[SEL] eBay Maytag

[Dave Rotigel]

>Good Heavens!    Anyone looked at this one?
># 7570911901
>A Maytag in Missouri with a few hours to go on the auction and at $400.00 !!!
>Carl

My Dear Carl,
         The final price of $515.96 for this joyful creation of Fred's was 
indeed a steal! I'm only surprised that it did not go for several times 
that artificially low price. These fine little motors have been a godsend 
for women through out the years and continue to make their work lighter 
even today. My own wife is a prime example of this labor saving invention. 
About 6 years ago I gave her a gasoline operated MAYTAG washer for X-mas. 
Each week that she has my dinner on the table at 6:00 sharp every evening 
(after she finishes her daytime job) I allow her to use the MAYTAG to wash 
the weeks clothes Monday nights. If for one or more nights in a week dinner 
is not on the table at 6:00 sharp I deny her the use of the MAYTAG and she 
must use the scrub board.
         This has benefited both of us greatly! The benefit to me is that 
most weeks dinner is on the table at 6:00 sharp every night. The benefit to 
her is that her hands are not nearly so red as they were before I was 
generous enough to buy her the MAYTAG! That makes her VERY happy--and as 
the old saying goes, "a happy wife is much easier to control!"
         So don't be shocked when one of these creations of Fred's goes for 
a fair price on e-bay. Just rest assured that some loving husband is simply 
trying to make his wife happy!
         Dave
PS, You might want to take a look at: 
http://www.oldengine.org/members/rotigel/maytag/maytag_fun.html