Awaiting a break in the spin cycle
I am not particularly superstitious. No problem with breaking mirrors (small, cheap ones). Willing to let that black cat meander across my path (or dash, it it works better). But, let the record show that I lack faith in the manufacturers of my home appliances. I am apprehensive, with a capital A. Because I’m too cheap to want to buy new ones, when the need hasn’t been presented.
Here’s the thing. When we moved here, we carefully chose to replace all of the “big iron” around the house. Transportation, age; all of the usual excuses. We shopped (by email) with a local dealer who agreed to keep our stuff in storage until we could take delivery to the door. Or as we say locally, when the snow is gone.
That was seven years ago and counting.
The age of the Frigidaire is just a reference page in the history books. No expectation of “it will last until you die and then move to live with your descendants. Borrowed time. As the song goes, “Any day now”. For the record, we’re a Maytag family.
On another note, the editorials of big city media offer two view of the world. Either it is all bad, or it is all good. No shads of gray/sepia here. When one of the Toronto journals printed that “JT will be prime minister forever”, I had to take a peek. Right now, the Opposition will use any excuse to disrupt the matrix and try for a do-over on elections. The rumour that two major parties might “form a coalition” sent the third into a spin cycle.
