"Richard Steinfeld" wrote in message ...
Amana has been aqcuired, you know, as in "Famous Brand,
Maychip home applicances group, a member of the Upchuck
family of companies, division of BigCorp, HugeCorp
International. I think that we're down to only two companies
that make appliances now.

Didn't you know? HugeCorp International was acquired last
year by MegaHuge Global. Now there's only one manufacturer.

If we want affordable, well designed and well built washing
machines, we should do what we did with automobiles. Let the
Japanese handle it.

Rick