Life Out Loud: Appliance services
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My laptop computer had some sort of suicide pact with the coffee maker and the dryer.
I realize that in light of tragedies such as war, famine and natural disaster, losing three convenience appliances in the space of three days is a First World Problem to have, but that doesn’t mean I have to be happy about it.
The sudden deaths are just too hard. There is a reason they call these repairs “appliance services.” They are like tiny wakes. I need closure.
I am driven NUTS by malfunctions that occur without rhyme, reason or foreshadowing.
I prefer strange noises, smells and general ongoing performance issues. Sure I plan to ignore them, turning up the radio of necessary so as not to actually HEAR them, but I do appreciate a heads up.
This gives me time to budget, plan, shop around and complain bitterly that they “just don’t make things like they used to.”
Frugal
I’m also a very frugal person who can never forget that my great-grandmother had the same refrigerator for more than 50 years.
Source: Farm and Dairy
Oxford Shelter Finds Takers Immediately After Opening
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Original story follows:
Just 30 minutes after the shelter officially opened, three people arrived at Oxford High School on Quaker Farms Road to take hot showers.
An e-mail from First Selectwoman Mary Ann Drayton-Rogers regarding the shelter is reprinted at the end of this article.
Saturday’s early-season Nor ‘easter has caused a record number of power outages in Connecticut. Connecticut Light and Power had no solid restoration estimates as of Sunday afternoon.
According to CL&P , 100 percent of its Oxford customers were without electricity as of 2:30 p.m.
The situation is worse in Oxford than it was in September during Tropical Storm Irene, when parts of the the town were without power for days.
While temperatures were about 40 degrees at noon — when the shelter opened — the concern is what happens when the temperature drops after dark.
“Right now it’s not bad because it’s sunny out,” said Scott Pelletier, the town’s emergency manager and fire chief.
Source: Valley Independent Sentinel