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Skriven 2010-05-19 12:56:12 av Janis Kracht (1:261/38)
  Kommentar till text 37842 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
Ärende: Dog gone, Kitchen Aid
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Hi Ruth,

> 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)

Know what you mean there.. still working on Ron's denim jacket.. had a little
setback on that one, when the pups were being an especial PIA (laugh).. Oh
well, easy to get back on track.

>>> short legs, but he's a pretty well packed guy :) )
>> > Short but strong legs on that dog.
>> Yes, he's a muscle man (g).

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

haha.. one might say that about Indy.. he's turning into QUITE the guy to leap
over anything and everything.  Part of it is how fast he's growing.. I haven't
weighed him in a while, but he's getting 'huge' in my eyes :)  I'll let the vet
weigh him at his next visit, which should be pretty soon.


>> speak, or if one of our earlier kitties had done that.. but we could
>> hear them having quite a time down there until we decided to do
>> 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.

Very true (laugh).. Sometimes it sounded like they were ripping out the very
mattress we were sleeping on and you wondered if you were going to wake up on
the floor! (g)

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

Yes, if that's when he runs away it could be difficult.

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

>> So far (g).. We're watching Indy because that boy can jump and climb
>> over things like we can't believe.  Forget the child-proof gates.. he
>> 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.

Oh they have pretty much.. it's just when they're surprised that they don't
like it (g).  That and the puppies love to chase the kittens if they happen to
run anywhere.. Otherwise they sleep all over each other, eat each others food,
etc.  Well, except for Sophie.  She does NOT like the kitties sticking their
face in her food dish, so they don't do that often (g).

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

Same here, though in my mind it's additionally good if I've used a company's
products, dealt with their customer service and had favorable results.
Sometimes though if I see a great bargain, like the whirlpool range, I'll take
a chance as long as the product has a good warranty that applies.  If I'd read
the online comments about that range, (they were really really bad), I wouldn't
have ever bought it.  Turned out to be one of the nices ranges I've owned (g).

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

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

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

We have one of those in the basement that was used for ages before we got the
washer/dryer machine upstairs that Ron installed.  It's one of those machines
that is both a washer and dryer in the one machine.  Good for a small family
(or just two people, like us) but not too many more.  It takes a long time to
do a load (2hrs. minimum, usually 3 hours).

>> Yes, they did. They put it in the mail right away. I guess I'm not
>> 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.

Probably right about that...but thankfully we think we can avoid that.

>> Think that's the one I have as well.. they do come in some fancy
>> colors though :)  I like the red one but for what it's worth, nothing
>> 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.

That's so nice.. I love that color in a kitchen.

> 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.

That sounds  really pretty.. We've still got lots to do in the kitchen ..

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

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

Ron thinks he can take care of it as Stephen mentioned. I checked again and the
cost of the Bosch list is only about $300.00.   (Only,
(vbg - still a bundle))  But it's less than I remembered.  If I use the old KA
for all the attachments I have, then selling the Professional won't be a
problem. I could use that $$ from the sale to pay for most of the Bosch. Still
undecided.. we'll see :) Still testing a lot of things with the old KA to see
what it can handle.

Take care,
Janis

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