Reply by Gene Howe

Admiral? I wouldn’t want a washer from a company that also makes TVs. So, we bought an LG. Is there anything LG doesn’t sell?
Seriously, some of that Monkey Wards stuff was good stuff. I had a Wards 4” belt sander that just wouldn’t die. Finally gave it away. MIL had a kitchen full of appliances she bought at Wards. Don’t know if they were all made for/by them, but they were old when I was dating her daughter and she still had them when she passed, 9 years ago.

-- Gene 'The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him.' G. K. Chesterton