Ice Cream
Got some ice cream out last night – it was the perfect consistency for eating.
Which means it was too warm for having been in the freezer.
Mrs DT thought maybe the freezer door hadn’t closed all the way as sometimes happens if something hangs up on the shelf. That and the ice cream carton lid was loose.
Today she discovered the temperature control wasn’t working.
I had to reboot the refrigerator
Say What??? Reboot a refrigerator?
Remember the old Honeywell bronze colored thermostat that hung on most everyone’s wall? Set the temperature by spinning the clear plastic plate?
The heat would go on if the temperature went lower; the air conditioner goes on if the temperature goes higher.
Worked fine … and nary a computer in sight.
Same with so many other things in life.
Microprocessors in everything. All programmed by low paid programmers (you don’t think low margin products hire the best, do you? probably H1Bs from India) with the goal of cheap and “first to market”. Maximize profit and ignore complaints. Require the customer to go to “arbitration” (of the manufacturer’s choice) if something goes wrong.
More and more, our lives are dependent on some code bunny – and the code bunny management – properly assuring the computers work as expected, especially when things don’t work as expected. I’ve been there: “Proper assurance” is not on the development list. Test under nominal conditions and devil take those when things aren’t “nominal”.
The normal attitude is that computers don’t make mistakes … and now more and more, the world is coming to be dependent on “AI” – a misnomer if I ever heard one.
I wonder who rolls off into the unknown first, us “boomers” or the world.
grumble, mumble, grumble … reboot a refrigerator … mumble, grumble, mumble
You’re stroking one of my hot buttons. I just shitcanned an $800 almost brand new washing machine to the curb a month ago. 2 years old and we didn’t like it from the beginning. Didn’t have that, uh, center post thing in it. Don’t remember the name of it at this moment. Just a big stainless steel barrel.
2 months ago it started acting up and I suspected the “programming was off”. It cost me $85 to have a dood come out, look at his phone, and tell me blah blah blah, it’ll cost $600 or more to fix it. A $600 repair on a 2 year old $800 washing machine.
Does that seem right to you?
Me neither.
So I did about a weeks worth of intense researching and bought a GE with a center post and a 3 year warranty for $846.55, installed and they took the old one away.
We’ll see…..
Just remembered: agitator
Washing machine tech has been “evolving” these last 20 years. The detergents are phosphate-free. Something’s got to give. So they agitate your clothes longer in detergent solutions that are not as effective as the old stuff. For the “extra-soiled” cycles, it takes 1.5 hours now in the washer. It wears out your clothes faster. So they add in “Quick Wash” and “Delicate” cycles. I have started experimenting with old tech: pre-soaking whites in “Washing Soda” or “Borax Washing Booster” in a bucket in the tub. It’s inconvenient and I’m not sure it works like they say it did and does. I did that when I noticed after buying some new white undershirts, that they were brilliant white compared to my older ones which I had though were white but now look sort of brown or grey.
Granny Fleming had a big open washing tub with an agitator down in the basement, and a dual-roller wringer to get the clothes ready for drying. They were both motor driven. I don’t remember how the wash water was changed from wash to rinse. But I do remember us kids being mighty fascinated when we came to visit, peeking into the tub and watching mom and grandma wringing the clothes through the rollers before taking them outside to line-dry. Those are happy memories. These days, clothes go into a box, then another box, and come out dry and ready to wear. Back then, laundry was a highly-visible human-involved process. Progress: something is gained, and some things are lost.
DD re-did our kitchen about 4 years ago. We have had two microwaves replaced. The midpriced refrigerator is a joke. The main burner on the stove has burned out just recently.and the high end dishwasher was replaced almost immediately. None of th
I am a lucky girl! We bought a brand new Maytag no computers but it does have an agitator fourteen years ago.We used it for two people for two months and then it was put away in storage. DH was 79 years young when he decided to drag that thing out of storage up onto a U haul and drag it into the house. Just him and me–but, mostly him. DAMN I love that machine. The lid does not lock me out I have simple choices, I can throw that odd ball sock after the thing has started (it’s a top loader) and I can use any kind of soap I want. PLUS the amazing thing is that the clothes come out looking, smelling, and feeling CLEAN !They have a $1500 Speed Queen that will do nearly the same thing (you have to pay extra to keep the lid from locking). With DT in office I suspect this whole bogus washing machine/special soap thing will be undone.
I wanna know what flavor ice cream?
black cherry
Tomorrow Shannon and me are gonna step outside our comfort zone of vanilla ice cream – the only flavor her and me have eaten in 10+ years. (Shannon has a problem pronouncing “V”s so she calls it Bonella.
At the store today I got some Butter Pecan. (don’t tell her, it’s a surprise)
She’s gonna be knocked out cold when she tastes that stuff.