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Skriven 2010-05-19 16:52:46 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
  Kommentar till text 37891 av Janis Kracht (1:261/38)
Ärende: Part 2, again [2]
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Hi Janis,

>> 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 :)

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

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

Bad design more like it.  Good thing you had the paperwork and, more
importantly, they acknowledged they had a bad product.


>> 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

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

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

Yes, I've been using Advair since 2001, relatively soon after it was put
on the market.  I tried Singular but I'm allergic to it so that's no
help.  I also tried Xopinex, a different form of propellant wasused in
that vs regular albuterol but went back to the regular albuterol.  It
seemed to "deliver" the medication better.


>> 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.

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

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

I don't have it that severe. This house has carpeting all over; I'm not
entirely happy with that but can tolerate it.  Of course no furries or
fuzzies but I get "fuzz therapy" visiting friends with pets. (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.

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

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


It's not the food; it's how it's absorbed/used by the body.  Same issues
as humans have.

>> > 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.

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

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

I understand.  But, with an upstairs apartment, you've got to be extra
careful.  Even if a tenant brings in his own fridge, if it "melts down",
you could have major water damage to your stuff.  Some folks are better
at maintaining appliances than others; it would be up to you to decide
if you thought the potential tenant could do so or not.  Tough choices
there.

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Ruth
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