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Maytag was US-only as far as I knew. It had a reputation for extreme long life and reliability, much like the reputation Volvo used to have for cars. And, lik
by SeanLuke 5y ago
Maytag was US-only as far as I knew. It had a reputation for extreme long life and reliability, much like the reputation Volvo used to have for cars. And, like Volvo, this reputation was then squandered.
Back in the 1980s Maytag used to run commercials on television featuring the "Maytag Repairman", who never had anything to do because no one ever called. Americans still remember these commercials fondly.
- frosted-flakes 5y agoMaytag was/is sold in Canada.
- SeanLuke 5y agoSure, but Canada is just the US with a health plan. :-) Canada! The Maple Leaf State!
- dredmorbius 5y agoCanada is a southern suburb of Detroit.
- dreamcompiler 5y agoGeography is fun. Besides the fact you can go south from Detroit to arrive at Canada, there's also [at least one] part of the US that you cannot drive to without driving through Canada first: https://www.google.com/maps/place/Point+Roberts,+WA+98281/ https://www.google.com/maps/place/Point+Roberts,+WA+98281/
- SeanLuke 5y agoAlaska?
- dredmorbius 5y agoI suspect dreamcompiler had in mind points in the "lower 48" which are only accessible via Canada, though yes, Alaska is an exclave. Three others would be the Northwest Angle, Elm Point, and Buffalo Bay Point, all part of Lake of the Woods County, MN. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elm_Point,_Minnesota https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elm_Point,_Minnesota https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northwest_Angle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northwest_Angle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_of_the_Woods_County,_Minnesota https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_of_the_Woods_County,_Minn... Via those Wikipedia entries, there are apparently six non-island exclaves of the US lower 48 states within Canada in total, one in Washington State, the three mentioned in Minnesota, and two more in Vermont: Alburgh Tongue and Province Point. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada%E2%80%93United_States_border#Practical_exclaves_of_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada%E2%80%93United_States_b...
- webmaven 5y ago> Back in the 1980s Maytag used to run commercials on television featuring the "Maytag Repairman", who never had anything to do because no one ever called. The Gordon Jump era (which are the commercials most often recalled today) actually lasted until 2003: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-news/marketing/the-maytag-man-through-the-years/article16247650/ https://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-...
- zerkten 5y agoMaytag was sold in the UK too although distribution was limited. UK urban and suburban homes, especially, have more space constraints than the US. The market was limited to commercial and larger homes (built by owners, mansions, etc.) We got a Maytag top-loading washer around 1996 and it was still running fine in 2020 when my mother moved out of our family home. I wonder how far away from UK and EU energy and water use requirements it was.