There's that crisp cool environment you expect when you open the refrigerator door, so it's very weird when you encounter actual hotness. We'd come home very late at night after a week-long trip to Colorado, and the refrigerator motor must have conked out days before that, because it wasn't just not cold. It was actively hot.
The next day was Friday, and we couldn't get a repairman to come until Monday — there's only one certified SubZero repair place around here — and he determined that we needed a new motor, and it would have to be ordered. The refrigerator is 25 years old. Maybe you'd think we should just get a new refrigerator, but that's not how we analyzed it, even though replacing the motor costs $1500. The same refrigerator new would cost $10,000, and the old one not only looks like new, it has a second motor — the one that runs the freezer — and that motor is just fine.
And with the freezer motor working, we not only had frozen food to get us through the waiting period, we had ice to put in a cooler, which was our tiny substitute for a refrigerator, teaching us which few things we really cared about keeping cool. For me, it was a quart of milk and a wedge of smoked Gouda cheese. It really has been kind of okay. I eat a lot of things that don't belong in the refrigerator: bread, rice, peanut butter. We were lucky to have plenty of kale and Swiss chard out in the garden, so we didn't need to preserve store-bought vegetables. Overall, it was an interesting learning experience.
But I was delighted to hear the doorbell ring this morning. The repairman is installing the motor now. The inside of the refrigerator is at peak cleanliness, and I look forward to restocking it with only good things we like now, and no items lingering from the past, wafting an absurd sense of entitlement to space because of some now forgotten amount of money paid long ago.
Feel free to use this as a metaphor to discuss economics, politics, personal relationships, religion, whatever.
August 2, 2016
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«Oldest ‹Older 201 – 214 of 214This high end appliance circle jerk needs some serious Lamar reset.
No, the younger generation does not think like that. They still have principles. They won't vote Clinton, despite the media spin. Savvy, they are...
The Bernie voter ones are not however, Yoda...
Eric the Fruit Bat said...
It takes intelligent and interesting people to make delightful conversation about kitchen appliances.
Any stupid asshole can argue about politics.
The question is, who has the better fridge, Clinton or Trump.....;0)
there's only one certified SubZero repair place around here
Anybody know where they manufacture SubZero?
I have trouble feeling sorry for someone able to afford a $10,000 refrigerator.
"Anybody know where they manufacture SubZero?"
Meade put this up thread. IIRC, a couple places in WI, somewhere in Arizona, and something else....
One candidate costs 101 million a month; the other 36 million. Which should we purchase? Neither keeps stuff on refrigerator shelves; every lie is new every three days. Except Bill. He's been rotting in there for quite awhile. Hmm. What did you say? Oh, oh, I see it's not a question of us purchasing a candidate. It's who wants to buy America. Well ... then I don't think we should pay a lot for a candidate.
P.S. I was a refrigerator hoarder until I moved three times in two years. Now I have to contain myself and not throw out more than once a day. "One more day and out you go, and you, today, out, if I wanted you I'd have finished you yesterday."
BTW rehajm,
Not that there's anything wrong w/ it, but how did your wife not think Gullos are tasteless? To me they're like stainless appliances, i.e. harsh and ungraceful.
Different strokes for different folks.
"Trump in an interview to the Washington Post said he is refusing to endorse House speaker Paul Ryan, Arizona senator John McCain or New Hampshire senator Kelly Ayotte."
Very smart. Ryan and McCain are disliked by conservatives and seen as losers by Independents. Who wants yesterday's papers?
Eric the Fruit Bat said...
Any stupid asshole can argue about politics.
Thank you!
I wasn't around when my GF bought the Wolf range or the Liebherr refrigerator/freezer/wine cooler, but she says she picked them up at a Southern States auction and paid pennies on the dollar for them. Love the range, everything works great. The wine cooler and the ice maker aren't doing so well. We are also in the process of repairing a central AC unit, we're in for $2,300 so far. My conclusion is that heating equipment is much more reliable than cooling equipment, and probably easier and cheaper to repair. I now also have my own theory to explain AGW, but it defies entropy.
"More ludicrous than the cost is the wait.
That's the whole point isn't it. When you spend that kind of money you're also paying for the service as well.
Not that there's anything wrong w/ it, but how did your wife not think Gullos are tasteless? To me they're like stainless appliances, i.e. harsh and ungraceful.
Chalk it up in part to the 'industrial' look where 'tasteless' is its own esthetic. The other consideration is these are true commercial stoves and chef endorsed tools, built individually and thus highly customizable in features, finishes and colors.
Not to ruin the vibe, but anybody notice that Feingold has gotten over his "concerns" about the impact of lobbyists on government? He's collected over a half million of bundled contributions from lobbyists for his campaign so far.
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