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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / June 2006BASTARD Appliances.
It's spread over the Atlantic. The applicance revolt has arrived in Cardiff. The ignition switch on my car has thrown in the towel, and god alone knows how much it will cost to replace. I can't start my car. I am so very pissed off. Helen M > It's spread over the Atlantic. The applicance revolt has arrived in > Cardiff. The ignition switch on my car has thrown in the towel, and god > alone knows how much it will cost to replace. I can't start my car. > > I am so very pissed off. Relax.... it might be the starter, and starters can be rebuilt for not too much $. > Relax.... it might be the starter, and starters can be rebuilt for not too > much $./// Unfortunately the inside of the ignition switch is completely worn and whilst the key is fine, the switch is kernackered. Still, after a bit of jumping up and down, ranting and raving, I may be able to get it done by a mate who is a Ford mechanic at the main dealer for the cost of an ignition switch and his time on the QT. We'll see. *SIGH*. On a good note, Robbie has had a nice day. He's been asleep in the sun and is a very self satisfied cat! Helen M > Unfortunately the inside of the ignition switch is completely worn and > whilst the key is fine, the switch is kernackered. Still, after a bit > of jumping up and down, ranting and raving, I may be able to get it > done by a mate who is a Ford mechanic at the main dealer for the cost > of an ignition switch and his time on the QT. We'll see. *SIGH*. This is not an expensive repair, honest. Take heart. Chak  SignatureYou can no more win a war than you can win an earthquake. --Jeannette Rankin > It's spread over the Atlantic. The applicance revolt has arrived in > Cardiff. The ignition switch on my car has thrown in the towel, and god [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > -- > Posted via Mailgate.ORG Server - http://www.Mailgate.ORG I would be so very pissed off too. Nothing worse than getting ready to go somewhere and the car won't start! An update on my appliance revolt: I got a new refrigerator delivered Thursday. It has an icemaker! I've never had an icemaker before. A crew is coming Wednesday to install a new air conditioner/heat pump. DH got a new truck. Unfortunately my car is still sitting in the driveway. But that's okay, by now we don't have any money and need to stay home anyway! :-) Sherry <<<----- What she *really* wants to replace is the vacuum with one of those Dysons! > Nothing worse than getting ready to > go somewhere and the car won't start! I can think of hundreds of things that would be a whole lot worse. Congrats on all your new stuff. > Sherry <<<----- What she *really* wants to replace is the vacuum with > one of those Dysons! I got an old Electrolux tank vacuum with a rebuilt motor at a yard sale for $5, it does a wonderful job. Electrolux really sucks! > > Nothing worse than getting ready to > > go somewhere and the car won't start! [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > I got an old Electrolux tank vacuum with a rebuilt motor at a yard sale for > $5, it does a wonderful job. Electrolux really sucks! My mom bought one of those from a traveling salesman in the early 60's. She used it forever, then I used it when I first got married. It was a canister job, a really good vacuum. Sherry > Pat wrote: >> > Sherry <<<----- What she *really* wants to replace is the vacuum with [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > She used it forever, then I used it when I first got married. It was a > canister job, a really good vacuum. My mom got hers from her mom, then passed it on to my brother, who later gave it to me. I traded it in on a new one in the mid-80's. I still have that one. The one I got at the yard sale is like the one my brother passed down. It's good to have a spare, for those times when I can't find one of them, or in case one needs repair. > > Pat wrote: > >> > Sherry <<<----- What she *really* wants to replace is the vacuum with [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > down. It's good to have a spare, for those times when I can't find one of > them, or in case one needs repair. Well, I can't say that I was ever unable to find the vacuum cleaner! :-) But it's good to have a spare anyway. Sherry > Well, I can't say that I was ever unable to find the vacuum cleaner! >:-) But it's good to have a spare anyway. I have been, but that's because when something in the house has been in one spot for a while, it just "disappears" as far as I'm concerned. Very odd (and rather annoying). So I can walk into the room in which the vacuum cleaner is standing three times, and never see it. Then want to kick myself when I finally notice it. Signaturemonique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca > > Well, I can't say that I was ever unable to find the vacuum cleaner! > >:-) But it's good to have a spare anyway. [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > the vacuum cleaner is standing three times, and never see it. Then > want to kick myself when I finally notice it. I do understand what you mean, Monique. Many years ago, when I was still ironing, I did a lot of it. My ironing board usually sat in my living room, so I could watch TV while I ironed. I had my women's group from church to my house, and didn't realize the ironing board was still sitting there until someone made a comment about the pretty ironing board cover. Joy > I do understand what you mean, Monique. Many years ago, when I was > still ironing, I did a lot of it. My ironing board usually sat in > my living room, so I could watch TV while I ironed. I had my > women's group from church to my house, and didn't realize the > ironing board was still sitting there until someone made a comment > about the pretty ironing board cover. Exactly. It's the same problem that, for me, results in stacks and stacks of paperwork on my desk -- if I don't put it away right away, it "disappears" ... until one day I realize what a mess I have (probably because one stack lost structural integrity and slid onto another stack, etc) and go into a fit of organization. Signaturemonique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca >> [quoted text muted] > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > because one stack lost structural integrity and slid onto another stack, > etc) and go into a fit of organization. That sounds like my desk. I usually rely on an x-y-z system - the file is need is in the 3rd pile over, about 1/2 way down the stack :) Until I notice that my desk is a pig-sty, then I'll organize. > That sounds like my desk. I usually rely on an x-y-z system - the > file is need is in the 3rd pile over, about 1/2 way down the stack > :) > > Until I notice that my desk is a pig-sty, then I'll organize. Exactly. I have what should probably be a surprising amount of success in remembering where things are, roughly ("in this pile on the dining room table." "in the rightmost pile on my desk"). If someone "straightened up" my piles (as my mom so helpfully did a few times when I was still living with my parents), I'd be lost! Signaturemonique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca >> I do understand what you mean, Monique. Many years ago, when I was >> still ironing, I did a lot of it. My ironing board usually sat in [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] >(probably because one stack lost structural integrity and slid onto >another stack, etc) and go into a fit of organization. My mom is always in despair because the house is not always pristine and there is always stuff everywhere. I remind her that it is not a show house, but a working house. She does a huge amount of preparation for her teaching, and brings a huge amount of work home. I am preparing for the choir, or working on one of my classes. So yes, we do have stacks of paper and books pretty much all over the place. It's a necessary evil. And AFAIC, anyon who can't deal with a bunch of books lying around-- or cats, for that matter- is not necessarily someone I want in my house. :P Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com Make Levees, Not War > >> I do understand what you mean, Monique. Many years ago, when I was > >> still ironing, I did a lot of it. My ironing board usually sat in [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh > My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com My parents, who lived several hours away, paid us a visit when my children were young. The house was naturally somewhat messy. My Dad commented that the house looked well loved in. Joy >> Well, I can't say that I was ever unable to find the vacuum cleaner! >>:-) But it's good to have a spare anyway. [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > the vacuum cleaner is standing three times, and never see it. Then > want to kick myself when I finally notice it. I do the same thing. Drives Charlie nuts sometimes. I'll ask him to help me find something in the garage, and he will tell me where it is, but no. I really do need him to find it for me. Even if its right where he said. Right now I need to feed the tomato plants. I know what cupboard the tomato food is in. I just cannot see it. Jo > I do the same thing. Drives Charlie nuts sometimes. I'll ask him > to help me find something in the garage, and he will tell me where [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > Right now I need to feed the tomato plants. I know what cupboard > the tomato food is in. I just cannot see it. On the other hand, I seem to have that eye for things out of place -- DH asks me all the time where his shoes, sweatshirt, etc. went. Yesterday he asked me and the sandals were right behind where he was standing =P They were in the doorway to the bathroom -- definitely out of place. Signaturemonique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca >>> Well, I can't say that I was ever unable to find the vacuum cleaner! >>>:-) But it's good to have a spare anyway. [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > Jo It is a law of nature: things become invisible when you look for them. MLB > It is a law of nature: things become invisible when you look for them. Ain't it the truth! I've often spent days, sometimes weeks, and occasionally months looking for something that was in plain sight the whole time. > > It is a law of nature: things become invisible when you look for them. > > Ain't it the truth! I've often spent days, sometimes weeks, and occasionally > months looking for something that was in plain sight the whole time. Sometimes things not only become invisible, but they move around while they can't be see. Several years ago, I was sitting in the living room, talking on the phone. I picked up a paper and referred to it while I was talking. After I hung up the phone, the paper was nowhere to be seen. Two days later, I found it on my bedroom dresser. Joy >> > It is a law of nature: things become invisible when you look for them. >> [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > Joy That is called old age ;-) >>> > It is a law of nature: things become invisible when you look for >>> > them. [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > That is called old age ;-) Doesn't work. I may be sixty now, but I've had this problem darn near my whole life. I do remember spending summers with my grandparents as a child though where my primary occupation was helping them to find their eyeglasses. Jo > >> > It is a law of nature: things become invisible when you look for them. > >> [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > That is called old age ;-) LOL! Joy >>> > It is a law of nature: things become invisible when you look for them. >>> [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > That is called old age ;-) You are so funnnny!!! MLB >> It is a law of nature: things become invisible when you look for them. > >Ain't it the truth! I've often spent days, sometimes weeks, and occasionally >months looking for something that was in plain sight the whole time. As I always said, 'It's right in front of my nose where I can't see it.' Jane - owned and operated by Princess Rita > >> It is a law of nature: things become invisible when you look for them. > > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > Jane > - owned and operated by Princess Rita My mom used to say, "If it was a snake, it would have bitten you." Sherry >> >> It is a law of nature: things become invisible when you look for them. >> > [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > >Sherry My mother was also fond of that saying. She once spent 10 minutes or so searching for her glasses, only to realize that the reason that she could see so well during the search was that she was wearing them! SignatureJohn F. Eldredge -- john@jfeldredge.com PGP key available from http://pgp.mit.edu "Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly is better than not to think at all." -- Hypatia of Alexandria > My mother was also fond of that saying. She once spent 10 minutes or > so searching for her glasses, only to realize that the reason that she > could see so well during the search was that she was wearing them! I've done that as well as looking for my contact lenses and then thinking "Whoa! I can SEE!" Lesley Slave of the Fabulous Furballs >> My mother was also fond of that saying. She once spent 10 minutes or >> so searching for her glasses, only to realize that the reason that she >> could see so well during the search was that she was wearing them! >> >I've done that as well as looking for my contact lenses and then >thinking "Whoa! I can SEE!" Then there's: http://www.comiczone.com/comics/arlonjanis/archive/arlonjanis-20060601.html > >> It is a law of nature: things become invisible when you look for them. > > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > Jane > - owned and operated by Princess Rita And, of course, this is particularly true after you have put something in a safe place "so I'll know where it is when I need it". Joy >> >> It is a law of nature: things become invisible when you look for >> >> them. [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > a > safe place "so I'll know where it is when I need it". That is a big part of my problem. Not me. I try to keep things in the same place forever, even if there could be a better choice. But DH Charlie has never in the last forty years seen anything that couldn't be stored in a better place. He keeps moving things till he no longer has a clue where they are. Just to keep it exciting as if that weren't enough, he almost never gets rid of anything. Oh well, never bored. The tomato food is out there somewhere, and the hormone stuff to make them set is probably in the same place. Jo > >> >> It is a law of nature: things become invisible when you look for > >> >> them. [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] > > Jo LOL! I always keep things like my keys, my dark glasses and my purse in the same place, along with certain clothing, etc. However, I regret to say I'm not so good with papers, particularly since I hate to file. I guess those years of working in an office have caught up with me, and I'm rebelling. ;-) Joy >LOL! I always keep things like my keys, my dark glasses and my purse in the >same place, along with certain clothing, etc. However, I regret to say I'm >not so good with papers, particularly since I hate to file. I guess those >years of working in an office have caught up with me, and I'm rebelling. >;-) Yup, I learned early on in my adult life to keep my keys in ONE PLACE - and that place is hanging near the door. Always. The first thing I hang up in every new apartment is the key hanger. The purse usually hangs around the couch somewhere (fortunately, it's a huge purse, so it's hard to lose). My father taught all of us that if you put things away, you'll know where they are. Most of the time I can do that, but there are times.....well,you know. But if I put it someplace 'so it won't get lost', it'll get lost. Always. Jane - owned and operated by Princess Rita, who sometimes rehomes things, too. >>> It is a law of nature: things become invisible when you look for them. >> [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > Jane > - owned and operated by Princess Rita I have been hunting for a Teddy Bear for about two years. I bought three of them from San Francisco Music Box Company. I gave one (actually a kitten) to my granddaughter when she was expecting her first child. I still have the one I intended to keep. The No. 2 bear has vanished completely. I have searched every closet several times -- no bear anywhere. MLB > >>> It is a law of nature: things become invisible when you look for them. > >> [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > completely. I have searched every closet several times -- no bear > anywhere. MLB I sympathize completely. In our family, everyone has a stocking at Christmas, and we all put things in each other's stockings. Bear in mind that there are no children in the immediate family, and my youngest is 42 years old. Many years ago (like 20+), I bought a lottery ticket for each member of the family, with the intention of putting them in the stockings. The last time I saw them was when I put them away. Joy > I would be so very pissed off too. Nothing worse than getting ready to > go somewhere and the car won't start! Roger that! > An update on my appliance revolt: I got a new refrigerator delivered > Thursday. It has an icemaker! I've never had an icemaker before. A crew [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > Sherry <<<----- What she *really* wants to replace is the vacuum with > one of those Dysons! Our current state of things. The car cost a further $300 in front end work. I've been collecting Magnetic paw prints from Walmart and putting cat trails all over the car. It's starting to look cool now. We can't take it into a car wash without spending a good five to ten minutes removing magnets though. The bread maker is toast, I suspect. I haven't played with it since cleaning up after the last time I tried to make bread in it. Ah well, it's not like I don't know how to make bread from scratch. The motor on the ice dispenser on the Freezer door needs to be replaced. No big thing, I supposed, I am used to sticking my hand into the maker bin and grabbing what i need. Could be worse, at least I don't have to fill trays, and it usually keeps up with me. We won't talk about the vacuum. Someone kinda blew it up after vacuuming the dining room after said person did a bunch of sewing in there. <raises hand guiltily> but at least no one has stepped on any pins. I also used a magnet to find any that I missed, but not until the vacuum made this horrible noise and spit out smoke. We can manage, we know how to sweep. The mail box pole has been cemented into the ground and painted white and house number has been applied to it. A new green mailbox was added to it by the young man who ran it over. I can't complain, he was willing to buy us a new box, but we beat him to the punch. I have all the cats purring for the continued usability of all our house hold appliances and motorized thingies. BTW, the lawn mower needed a suitable application of gas. It now works too, though it spits out little plumes of black smoke upon occasion. I think we're having a hard time deciding who the next pope will be. Pam S. I see your broken appliances and raise you a swimming pool in my *bedroom*! Yes folks, we have a puddle half an inch deep on our bedroom floor right now and it's not going to go away in a hurry. After lifting the carpet and sodden underlay, DH and I spent half the night mopping, sweeping and quickly moving everything we could reach off the floor. I never realised how much *crap* had accumulated in our bedroom (its where we've been storing all our office stuff until our study is built). We're grateful we were able to get it to such a stage that we could sleep there last night. I'll be spending much of today de-puddling it and moving the rest of the stuff (currently piled 3' high on a table) to safety. And yes, we know why / how it happened and it's not going to be an easy fix. The rich, rich irony is that we've been *praying* for rain since about January to fill our water tanks and reduce the fire danger. Now we've had a little rain I'm hoping it will fine up! We were very lucky, nothing precious was damaged, so we're not terribly upset. There's nothing we could have done to prevent it (it's associated with a renovation we're doing), so there is no point getting upset about it, so we're just getting on with it and making sure that nothing is damaged. The carpet is beyond repair and we'll probably be putting in an insurance claim about it. OB cats: Spock and Persephone think it's *marvellous* - they've both been wandering in and out of the puddle - Spock shaking his paws in disgust at every step. Persephone is "riding the tube" - running up and down through the tube created by the lifted carpet. Both were fascinated by the activity late into the night. Tish > I see your broken appliances and raise you a swimming pool in my > *bedroom*! > > Yes folks, we have a puddle half an inch deep on our bedroom floor > right now and it's not going to go away in a hurry. Bah, I don't see how that qualifies as a swimming pool! Just kidding. That sounds miserable. Signaturemonique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca >I see your broken appliances and raise you a swimming pool in my > *bedroom*! [quoted text clipped - 29 lines] > > Tish Something to consider next time. Those "steam" carpet cleaning companies can suck up water on the floor or carpet pretty quickly. And with luck you can find one to come out right away in an emergency. They really saved me when I had a fish tank problem in my office. Got all the water up before it could spread into the rooms where all the paper was. The rental machines at the grocery and home improvement stores would work too, though not as well. Jo >Something to consider next time. Those "steam" carpet cleaning companies >can suck up water on the floor or carpet pretty quickly. And with luck you [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > >Jo Good idea! Thanks. Will try to get one next time (although I'm hoping there won't be a next time! Tish > >Something to consider next time. Those "steam" carpet cleaning companies > >can suck up water on the floor or carpet pretty quickly. And with luck you [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > Tish I hope so too, Tish. What an awful thing to happen! Did the flood occur during the night, or in the daytime? Joy >"Tish Silberbauer" <tsilberb@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message >I hope so too, Tish. What an awful thing to happen! Did the flood occur >during the night, or in the daytime? > >Joy Both. It was thoroughly flooded by the time we got home from work, but it got worse when we had a heavy rainstorm overnight. Still, I'm getting on top of it; there is relatively little damage - all the precious and expensive things were unscathed, so we were *very* lucky. Tish > >"Tish Silberbauer" <tsilberb@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message > [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > Tish I'm glad it wasn't any worse. Joy >>Something to consider next time. Those "steam" carpet cleaning companies >>can suck up water on the floor or carpet pretty quickly. And with luck [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > Tish Sadly, with things like this there always seems to be a next time. Jo > I see your broken appliances and raise you a swimming pool in my > *bedroom*! [quoted text clipped - 29 lines] > > Tish Oooo. We had a little bit of a flood also, but not the man-made kind. I left for two hours and a monsoon hit while I was gone. I'd left a bedroom window open. I got two gallons of water out of the carpet, and the mattress on the guest bed was soaked. I put it out in the sun, but I don't have much hope it'll dry without mildewing. I shouldn't complain. The mattress was so old it was made by Firestone. I bet nobody remembers when Firestone made mattresses. Sherry >Oooo. We had a little bit of a flood also, but not the man-made kind. I >left for two hours and a monsoon hit while I was gone. I'd left a [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > >Sherry Most impressive! Tish > OB cats: Spock and Persephone think it's *marvellous* - they've both > been wandering in and out of the puddle - Spock shaking his paws in > disgust at every step. Persephone is "riding the tube" - running up > and down through the tube created by the lifted carpet. Both were > fascinated by the activity late into the night. You are such good catslaves to make such a nice play area for the cats. ;o) SignatureMarina, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Frank and Nikki. Stories and pics at http://koti.welho.com/mkurten/ Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/ and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki > I see your broken appliances and raise you a swimming pool in my > *bedroom*! <snip> Drying out purrs on the way. SignatureAdrian (Owned by Snoopy and Bagheera) Cats leave pawprints on your heart. http://community.webshots.com/user/clowderuk > I see your broken appliances and raise you a swimming pool in my > *bedroom*! Oh man, that is bad. Lots of sympathy here and purrs for to get better soon. At least the cats are enjoying themselves. Sherry, your appliances started this. MAKE THEM STOP....PLEASE.... Pam S. shaking her head in sympathy. > I see your broken appliances and raise you a swimming pool in my > *bedroom*! [quoted text clipped - 29 lines] > > Tish Lots and lots of purrs, Polonca and Soncek > > I would be so very pissed off too. Nothing worse than getting ready to > > go somewhere and the car won't start! [quoted text clipped - 28 lines] > that I missed, but not until the vacuum made this horrible noise and > spit out smoke. We can manage, we know how to sweep. Husbands *do not* like to step on straight pins in the carpet. In fact, they get quite testy about it. Husbands don't like wives to shove the vacuum at them, and say "It's busted. Fix it." Then find 10,0000 yards of thread wrapped around the brush roller. But I'm sure you already know that :-) Sherry > Husbands *do not* like to step on straight pins in the carpet. In fact, > they get quite testy about it. Husbands don't like wives to shove the > vacuum at them, and say "It's busted. Fix it." Then find 10,0000 yards > of thread wrapped around the brush roller. > But I'm sure you already know that :-) I do indeed, which is part of the reason I haven't started the catnip 'nakes I was planning on playing with this summer. I'm hoping to get Rob involved, that way he doesn't gripe as much when he steps on something. Pam S. who has a devious and cunning plan > Our current state of things. The car cost a further $300 in front end > work. I've been collecting Magnetic paw prints from Walmart and putting [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] > > Pam S. Lots of purrs and best wishes, Polonca and Soncek > It's spread over the Atlantic. The applicance revolt has arrived in > Cardiff. The ignition switch on my car has thrown in the towel, and > god alone knows how much it will cost to replace. I can't start my > car. > > I am so very pissed off. Ugh =/ DH had an intermittent problem starting his car for over a year. The dealership suggested all sorts of fixes that seemed to contradict DH's understanding of what was happening. He spent a lot of money at that dealership before finally going to a third party repair shop, which fixed it right, finally. I hope your car troubles are resolved much more swiftly. Signaturemonique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca > It's spread over the Atlantic. The applicance revolt has arrived in > Cardiff. The ignition switch on my car has thrown in the towel, and god [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Helen M Lots and lots of purrs, Polonca and Soncek |
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