The Vent and Rant Thread

[dreams]

Originally Posted by dsvick

Why is everything that used to be built to last for years and years disposable now!?!?

Out microwave broke yesterday, we're pretty sure it is the door latches being too loose or worn or something like that. We've only had it for about 3 years and paid about $100 for it. I'm sure we can get it fixed but it will probably cost us $40 - $50 to do it. Why do that when we can spend an extra $30 or $40 and get a brand new one?<snip>

I bought one on sale before my son was born. After 23 years it needed a new seal ($50), but a new microwave was only $80. So I bought the new one. A year later my mom's microwave (purchased the same time as mine) needed a seal. (dad bought the seal)

My new microwave stopped working 2 years later, mom's was still going strong. I bought another one ($65). Mom finally bought a new one after it was 27 years old and the door latch couldn't be repaired.

I think manufacturers call it "planned obsolescence" on new products now days.

Originally Posted by kennyc

I'm with you Dave. My refrigerator has stopped doing it's frost-free thing and it's building up......but it's going to cost a couple of hundred to have it checked and fixed and I can buy a new one for 4-500!

Just not right...

When mine stopped working, Sears repair told me to purchase a warranty and it would cost less than the repair visit then I wouldn't have to pay for parts as it sounded like it was covered under warranty.
They were right.

Originally Posted by pdurrant

Grrrrr.... it took me 15 minutes to post this message using my Kindle

OTOH its quite surprising it works at all.

I've wondered if it was easy or not. Recluse makes it look easy, maybe because he is a pro at it..

Originally Posted by recluse

Yes, I am.
And so much more.

*Big Hug*

[WT Sharpe]

Originally Posted by pdurrant

Grrrrr.... it took me 15 minutes to post this message using my Kindle

OTOH its quite surprising it works at all.

Originally Posted by badgoodDeb

Think back on that experience .... and then consider that Recluse sends ALL his posts from a Kindle. (no computer) Truly amazing!!! He must be a typing whizz.

Originally Posted by recluse

Yes, I am.
And so much more.

And there's no spell-checker when you're typing on a Kindle! If I ever dared to post without a spell-checker, everyone would quickly see just how dumb I really are.

Jon, you da man!

[pholy]

Originally Posted by pdurrant

Grrrrr.... it took me 15 minutes to post this message using my Kindle

OTOH its quite surprising it works at all.

I read through the "Terms of Service" for the Kindle DX the other day...

I'm pretty sure you and Recluse are violating the ToS, and you both will burn in Bezos's Private Hell, I'm sure... but only if he finds out, I suppose.

Gah! who paid for the the thing? Why can't you do anything it is capable of? I hate EULAs!

[recluse]

I am never in violation of the rules.
The rules are in violation of me.

[happy_terd]

Everybody violates you though.

[kennyc]

Originally Posted by dreams

....
When mine stopped working, Sears repair told me to purchase a warranty and it would cost less than the repair visit then I wouldn't have to pay for parts as it sounded like it was covered under warranty.
They were right.

....

Hmmm, hadn't thought of that...was it a Sears (Kenmore) brand? or another company...mine is Whirlpool.

[kindlekitten]

*sigh* my Dad's in the hospital. I had called my Mom last night and she was really distraught saying he hadn't been eating or drinking for awhile. I got a family friend over there, and she made arrangements to get him to his Doc today. that Doc immediately sent him to the ER. he's going through the admissions process now

Originally Posted by kennyc

Hey.....now there's an idea.....a neighborhood bonfire......hmmmm.......

think it would help if I painted a target on my roof?

Originally Posted by badgoodDeb

Attac
h the two leashes together at the handles. That way, if they ever start running, they're BOUND to go on opposite sides of some tree or other, and they'll perforce have to stop. And you can catch up with them!

Works well with two dogs, too.

I've thought about that, but Strider likes to ZOOM short distances, back andforth, back and forth... she's too tiny for that yet

Originally Posted by kennyc

Can I do that with my neighbors?

you have my permission!

Originally Posted by pdurrant

Grrrrr.... it took me 15 minutes to post this message using my Kindle

OTOH its quite surprising it works at all.

*what the other's sadi about recluse*

[kennyc]

Originally Posted by pholy

I read through the "Terms of Service" for the Kindle DX the other day...

I'm pretty sure you and Recluse are violating the ToS, and you both will burn in Bezos's Private Hell, I'm sure... but only if he finds out, I suppose.

Gah! who paid for the the thing? Why can't you do anything it is capable of? I hate EULAs!

Well if it was an IPad, Steve would have already stopped them before they could violate the T.O.S. cause there's not likely an app for that...

[recluse]

H_T, I'm going to let that go because you've had a rough day.

Kindlekitten, I'm sorry to hear that. I will keep your Father in my prayers.
*BIG HUG*

[kennyc]

Originally Posted by kindlekitten

*sigh* my Dad's in the hospital. I had called my Mom last night and she was really distraught saying he hadn't been eating or drinking for awhile. I got a family friend over there, and she made arrangements to get him to his Doc today. that Doc immediately sent him to the ER. he's going through the admissions process now
....

Hope they get things quickly under control and stabilized....hopefully nothing too serious.

[poohbear_nc]

Originally Posted by kennyc

Hope they get things quickly under control and stabilized....hopefully nothing too serious.

Ditto to that! Fingers & toes crossed for you!

[happy_terd]

Originally Posted by recluse

H_T, I'm going to let that go because you've had a rough day

I was kind of hoping you'd say that.

[dreams]

Originally Posted by kennyc

Hmmm, hadn't thought of that...was it a Sears (Kenmore) brand? or another company...mine is Whirlpool.

It was a Sears Kenmore. The lady on the phone is the one who told me to get the warranty to use. I think I also asked if there was some time period to wait for activated warranty service. She just told me to wait a couple of days before calling for service to make sure that it was registered.

I wonder if Whirlpool has the same deal or the store you purchased it at?

Originally Posted by kindlekitten

*sigh* my Dad's in the hospital. I had called my Mom last night and she was really distraught saying he hadn't been eating or drinking for awhile. I got a family friend over there, and she made arrangements to get him to his Doc today. that Doc immediately sent him to the ER. he's going through the admissions process now
<snip>

Oh, kk, I'm so sorry. I really hope he is OK. I'll be thinking of you and your family. *hugs*

[Catire]

[political rant]
Gotta love a socialist government that works first to help itself and only after does it work to help the society it's supposed to serve....

Last tuesday the Ministry of the Popular Power for Health, Ministry of the Popular Power for Land and Agriculture, Ministry of the Popular Power for Commerce and the Ministry of the Popular Power for Nutrition (gotta love those names) all passed and promoted a law that basically said that informal street vendors have to follow the health code and must sell at national regulated prices or they would have their products seized ( and by product I mean rice, meat, milk the kind of stuff you buy at a supermarket, not prepared food). Our glorious leader just cancelled the law since we all know food shortages are only caused by the evil private companies.....

And those evil private companies are hoarding food so that we go hungry so the government sends the military in to seize and distribute the food from their warehouses and seize companies for their irregularities in pricing and hoarding but its not such a big deal when the state owned pdval lets at least 70000 tons of food rot in our ports, naw not such a big deal lets not discuss it in the national assembly, lets not reevaluate how Pdval works, privately owned televisions that sicken the mind of our people and the privately owned banks those are the biggest problems our society faces.....


oh and aren't we all supposed to be equal? when the drought hit the reservoirs that power the dams that generate most of Venezuela's electricity the capitol only had one day of mandated power outages while the rest of us spent months having our power cut off for at least 3 hours every other day.

What pains me more is that Mr Chavez will most likely win the next National assembly elections in September just because the frakking opposition is just more incompetent.



[Extremely heavy sarcasm] Fatherland, Socialism Or Death! We shall prevail! [/Extremely Heavy Sarcasm] (This is the glorious leader's political party motto, which coincidently is the motto he instituted as the armed force's motto)


[/political rant]

[kindlekitten]

;o( it's easy for us to forget that people are still living under such circumstances