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excercise equipment
« on: August 07, 2011, 01:25:58 pm »
 ;D Ok,got a piece of excercise equipment I believe,but cannot locate a like piece after searching forever....any ideas? Marked only with an NS on the side, and Intermatic on the controls,no other marks,or makers marks or numbers anyway.....it feels awesome haha.but wonder what/who/when..... thanks for any info.

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Re: excercise equipment
« Reply #1 on: August 07, 2011, 01:29:07 pm »
a pic

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Re: excercise equipment
« Reply #2 on: August 07, 2011, 07:46:06 pm »
Is that a weight loss machine, or a torture device??
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Re: excercise equipment
« Reply #3 on: August 07, 2011, 07:58:52 pm »
My grandmother had several pieces that would make you laugh!  This one will roll the fat off you, if you lean against it -- that's the claim, at least.  (I assume this one plugs in, like my g-ma's did)

G-ma also had this thing with a belt -- you would lay the belt across your abdomen or behind, turn it on, and it would "shake" the fat off.  She also had this gymnastic cot-like thing that would bent you in half, back and forth, with a little bit of abdominal effort.

As children, we thought all these machines were super fun!  The bendy cot thingy was the best.  We could make that thing fly!
« Last Edit: August 07, 2011, 08:04:39 pm by CuriousCollector »

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Re: excercise equipment
« Reply #4 on: August 07, 2011, 08:03:41 pm »
It is funny isn't it.....found some information out on it......doesn't make any sense to me at all haha.why would one do that? I did purchase it with something in mind,just not that ! I got it for 2 bucks,so lugged it home..going to take it apart and use the squiggly bars for garden totems..thanks all.it is good for a laugh, going to let my grands try it out before tearing it up !

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Re: excercise equipment
« Reply #5 on: August 07, 2011, 08:25:42 pm »
It looks like one of those massage rollers from the 50s. You straddled them and it massaged your legs. Vitamaster was a common one.

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Re: excercise equipment
« Reply #6 on: August 08, 2011, 07:54:36 am »
You straddled them and it massaged your legs.


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Re: excercise equipment
« Reply #7 on: August 08, 2011, 08:11:45 am »
OK, CC, you have forced me to defend my post...

I swear, some of this stuff does not have to be made up.  ;D
« Last Edit: August 08, 2011, 08:13:44 am by waywardangler »

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« Reply #8 on: August 08, 2011, 08:29:05 am »
Thats great......haha.tha nk you for defending your post  ;D

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Re: excercise equipment
« Reply #9 on: August 08, 2011, 11:14:52 am »
Gotta laugh !!  Bad thing is,, I remember some of these things !! 

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Re: excercise equipment
« Reply #10 on: August 08, 2011, 02:35:03 pm »
this is interesting  ;D never seen anything like it in my life ! :D

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Re: excercise equipment
« Reply #11 on: August 08, 2011, 03:38:11 pm »
 :o  oh the things i could say about that machine haha....never seen anything like that before! 

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Re: excercise equipment
« Reply #12 on: August 08, 2011, 04:20:01 pm »
Anyone here watch "Mad Men"?  There's an episode where Peggy is asked to test a piece of "fat burning" equipment, and discovers an "alternate benefit".  I imagine this machine probably had a similar cult following!

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Re: excercise equipment
« Reply #13 on: August 08, 2011, 06:28:13 pm »
Yippee ki yo ki yay! Time's up! Next!
« Last Edit: August 08, 2011, 06:32:27 pm by waywardangler »

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Re: excercise equipment
« Reply #14 on: August 08, 2011, 07:59:13 pm »
    All I can say is Ouch   :o