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Skriven 2010-05-20 16:12:36 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
  Kommentar till text 37932 av Janis Kracht (1:261/38)
Ärende: Dog gone, Kitchen Aid                                    [1]
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Hi Janis,

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

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

I'll be done with school until August after tonight.  One less
distraction from Fido but I've got a big sewing project due June 16.
It's a bridesmaid dress--a simple pattern but I'm making mock up of the
bodice to check the fit.  The young lady said she wore one size in off
the rack clothes & bought the pattern accordingly.  I checked a key
measurement on her which indicated a different size.  She got me the new
pattern & some fabric to do the mock up, hopefully she can come over for
a fitting early next week.


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

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

I presume the vet has a walk on scale.  Don't want to be lifting any
hefty dogs there.


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

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

No, you would need termites eating on the bed frame and slats for that
to happen.  My parents did end up on the floor a few years back when the
slats broke.  They spent the rest of the night in the guest room and
realised how bad the mattress was there---I'd been trying to tell them
that for the previous 20+ years.

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

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

That's the time.  Trouble is, storms are so unpredictable & neither Dad
nor Mom can move fast enough to get to him at the first boom.  He's
usually gone by the time they get outside.

 JK> they > need to make friends with him.

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

Smart kitties.  Just hope the pups realise that the kitties aren't an
appetiser.


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

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

Sometimes what other people consider a problem, isn't really.  A lot of
the time it's something that hasn't been pursued to the right solution.
Too many people give up and get a new (range, dishwasher, computer)
whatever if the one they just bought is giving them problems.  That's
why we took the Focus in 7 times for the same problem & on the 7th time,
the head technician advised trading it in.  Others would have given up
after the first couple of attempts failed to correct the problem.


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

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

We want to get one of those units for my parents, to go with the
downstairs bathroom re do.  But, it's a moot point since they don't want
to redo the bathroom.  And, the load time isn't too much longer (if it's
only 2 hours, 3 is about 50% longer) than a normal washer/dryer cycle.


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

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

It looks like it, reading your discussion w/Steve.  Good!


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

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

Gives you the energy to cook something up? (G)


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

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

It's a mish-mosh but does brighten the place up. (G)


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

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

Sounds good, hopefully will work.  I've got to see what KA attachments
are still on my "I want" list.

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Catch you later,
Ruth
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