Wednesday, December 4, 2013


Happy Holidays!  As 2013 comes to an end, we not only reflect on the people and events that have touched our lives, we look forward to the new adventures that await us this coming year.  Some of us have been around a little longer than we care to admit…some of us remember things that the current generation has never even heard of.  Dormont Appliance opened in 1949 when one of the hottest items was a wringer washer! 

What is a wringer washer you young people ask?   It is an old style washing machine that requires a lot more work than an automatic washing machine…basically it was a basin that would be filled with water and soap, and a roller that looked sort of like a big pasta machine that clothes were pressed through to remove excess water.  (check out http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-a-wringer-washing-machine.htm or https://www.google.com/search?q=what+is+a+wringer+washing+machine&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=i_efUtb0M4vPsASJ54H4Ag&ved=0CFEQsAQ&biw=905&bih=588 )

Now that we are welcoming 2014, we are excited to see how the appliance industry will improve.   Some of us may argue that the older ways were better.  Appliances lasted longer.  But there are many perks to the new technology.   GE has imagined the technological enhancements that will change the way we live and how our homes will look a dozen years from now.  How about an in-the-sink dishwashing system that not only washes your dishes, it cleans your produce until there are no traces of dirt or bacteria!  Well, it may not be something we will see in 2014, but it is definitely one of the concepts being developed for future use.  Please check out the link below to see how GE Appliances is working to make appliances of the future.  Now all we need is Rosy the robot!

Using its expanded industrial design team and advanced development engineers, GE Appliances has envisioned the home of 2025. http://pbxx.it/Z1sS