just the fact that my data is accessible to anyone is upsetting enough. I take a little comfort in believing my data is like water molecules in the ocean of everyone else’s data…

The repair company we use told us it wasn’t worth fixing, and I believed them. To repair the microwave would have cost more than the new GE we replaced it with for <$220 on sale, which I installed myself. We also had an Electrolux double wall oven that kept burning out computer boards at about the 10 year mark. We had them fixed twice in 6 months, and when it went out the third time we wrote it off and replaced it with a Kitchenaid. One of the burners on the stove top is slow to heat up, but still usable. The dishwasher doesn’t seem to have a drying cycle anymore, but still cleans, tho we rarely use it. We did a big remodel back in 2011, and bought all Electrolux appliances and were quite proud of them, but alas… The first thing my wife did when the new kitchen was open was bake 6 trays of cookies at once :)

We recently had to replace a $500 Electrolux microwave that was only 11 years old. We mistakenly thought that brand was supposed to be higher quality :(

My mom had a microwave that lasted for decades. I left home in '81, so it was bought prior to that. She was still using it when she passed in '16. That thing was huge. I remember that before my dad would sit down to the table to eat, he would open the door on it to just the right angle so he could continue watching the TV in it’s reflection. The only thing wrong with it was the top and bottom rows of red LED lights had quit shining which made it a little tricky to tell how much time was left on it, but that never bothered my mom. Also, they didn’t have turntables in them back then, so you had to frequently turn the food. Mom bought a wind-up platform that you’d sit the food on and you could hear it in there ticking away while it slowly turned your food. She had to give up about 2.5 inches of height for it, but that oven was so big it didn’t matter…

I currently have a little green Anole lizard that lives in my window right here by my desk (I work from home, with my “office” set up in the corner of the den.). I first noticed him about 3 weeks ago, tho he may have been in here longer than that. Usually any time a fly gets in the house, it ends up in my window right here, so I’ve left him alone to do his thing. Besides, even tho we’re in NW Florida, it’s cold af out right now. I’m pretty sure he knows I know he’s in here and doesn’t seem to act afraid, tho I haven’t tried to touch him or anything. My grandkids always want to check in on him when they come over…

I spent a dozen years managing auto service centers from '87-'99. Chevrolet Z-71 owners were by far the biggest dickheads I had to deal with on a daily basis. Back then, Ford and Dodge truck owners were all just fairly normal folks, but something about those Z-71’s seemed to attract the most extreme shitwillies…

Such a great show! Anyone who doesn’t have Apple TV can watch it here:

vidbox.cc/home

JefF Foxworthy’s routine about that was pretty funny… He rambled through all the different body parts whose size could indicate a man has a big dick; his feet, hands, ears, nose, etc… “Well he needs to be packing because he’s probably one goofy looking SOB…”

an anagram of epstein is “peniest”.

that’s a word, ain’t it?

I’ve started saying it every time I grab the remote control to get his fat ass off my TV screen…