/cooking01.htm
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>>> Lots of great images... some look pretty goofy, just as today's ads
>>> will look in the not too distant future.
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>>> Way deep down in the site, I came across an advertisement for the most
>>> unusual stove that was still in my parents' Miami house when they
>>> bought it in 1979. Looks like it dated from around 1959. My parents
>>> remodeled the kitchen shortly after they bought it, and that stove was
>>> gone for good. I've tried to explain the layout of it to people over
>>> the years, but no one really understood what I was talking about.
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>>> A picture is worth a thousand words:
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>>> http://www.plan59.com/decor/decor056.htm
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>>> Anyone ever have a stove as unusual as this one?
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>> Actually, yes, this very stove. It appeared in some episodes of
>> Bewitched. Also, in the mid 1970s I met some new friends who had one in
>> their home. It had been immaculately cared for and looked like the day
>> it was installed. The double ovens were completely lined in polished
>> stainless steel. Quite a nice unit!
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>> --
>> Wayne Boatwright ożo
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> Are you sure? I thought Bewitched's oven had the lift-top type open. A
> neighbor of mine had one until just this past year. Again, oven envy
> just about killed me.
Uh, yeah, I think you're right about Bewitched. My friends was definitely
like this one. Oven envy? Envy goes right out the window when I think of
manually cleaning an oven. <g>
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Wayne Boatwright ożo
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