| Nancy Young |
Do you disagree with me? This refrigerator with a built in tv.
I can just see it now, the tv breaks, you have to get someone in to
fix it for like $1000, then the next time, they don't make that any
more and no tv will fit into the opening so you're screwed. Never
mind how much room does it take out of the refrigerator compartment?
nancy
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| Steve Calvin |
Nancy Young wrote:
> Do you disagree with me? This refrigerator with a built in tv.
>
> I can just see it now, the tv breaks, you have to get someone in to
> fix it for like $1000, then the next time, they don't make that any
> more and no tv will fit into the opening so you're screwed. Never
> mind how much room does it take out of the refrigerator compartment?
>
> nancy
I thought that you were "funnin'" us.... but nooooooooo.
Un-freekin-believable!
http://tinyurl.com/3sm9m
--
Steve
Experience is a wonderful thing. It enables you to recognize a mistake
when you make it again.
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| Dog3 |
Nancy Young <qwerty@monmouth.com> news:414B709E.79262022@monmouth.com:
>
> Do you disagree with me? This refrigerator with a built in tv.
>
> I can just see it now, the tv breaks, you have to get someone in to
> fix it for like $1000, then the next time, they don't make that any
> more and no tv will fit into the opening so you're screwed. Never
> mind how much room does it take out of the refrigerator compartment?
>
> nancy
>
Where in God's name did you see this aparatus? ROFLMAO! I wonder how it
gets along with the ice maker?
Michael
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"I stayed up all night playing poker with tarot cards. I got a full house
and four people died.
-Steven Wright
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| Nancy Young |
Steve Calvin wrote:
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> Nancy Young wrote:
>
> > Do you disagree with me? This refrigerator with a built in tv.
> >
> > I can just see it now, the tv breaks, you have to get someone in to
> > fix it for like $1000, then the next time, they don't make that any
> > more and no tv will fit into the opening so you're screwed. Never
> > mind how much room does it take out of the refrigerator compartment?
> I thought that you were "funnin'" us.... but nooooooooo.
> Un-freekin-believable!
(laughing!!!!) I wish I had that kind of imagination. I just see
the commercial and think, how friggin stupid is that?
nancy
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| PaulaGarlic |
"Dog3" <dognospam@adjfkdla;not> wrote in message
news:Xns9567BC94C3816defaultproxyoscar@216.168.3.44...
> Nancy Young <qwerty@monmouth.com> news:414B709E.79262022@monmouth.com:
>
> >
> > Do you disagree with me? This refrigerator with a built in tv.
> >
> > I can just see it now, the tv breaks, you have to get someone in to
> > fix it for like $1000, then the next time, they don't make that any
> > more and no tv will fit into the opening so you're screwed. Never
> > mind how much room does it take out of the refrigerator compartment?
> >
> > nancy
> >
>
> Where in God's name did you see this aparatus? ROFLMAO! I wonder how it
> gets along with the ice maker?
>
> Michael
I saw one at a Best Buy a couple of months ago...late July or so. It just
seemed so pathetic. I certainly don't want one.
Paula
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| Nancy Young |
Dog3 wrote:
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> Nancy Young <qwerty@monmouth.com> news:414B709E.79262022@monmouth.com:
>
> >
> > Do you disagree with me? This refrigerator with a built in tv.
> >
> > I can just see it now, the tv breaks, you have to get someone in to
> > fix it for like $1000, then the next time, they don't make that any
> > more and no tv will fit into the opening so you're screwed. Never
> > mind how much room does it take out of the refrigerator compartment?
> Where in God's name did you see this aparatus? ROFLMAO! I wonder how it
> gets along with the ice maker?
Where else, FoodTV commercial. Yeah! The in door ice and water
dispenser have to get along, they can't just run away. One's in
the freezer door, the tv next door over.
nancy
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| PENMART01 |
>Nancy Young writes:
>
>Do you disagree with me? This refrigerator with a built in tv.
>
>I can just see it now, the tv breaks, you have to get someone in to
>fix it for like $1000, then the next time, they don't make that any
>more and no tv will fit into the opening so you're screwed. Never
>mind how much room does it take out of the refrigerator compartment?
A flat screen tv wouldn't take up any interior room... but what point is there
to a tv built into the fridge... I'd much rather have a stand alone small
screen tv, then I can place it wherever.
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---= Move UNITED NATIONS To Paris =---
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| Rich |
"Nancy Young" <qwerty@monmouth.com> wrote in message
news:414B709E.79262022@monmouth.com...
>
> Do you disagree with me? This refrigerator with a built in tv.
>
> I can just see it now, the tv breaks, you have to get someone in to
> fix it for like $1000, then the next time, they don't make that any
> more and no tv will fit into the opening so you're screwed. Never
> mind how much room does it take out of the refrigerator compartment?
>
> nancy
I agree...stupid idea! Another way to get another buck. Plus, it's pretty
bad when you can't do without television while in the kitchen...it's our
lazy society.
Rich
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| Steve Calvin |
Rich wrote:
> "Nancy Young" <qwerty@monmouth.com> wrote in message
> news:414B709E.79262022@monmouth.com...
>
>>Do you disagree with me? This refrigerator with a built in tv.
>>
>>I can just see it now, the tv breaks, you have to get someone in to
>>fix it for like $1000, then the next time, they don't make that any
>>more and no tv will fit into the opening so you're screwed. Never
>>mind how much room does it take out of the refrigerator compartment?
>>
>>nancy
>
>
>
> I agree...stupid idea! Another way to get another buck. Plus, it's pretty
> bad when you can't do without television while in the kitchen...it's our
> lazy society.
>
> Rich
>
>
I don't understand how that's lazy but I agree it's pretty bad. Next
thing ya know they'll be built into bathrooms, assuming they aren't
already. Give me some music when I'm cookin' or good conversation.
--
Steve
Experience is a wonderful thing. It enables you to recognize a mistake
when you make it again.
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| Dog3 |
penmart01@aol.como (PENMART01)
news:20040917194314.15758.00000670@mb-m13.aol.com:
>>Nancy Young writes:
>>
>>Do you disagree with me? This refrigerator with a built in tv.
>>
>>I can just see it now, the tv breaks, you have to get someone in to
>>fix it for like $1000, then the next time, they don't make that any
>>more and no tv will fit into the opening so you're screwed. Never
>>mind how much room does it take out of the refrigerator compartment?
>
> A flat screen tv wouldn't take up any interior room... but what point
> is there to a tv built into the fridge... I'd much rather have a stand
> alone small screen tv, then I can place it wherever.
Agreed. In my kitchen a TV built into the fridge would be wasted. Who is
going to sit there and look at a television hook onto/into the
refrigerator?
Michael
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"I stayed up all night playing poker with tarot cards. I got a full house
and four people died.
-Steven Wright
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| PENMART01 |
Steve Calvin writes:
>
>Rich wrote:
>> "Nancy Young" wrote:
>>
>>>Do you disagree with me? This refrigerator with a built in tv.
>>>
>>>I can just see it now, the tv breaks, you have to get someone in to
>>>fix it for like $1000, then the next time, they don't make that any
>>>more and no tv will fit into the opening so you're screwed. Never
>>>mind how much room does it take out of the refrigerator compartment?
>>
>> I agree...stupid idea! Another way to get another buck. Plus, it's pretty
>> bad when you can't do without television while in the kitchen...it's our
>> lazy society.
>
>I don't understand how that's lazy but I agree it's pretty bad. Next
>thing ya know they'll be built into bathrooms, assuming they aren't
>already. Give me some music when I'm cookin' or good conversation.
TVs are already built into bathrooms, have been for many years... the first
time I saw one was more than 20 years ago in Las Vegas, a 13" color tv in the
wall directily in front of the commode.
What was really wierd was I had a confirmed reservation but somehow my room was
given to someone so they gave me a honeymoon suite at no extra charge.. it was
quite a room, giant round bed with a gated wrought iron fence all around (guess
to lock in the prey), and a smokey mirrored ceiling! The bath was huge, with a
really neat over sized marble multi-headed glass enclosed shower... actually
had a big marble slab on one wall of the shower (I suppose to sit on while
clipping your toenails, hehe). I could understand the red heart shaped jetted
tub for two a few steps from the bed, but why the TV right opposite the
commode.. why the heck would honeymooners need to waste time with Days of Our
Lives?
---= BOYCOTT FRANCE (belgium) GERMANY--SPAIN =---
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| notbob |
On 2004-09-17, Nancy Young <qwerty@monmouth.com> wrote:
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> Do you disagree with me? This refrigerator with a built in tv.
I don't see what's so unusual about a tv built into a refrigerator. I know
lots of folks that have a tv in the kitchen. Seemns like a good place to
put it, a real space saver. Besides, with most of the newer upscale
fridges, the tv is really a computer and the idea is to have a dedicated
computer to help keep track of your pantry, menus, etc. The long range goal
is to have self scanning refrigerators that keep track of what is, or
isn't, in the fridge and automatically re-ordering groceries to on-line grocers
that will deliver. Naturally, this is just another case of inventing
another bogus feature and then convincing us we need it. I can just see
a whole new genre of magazines on how to hack your fridge so it WON'T
automatically reorder a weeks worth of Marie Callender chicken pot pies.
nb
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| PENMART01 |
>Steve Calvin writes:
>
>PENMART01 wrote:
><snip>
but why the TV right opposite the
>> commode.. why the heck would honeymooners need to waste time with Days of
>Our
>> Lives?
>>
>
>In Vegas, I'd believe it. Can't understand wanting to sit on the
>"throne" and watch the game but eh... <shrug>
>
>I hope the hell you weren't alone in that room! ;-)
What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. ;)
---= BOYCOTT FRANCE (belgium) GERMANY--SPAIN =---
---= Move UNITED NATIONS To Paris =---
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"Life would be devoid of all meaning were it without tribulation."
Sheldon
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| Nancy Young |
notbob wrote:
>
> On 2004-09-17, Nancy Young <qwerty@monmouth.com> wrote:
> >
> > Do you disagree with me? This refrigerator with a built in tv.
>
> I don't see what's so unusual about a tv built into a refrigerator. I know
> lots of folks that have a tv in the kitchen. Seemns like a good place to
> put it, a real space saver.
I think you completely missed my point, no offense.
nancy
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| Richard Periut |
Nancy Young wrote:
> notbob wrote:
>
>>On 2004-09-17, Nancy Young <qwerty@monmouth.com> wrote:
>>
>>>Do you disagree with me? This refrigerator with a built in tv.
>>
>>I don't see what's so unusual about a tv built into a refrigerator. I know
>>lots of folks that have a tv in the kitchen. Seemns like a good place to
>>put it, a real space saver.
>
>
> I think you completely missed my point, no offense.
>
> nancy
I have one mounted on my wall with a swivel apparatus. Doesn't clutter
the kitchen nor the table, serves as a source of entertainment while
eating (the kids stick in the fav CD movie,) and at night, I use it to
smoke my cigar in the kitchen, with the exhaust on full blast.
Rich
--
"Dum Spiro, Spero."
As long as I breath, I hope.
Cicero
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| Wayne |
Steve Calvin <calvins@optonline.net> wrote in
news:2r1c02F11ta4kU1@uni-berlin.de:
> Rich wrote:
>
>> "Nancy Young" <qwerty@monmouth.com> wrote in message
>> news:414B709E.79262022@monmouth.com...
>>
>>>Do you disagree with me? This refrigerator with a built in tv.
>>>
>>>I can just see it now, the tv breaks, you have to get someone in to
>>>fix it for like $1000, then the next time, they don't make that any
>>>more and no tv will fit into the opening so you're screwed. Never
>>>mind how much room does it take out of the refrigerator compartment?
>>>
>>>nancy
>>
>>
>>
>> I agree...stupid idea! Another way to get another buck. Plus, it's
>> pretty bad when you can't do without television while in the
>> kitchen...it's our lazy society.
>>
>> Rich
>>
>>
>
> I don't understand how that's lazy but I agree it's pretty bad. Next
> thing ya know they'll be built into bathrooms, assuming they aren't
> already. Give me some music when I'm cookin' or good conversation.
>
There are high-end spas with flat screen TVs.
http://tinyurl.com/3khcx
Sharper Image has a TV that you can hang in the shower.
http://tinyurl.com/47jbb
--
Wayne in Phoenix
unmunge as w-e-b
*If there's a nit to pick, some nitwit will pick it.
*A mind is a terrible thing to lose.
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| Wayne |
Nancy Young <qwerty@monmouth.com> wrote in news:414B709E.79262022
@monmouth.com:
>
> Do you disagree with me? This refrigerator with a built in tv.
>
> I can just see it now, the tv breaks, you have to get someone in to
> fix it for like $1000, then the next time, they don't make that any
> more and no tv will fit into the opening so you're screwed. Never
> mind how much room does it take out of the refrigerator compartment?
>
> nancy
Depends on how much money you have to burn. I believe there are some
that have Internet connectivity as well.
I do have a TV in the kitchen with a built-in DVD player. It's great if
you have any cooking material on DVD.
--
Wayne in Phoenix
unmunge as w-e-b
*If there's a nit to pick, some nitwit will pick it.
*A mind is a terrible thing to lose.
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| Nancy Young |
notbob wrote:
>
> On 2004-09-18, Nancy Young <qwerty@monmouth.com> wrote:
>
> > I think you completely missed my point, no offense.
>
> Not entirely outside the realm of possibilty!
>
> (uuhm ...what was the point? ;)
That if it breaks, you're stuck with a broken tv in your refrigerator
if they don't make that any more. Which I bet they won't be for long.
nancy
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| Nancy Young |
notbob wrote:
>
> On 2004-09-18, Nancy Young <qwerty@monmouth.com> wrote:
>
> > That if it breaks, you're stuck with a broken tv in your refrigerator
> > if they don't make that any more. Which I bet they won't be for long.
>
> Yeah but... but... uhmm.... oh yeah...
>
> In which case you could drill a hole in it and make it into an arctic
> aquarium. :)
(laughing) I admire your imagination.
nancy (wouldn't buy a tv/vcr combo, either)
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| Edwin Pawlowski |
"Nancy Young" <qwerty@monmouth.com> wrote in message
news:414B709E.79262022@monmouth.com...
>
> Do you disagree with me? This refrigerator with a built in tv.
>
> I can just see it now, the tv breaks, you have to get someone in to
> fix it for like $1000, then the next time, they don't make that any
> more and no tv will fit into the opening so you're screwed. Never
> mind how much room does it take out of the refrigerator compartment?
>
> nancy
Dumber than dumb.
It is about the right height if you are sitting, but too low if you are
standing and cooking.
I wonder what you do if the TV breaks. Do you have to send out the freezer
door to get it repaired?
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| Jessica V. |
Nancy Young wrote:
> Do you disagree with me? This refrigerator with a built in tv.
>
> I can just see it now, the tv breaks, you have to get someone in to
> fix it for like $1000, then the next time, they don't make that any
> more and no tv will fit into the opening so you're screwed. Never
> mind how much room does it take out of the refrigerator compartment?
>
> nancy
So we are now running cable wire to the back of the fridge, where does
the digital cable box go? In the crisper drawer? The fridge TV has to
have cable because the Food Network can't be had with an antena.
A big ole roast falls out of the freezer and in ones attempt to catch it
the screen get broken. I had a tv in the kitchen as all I ever did was
listen to the news it was replaced with a radio. AM stations carry the
news too.
Jessica
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| zuuum |
"Nancy Young" <qwerty@monmouth.com> wrote in message
news:414B745E.2AA691B0@monmouth.com...
> Steve Calvin wrote:
>>
>> Nancy Young wrote:
>>
>> > Do you disagree with me? This refrigerator with a built in tv.
>> >
>> > I can just see it now, the tv breaks, you have to get someone in to
>> > fix it for like $1000, then the next time, they don't make that any
>> > more and no tv will fit into the opening so you're screwed. Never
>> > mind how much room does it take out of the refrigerator compartment?
>
>> I thought that you were "funnin'" us.... but nooooooooo.
>> Un-freekin-believable!
>
> (laughing!!!!) I wish I had that kind of imagination. I just see
> the commercial and think, how friggin stupid is that?
>
> nancy
LOL.. I saw that thing advertised somewhere about 2 weeks ago. All I could
do was shake my head at the love affair some have with television. But,
hey... Cook along with Emeril??? Bam!!! Oh, that was the door slamming,
never mind.
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| Paul M. Cook©® |
"Nancy Young" <qwerty@monmouth.com> wrote in message
news:414B709E.79262022@monmouth.com...
>
> Do you disagree with me? This refrigerator with a built in tv.
>
> I can just see it now, the tv breaks, you have to get someone in to
> fix it for like $1000, then the next time, they don't make that any
> more and no tv will fit into the opening so you're screwed. Never
> mind how much room does it take out of the refrigerator compartment?
My thoughts exactly as I watched the commercial for it last night with a
father and son gazing into it in a drug-like stupor.
Paul
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| Jamie_Canuck |
Xref: 127.0.0.1 rec.food.cooking:1004457
"Nancy Young" <qwerty@monmouth.com> wrote in message
news:414B709E.79262022@monmouth.com...
>
> Do you disagree with me? This refrigerator with a built in tv.
>
> I can just see it now, the tv breaks, you have to get someone in to
> fix it for like $1000, then the next time, they don't make that any
> more and no tv will fit into the opening so you're screwed. Never
> mind how much room does it take out of the refrigerator compartment?
>
> nancy
I agree that it's a silly idea.....i mean wht if it's at the wrong angle for
viewing... do people leave the door open to see better. lol.
The other recent dumb appliance (in my opinion) i''ve noticed is the combo
microwave oven - toaster... i mean i've probably gone through 3 toasters in
the length of time i've had my microwave. Either way, one is bound to break
before the other.
Silly i tells ya.
http://store.yahoo.com/comfort1st/dacomiovw2sl.html
Just my $12.00 CDN $.02 US
J.
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| Grismalkin |
>>Nancy Young writes:
>>
>>Do you disagree with me? This refrigerator with a built in tv.
>>
>>I can just see it now, the tv breaks, you have to get someone in to
>>fix it for like $1000, then the next time, they don't make that any
>>more and no tv will fit into the opening so you're screwed. Never
>>mind how much room does it take out of the refrigerator compartment?
>
>A flat screen tv wouldn't take up any interior room... but what point is
>there
>to a tv built into the fridge... I'd much rather have a stand alone small
>screen tv, then I can place it wherever.
>
In our 50's house (sort of like on the Dick Van Dyke Show) the south wall of
the kitchen is open to the hall that opens to the dining room. The guy we
bought the house from built in a spot for a 13 inch tv in the hall so we can
watch it from the kitchen table or I can have it on when I cook. When I'm
doing something tedious to prepare a meal the tv helps, as I can catch the news
or something.
It really surprised me that our friend recently got a tv in her kitchen. In
years I had never seen a tv in her house and thought she didn't watch tv. She
is a longterm-vegetarian-harpist-Boulder-type.
Each to their own, but I like my kitchen tv.
BOYCOTT FRANCE (belgium) GERMANY--SPAIN =---
> ---= Move UNITED NATIONS To Paris =---
> *********
>"Life would be devoid of all meaning were it without tribulation."
>Sheldon
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| Gregory Morrow |
PENMART01 wrote:
> What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. ;)
Now Sheldon are you sure you didn't get the pissoir mixed up with the
bidet...???
--
Best
Greg
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| Kevintsheehy |
On 9/17/2004, Nancy wrote:
>Do you disagree with me? This refrigerator with a built in tv.
How about a TV with a built in refrigerator.
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| Andy |
Nancy Young <qwerty@monmouth.com> wrote in news:414B709E.79262022
@monmouth.com:
>
> Do you disagree with me? This refrigerator with a built in tv.
>
> I can just see it now, the tv breaks, you have to get someone in to
> fix it for like $1000, then the next time, they don't make that any
> more and no tv will fit into the opening so you're screwed. Never
> mind how much room does it take out of the refrigerator compartment?
>
> nancy
Designed by Homer Simpson for Homer Simpson.
Andy
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| Goomba38 |
PaulaGarlic wrote:
>
> I saw one at a Best Buy a couple of months ago...late July or so. It just
> seemed so pathetic. I certainly don't want one.
>
> Paula
I just saw it at Best Buy this week. Great
picture, lame idea. But I feel that way about
those huge, huge televisions on the market
nowadays too. Entire rooms situated around the
television. Sad.
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| Jack Schidt® |
"Nancy Young" <qwerty@monmouth.com> wrote in message
news:414B709E.79262022@monmouth.com...
>
> Do you disagree with me? This refrigerator with a built in tv.
>
> I can just see it now, the tv breaks, you have to get someone in to
> fix it for like $1000, then the next time, they don't make that any
> more and no tv will fit into the opening so you're screwed. Never
> mind how much room does it take out of the refrigerator compartment?
>
> nancy
And yet the TV actors look like otherwise intelligent people..
Dunno, that's a bridge too far for me. And all your reasons against such a
lame-ass purchase are valid.
Jack LD
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| Dog3 |
"Gregory Morrow" <gregorymorrowLUCKBEALADYTONIGHT@earthlink.net>
news:LKR2d.5389$mb6.2606@newsread3.news.atl.earthlink.net:
>
> PENMART01 wrote:
>
>> What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. ;)
>
>
> Now Sheldon are you sure you didn't get the pissoir mixed up with the
> bidet...???
>
I have a bidet story. My friend Lynn had bought an old house in one of the
historic districts here in St. Louis. She was rehabbing and had it mostly
finished but the painting. We were having bloody marys the morning the
painter arrived. He had brought his 10 year old son with him. Well, to
keep it short, the kid thought the bidet was the toilet and took a dump in
it. The father was furious with him. Betcha' that kid is still in
therapy.
Michael
--
"I stayed up all night playing poker with tarot cards. I got a full house
and four people died.
-Steven Wright
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| Dog3 |
"Jack Schidt®" <jack-schidt@snot.net>
news:RfV2d.1858$7S2.1749@newssvr16.news.prodigy.com:
>
> "Nancy Young" <qwerty@monmouth.com> wrote in message
> news:414B709E.79262022@monmouth.com...
>>
>> Do you disagree with me? This refrigerator with a built in tv.
>>
>> I can just see it now, the tv breaks, you have to get someone in to
>> fix it for like $1000, then the next time, they don't make that any
>> more and no tv will fit into the opening so you're screwed. Never
>> mind how much room does it take out of the refrigerator compartment?
>>
>> nancy
>
> And yet the TV actors look like otherwise intelligent people..
>
> Dunno, that's a bridge too far for me. And all your reasons against
> such a lame-ass purchase are valid.
>
> Jack LD
IMO the purchaser has way too much time and money on their hands. I'll
stick with the portable DVD player and the laptop for dinnertime
entertainment.
Michael
--
"I stayed up all night playing poker with tarot cards. I got a full house
and four people died.
-Steven Wright
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| Jack Schidt® |
"Dog3" <dognospam@adjfkdla;not> wrote in message
news:Xns95684F55F88FAdefaultproxyoscar@216.168.3.44...
> "Jack Schidt®" <jack-schidt@snot.net>
> news:RfV2d.1858$7S2.1749@newssvr16.news.prodigy.com:
>
>>
>> "Nancy Young" <qwerty@monmouth.com> wrote in message
>> news:414B709E.79262022@monmouth.com...
>>>
>>> Do you disagree with me? This refrigerator with a built in tv.
>>>
>>> I can just see it now, the tv breaks, you have to get someone in to
>>> fix it for like $1000, then the next time, they don't make that any
>>> more and no tv will fit into the opening so you're screwed. Never
>>> mind how much room does it take out of the refrigerator compartment?
>>>
>>> nancy
>>
>> And yet the TV actors look like otherwise intelligent people..
>>
>> Dunno, that's a bridge too far for me. And all your reasons against
>> such a lame-ass purchase are valid.
>>
>> Jack LD
>
> IMO the purchaser has way too much time and money on their hands. I'll
> stick with the portable DVD player and the laptop for dinnertime
> entertainment.
>
I must be a rube; I'm entertained by what's on the plate!
Jack Gravy
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"Jamie_Canuck" <jamie_canuck@rogers.com> wrote in
news:YSQ2d.11172$RTE1.7416@news01.bloor.is.net.cable.rogers.com:
>
> "Nancy Young" <qwerty@monmouth.com> wrote in message
> news:414B709E.79262022@monmouth.com...
>>
>> Do you disagree with me? This refrigerator with a built in tv.
>>
>> I can just see it now, the tv breaks, you have to get someone in to
>> fix it for like $1000, then the next time, they don't make that any
>> more and no tv will fit into the opening so you're screwed. Never
>> mind how much room does it take out of the refrigerator compartment?
>>
>> nancy
>
> I agree that it's a silly idea.....i mean wht if it's at the wrong
> angle for viewing... do people leave the door open to see better. lol.
>
> The other recent dumb appliance (in my opinion) i''ve noticed is the
> combo microwave oven - toaster... i mean i've probably gone through 3
> toasters in the length of time i've had my microwave. Either way, one
> is bound to break before the other.
>
> Silly i tells ya.
>
> http://store.yahoo.com/comfort1st/dacomiovw2sl.html
>
> Just my $12.00 CDN $.02 US
>
> J.
>
>
>
I truely enjoy my convection oven/microwave...this option allowed me to
pitch my toaster oven and get a true toaster. I find that most toaster
ovens don't make decent toast. But it is hard to warm up or bake/roast in a
standard toaster, and a stand alone microwave isn't that useful, as it
doesn't cook things well. I mean that lots of Nuked foods don't taste that
good. Plus since I recently got a convection oven in my new stove, these
ovens are smaller than conventional ovens, at least mine is. And having the
option of the addtional convection oven makes large dinners parties way
more managable. I mean when your hosting thanksgiving or Xmas at your house
you can cook the "bird" in one and any casseroles in the other.
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Last year's nuts must go.
- Michael Odom
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"Jack Schidt®" <jack-schidt@snot.net>
news:aLW2d.5748$FD7.3746@newssvr15.news.prodigy.com:
>
> "Dog3" <dognospam@adjfkdla;not> wrote in message
> news:Xns95684F55F88FAdefaultproxyoscar@216.168.3.44...
>> "Jack Schidt®" <jack-schidt@snot.net>
>> news:RfV2d.1858$7S2.1749@newssvr16.news.prodigy.com:
>>
>>>
>>> "Nancy Young" <qwerty@monmouth.com> wrote in message
>>> news:414B709E.79262022@monmouth.com...
>>>>
>>>> Do you disagree with me? This refrigerator with a built in tv.
>>>>
>>>> I can just see it now, the tv breaks, you have to get someone in to
>>>> fix it for like $1000, then the next time, they don't make that any
>>>> more and no tv will fit into the opening so you're screwed. Never
>>>> mind how much room does it take out of the refrigerator compartment?
>>>>
>>>> nancy
>>>
>>> And yet the TV actors look like otherwise intelligent people..
>>>
>>> Dunno, that's a bridge too far for me. And all your reasons against
>>> such a lame-ass purchase are valid.
>>>
>>> Jack LD
>>
>> IMO the purchaser has way too much time and money on their hands. I'll
>> stick with the portable DVD player and the laptop for dinnertime
>> entertainment.
>>
>
> I must be a rube; I'm entertained by what's on the plate!
>
> Jack Gravy
But you actually cook. I'm a pseudo cook during the week. On the weekends
it's Michael's Bistro, BBQ and anything else I can destroy the kitchen
with. I *do* have big knives.
Michael
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"I stayed up all night playing poker with tarot cards. I got a full house
and four people died.
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| Phred |
In article <Xns9567C5F0C26D6defaultproxyoscar@216.168.3.44>, Dog3 <dognospam@adjfkdla;not> wrote:
>penmart01@aol.como (PENMART01)
>news:20040917194314.15758.00000670@mb-m13.aol.com:
>>>Nancy Young writes:
>>>
>>>Do you disagree with me? This refrigerator with a built in tv.
>>>
>>>I can just see it now, the tv breaks, you have to get someone in to
>>>fix it for like $1000, then the next time, they don't make that any
>>>more and no tv will fit into the opening so you're screwed. Never
>>>mind how much room does it take out of the refrigerator compartment?
>>
>> A flat screen tv wouldn't take up any interior room... but what point
>> is there to a tv built into the fridge... I'd much rather have a stand
>> alone small screen tv, then I can place it wherever.
>
>Agreed. In my kitchen a TV built into the fridge would be wasted. Who is
>going to sit there and look at a television hook onto/into the
>refrigerator?
Yeah. Much more practical to have it built into the stove so you can
watch it while following those recipes that want you to stir things
for three minutes every five minutes. ;-)
Cheers, Phred.
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ppnerkDELETE@THISyahoo.com.INVALID
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| Kevintsheehy |
ppnerk wrote (9/18/2004)
<snip>
>Yeah. Much more practical to have it built into the stove so
>you can watch it while following those recipes that want you to
>stir things for three minutes every five minutes. ;-)
How about a TV with a built in stove?
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| Jack Schidt® |
"Dog3" <dognospam@adjfkdla;not> wrote in message
news:Xns95685B48D5A15defaultproxyoscar@216.168.3.44...
>
> But you actually cook. I'm a pseudo cook during the week. On the weekends
> it's Michael's Bistro, BBQ and anything else I can destroy the kitchen
> with. I *do* have big knives.
....and we all know what they say about guys with big knives. ell oh ell.
Jack Messer
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| Rick & Cyndi |
"zuuum" <zuuum@nowhere.net> wrote in message
news:10knaokd66oqjd8@corp.supernews.com...
>
> "Nancy Young" <qwerty@monmouth.com> wrote in message
> news:414B745E.2AA691B0@monmouth.com...
>> Steve Calvin wrote:
>>>
>>> Nancy Young wrote:
>>>
>>> > Do you disagree with me? This refrigerator with a built in tv.
>>> >
>>> > I can just see it now, the tv breaks, you have to get someone in to
>>> > fix it for like $1000, then the next time, they don't make that any
>>> > more and no tv will fit into the opening so you're screwed. Never
>>> > mind how much room does it take out of the refrigerator compartment?
>>
>>> I thought that you were "funnin'" us.... but nooooooooo.
>>> Un-freekin-believable!
>>
>> (laughing!!!!) I wish I had that kind of imagination. I just see
>> the commercial and think, how friggin stupid is that?
>>
>> nancy
>
> LOL.. I saw that thing advertised somewhere about 2 weeks ago. All I
> could do was shake my head at the love affair some have with television.
> But, hey... Cook along with Emeril??? Bam!!! Oh, that was the door
> slamming, never mind.
>==============
<shrug> Way too ... ? ... but I suppose I could see some people that might
do that if they have a small kitchen and/or like to cook or watch TV while
in there. But then again, they'd be paying an extra $ 1 - 2k extra for the
TV... for that kind of money I'd put that towards my deposit/down payment to
buy a place with a bigger kitchen!
Priorities vs. money. Interesting concept.
Cyndi
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One time on Usenet, Steve Calvin <calvins@optonline.net> said:
> Nancy Young wrote:
> > Do you disagree with me? This refrigerator with a built in tv.
> > I can just see it now, the tv breaks, you have to get someone in to
> > fix it for like $1000, then the next time, they don't make that any
> > more and no tv will fit into the opening so you're screwed. Never
> > mind how much room does it take out of the refrigerator compartment?
> I thought that you were "funnin'" us.... but nooooooooo.
> Un-freekin-believable!
> http://tinyurl.com/3sm9m
I can safely say that this is one appliance that I have absolutely
*no* desire to purchase. Sheesh...
--
J.J. in WA ~ mom, vid gamer, novice cook ~
"I rule you!" - Travis of the Cosmos, ATHF
(COLD to HOT for e-mail)
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| Wayne |
kevintsheehy@aol.com (Kevintsheehy) wrote in
news:20040918070324.17479.00000909@mb-m05.aol.com:
> On 9/17/2004, Nancy wrote:
>
>
>>Do you disagree with me? This refrigerator with a built in tv.
>
> How about a TV with a built in refrigerator.
>
>
>
With a remote that brings you the food?
--
Wayne in Phoenix
unmunge as w-e-b
*If there's a nit to pick, some nitwit will pick it.
*A mind is a terrible thing to lose.
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| The Cook |
Goomba38 <goomba38@comcast.net> wrote:
>Andy wrote:
>
>> http://home.comcast.net/~foxcat/big.jpg
>>
>> :(
>>
>> Andy
>
><sigh> and not a book or bookcase to be seen. Sad.
>And we wonder what's dumbing down our kids?
>Goomba
We spent a couple of months looking at houses and I do no remember any
of them that had any quantity of bookcases. One house had a
den/office with bookcase on the upper portion of one wall. It was the
kids room and had toys and games. Completely paneled in walnut too.
--
Susan N.
There are 10 types of people in the world. Those who understand binary and those who do not.
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| Gabby |
"The Cook" <susan_r23666@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:64lok01rrjdiknn5ca8q0tjricuvj8ie2n@4ax.com...
> Goomba38 <goomba38@comcast.net> wrote:
>
> >Andy wrote:
> >
> >> http://home.comcast.net/~foxcat/big.jpg
> >>
> >> :(
> >>
> >> Andy
> >
> ><sigh> and not a book or bookcase to be seen. Sad.
> >And we wonder what's dumbing down our kids?
> >Goomba
>
>
> We spent a couple of months looking at houses and I do no remember any
> of them that had any quantity of bookcases. One house had a
> den/office with bookcase on the upper portion of one wall. It was the
> kids room and had toys and games. Completely paneled in walnut too.
>
> --
> Susan N.
>
> There are 10 types of people in the world. Those who understand binary
and those who do not.
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| Gabby |
"The Cook" <susan_r23666@yahoo.com> wrote in message >
> We spent a couple of months looking at houses and I do no remember any
> of them that had any quantity of bookcases. One house had a
> den/office with bookcase on the upper portion of one wall. It was the
> kids room and had toys and games. Completely paneled in walnut too.
Ooohhh, I'd have made that my library. That's my biggest clutter in the
house -- books! They're everywhere and I swear they breed!
In spite of having been read to in the womb, the youngest child, now 20,
refuses to even pick up a newspaper, forget about a book. Needless to say,
he never considered university an option despite having the marks to allow
him to get there. He's going to work with his hands or die trying.
Gabby
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| Wayne |
kevintsheehy@aol.com (Kevintsheehy) wrote in
news:20040918101654.08240.00000803@mb-m18.aol.com:
> ppnerk wrote (9/18/2004)
>
> <snip>
>
>>Yeah. Much more practical to have it built into the stove so
>>you can watch it while following those recipes that want you to
>>stir things for three minutes every five minutes. ;-)
>
>
> How about a TV with a built in stove?
>
>
You could cook dinner on top of some of the old tube sets.
--
Wayne in Phoenix
unmunge as w-e-b
*If there's a nit to pick, some nitwit will pick it.
*A mind is a terrible thing to lose.
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| Jamie_Canuck |
"Alan_B" <not@valid.invalid> wrote in message
news:Xns956858C93A86Enotvalidinvalid@127.0.0.1...
> "Jamie_Canuck" <jamie_canuck@rogers.com> wrote in
> news:YSQ2d.11172$RTE1.7416@news01.bloor.is.net.cable.rogers.com:
>
> >
> > "Nancy Young" <qwerty@monmouth.com> wrote in message
> > news:414B709E.79262022@monmouth.com...
> >>
> >> Do you disagree with me? This refrigerator with a built in tv.
> >>
> >> I can just see it now, the tv breaks, you have to get someone in to
> >> fix it for like $1000, then the next time, they don't make that any
> >> more and no tv will fit into the opening so you're screwed. Never
> >> mind how much room does it take out of the refrigerator compartment?
> >>
> >> nancy
> >
> > I agree that it's a silly idea.....i mean wht if it's at the wrong
> > angle for viewing... do people leave the door open to see better. lol.
> >
> > The other recent dumb appliance (in my opinion) i''ve noticed is the
> > combo microwave oven - toaster... i mean i've probably gone through 3
> > toasters in the length of time i've had my microwave. Either way, one
> > is bound to break before the other.
> >
> > Silly i tells ya.
> >
> > http://store.yahoo.com/comfort1st/dacomiovw2sl.html
> >
> > Just my $12.00 CDN $.02 US
> >
> > J.
> >
> >
> >
>
> I truely enjoy my convection oven/microwave...this option allowed me to
> pitch my toaster oven and get a true toaster. I find that most toaster
> ovens don't make decent toast. But it is hard to warm up or bake/roast in
a
> standard toaster, and a stand alone microwave isn't that useful, as it
> doesn't cook things well. I mean that lots of Nuked foods don't taste that
> good. Plus since I recently got a convection oven in my new stove, these
> ovens are smaller than conventional ovens, at least mine is. And having
the
> option of the addtional convection oven makes large dinners parties way
> more managable. I mean when your hosting thanksgiving or Xmas at your
house
> you can cook the "bird" in one and any casseroles in the other.
>
> --
> Last year's nuts must go.
> - Michael Odom
I totally agree that a convection oven - micro combo would be handy... but
what i refer to is a 2 slice bread toaster built into the side of the oven.
J.
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| PENMART01 |
>Goomba38 writes:
>
>I just saw it at Best Buy this week. Great
>picture, lame idea. But I feel that way about
>those huge, huge televisions on the market
>nowadays too. Entire rooms situated around the
>television. Sad.
That's like saying it's sad to devote an entire garage space to a Maserati.
Not sad... perhaps plain old ignorance.
Hopefully the size of the room is correctly proportioned for the size of the
TV, kinda dumb to place so large a TV into a room so small that one can't sit
back far enough to appreciate the picture quality... like someone who will
never drive faster than 40mph buying a Maserati. Last year I broke down and
bought a 42" Sony wide screen hi def for my 22' x 18' bedroom... lovely -
$3,000 very well spent... but I'd not suggest that size/type TV for a room very
much smaller. I can never go back to my old style 23", the tremendous
difference is instantly perceptible... would be like discarding CDs and going
back to 78rpm Victrolas. The TV manufacturers publish charts that indicate
viewing distances for various sizes and types of TVs... for instance, the huge
(60"+) rear projection TVs require very long viewing distances, whereas the
vast majority of homes will not have rooms large enough to accomodate such
behemouths. I already purchased a matching VCR-DVD combo, my next step is to
purchase a proper surround sound system. I didn't go to movies much before but
now with my new TV I will probably never again go to a movie theater... today's
movie theaters are crap anyway, literally a smallish c-ment alley way, with
teensy hard seats and surrounded by a bunch of noisey smelly unbathed
inconsiderate A-holes and rug rats... maybe yoose enjoy being crammed in like
sardines with the dregs of the earth but I much prefer enjoying movies from the
comfort and peaceful sanctuary of my own home, where I can hit pause and take
an intermission anytime I want. It's easy to rationalize that one doesn't
need or shouldn't have something, but without conducting proper research that
is merely sour grapes and/or ignorance talking... with your kind of rationale
you shouldn't be using a PC, simply holler out the kitchen window across the
alley to chat with your neighbor... "Hey, Anna, how yoose cooka da calamari, do
yoose likea da testicles too?" hehehe
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| Derek Lyons |
Goomba38 <goomba38@comcast.net> wrote:
>Andy wrote:
>
>> http://home.comcast.net/~foxcat/big.jpg
>>
>
><sigh> and not a book or bookcase to be seen.
<sigh> What an *amazing* assumption to make... Considering you can't
see anything but a fraction of the house.
D.
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Touch-twice life. Eat. Drink. Laugh.
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The Cook <susan_r23666@yahoo.com> wrote:
>We spent a couple of months looking at houses and I do no remember any
>of them that had any quantity of bookcases.
Hardly surprising. Bookcases have rarely been built into houses as
they completely deny the use of that wall for other purposes. (I.E.
this isn't a new thing, but goes back decades or centuries.) As a
general rule of thumb, if you do find a house with a large amount of
built in bookcases, it's a custom build or remodel.
D.
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Touch-twice life. Eat. Drink. Laugh.
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One time on Usenet, fairwater@gmail.com (Derek Lyons) said:
> The Cook <susan_r23666@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> >We spent a couple of months looking at houses and I do no remember any
> >of them that had any quantity of bookcases.
>
> Hardly surprising. Bookcases have rarely been built into houses as
> they completely deny the use of that wall for other purposes. (I.E.
> this isn't a new thing, but goes back decades or centuries.) As a
> general rule of thumb, if you do find a house with a large amount of
> built in bookcases, it's a custom build or remodel.
Makes sense to me. I've got tons of books, but all of our bookcases
were purchased after we bought the house. I wouldn't want them to be
built in, as we move furniture at least every couple of years...
--
J.J. in WA ~ mom, vid gamer, novice cook ~
"I rule you!" - Travis of the Cosmos, ATHF
(COLD to HOT for e-mail)
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| kalanamak |
Goomba38 wrote:
>
> PaulaGarlic wrote:
> >
> > I saw one at a Best Buy a couple of months ago...late July or so. It just
> > seemed so pathetic. I certainly don't want one.
> >
> > Paula
>
> I just saw it at Best Buy this week. Great
> picture, lame idea. But I feel that way about
> those huge, huge televisions on the market
> nowadays too. Entire rooms situated around the
> television. Sad.
Not if you are serious film buff, and live in the sticks. Some movies
just don't do will on 23 inches, and more and more great stuff appears
on DVD. Not that I have time for any of them these days, but back when I
could quote long stretches of obscure movies, I would have enjoyed one.
blacksalt
ObFood: Added one part cubed raw yam to two parts white potato in my
(almost) favourite soup recipe...very good.
Tomato Potato Soup (from From The Earth)
Heat a big pot with 2 1/2 T peanut oil.
Add 2 teas minced garlic
1 T minced ginger
Stir until garlic starts to tan
Add 1 2/3 C diced onion. Stir and let cook for 5 minutes on low heat
Turn heat up and add 3 C EACH diced tomato and potato.
Add 3-4 cups good saltless veggie stock (I used graham Kerr's, which
has a couple teas. of minced ginger in IT)
1 1/4 teas salt
1 1/4 teas sugar
Simmer until potato is soft but NOT falling apart.
Add 1/2 C chopped scallion and 1 teas. of the dark sesame oil
serve hot
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| stan@temple.edu |
Nancy Young <qwerty@monmouth.com> wrote:
> Do you disagree with me? This refrigerator with a built in tv.
> I can just see it now, the tv breaks, you have to get someone in to
> fix it for like $1000, then the next time, they don't make that any
> more and no tv will fit into the opening so you're screwed. Never
> mind how much room does it take out of the refrigerator compartment?
Maybe the idea isn't as stupid as it seems. Maybe. Think about it. You
could connect the TV to a computer and use it to display recipes. It might
also be cool to have a TV there so you can watch the news or whatever as
you cook or eat. The TV would also not take up any counter space. I saw
that refrigerater a few times at Best Buy, with the TV on, and for the $3K
price tag, I will pass.
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| stan@temple.edu |
Dog3 <dognospam@adjfkdla;not> wrote:
> Where in God's name did you see this aparatus? ROFLMAO! I wonder how it
> gets along with the ice maker?
Best Buy sells that refrigerator with the TV in it. I have seen it there
several times. Best Buy also sells that oven with the refrigerator built
in it too. Neither appliance is something I have any desire to own.
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| Wayne |
stan@temple.edu wrote in news:cij7eb$ime$3@cronkite.temple.edu:
> Dog3 <dognospam@adjfkdla;not> wrote:
>
>> Where in God's name did you see this aparatus? ROFLMAO! I wonder
>> how it gets along with the ice maker?
>
> Best Buy sells that refrigerator with the TV in it. I have seen it
> there several times. Best Buy also sells that oven with the
> refrigerator built in it too. Neither appliance is something I have
> any desire to own.
I'd pass on the refrigerator, but might actually consider the range with
the refrigeration capability if I wanted to spend that much money. We
leave home around 6:00am and often don't get home before 8:00pm. At that
hour after that long a day, I'm not often in the mood to cook a meal.
The option of storing something in the oven, having it cooked
automatically and ready for serving would put an end to many of my woes.
There are just so many meals cooked in a slow cooker than I can stomach
during the course of a week. In addition, 14 hours cooking in a slow
cooker is a bit long anyway.
--
Wayne in Phoenix
unmunge as w-e-b
*If there's a nit to pick, some nitwit will pick it.
*A mind is a terrible thing to lose.
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| Edwin Pawlowski |
"Wayne" <waynemunged@att.net> wrote in message
>
> I'd pass on the refrigerator, but might actually consider the range with
> the refrigeration capability if I wanted to spend that much money. We
> leave home around 6:00am and often don't get home before 8:00pm.
You are the target audience for that product. What is frivolous for most of
us is just the ticket for others.
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| Derek Lyons |
The Cook <susan_r23666@yahoo.com> wrote:
>I was not referring to only built-in bookcases. There were few if any
>books in the houses.
Again; hardly surprising. The type of folks that would fill their
house with books has always been a vast minority. A minority made
especially amusing by the habit of many of them of disparaging anyone
who doesn't have books.
D.
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Touch-twice life. Eat. Drink. Laugh.
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| Grismalkin |
>http://home.comcast.net/~foxcat/big.jpg
>>
>> :(
>>
>> Andy
>
><sigh> and not a book or bookcase to be seen. Sad.
>And we wonder what's dumbing down our kids?
>Goomba
>
I've only lived in one house with built-in bookcases.
What sort of surprises me is the people I know who have a room in their house
that they call "the library." One has a bookshelf going from the living room
to this "library": I have more shelf space for books in this room and I call
it my, well, room . Another couple has a room off the dining room with one
wall with built-in shelves. When I was cat-sitting for them they told me I was
welcome to borrow any of their books to read. I found nothing of interest.
Most of the books were old garage sale buys, I think, like best-sellers from
1975. I think I had already read all those back in 1975.
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notbob <notbob@nothome.com> wrote in message news:<RvL2d.451989$%_6.449805@attbi_s01>...
> On 2004-09-17, Nancy Young <qwerty@monmouth.com> wrote:
> >
> > Do you disagree with me? This refrigerator with a built in tv.
>
> I don't see what's so unusual about a tv built into a refrigerator. I know
> lots of folks that have a tv in the kitchen. Seemns like a good place to
> put it, a real space saver. Besides, with most of the newer upscale
> fridges, the tv is really a computer and the idea is to have a dedicated
> computer to help keep track of your pantry, menus, etc. The long range goal
> is to have self scanning refrigerators that keep track of what is, or
> isn't, in the fridge and automatically re-ordering groceries to on-line grocers
> that will deliver.
That must be somebody else's long-range goal. I wouldn't trust anybody
else to choose my produce or meat. If I'm going to the store for those,
why not pick up my own flour, ketchup, etc.?
>Naturally, this is just another case of inventing
> another bogus feature and then convincing us we need it. I can just see
> a whole new genre of magazines on how to hack your fridge so it WON'T
> automatically reorder a weeks worth of Marie Callender chicken pot pies.
Ah. I think it's a hardware problem. Just snip the Internet connection.
You know, they never think of hitting the Off switch when the crazy
computer is about to blow up the world. First, disable the uninterruptible
power supply, then hit the circuit breaker.
Cindy Hamilton
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| Phred |
In article <414eea1b.44643572@supernews.seanet.com>, fairwater@gmail.com (Derek Lyons) wrote:
>The Cook <susan_r23666@yahoo.com> wrote:
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>>I was not referring to only built-in bookcases. There were few if any
>>books in the houses.
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>Again; hardly surprising. The type of folks that would fill their
>house with books has always been a vast minority. A minority made
>especially amusing by the habit of many of them of disparaging anyone
>who doesn't have books.
Derek, I'm curious... What on earth is a "vast minority"? ;-)
Cheers, Phred.
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| J.J. in WA |
One time on Usenet, fairwater@gmail.com (Derek Lyons) said:
> The Cook <susan_r23666@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> >I was not referring to only built-in bookcases. There were few if any
> >books in the houses.
>
> Again; hardly surprising. The type of folks that would fill their
> house with books has always been a vast minority. A minority made
> especially amusing by the habit of many of them of disparaging anyone
> who doesn't have books.
Maybe the owners of some homes that Susan toured had their books
packed? When we sold our old place, I boxed up anything I could and
put it in storage before we started showing. And there's the kind of
folks who read yet own few books -- they're usually rabid library
patrons.
I'm just saying that it's hard to judge whether or not people read
by how many books and/or bookshelves you see in their homes...
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J.J. in WA ~ mom, vid gamer, novice cook ~
"I rule you!" - Travis of the Cosmos, ATHF
(COLD to HOT for e-mail)
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| Derek Lyons |
JJinWA1@COLDmail.com (J.J. in WA) wrote:
>One time on Usenet, fairwater@gmail.com (Derek Lyons) said:
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>Maybe the owners of some homes that Susan toured had their books
>packed? When we sold our old place, I boxed up anything I could and
>put it in storage before we started showing. And there's the kind of
>folks who read yet own few books -- they're usually rabid library
>patrons.
True. I know several folks that are rabid readers, but have few books
about. They tend to haunt paperback exchanges, exchanging as well as
buying.
I do pretty much the same with my fiction. My house is however filled
with books, mostly of the non-fiction kind. These are research
material, not reading material.
>I'm just saying that it's hard to judge whether or not people read
>by how many books and/or bookshelves you see in their homes...
<nods> Good point.
D.
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Touch-twice life. Eat. Drink. Laugh.
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| Julia Altshuler |
We moved into a new house when I was in junior high. My mother was
going nuts trying to figure out where to put the bookshelves in the
living room. There were shelves in the bedrooms and garage but not the
bedroom. I asked Mom why she was bothering. She answered "I worry when
I go to a house with no books."
With that in mind, books were a major decorating point for me in every
apartment I moved to. I always had shelves and the books on them
carefully arranged. I considered that people would visit and look at
the books and judge me accordingly. I read both lightweight novels and
classics but was careful to make sure I never left the trash out where
someone might see. That would be as embarrassing as leaving sex toys
out in full view.
The years went by. The book collection grew. Each move got harder and
harder as packing up the books and shipping them became more of a pita.
Finally, I moved in with my boyfriend and up here to New England. The
books took up the better part of the moving truck. Once up here, there
were 2 of us to debate where the books went and how to put the shelves
up. In a moment of inspiration, I realized that anyone who would judge
me or get to know me on the basis of the books on my shelves was shallow
and I was shallow for thinking such a thing was possible. How neurotic
could I get? Besides, there weren't that many guests over anyway, and I
could get ahold of any book I needed quickly with the Internet and the
library. In a quick rash decision, I gave away tons of books, books I'd
been saving lovingly for years. Sometimes I regret it. Mostly I don't.
--Lia
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| J.J. in WA |
One time on Usenet, Julia Altshuler <jaltshuler@comcast.net> said:
<snip>
> The years went by. The book collection grew. Each move got harder and
> harder as packing up the books and shipping them became more of a pita.
> Finally, I moved in with my boyfriend and up here to New England. The
> books took up the better part of the moving truck. Once up here, there
> were 2 of us to debate where the books went and how to put the shelves
> up. In a moment of inspiration, I realized that anyone who would judge
> me or get to know me on the basis of the books on my shelves was shallow
> and I was shallow for thinking such a thing was possible. How neurotic
> could I get? Besides, there weren't that many guests over anyway, and I
> could get ahold of any book I needed quickly with the Internet and the
> library. In a quick rash decision, I gave away tons of books, books I'd
> been saving lovingly for years. Sometimes I regret it. Mostly I don't.
Wow, I don't know if I could do that. I have several shelves of books
in our front room, because I re-read them. I know, most people think
that's stupid, but I don't care -- a favorite book and a mug of hot
peppermint tea are a tiny bit of heaven for me...
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J.J. in WA ~ mom, vid gamer, novice cook ~
"I rule you!" - Travis of the Cosmos, ATHF
(COLD to HOT for e-mail)
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| Kate Connally |
Dog3 wrote:
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> Nancy Young <qwerty@monmouth.com> news:414B709E.79262022@monmouth.com:
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> > Do you disagree with me? This refrigerator with a built in tv.
> >
> > I can just see it now, the tv breaks, you have to get someone in to
> > fix it for like $1000, then the next time, they don't make that any
> > more and no tv will fit into the opening so you're screwed. Never
> > mind how much room does it take out of the refrigerator compartment?
> >
> > nancy
> >
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> Where in God's name did you see this aparatus? ROFLMAO! I wonder how it
> gets along with the ice maker?
What happens if Sex and the City is on? Do your
frozen foods melt?
Kate
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Kate Connally
“If I were as old as I feel, I’d be dead already.”
Goldfish: “The wholesome snack that smiles back,
Until you bite their heads off.”
What if the hokey pokey really *is* what it's all about?
mailto:connally@pitt.edu
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| kalanamak |
Julia Altshuler wrote:
(Heavily edited)
> In a moment of inspiration, I realized that anyone who would judge
> me or get to know me on the basis of the books on my shelves was shallow
> and I was shallow for thinking such a thing was possible. How neurotic
> could I get?
I got rid of twenty boxes of books after college. I put what I kept out
in a nice homemade bookshelf is the dense hope that SOMEday, someone
will strike up a conversation after seeing something on a shelf, like I
do when I go to the house of someone who has good books out. Alas, I
live in a cultural wasteland, and no one seems to have read "Things Fall
Apart" or "The Makioka Sisters" or "Njal's Saga" or "Extraordinary
Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds" or "The Devil's
Dictionary". But I live on in hope. Since I had a baby, three bright
women with post-grad education have gone on and on about a Lamont book
"Operating Instructions", and I am sad it is the ONLY book anyone has
recommended to me in the last two years. To me it is full of whining
about "recovery" and the consequences of not using birth control, and
thnk the whole thing a fiction she did in the guise of a memoir just to
make a buck.
I had a big treat yesterday. I found a copy the book I just loved as a
seven year old "My Father's Dragon". I had forgotten the name, but never
the maps, or the Spoonerizing mouse that called out "Bum cack, bum cack!
We dreed our nagon!"
blacksalt
ObFood: My recent salad binge continues, as I continue on my sojourn to
lose my "baby fat". Every Monday I take a big, big bag of yuppie chow
to work, and a bottle with olive oil mixed with fresh lemon juice and
munch it up by Thursday.
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| Alan_B |
kalanamak <kalanamak@qwest.net> wrote in news:414F59AE.4BD97883@qwest.net:
> ObFood: My recent salad binge continues, as I continue on my sojourn to
> lose my "baby fat". Every Monday I take a big, big bag of yuppie chow
> to work, and a bottle with olive oil mixed with fresh lemon juice and
> munch it up by Thursday.
>
>
Try some roasted chick peas or roasted soybeans in your salad. Those seem
to make salads less boring to me.
--
Last year's nuts must go.
- Michael Odom
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| Wayne |
"Alan_B" <not@valid.invalid> wrote in
news:Xns956AE2FCEB1E3notvalidinvalid@127.0.0.1:
> kalanamak <kalanamak@qwest.net> wrote in
> news:414F59AE.4BD97883@qwest.net:
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>> ObFood: My recent salad binge continues, as I continue on my sojourn
>> to lose my "baby fat". Every Monday I take a big, big bag of yuppie
>> chow to work, and a bottle with olive oil mixed with fresh lemon
>> juice and munch it up by Thursday.
>>
>>
>
> Try some roasted chick peas or roasted soybeans in your salad. Those
> seem to make salads less boring to me.
>
I've never seen roasted chick peas. Can you buy them roasted, or is this
something you do at home?
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Wayne in Phoenix
unmunge as w-e-b
*If there's a nit to pick, some nitwit will pick it.
*A mind is a terrible thing to lose.
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| Alan_B |
Wayne <waynemunged@att.net> wrote in
news:Xns956ACFB52ADA2waynebw@204.127.36.1:
> I've never seen roasted chick peas. Can you buy them roasted, or is
> this something you do at home?
>
> --
> Wayne in Phoenix
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> unmunge as w-e-b
>
> *If there's a nit to pick, some nitwit will pick it.
> *A mind is a terrible thing to lose.
>
I buy them roasted... a nice crunchy texture and taste pretty good too. Up
here they're sold in Scoop and weigh type stores. Down there , you'd
probably find them in a health food store.
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Last year's nuts must go.
- Michael Odom
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| Wayne |
"Alan_B" <not@valid.invalid> wrote in
news:Xns956B37C272FECnotvalidinvalid@127.0.0.1:
> Wayne <waynemunged@att.net> wrote in
> news:Xns956ACFB52ADA2waynebw@204.127.36.1:
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>> I've never seen roasted chick peas. Can you buy them roasted, or is
>> this something you do at home?
>>
>> --
>> Wayne in Phoenix
>>
>> unmunge as w-e-b
>>
>> *If there's a nit to pick, some nitwit will pick it.
>> *A mind is a terrible thing to lose.
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> I buy them roasted... a nice crunchy texture and taste pretty good
> too. Up here they're sold in Scoop and weigh type stores. Down there ,
> you'd probably find them in a health food store.
>
I'll look for them. Sounds like something I'd like. Thanks!
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Wayne in Phoenix
unmunge as w-e-b
*If there's a nit to pick, some nitwit will pick it.
*A mind is a terrible thing to lose.
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| Wayne |
Dog3 <dognospam@adjfkdla;not> wrote in
news:Xns9567BC94C3816defaultproxyoscar@216.168.3.44:
> Nancy Young <qwerty@monmouth.com> news:414B709E.79262022@monmouth.com:
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>> Do you disagree with me? This refrigerator with a built in tv.
>>
>> I can just see it now, the tv breaks, you have to get someone in to
>> fix it for like $1000, then the next time, they don't make that any
>> more and no tv will fit into the opening so you're screwed. Never
>> mind how much room does it take out of the refrigerator compartment?
>>
>> nancy
>>
>
> Where in God's name did you see this aparatus? ROFLMAO! I wonder how
> it gets along with the ice maker?
>
> Michael
It only airs shows with winter scenes.
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Wayne in Phoenix
unmunge as w-e-b
*If there's a nit to pick, some nitwit will pick it.
*A mind is a terrible thing to lose.
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| notbob |
On 2004-09-18, Nancy Young <qwerty@monmouth.com> wrote:
> I think you completely missed my point, no offense.
Not entirely outside the realm of possibilty!
(uuhm ...what was the point? ;)
nb
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| notbob |
On 2004-09-18, Nancy Young <qwerty@monmouth.com> wrote:
> That if it breaks, you're stuck with a broken tv in your refrigerator
> if they don't make that any more. Which I bet they won't be for long.
Yeah but... but... uhmm.... oh yeah...
In which case you could drill a hole in it and make it into an arctic
aquarium. :)
nb
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| -L. : |
Nancy Young <qwerty@monmouth.com> wrote in message news:<414B709E.79262022@monmouth.com>...
> Do you disagree with me? This refrigerator with a built in tv.
LOL..I just saw this post.
No, I don't think it is a stupid idea. I think it's an awesome idea
because the TV used has my DH's computer chip in it. ;)
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> I can just see it now, the tv breaks, you have to get someone in to
> fix it for like $1000, then the next time, they don't make that any
> more and no tv will fit into the opening so you're screwed. Never
> mind how much room does it take out of the refrigerator compartment?
I don't think the components are very large. Plus it's a flat-panel
that pops off. I can't say much more.
-L.
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JJinWA1@COLDmail.com (J.J. in WA) wrote in message news:<cimtq2$20i6_012@news.zipcon.net>...
> One time on Usenet, fairwater@gmail.com (Derek Lyons) said:
> > The Cook <susan_r23666@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> > >I was not referring to only built-in bookcases. There were few if any
> > >books in the houses.
> >
> > Again; hardly surprising. The type of folks that would fill their
> > house with books has always been a vast minority. A minority made
> > especially amusing by the habit of many of them of disparaging anyone
> > who doesn't have books.
>
> Maybe the owners of some homes that Susan toured had their books
> packed? When we sold our old place, I boxed up anything I could and
> put it in storage before we started showing. And there's the kind of
> folks who read yet own few books -- they're usually rabid library
> patrons.
>
> I'm just saying that it's hard to judge whether or not people read
> by how many books and/or bookshelves you see in their homes...
We have way too many books. I'm on a books redux kick. I believe in
library patronization. Sure beats moving those dang things!
-L.
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"Rich" <richcallaway@callawayelectronics.com> wrote in message news:<ce974$414b7830$44a89c2d$9810@allthenewsgroups.com>...
> "Nancy Young" <qwerty@monmouth.com> wrote in messag | | | |
