Re: Snow on the way

when we bought this house, all the appliances and things like furnace, water
heater, central air unit, were just about original to this 40+ year old
house. The inspector said - life expectancy - don't expect more than a year
out of any of them. So I took out the home warranty.

The fridge promptly died <thank you thank you> and I was able to purchase
one of those armoire styled fridges and I love having the freezer on the
bottom and the double doors.

I jumped for joy the day the furnace stopped working when I turned it on
thinking WooHoo, I'm getting a new furnace. NOT!! Damn thing had a reset
button on it and the tech showed me how to reset it.

The air unit is rusting through and there are actually holes in the casing,
but the damn thing just keeps on running and cooling.

Of course they are not the most energy efficient units I'm sure and my gas
and electric bills are outrageous, but I don't have $5k + to replace them at
this time so I cross my fingers and pray for a quick death.

Now my stove, I love my stove. It has six burners, the griddle top thingee
for the one side, two ovens, two broilers. Does a great job for holiday
parties. They don't make these any more. When the ovens both died and two
burners, I called the warranty people who promptly sent out a repair person.
They offered me $600 or repair it ($50 service charge for each call). The
repair guy said don't be stupid - just fix it. When it dies they have to
replace it with a like kind - Viking, or give me quite a sum to replace it
with something else. Cost him almost $700 to fix it and it works like a
charm. It is just ugly as sin. We like to call it well-seasoned like a
cast iron griddle LOL!!

Honestly, I can live with it. I just want a new furnace and air conditioner
at this point. And when the water heater dies, I plan on adding a second
water heater to the house cause with two teenage girls who have to shower
every time the phone rings (yep, just about every 10 minutes it seems) we
are sorely lacking in the hot water department too.

Oh well.

Maureen

"Tallulah" <tallulahbankrupt@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:1132195896.057509.26190@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Might take a while...if you want them to die, they never do. I've been
> waiting 9 years for a refrigerator to die - DH had it when we got
> married and we've moved it from house to house...thousands of miles
> between. It's probably got more miles on it than my Explorer. Stupid
> thing WILL NOT die! It doesn't even have an ice maker. He won't buy
> me a new one until it dies. Anyone know how to ...Kavorkian-ize it?
>
>
> Maureen wrote:
>> GRRR!! LOL!! Damn appliances just wont die for me. I abuse them, I use
>> them, I abuse them and still they just keep firing up. I'll probably
>> spend
>> the equivalent amount keeping this home warranty every year that I would
>> if
>> I just replaced them on my own, but...... I cant afford a Viking on my
>> own
>> :)
>>
>> Maureen
>>
>>
>> "LizzieB." <blahblah@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:3u276dFutiu5U1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> > Maureen wrote:
>> >
>> >> BTW, if she needs or wants off the base for Thanksgiving, I have room.
>> >> I've got about 20 people coming so a couple more wont hurt
>> >
>> >
>> > You're just out to abuse your stove so badly your warranty will replace
>> > it
>> > with a Viking.
>


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