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Memories

The Washer Woman Also, not funny was when a sudden cloud rolled in. It was broom shaped and had a dirt cup for all the stuff you
There was no Doppler Weather to tell you that at 11:24 really didn’t want to know had been hiding in the rugs or
By William A. Gralnick a.m. it would rain two blocks from where you stood. No, on the floors. If one wasn’t careful detaching the cup all
we had Tex Antoine and Uncle Weathbee. Weather was that stuff ended up back where it started.
As soon as a machine came on the market that did more a guessing game than a science. We’d root for Tex Now there are more sizes and shapes of vacuum cleaners
something for you my mother bought it. The dish washer that he’d get it right. When he didn’t and the clouds rolled than Carter has liver pills. We have several. I favor one, my
was a prime example, although a head-scratcher since my in, often could be heard words not printable here and wife favors another, the cleaning lady prefers yet another,
brother and I, or the housekeeper, did the dishes. This thing would begin a mad dash to the backyard. This time the and for some reason there’s one that no one prefers. Guess
was half again as big as a bourbon barrel or wine cask and often still wet clothing was yanked from its pins, thrown that’ll have to go eventually.
the same shape but for having wheels. When rolled out of into the basket and rushed into the house. Every so often The moral of the story? Sometimes simple was, if not
its corner up to the sink, it pretty much took up the whole it arrived in the house wetter than when it came out of the better, a lot simpler.
kitchen. There was a big, black rubber hose that attached to washer. Yet and still, nothing, not even Downey, smells
the sink faucet. There was another hose that hooked on the as good, as air-dried clothing. A soon to be Boca Pointe resident, Bill Gralnick has been
edge of the sink. One put water in, the other took it out. This Then of course there was the carpet sweeper. Remember writing ever since his mother told him that little pitchers
was way before sensors, pre-wash, sanitary rinse. You pretty those. I realized why a generation before people took their should be seen and not heard. Nine hundred op eds of his
much had to wash the dishes before the dish washer did. rugs outside and beat the tar, and dust, out of them. Some have been published by newspapers around the country. He
Soap was a powder. If you put in too little the dishes carpet sweepers swept floors too. But into our house came has three books to his credit with another in gestation. He
didn’t get clean. If you put in too much, you’d notice bubbles the first vacuum cleaner. It roared like an airplane engine currently is a columnist for The Brooklyn Eagle and Tap Into
emerging from under the lid. The bubbles became like and was so heavy it probably was made of airplane parts. Coral Springs. 
Mickey in the Sorcerer’s Apprentice. Wiping was useless.
The bubbles turned foam, the foam turned into clouds
that could be removed by the arms full. Then one of two
things happened. You stopped the machine, hit drain, and
started again or you ended up mopping the floor as the suds
eventually jammed up the machine causing it to overflow.
Sometimes bad things happened. The drain clogged. Raymond James Financial Services, Inc.
The machine stopped. You had to open it up and stick your
arm into something that the EPA would look disapprovingly Arthur Rottenstein
at, and fish around for the blockage. Other joys were when Registered Securities Charles A. Hall, III
the drain hose slipped off the sink and the aforementioned President and Founder, C3WM
EPA sludge ended up all over the floor. Dishwashers were Principal Financial Advisor, RJFS
a work in progress. 561-241-6616 561-465-8902
But the washer and dryer, they were a necessity. The ArthurRottenstein@
difference from today was that it wasn’t a washer and dryer. RaymondJames.com charles.hall@raymondjames.com
bocaratonfinancialplanner.com
It was only a washer. The wet wash got carried to the back
yard and hung up to dry. We didn’t have a clothesline. We 301 Yamato Road, Suite 3160
had one of those that opened like a reverse umbrella. Each Boca Raton, FL 33431
pole had three or four lines on it stretching to the next
pole. If memory serves there were five of them. Economy Raymond James Financial Services, Inc. and
of space. You could hang up a lot of clothing in a much
smaller space that stretching a line from the house, across Arthur Rottenstein are pleased
the back yard to the fence. And it looked nicer.
The trick was getting the laundry outside. While the
washer has a spin cycle, the clothes came out pretty wet. to announce the addition of
Water weighs 8 lbs a gallon. A basket of wet laundry was
like dead weight. To solve this problem, and save ones
back, there was a mixture of old technology and new. The Charles A. Hall, III
laundry went into the basket. The piece by piece it was President and Founder, C3WM, Financial Advisor, RJFS
fed into a contraption that was a big tub. Mounted on it
were two rubbers rollers encased in a metal frame on the charles.hall@raymondjames.com
side of which was a crank. In many a cartoon you saw a
character’s hand get caught in one and come out flat as a With more than 24 years of experience in financial services, Charles is dedicated
pancake. So did the laundry, with the water falling into the
bucket. An additional challenge was that it took Charles to helping individuals meet their financial needs by developing investment
Atlas to turn the crank. plans around their long-term goals and risk tolerance. His extensive experience
Now the laundry basket was manageable and out we
went. Attached to the clothesline was a bag of clothes pins. navigating shifts in the markets enables him to help clients structure balanced
They always seemed to be stripped bags. The monotony was portfolios to address their specific financial goals.
overwhelming. Did this or that piece of clothing require one,
or two, or three clips. Reach into the bag while holding the He began his financial services career in 1996 with FMSbonds, Inc., then
item, stick it up with the clips, reach down to do it again. moved to First Miami Securities, where he worked for 11 years. From there, he
Of course, more than once did the clothing end up on the
ground. Fortunately, there was grass underneath it, but transitioned to Wells Fargo Advisors in 2007 in the Fort Lauderdale offices. In
mother was none-the-less not happy. For entertainment, I’d 2020, he moved his practice to Raymond James, finding its client-first culture
filch a clip and put it on my nose. My mother had a good
sense of humor, but not for that. aligned with his values. He earned a bachelor’s degree in economics from Florida
International University. He has served South Florida-area investors for his entire
Attention career and looks forward to helping them meet their financial goals for many

Boca Pointe years to come.

Residents! Making sure your wealth continues to work in support of the goals you have
established takes careful planning. Such planning is not a single event – it is a
Flatten All Your Boxes! process. As your life circumstances change, so must the investment strategies

Our recycling trucks do not pick up your cardboard boxes used to stay on course toward meeting your objectives. That is why Charles works
if they are not flattened. Instead, they go to trash and are burned
with regular refuse....lost revenue for residents of Boca Pointe.  with you, one on one, to design investment strategies targeted to your specific
needs and goals. Although he does not provide tax advice, he will help you stay

current with tax law changes and estate plan issues.
Originally from Miami, he now lives in Boca Raton with his spouse, Rana. They
have two children, Ashleigh and Addison. In his free time, Charles enjoys golfing
and fishing.

Arthur Rottenstein is a Registered Securities Principal and Branch Manager with Raymond James Financial Services, Inc. in Boca
Raton and founder of Portfoliorepair.com. He has been managing the financial affairs of a number of select families in South Florida
since 1982. Please feel free to call for an appointment at (561) 241-6616 or email him at arthur.rottenstein@raymondjames.
com. Please feel free to visit his website at bocaratonfinancialplanner.com.Securities offered through Raymond James Financial
Services, Inc. Member FINRA/SIPC. Investment Advisory Services offered through Raymond James Financial Services Advisors, Inc.