rebellious appliances
Jul. 6th, 2004 10:45 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
cellioOn Sunday Dani and I had approximately the following conversation:
Me: I think we should start paying attention to fridge ads, and when we see something reasonable at an acceptable price we should buy it.
Dani: Why?
Me: Well, our current fridge has already died once and been fixed, and it's 40 years old, and that can't be a good sign.
Dani: But it could last another five or ten years if it's lasted 40.
Me: Or five or ten days. We don't know, and fridges aren't that expensive.
That's where the conversation ended.
I would not be making this entry if that's where things really ended :-( (Hello. I wasn't trying to be prophetic, ok?!)
Unfortunately, since I really do need to be involved in a choice of replacement, there's not much we can do before I return from out of town. (No time to shop before I leave.) Maybe the putzing around I did tonight will fix it, much like the repairman's putzing around fixed it last time. Or maybe not. The fridge part seems to be ok; it's the freezer that's, shall we say, tending toward the soft and squishy.
I predict a meat dinner tomorrow night...
Me: I think we should start paying attention to fridge ads, and when we see something reasonable at an acceptable price we should buy it.
Dani: Why?
Me: Well, our current fridge has already died once and been fixed, and it's 40 years old, and that can't be a good sign.
Dani: But it could last another five or ten years if it's lasted 40.
Me: Or five or ten days. We don't know, and fridges aren't that expensive.
That's where the conversation ended.
I would not be making this entry if that's where things really ended :-( (Hello. I wasn't trying to be prophetic, ok?!)
Unfortunately, since I really do need to be involved in a choice of replacement, there's not much we can do before I return from out of town. (No time to shop before I leave.) Maybe the putzing around I did tonight will fix it, much like the repairman's putzing around fixed it last time. Or maybe not. The fridge part seems to be ok; it's the freezer that's, shall we say, tending toward the soft and squishy.
I predict a meat dinner tomorrow night...
Consumer Reports reviews kitchen appliances this month
There was a blurb in there about how new fridges are much more efficient than fridges from the mid-1980s. I don't have the issue in front of me but I think they said running a current fridge should cost 30-60 dollars a year. So if you've been trying to save money by coddling along your antique fridge, you may find that a new fridge pays for itself within a year or two.
great minds think alike
Date: 2004-07-09 05:27 am (UTC)