(I’ve been away from Blogland for too long. Wish I could say
why – inertia, mostly. But I’ve also made it to 70,000 words in book #3, and
with any luck I’ll soon get all my characters under control and ultimately trot
out the murderer, so there’s that.)
The other day
My Guy and I were standing in front of the refrigerator, debating its fate.
It’s been making those wonky noises again. Last time, the repairman came out,
diagnosed that it had iced up inside and the noise was a fan hitting the ice.
We turned it off, things melted, and he chipped off the remaining ice. All set
– except for the $89.00 service fee.
Six weeks
later, here we are again. $89 or new fridge? A new fridge would cancel out the
floor about to be installed in the living room, so I’m good with a little noise
or maybe trying the defrost route.
So a couple
hours later I wandered into the den where he’s looking at his email. Funny
thing – National Grid, our power company, had sent us the helpful message that
they love to take away our old fridge and would even give us $100 for it,
likely with the hope that we’d lessen our footprint with a new, high efficiency
model.
Hmmm.
Our Alexa does
sit on the kitchen counter, steps from where we’d been discussing what to
do about the refrigerator. . .
I see a new fridge in your future. Soon.
ReplyDeleteBut shudder to think of a sentient mechanical eavesdropper.
Yikes, a spy eavesdropping in the house? On a related note, I often use duckduckgo.com to search the Internet since they keep your searches private.
ReplyDeleteand that is why I won't own one of those.
ReplyDeleteHeh heh
ReplyDeleteHmmmm. That is suspicious. I won't have one of those eavesdroppers in my house! Now I'm sure I am right about that. But you know, you just might go for it. :-)
ReplyDeleteyou will also be amazed at what it does for your electric bill. Energy Star really works...self defrosting, and you never have to scrape ice off of anything again....
ReplyDeleteAlexa may be off the hook; Ohio Edison is making the same offer. I think they're all dealing with aircon.
ReplyDeleteSee that? Alexa is listening in and feeding information to the powers that be. Along with all those google thingamies that sit in people's houses so they can say "Play...(song)" and hear their song.
ReplyDeletea new fridge might be worth putting off a new floor for a bit longer.
I keep Alexa turned off except when I need an answer to a question. Don't trust the little gal. I'd pay the $89, watch what he chipped away at after the defrost, then do it myself next time. New fridges are sooooo expensive.
ReplyDeleteWow! That IS freaky. But maybe ultimately a good thing, if you decide to go that route. A hundred bucks and lower power bills might not be something to sneeze at!
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