I used this:
Not because I’m old but because that’s what we had in the USSR all the way up to 1991.
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Opinions, art, debate
I used this:
Not because I’m old but because that’s what we had in the USSR all the way up to 1991.
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My great grandma had one very like that 😉
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“that’s what we had in the USSR”
Not even a labor saving device… just a different kind of labor because you basically had to be around it the entire time.
The barrel didn’t spin there was a little spinning thing on the bottom that just sort of swished the clothes a bit…
IINM you had to fill it from a hose itself then turn it on then drain it with a different hose (not fast) then fill it again (rinse and repeat) until you’re done….
Here’s a short video of one in action:
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That thing would routinely empty all the water on the floor with no particular reason behind this action.
To empty it, the only way up really get all the water put was to lift and flip it physically.
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The Amish here in Pennsylvania still use something like this.
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At least, there’s something I have in common with the Amish.
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“Amish here in Pennsylvania still use something like this”
I doubt it, despite appearances, it was plugged in.
Soviet know-how – make an electric device that looks like something people used 50 years before houses had electricity. And people wonder why/how it collapsed.
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I think it’s the part that squeezes out the moisture that people recognize. That one can be manual.
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We are to believe that it is from such devices the Russian military is getting chips to use in their missiles. I didn’t believe that story when I heard it. Now that I see the device I know the story was a hoax.
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“vices the Russian military is getting chips to use in their missiles”
Can you even read?
There is a difference between 1980s ussr (ended in 1991, remember?) and 2022 Ukraine, which uses modern European style washing machines….
https://shop.miele.ua/catalog/cnbh/
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