Text 37891, 90 rader
Skriven 2010-05-18 10:52:42 av Janis Kracht (1:261/38)
  Kommentar till text 37846 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
Ärende: Part 2, again [2]
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Hi Ruth,

>> > I keep papework for things like that in a file box.  Every so often
>> > (usually when we get something with that kind of paperwork), I'll
>> sort > it out.  Don't need paperwork for the rice cooker we don't
>> have, keep > for the mixers (stand and hand) and so forth.

>> This KA was ordered online at one of the cooking sites, so I haven't
>> needed to print out the receipt, etc..  Outside of that, yep, have
>> something similar here with receipts, warranties, etc. :) As a matter
>> of fact, that was how I got my stove "updated" by whirlpool after we
>> bought it. Seems the first version of their range had a problem with
>> water getting into the electronics via the stove top. That problem is
>> gone now, thank goodness :)

> That must have been quite a problem--how did they expect you to keep it
> clean if water got into the electronics via the stove top?  Anyway, I
> know you're glad that little issue is fixed.

The early issue of the range (which is what we bought at lowes, on sale)
allowed water to seep into the electronics where the stove top edge met with
control panel in the front of the stove, it was two pieces.  After I invoked
the warranty (g), the repairman came from Whirlpool and replaced the entire
stove top, with one that had a one-piece section into the control panel.  Good
bye problem (g).  Bad engineering I guess (g).

>> One of my good friends died in High School from an Asthma attack.
>> He'd had it for a very long time, and had a very bad case of it.  But

> Really severe cases would tend to stand out.  Medications weren't as
> effective as they are now, even from when I was first diagnosed.  Just
> about all the ones from 25 or so years ago are no longer in use.

There are a lot of new drugs out there now for asthma.

>> I know what you mean. It does seem like there is a lot of asthma
>> "around" these days as opposed to when we were growing up.

> I think doctors are more aware of it, for one thing.  One of my friends
> in Germany (also an asthmatic) tipped me to the thought that some of my
> breathing issues could be asthma, told me to check with a doctor.  I
> did, was tested and diagnosed as borderline then, well over the border
> now.

It's hard to live with.. I remember how many precautions I had to take with my
daughter.. no rug in her room, damp-mop the floor down every day, wash the
walls down as frequently as I could.. no dustcollectors or collections of
"things" laying about the room (or rooms in the house, either).  I was glad
when she outgrew it, for the two of us (g).

>> problems in dogs these days. We get them an organic good dog food, not
>> purina, etc.  Letting a pup get too big too fast (before the joints
>> are ready, I suppose) may be the problem.

> I see.  We got Sam as a 4 year old, switched his diet from an ok but not
> great food to Purina One.  He liked all flavors but the lamb.  My folks
> had their dog shaved to get out lots of matts, tangles, etc they
> couldn't get--found out the dog is fat.  "But he only gets 2 scoops a
> day plus a couple of biscuits"........and enough table food to make a
> fat dog.

That will do it.. then again, sometimes when a dog is neutered, it happens
regardless of how much you feed it (or don't..).  Priscilla is a great
example... poor girl was getting 2 cups twice a day normal feeding for her
breed.. I cut it down to 1 cup twice a day, and still it didn't help.  I even
switched her to what the pet store told me was the only real "diet" dog food on
the market, and she still had problems.  She lost some weight but not enough.

>> > I've no idea how old this range is, or how many tenants have used it
>> > before we moved in.  Right now it works, and that's what counts.  If
>> it > dies, we don't pay for the new one.

>> That is a great benefit to renting.

> Very good one, actually. (G)  Same goes for the fridge.  In our last 8
> months or so in GA, we had the fridge swapped out twice.  Steve caught
> the one going bad, just when he got back from Las Vegas following
> Sarah's birth.  If he'd stayed a couple of days longer, we'd have had
> some ruined food.  Second one went bad about 3 months later.

It's one of the reasons we're hesitant to rent the upstairs apartment.  We'd
have to be ready for such occurances or rent to someone with the understanding
that they'd be responsible for bringing and maintaining their own.  We may do
it someday.. not our idea of fun, though (g).

Take care,
Janis

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