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Skriven 2010-05-15 21:57:04 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
  Kommentar till text 37616 av Janis Kracht (1:261/38)
Ärende: Dog gone, Kitchen Aid
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Hi Janis,

Working on several projects at once, as usual.  Catching up on Fido is
just part of it; I think this packet will take several days to go thru.
(G)

>> short legs, but he's a pretty well packed guy :) )

 JK> > Short but strong legs on that dog.

 JK> Yes, he's a muscle man (g).

..............able to leap tall buildings at a single bound!


>> We inititially did it to keep the kitties from going under the bed and
>> tearing up the fabric on the box springs.. turned out to be a good
>> idea all around :)

 JK> > Yes, because it's hard seeing the damage kitties can do to box

 JK> Most certainly.. The kittens started attacking it right away after we
 JK> got them. Not sure if they were the first ones to "start it" so to
 JK> speak, or if one of our earlier kitties had done that.. but we could
 JK> hear them having quite a time down there until we decided to do
 JK> something about it (g).

With 4 of them, it's probably a case of what one doesn't think of,
another one will. (G)  Be glad they haven't figured out how to open the
fridge yet.


>> Is he neutered?  Sometimes the wandering issue is solved if dog is

 JK> > He was a rescue dog; neutering was included in the adoption process.

 JK> Ah well..

Hopefully my folks can get him inside before serious thunder starts this
summer.  If they can, it's less of a problem.

>> Midnight was really a big girl, and she'd lay on the top of the gate
>> so the two of them could jump over it..  Normally, I'd call them to
>> NY, we spent the $$ on the fence you saw here at the picnic..
>> chain-link.. quite a bit tougher than the one the owner had put up in

 JK> > Harder for the dog to even think about getting out. (G)

 JK> So far (g).. We're watching Indy because that boy can jump and climb
 JK> over things like we can't believe.  Forget the child-proof gates.. he
 JK> climbs them and all of a sudden I hear kitties yelling :)

Need some taller gates there to keep the kitties happy.  That, or they
need to make friends with him.


>> they'd built in NY.. that was sad.  She was pretty upset.  Her
>> dishwasher, double-ovens, range etc. were all KA and all had

 JK> > That was a very reliable name in kitchen appliances too; I'd be
 JK> quite > put out over it.

 JK> She sure was.  I'd been thinking back then of replacing some of my
 JK> appliances with KA since the dishwasher was so good, but quickly
 JK> changed my mind after her experience.

I try to check out something like 'Consumer Reports" for big appliance
purchases.  We've never bought a dishwasher tho, nor had ad any in the
places we've lived in gone bad on us.

>> well. Shortly after I bought the dishwasher though, Hobart was bought
>> out by another company
>> (Whirlpool, I think).. and that's when the quality started to suffer.

 JK> > OTOH, my Whirlpool dryer is 18 years old & going strong; the washer
 JK> is > now 7 and still working well.

 JK> Perhaps a testimony to how well things were made 18-20 years ago?  But
 JK> that is a good thing.  And my Whirlpool appliances (think the new
 JK> range is one) seem to work well.

The dryer doesn't have all the fancy electronic circuitry of newer
models.

>> for no charge.  It was very soon after I got the mixer that it broke.

 JK> > They made good there.


 JK> Yes, they did. They put it in the mail right away. I guess I'm not
 JK> anxious to find out what the shipping will be for the mixer itself :)

Check places like UPS or Fed Ex; they're probably cheaper than the USPS
on something like the mixer.


>> Figured.. :)  The Professional only comes as a stand mixer.

 JK> > But it does come in all sorts of interesting colors too.  Not all
 JK> ones > I'd associate with kitchen appliances.  I went with the pewter
 JK> (darker) > grey.

 JK> Think that's the one I have as well.. they do come in some fancy
 JK> colors though :)  I like the red one but for what it's worth, nothing
 JK> in my kitchen was red now.  Years ago I painted the kitchen in the

David got Rachel a red KA but one of the lesser powered models.  Now
she's collecting all kinds of red accessories to go with it.

 JK> first house we bought white, with red trim on all the molding, etc..
 JK> It looked really nice because we also put in a vermont slate floor,
 JK> and the red trim went so well with the red tiles.

Pretty.  My kitchen is the standard rental white.  I've got a lot of
color accents--German & British tea towels hung on the walls, stainless
steel dish rack & trash can, blue towels on the top of the "butler" as a
padding for the marble slab & cutting board since I've got other stuff
on top, etc.  IOW, nothing specific but lots of color.

>> > the maximum amount of whole wheat flour that is suggested.
>> Yes, you have to be careful with that.

 JK> > I am, believe me.  Don't want to have to replace this any time soon.

 JK> Yes, same here :)  I'd miss it too much, that's for sure.

Agreed on that one!


>> The thing I do, is start the kneading, then break it into thirds..
>> leaving only 1/3 to knead and continue.  When that 1/3 is done, I wrap
>> it in plastic and continue with the other "chunks".  In other words, I
>> don't do the entire amount at once.  It does work so fast still, it's

 JK> > I'd probably do it in halves if I had to split. Right now I can do
 JK> the > entire amount of dough if it's a short time on kneading needed.

 JK> I tried halves, and the bowl still jumped out :(  That's why I think
 JK> the clip needs to be replaced.

Sounds like it.  Hopefully it won't be almost the cost of a new machine
to do it.

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Ruth
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