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Monday morning, just like any other. The Mrs and I crawled out of the sack and stumbled out to the kitchen and fetch our cups of coffee.
We sat down with the morning paper (the internet) and sipped away the groggy.
All was normal, then out of the blue came the sound of water running...... we looked at each other like you gonna go check or me? Well she went to the source of the sound which turned out to be to fridge and opened up the freezer side to discover the ice maker spewing a full blast stream of cold water all over everything in there. I ran to get a bucket then turned off the water valve under the sink that was sourcing the water. It soak the frozen food and turned to cardboard containers for the frozen waffles to wet paper with a good amount of water now on the wood floor we ran and got towels to mop it up.
Had whatever gave way done so any earlier it would have filled up the freezer side like a bathtub and when the water pressure overcame the seal, Whoosh! gallons and gallons of water would have rushed out and we may have been paddling to out morning coffee.
But no, it all waited till we were up and conscious.
It's a relatively new fridge. The don't make anything like they usta.
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all that water is not good for wood floors either.
I do all my own stunts, but never intentionally!
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Quote: It's a relatively new fridge. The don't make anything like they usta.
Ain't it the truth. Have lots of friends that have 'new' major appliance that just last until the warranty expires.
We on the other hand bought MayTag appliances 25-30 years ago back when it was still MayTag and their services techs WERE the loneliest people in the world.
Besides having to replace a washing machine motor, our fault, fridge, washer and drier have given us no real issues.
"Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana."
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Don't think I ever seen a Maytag over here.
In Europe Miele is the brand to choose if you want an appliance that just keeps on running.
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I laugh only because it hurts so much, today I began hassling Miele to foot the $600+ bill for the replacement of the pressure valve on my 28 month old dishwasher. Warranty is 24 months. Don't give me any bullshit about Miele quality.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity -
RAH
I'm old. I know stuff - JSOP
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Your mileage may vary.
All brands have lemons
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Ice-bucket challenge 
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Ron Anders wrote: It's a relatively new fridge. The don't make anything like they usta.
This exact thought crossed my mind a few weeks ago when I had to meet a repairman at our rental house. The 5 y/o refrigerator uses (probably common) the freezer to cool both the freezer and refrigerator parts using a little solenoid actuated trap door system to regulate the temp in the refrigerator. When that doodad fails, the freezer runs overtime trying to cool the fridge, frosting itself up like crazy while the fridge stays warm. 
300 bucks later as I'm driving away, I remembered the old 1940's fridgidaire that my grandparents kept in the garage that required chipping out about once a year, but was still doing it's job over 70 years later...probably still is. 
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
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They didn't know how to optimize the components in the old times.
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So much for us being a first-world country. Seventy-ish years later and the overall quality of our products is less than what it used to be. But hey, at least your car can auto-park itself, you can see the contents of your refrigerator without opening the door, your car's transmission is now button activated (rather than lever activated), etc. I'm all for technology, but it's evident we are replacing basic quality with fun & cool gadgets. The latter should enhance the longevity of whatever the item is, not replace it.
"One man's wage rise is another man's price increase." - Harold Wilson
"Fireproof doesn't mean the fire will never come. It means when the fire comes that you will be able to withstand it." - Michael Simmons
"You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him." - James D. Miles
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We had transmission buttons on the dashboard of a 1960 Dodge Coronet.
So what's old is new again I suppose.
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I don't trust ice-makers. I prefer to just use ice trays. I also get a feeling of accomplishment when I fill them up to ensure I have a good supply of ice. When I was a kid, we had a set of these[^] at home. 
/ravi
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Boy Ravi, we're classics. I had those too.
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Ron Anders wrote: Boy Ravi, we're classics old farts. I had those too.
FTFY 
/ravi
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You pretentious high society snob! I had these: Here
And I am way too younger than you are.
"It is easy to decipher extraterrestrial signals after deciphering Javascript and VB6 themselves.", ISanti[ ^]
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Plastic trays didn't exist when I was a kid. Everyone had metal trays. We didn't have iPads or CDs either, 'cos they hadn't been invented.
/ravi
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You are probably older than the word old then! And wiser too (than a lot of people, not the word old).
"It is easy to decipher extraterrestrial signals after deciphering Javascript and VB6 themselves.", ISanti[ ^]
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Ron Anders wrote: ice maker
Never had a refrigerator with an ice maker. Still won't, especially after hearing this.
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Ron Anders wrote: It's a relatively new fridge. The don't make anything like they usta. |
They didn't usta put running water in the fridge!
CQ de W5ALT
Walt Fair, Jr., P. E.
Comport Computing
Specializing in Technical Engineering Software
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Why not skip the disgusting cockroaches entirely and feed the exes to the tigers instead? 
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
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There is almost definitely some sort of zoo rule against that, unfortunately.
Cruelty to Tigers, probably.
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OriginalGriff wrote: Cruelty to Tigers, probably.
Absolutely, all the weird chemicals and other crap humans directly put in their bodies they're just not a healthy food source.
... add in that 'top of the food chain is where all the weird stuff accumulates' it'd be safer to feed them swordfish.
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If you insist on putting weird chemicals into your body, you should at least have the good sense to throw alcohol in afterward, to sterilise them.
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Can I bypass the Meerkat and give it directly to her?
I do all my own stunts, but never intentionally!
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