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You are here: Home / John Cole Presents "This Fucking Old House" / We Have Appliances

We Have Appliances

by John Cole|  December 8, 20167:38 pm| 161 Comments

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The kitchen appliances were delivered today:

fridge

oven

The pictures were taken by dad, so don’t crap all over the photography.

We have a custom built hood that goes over the stove, and the counters come next week. It’s kind of nice seeing everything come together a little bit. I feel as if there is a light at the end of the tunnel.

If you look in the fridge photo, the box with the stop sign is my dishwasher. I’m 46 and I have never owned a gas oven or a dishwasher (one rental where I lived for three years had a dishwasher, but we never used it because there were three of us there and when we cooked we had so many dishes we had to do them by hand anyway), so I am feeling very bourgeois. I’m told a dishwasher is a game changer.

At any rate, I am excited about a lot of little things. For example, the fridge has a water dispenser (something else I have never had), so now I no longer need to have a big Brita taking up half the top shelf. We’re going to go ahead and put an inline filter in the line to the fridge in the basement to save money on replacement filters. Also, the freezer is on the bottom, which means that no longer will I have food stuffs stored ankle high in the fridge that I forget about and pull out three weeks later looking like a biology project.

I’m also excited about the fact that my shower is going to have a door. No more shower curtains. No more mildew, no more getting in the shower in a hurry and not noticing that the liner is on the outside, showering, and looking out to find you have flooded the bathroom. No more treacherous steps OUT of the tub.

And a gas stove!!!!!!!

Oh, and walking around the house naked. I’m excited about that. Sorry for the visual.

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  1. 1.

    SiubhanDuinne

    December 8, 2016 at 7:40 pm

    Very nice!

    Well, not necessarily the walking-around-the-house-naked part. But the rest, yeah!

  2. 2.

    SiubhanDuinne

    December 8, 2016 at 7:42 pm

    (And how often do I get to be frist? Almost never, that’s how often.)

  3. 3.

    mskitty

    December 8, 2016 at 7:43 pm

    BROWN appliances, John? Jayzus, was there a closeout sale, maybe?

  4. 4.

    Jay C

    December 8, 2016 at 7:43 pm

    Looks good, John: but is that an LG logo on the fridge?

  5. 5.

    JMG

    December 8, 2016 at 7:43 pm

    Gas stoves are the only way to cook. You will feel inspired and liberated all at once. Dishwashers are terrific appliances, but they are also cranky appliances. It’s like having a British sports car. Your refrigerator looks fabulous.

  6. 6.

    Baud

    December 8, 2016 at 7:43 pm

    Happy mopping, John.

  7. 7.

    Baud

    December 8, 2016 at 7:44 pm

    @SiubhanDuinne: You are first in our hearts.

  8. 8.

    TaMara (HFG)

    December 8, 2016 at 7:45 pm

    I have frig envy. Be wary, all of us with water lines into our frigerators have had leak issues at about the 3 yr mark. I hear it’s a plastic part in the base of the frig unit. Easy fix, but disaster if you don’t catch it in time.

    Dishwasher is totally a game changer! Everything is looking lovely.

  9. 9.

    Gin & Tonic

    December 8, 2016 at 7:46 pm

    Nothing better than walking around the house naked.

  10. 10.

    SiubhanDuinne

    December 8, 2016 at 7:46 pm

    @Baud:

    Awww, jeez.

    Now I’m going to have to be all sweet and shit for the rest of the night, aren’t I?

  11. 11.

    TaMara (HFG)

    December 8, 2016 at 7:46 pm

    @mskitty: Probably need to get your monitor adjusted. They are black.

  12. 12.

    Percysowner

    December 8, 2016 at 7:46 pm

    Congratulations! I love, love, love gas stoves. I don’t have one now, because the house I bought had an electric one and I’m not replacing it until it dies, but then, I’m running a gas line and finally getting a gas stove again. You have so much more control with them. Dishwasher’s are nice as well. I really like the black appliances. They look sharp with the white cabinets.I can’t wait to see the kitchen with everything done.

  13. 13.

    Mary G

    December 8, 2016 at 7:46 pm

    Congratulations! I had never had a refrigerator icemaker in the door either until this last one (I was 55, so you’re ahead of me). People say they take up too much space and break down a lot, but I love not having to wrestle ice cube trays and mine has worked for six years, so my experience is all positive. Gas stove and dishwasher also FTW. You’ve got a nice work triangle going on there.

  14. 14.

    John Cole

    December 8, 2016 at 7:47 pm

    @Jay C: GE.

  15. 15.

    Roger Moore

    December 8, 2016 at 7:47 pm

    I’m told a dishwasher is a game changer.

    There are certainly some things that make sense with a dishwasher that don’t make sense without one. I recently got a food processor, and it seems like it only makes sense if you have a dishwasher; washing it by hand would use up a lot of the effort you save by using it. I hope you got one that can do only the top or bottom rack, which should save power and water if you want to do a small load.

    Oh, and walking around the house naked.

    Just don’t bring the mop with you.

  16. 16.

    John Cole

    December 8, 2016 at 7:47 pm

    @TaMara (HFG): technically, slate.

  17. 17.

    Baud

    December 8, 2016 at 7:47 pm

    @SiubhanDuinne: Just to me.

  18. 18.

    Gin & Tonic

    December 8, 2016 at 7:47 pm

    @SiubhanDuinne: No.

  19. 19.

    Roger Moore

    December 8, 2016 at 7:49 pm

    @JMG:

    Gas stoves are the only way to cook.

    Induction, induction, induction. It gives you the things that are best about gas- control and instant temperature changes- and electric- more efficient, less waste heat turning the kitchen into an oven- while also being stunningly easy to clean. I will never go back to gas, even if I move somewhere that has a gas hookup.

  20. 20.

    Poopyman

    December 8, 2016 at 7:50 pm

    Oh, and walking around the house naked. I’m excited about that. Sorry for the visual.

    I notice there are no curtains. Great way to introduce yourself to the neighbors!

  21. 21.

    Roger Moore

    December 8, 2016 at 7:50 pm

    @SiubhanDuinne:

    Now I’m going to have to be all sweet and shit for the rest of the night, aren’t I?

    No need to change the things that make us like you.

  22. 22.

    SiubhanDuinne

    December 8, 2016 at 7:51 pm

    @Baud:

    You’re no problem, Baud. It’s the rest of the jackals….

  23. 23.

    SiubhanDuinne

    December 8, 2016 at 7:52 pm

    @Gin & Tonic:

    All righty then.

  24. 24.

    SiubhanDuinne

    December 8, 2016 at 7:53 pm

    @Roger Moore:

    Come for the sweetness and light, stay for the Mob Enforcer persona.

  25. 25.

    hovercraft

    December 8, 2016 at 7:54 pm

    @mskitty: @TaMara (HFG):
    I’m confused, they look stainless to me, with either bad lighting or no flash. So who knows what they are?

    ETA: John I can’t wait to see the completed house, just hold off on the naked pictures, this is not that type of blog, I don’t think.

  26. 26.

    Jay Noble

    December 8, 2016 at 7:55 pm

    Being an old single bachelor, with no pets or cooking for others, I found it took too long to get enough dishes to do a load. Annnnnd the dishes were never as clean as I’d been taight they should be.

    Laundry however is easily a couple loads a week.

  27. 27.

    SiubhanDuinne

    December 8, 2016 at 7:56 pm

    @John Cole:

    technically, slate.

    Technically, the paint color of my car is “Mocha Steel,” which sounds like a stripper name to me. Or Donald Trump’s next wife, although I may be repeating myself.

  28. 28.

    eclare

    December 8, 2016 at 7:58 pm

    Congratulations! Everything looks great, and you will love having a dishwasher.

  29. 29.

    SiubhanDuinne

    December 8, 2016 at 8:00 pm

    @Jay Noble:

    I am not much of a housekeeper, the good lord he knoweth, but I love washing dishes by hand and I love ironing.

  30. 30.

    trollhattan

    December 8, 2016 at 8:00 pm

    LOVE the new tag. Kitchen looking good too.

  31. 31.

    Baud

    December 8, 2016 at 8:01 pm

    @SiubhanDuinne: You saying I’m easy?

  32. 32.

    numfar

    December 8, 2016 at 8:02 pm

    If the fridge has an in-door ice maker, be sure to keep a hair dryer nearby. It will occasionally create icebergs.

  33. 33.

    cmorenc

    December 8, 2016 at 8:03 pm

    @John Cole:

    t’s kind of nice seeing everything come together a little bit. I feel as if there is a light at the end of the tunnel.

    That “light at the end of the tunnel” you’re seeing is actually the headlight of the train coming toward you, named “The Remodeling Express”.

  34. 34.

    FlyingToaster

    December 8, 2016 at 8:03 pm

    Never had a leak on the fridge line in 14+ years.

    The Dishwasher is a game changer. I never had one until we bought this house, and boy, it’s been a freaking lifesaver. I still have to hand wash the larger pots and pans, but for just throwing the bowls/plates/cups/silverware in every night, Yay!

    If only they made a device you could throw your 9-year-old daughter* into, and she would come out sparkling clean. Ahem.

    * On Tuesday WarriorGirl and her friend SarcasmIncarnate slid down the mud-ice slope in their snow pants. Wednesday they slid down the mud slope in their rain pants. I refuse to wash these more than once a week (Friday night), so she’s wearing the snow pants tomorrow as well. I don’t care how dirty they are.

  35. 35.

    Major Major Major Major

    December 8, 2016 at 8:05 pm

    Meanwhile, out here in the Bay Area, believing buildings should be up to code makes me Double Hitler.

  36. 36.

    narya

    December 8, 2016 at 8:06 pm

    One of my two no-negotiation criteria, when I finally bought a condo in 2010 (at the age of 52) was that it have a gas stove. (The other was significant southern exposure.)

    I have a dishwasher, but, even though I cook and bake very extensively, I never ever use it. It doesn’t get the dishes clean, and when I’m in the middle of a marathon I often need to wash and re-use something, so fuck it. I’ve also perfected the art of washing dishes as I go, so I’m rarely faced with an insurmountable pile.

    That said, your place looks so nice–can’t wait for the full tour when it’s done!

  37. 37.

    NotMax

    December 8, 2016 at 8:06 pm

    Not something I would usually recommend, but suggest laying out for the extended warranty on the fridge. GE sold its appliances division to Haier (Chinese company) at the beginning of the year and there’s been some scuttlebutt about a subsequent downturn in quality and reliability.

    Also too, get used to routinely doing an Adrian Monk-like double check that both doors are completely shut after you close one; sort of goes with the territory with some French door models.

  38. 38.

    Greg Ferguson

    December 8, 2016 at 8:07 pm

    Wow! Looks fantastic – and you’ll love cooking w/ gas [control!]. Congratulations!

  39. 39.

    Baud

    December 8, 2016 at 8:09 pm

    @Major Major Major Major: I thought a Double Hitler was a figure skating move.

  40. 40.

    SiubhanDuinne

    December 8, 2016 at 8:10 pm

    @efgoldman:

    And here was I absolutely convinced that this was your link.

  41. 41.

    JMG

    December 8, 2016 at 8:10 pm

    Dishwashers are appliances that just aren’t as well made as they were in previous times. Our 2010 dishwasher at our home is starting to give off a funny smell and doesn’t drain well even after our kitchen was renovated in 2015. The dishwasher from 1984 in the Cape Cod house we timeshare sounds like a malfunctioning Atlas rocket at Cape Canaveral in 1958, and gets everything sparkling clean.

  42. 42.

    Major Major Major Major

    December 8, 2016 at 8:11 pm

    @Baud: no no it’s a skateboarding move.

  43. 43.

    SiubhanDuinne

    December 8, 2016 at 8:12 pm

    @Baud:

    You saying I’m easy?

    Easy-peasy.

  44. 44.

    Applejinx

    December 8, 2016 at 8:13 pm

    @efgoldman: If you get the Brita faucet filter, you gotta get the expensive one (lateral movement to switch) rather than the budget one (twist movement to switch).

    I’m a bass player among other things, so I figured it didn’t matter that my cheaper Brita was getting stiff and awkward. Until I literally ripped the plastic toggle apart with my bare fingers and thumb, making it impossible to do ANY changes on it. The expensive one is built more permanently.

    John, it makes me happy to see you having stuff that’s good and makes you happy :)

    Closest I can get is: bass DI that’s the best of its kind I’ve yet found, and some fun experimenting with a new video camera acquisition: Xiaomi Yi. It’s downright hilarious how much raw video power you can get for about eighty bucks these days. All the little tools and tricks are getting literally dirt cheap. I’m lusting after a crazy gimbal stabilizer thing you can get for about $200 that’s like a robot Steadicam: when I was growing up, nobody could have that at any price, and now look.

  45. 45.

    Roger Moore

    December 8, 2016 at 8:13 pm

    @SiubhanDuinne:

    Or Donald Trump’s next wife

    I doubt it. I think she’s going to have a distinctly Russian name, like Natasha Fatale.

  46. 46.

    Baud

    December 8, 2016 at 8:15 pm

    @SiubhanDuinne: It’s probably why I lost the primary. :-(

  47. 47.

    Roger Moore

    December 8, 2016 at 8:17 pm

    @FlyingToaster:

    I still have to hand wash the larger pots and pans, but for just throwing the bowls/plates/cups/silverware in every night, Yay!

    I like to say there’s a reason they call them dishwashers, not pot-and-pan washers. They’re pretty good on some kinds of cooking residue, but they can’t do much for anything that’s burned on.

  48. 48.

    Roger Moore

    December 8, 2016 at 8:18 pm

    @Major Major Major Major:

    Meanwhile, out here in the Bay Area, believing buildings should be up to code makes me Double Hitler.

    You’d think recent events in Oakland might give people second thoughts about the importance of following building codes.

  49. 49.

    NotMax

    December 8, 2016 at 8:19 pm

    @Baud

    Who’d’a thunk a home renovation thread would become one where could post a favorite Hitler clip? (Some moderately bad language.)

    No, not Downfall.

  50. 50.

    hovercraft

    December 8, 2016 at 8:21 pm

    @NotMax:

    both doors are completely shut after you close one; sort of goes with the territory with some French door models.

    Hopefully he has the alarm on the doors, it’s annoying, but it can be a lifesaver.

  51. 51.

    Major Major Major Major

    December 8, 2016 at 8:22 pm

    @Roger Moore: no, even bringing it up makes you an evil gentrifier who hates poor LGBT POC artists. ESPECIALLY now.

  52. 52.

    hovercraft

    December 8, 2016 at 8:25 pm

    @Roger Moore:

    I think she’s going to have a distinctly Russian name, like Natasha Fatale.

    Are Putin’s daughters married? What better mole to have than the presidents wife? I don’t know what they look like, so even if they are single, who knows if they look anything like his ideal woman, Lucrecia.

  53. 53.

    Adam L Silverman

    December 8, 2016 at 8:25 pm

    @TaMara (HFG): He has a strategic refrigerator door gap. There are now four and five door models. He really needs to upgrade immediately before installation or his neighbors will have more capability than he does and think he’s weak in terms of refrigeration.

  54. 54.

    NotMax

    December 8, 2016 at 8:26 pm

    @hovercraft

    Depends on the model. On some (most?) the alarm is keyed to the interior temperature rather than the the doors not being fully shut. But still a useful feature.

  55. 55.

    Baud

    December 8, 2016 at 8:27 pm

    @NotMax: Are you Kyle?

  56. 56.

    Baud

    December 8, 2016 at 8:28 pm

    It’s all white people on Chris Hayes.

    They got the memo.

  57. 57.

    NotMax

    December 8, 2016 at 8:28 pm

    @Adam L. Silverman

    Cold war 2.0.

  58. 58.

    Juice Box

    December 8, 2016 at 8:29 pm

    @Percysowner: Look at induction stoves before you run the gas line. Even better!

  59. 59.

    Juice Box

    December 8, 2016 at 8:29 pm

    The new kitchen wall color is nice!

  60. 60.

    Baud

    December 8, 2016 at 8:30 pm

    @Baud: Now it’s better.

  61. 61.

    Adam L Silverman

    December 8, 2016 at 8:31 pm

    @SiubhanDuinne: I had a 4Runner that was officially tan. In reality it was closer to cocoa brown. What was interesting is there really was a tan colored 4Runner in that year’s models and I have no idea what they called the actual tan color if my dark brown one was considered tan.

  62. 62.

    Major Major Major Major

    December 8, 2016 at 8:31 pm

    @efgoldman: the far left and far right share quite a few attitudes, just about different things. I think we should build lots of apartments with some subsidized units to address the housing shortage and do building inspections to help make sure 40 people don’t die in awful, preventable fires. All they hear is gentrification.

  63. 63.

    SiubhanDuinne

    December 8, 2016 at 8:32 pm

    @efgoldman:

    I never watched the show

    Whut whut?

  64. 64.

    hovercraft

    December 8, 2016 at 8:33 pm

    @NotMax:

    On some (most?) the alarm is keyed to the interior temperature rather than the the doors not being fully shut

    I’m not sure which mine is, I just know that with two kids, it’s a very useful feature. I always assumed it was a door sensor, but either way it works.

  65. 65.

    Adam L Silverman

    December 8, 2016 at 8:34 pm

    @Major Major Major Major: does that mean you have a proper length mustache?

  66. 66.

    Pogonip

    December 8, 2016 at 8:34 pm

    Congrats, Cole!

  67. 67.

    Omnes Omnibus

    December 8, 2016 at 8:35 pm

    @Adam L Silverman: Hitler mustache and a soul patch.

  68. 68.

    NotMax

    December 8, 2016 at 8:35 pm

    Wait until the doggies figure out they can team up to pull open the freezer and get to the goodies. :)

    @Baud

    That would be telling.

  69. 69.

    SiubhanDuinne

    December 8, 2016 at 8:36 pm

    @Adam L Silverman:

    Well, I like the color, which is, variously (depending on the light) beige, tan, or light bronze. But “Mocha Steel” just cracks me up.

    “And now, gentlemen, the Gold Club is proud to present the lithe, limber and luscious stylings of MISS … MOCHA … STEEL!!!”

  70. 70.

    Baud

    December 8, 2016 at 8:37 pm

    @Major Major Major Major: Neoliberal!

  71. 71.

    Adam L Silverman

    December 8, 2016 at 8:39 pm

    @hovercraft: He has two. Maria Putina:
    http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/02985/Maria-Putina_2985703b.jpg

    And Yekatarina Putina:
    http://starcasm.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Yekaterina-Putin.jpg

    If I recall correctly the younger one is friends with Ivanka.

  72. 72.

    trollhattan

    December 8, 2016 at 8:40 pm

    @Major Major Major Major:
    You ARE twice-Hitler. For the trifecta, be anti-vaping.

  73. 73.

    Baud

    December 8, 2016 at 8:41 pm

    @trollhattan: He’s not a monster.

  74. 74.

    Mnemosyne

    December 8, 2016 at 8:41 pm

    @Poopyman:

    I once heard David Hyde Pierce tell a hilarious story about forgetting to turn the alarm off in his new house when he let the dog out to pee in the backyard and having to run the full length of the house — naked — to try and turn it off.

    The punch line, of course, was that he met his new neighbors the next day and they asked him to please install blinds ASAP.

  75. 75.

    Adam L Silverman

    December 8, 2016 at 8:41 pm

    @NotMax: Yep.

  76. 76.

    Baud

    December 8, 2016 at 8:41 pm

    @efgoldman:

    What the fuck is wrong with you people?

    You want a list?

  77. 77.

    Omnes Omnibus

    December 8, 2016 at 8:41 pm

    @Adam L Silverman:

    And Yekatarina Putina

    I think we do have the next Mrs. Trump right there.

  78. 78.

    schrodinger's cat

    December 8, 2016 at 8:42 pm

    What stove did you buy?

  79. 79.

    Adam L Silverman

    December 8, 2016 at 8:43 pm

    @SiubhanDuinne: I always thought LaShana Tova would be a great name for a Jewish stripper or porn star.

  80. 80.

    raven

    December 8, 2016 at 8:43 pm

    We have a walk-in shower so there is no curtain. Of course it has a glass wall and you have to squeegee it every time you use it!

  81. 81.

    Another Scott

    December 8, 2016 at 8:44 pm

    Nice. It’s really coming together well.

    Seeing the fridge and reading your story reminds me. There was a lightning strike on my parents gas light once. It didn’t damage the gas light, but it worked its way into the house, popping wood trim off the wall, blowing up a TV, and catching the icemaker on fire. It’s hard to completely prevent such things, but it’s a reminder to have a fire extinguisher handy – you never know when you might need it.

    Good luck!

    Cheers,
    Scott.

  82. 82.

    trollhattan

    December 8, 2016 at 8:44 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus:
    Either that or very exotic dog food/new Canadian regional dish.

  83. 83.

    NotMax

    December 8, 2016 at 8:44 pm

    @SiubhanDuinne

    Mom’s Mazda is what they call titanium. Looks snazzy and gets constant compliments. Leans a teeny skootch more to the brownish IRL than the linked photo found on the ‘net shows.

  84. 84.

    Omnes Omnibus

    December 8, 2016 at 8:45 pm

    @schrodinger’s cat: It looks like a cooking stove to me.

  85. 85.

    Adam L Silverman

    December 8, 2016 at 8:45 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus: I think the older one is married, so that was my thought as well.

  86. 86.

    Major Major Major Major

    December 8, 2016 at 8:46 pm

    @trollhattan: vaping is stupid. Leash laws are sensible policy. There.

  87. 87.

    Miss Bianca

    December 8, 2016 at 8:47 pm

    @SiubhanDuinne: Actually, I think John’s stripper name would be “Honey Dijon”.

  88. 88.

    Omnes Omnibus

    December 8, 2016 at 8:47 pm

    @Adam L Silverman: There is also the extra creepy factor of her friendship with his daughter.

  89. 89.

    Roger Moore

    December 8, 2016 at 8:47 pm

    @Major Major Major Major:

    even bringing it up makes you an evil gentrifier who hates poor LGBT POC artists. ESPECIALLY now.

    I guess burning to death is suitably artistic, though I thought dying of exposure was more traditional.

  90. 90.

    hovercraft

    December 8, 2016 at 8:48 pm

    @Adam L Silverman:
    Well they are both of around the age he seems to like them, I guess the younger one will have the inside track, seeing as she’s friends with Ivanka. The only problem is she seems to be overly endowed in the rear end department, and since Rush and Co. have told me that Michelle is fat because she has a big butt, she may be deemed too fat for the position.

  91. 91.

    Adam L Silverman

    December 8, 2016 at 8:49 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus: Exactly!

  92. 92.

    Steeplejack (tablet)

    December 8, 2016 at 8:49 pm

    @NotMax:

    Link fail.

  93. 93.

    Baud

    December 8, 2016 at 8:50 pm

    @Steeplejack (tablet): Leave Kyle alone.

  94. 94.

    Iowa Old Lady

    December 8, 2016 at 8:50 pm

    What a difference, John. You’ll get so much pleasure out of cooking in that kitchen.

  95. 95.

    NotMax

    December 8, 2016 at 8:51 pm

    @Steeplejack

    Thanks. Link fix.

  96. 96.

    schrodinger's cat

    December 8, 2016 at 8:51 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus: Perfect for the modest proposal!

  97. 97.

    gogol's wife

    December 8, 2016 at 8:52 pm

    I keep recommending videos by this gentleman as an antidote to PEOTUS. I’m addicted!

  98. 98.

    Mnemosyne

    December 8, 2016 at 8:53 pm

    @SiubhanDuinne:

    The color of my Subaru is apparently Quartz Blue.

    It’s actually a lovely color, when I keep it clean. It varies from light blue to blue-violet depending on the light and the time of day.

  99. 99.

    Roger Moore

    December 8, 2016 at 8:53 pm

    @Adam L Silverman:

    There are now four and five door models.

    I’ve seen four, but never five. Are you counting the door-in-door style as two separate doors?

  100. 100.

    gogol's wife

    December 8, 2016 at 8:53 pm

    @Adam L Silverman:

    You can sip a Mazel Tov cocktail during the show.

  101. 101.

    FlyingToaster

    December 8, 2016 at 8:55 pm

    @efgoldman: She’s learning Boccherini Minuet (the last song in Book 2). Sunday was her recital — Brahms Waltz, which she totally NAILED. We’ll be performing a fiddle piece together in about — lessee — 7 weeks. I’m the rhythm guitarist.

    SarcasmIncarnate is 8-years-old. She’s ALWAYS sarcastic. She’s one of the two class athletes (the other is ImpossibleLastName), and a leading source of class in-fighting. You’d think a class with only 16 kids would avoid this, but NOOOO, they have to have big fights about I-can’t-figure-what.

  102. 102.

    Adam L Silverman

    December 8, 2016 at 8:56 pm

    @Roger Moore:
    http://www.bestbuy.com/site/kitchenaid-25-8-cu-ft-5-door-french-door-refrigerator-stainless-steel/6472157.p?skuId=6472157

  103. 103.

    Adam L Silverman

    December 8, 2016 at 8:58 pm

    @gogol’s wife: I thought that’s what Trump supporters were claiming were going to be used by his opponents.
    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/scottie-nell-hughes-mazel-tov-cocktail_us_58205c91e4b0e80b02cb01a6

    Donald Trump surrogate Scottie Nell Hughes has done some memorable interviews during the presidential campaign, but a gaffe on CNN Sunday night may have been the topper.

    While defending a Trump attack on Hillary Clinton supporters Jay Z and Beyoncé, she referred to Jay Z and Kanye West’s 2012 video for “No Church in the Wild,” which featured a Molotov cocktail.

    Only Hughes didn’t say “Molotov cocktail.” She said “mazel tov cocktail.”

  104. 104.

    Botsplainer

    December 8, 2016 at 9:00 pm

    Jealous about the gas stove. Those are the shit for just about everything in baking and roasting.

  105. 105.

    Major Major Major Major

    December 8, 2016 at 9:00 pm

    @Roger Moore: being sacrificed on the altar of continuing decades of housing policy that have only benefited the ownership class is a weird way to go.

  106. 106.

    Steeplejack (tablet)

    December 8, 2016 at 9:04 pm

    @NotMax:

    Interesting color. A touch of purple/​aubergine in there too.

  107. 107.

    NotMax

    December 8, 2016 at 9:04 pm

    @Mnemosyne

    Blue usually is attractive, however among the least eye-appealing cars anyone I’ve known has owned was a robin’s egg electric blue Datsun B-210. Example

  108. 108.

    Davebo

    December 8, 2016 at 9:04 pm

    I installed a whole house water filter system and my parents and it wasn’t hard. A sediment filter followed by a .5 micron filter.

    Works great and the filter costs are negligible.

  109. 109.

    BillinGlendaleCA

    December 8, 2016 at 9:05 pm

    @Baud:

    Oh, and walking around the house naked. I’m excited about that.

    See, you have something in common with Cole afterall.

  110. 110.

    Steeplejack (tablet)

    December 8, 2016 at 9:07 pm

    @gogol’s wife:

    Excellent guitarist.

  111. 111.

    Davebo

    December 8, 2016 at 9:08 pm

    @BillinGlendaleCA: A dangerous undertaking in a house with cats.

    Don’t ask..

  112. 112.

    raven

    December 8, 2016 at 9:08 pm

    My chevy was blue when I bought it 30 years ago.

  113. 113.

    Gravenstone

    December 8, 2016 at 9:11 pm

    @Poopyman: Pretty sure the neighbors already know John. Falling through the porch makes quite the impression.

  114. 114.

    Davebo

    December 8, 2016 at 9:12 pm

    @Steeplejack (tablet):

    Try this

    I don’t even like Billie Jean but this kid is pretty incredible.

  115. 115.

    danielx

    December 8, 2016 at 9:13 pm

    @Percysowner:

    Not to mention that glass stovetops just purely suck in terms of cleaning and upkeep. And then there’s the bit about trying to use your cast iron skillet faves and finding out that yeah, this stove top will scratch. Gas is better, but even an electric coil stove was better than the glass/ceramic things.

  116. 116.

    Iowa Old Lady

    December 8, 2016 at 9:15 pm

    @Adam L Silverman: Is that like having shoots-pah?

  117. 117.

    Omnes Omnibus

    December 8, 2016 at 9:15 pm

    @efgoldman:

    She gonna’ stay with fiddle or go to a real instrument?

    Step the fuck back, hombre.

  118. 118.

    hovercraft

    December 8, 2016 at 9:16 pm

    @BillinGlendaleCA:

    Oh, and walking around the house naked. I’m excited about that.
    See, you have something in common with Cole afterall.

    I’m pretty sure it was Corner Stone who told a tale about a broken AC unit as his excuse for swanning around naked for days on end.

  119. 119.

    FlyingToaster

    December 8, 2016 at 9:16 pm

    @efgoldman:

    Excellent. She gonna’ stay with fiddle or go to a real instrument? I’m partial to brass, but double reed players seldom have much competition, at least thru high school.

    Violin, all the way. She sees Chris Hadfield as her role model.

  120. 120.

    raven

    December 8, 2016 at 9:16 pm

    @danielx: roger that

  121. 121.

    lurker dean

    December 8, 2016 at 9:18 pm

    @NotMax: maybe you need to see it in person for full effect but i kind of like that.

  122. 122.

    Omnes Omnibus

    December 8, 2016 at 9:20 pm

    @efgoldman: I played violin and viola.

  123. 123.

    Miss Bianca

    December 8, 2016 at 9:20 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus: you *knew* those were fightin’ words, right?

    That being said, you and efg might appreciate one of my favorite musician riddles (speaking of reeded instruments):.

    Q: What is the difference between a dead snake in the middle of the road and a dead bassoon player in the middle of the road?

    A: It’s just remotely conceivable that the snake was on its way to a gig.

  124. 124.

    Adam L Silverman

    December 8, 2016 at 9:22 pm

    @Iowa Old Lady: tshoor.

  125. 125.

    Omnes Omnibus

    December 8, 2016 at 9:22 pm

    @NotMax: I had a seventh/eighth grade French teacher who had one of those in that color in the mid to late ’70s.

  126. 126.

    Adam L Silverman

    December 8, 2016 at 9:23 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus: There’s always room for cello!

  127. 127.

    Omnes Omnibus

    December 8, 2016 at 9:24 pm

    @Adam L Silverman: God, that’s bad. Yes, I laughed.

  128. 128.

    Gravenstone

    December 8, 2016 at 9:26 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus: I’m sure that Trump would view that relationship as an asset. The better to stay close to the object of his perversions.

  129. 129.

    Omnes Omnibus

    December 8, 2016 at 9:27 pm

    @Gravenstone: Yes, I saw Trump as seeing creepy as a plus.

  130. 130.

    FlyingToaster

    December 8, 2016 at 9:28 pm

    @Miss Bianca: Oh, that’s just COLD.

  131. 131.

    Adam L Silverman

    December 8, 2016 at 9:31 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus: Yes it is and you’re welcome.

    It is one to keep in the back pocket for the rare occasions when it can be used.

  132. 132.

    Gravenstone

    December 8, 2016 at 9:32 pm

    @hovercraft: <a href="“>The bigger the cushion, the better the pushin’.

  133. 133.

    BillinGlendaleCA

    December 8, 2016 at 9:40 pm

    @Applejinx:

    Xiaomi Yi

    I got me one of them, they’re pretty nice. Liked it so much got one for the kid for her b-day. I’ve also got one of their dashcams.

  134. 134.

    rikyrah

    December 8, 2016 at 9:41 pm

    It looks nice, Cole. I love the color of the kitchen.???

  135. 135.

    SiubhanDuinne

    December 8, 2016 at 9:47 pm

    @Mnemosyne:

    It’s actually a lovely color, when I keep it clean.

    Ah, you lost me there.

    It varies from light blue to blue-violet depending on the light and the time of day.

    That actually sounds exceptionally pretty.

  136. 136.

    SiubhanDuinne

    December 8, 2016 at 9:49 pm

    @Adam L Silverman:

    Tikatevu!!

  137. 137.

    NotMax

    December 8, 2016 at 9:50 pm

    @Applejinx

    Xiaomi Yi

    What is blurted out when one forgets to use an oven mitt.

  138. 138.

    Lyrebird

    December 8, 2016 at 9:58 pm

    @NotMax: That was good. And cold.

  139. 139.

    Miss Bianca

    December 8, 2016 at 10:09 pm

    @FlyingToaster: Yeah, but funny. You gotta admit that. Heck, even the one bassoon player I knew admitted *that*!

  140. 140.

    Miss Bianca

    December 8, 2016 at 10:11 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus: @Adam L Silverman: “Cello, everbody, cello”?

  141. 141.

    J R in WV

    December 8, 2016 at 10:18 pm

    @hovercraft:

    No – the fricking alarm gives you a false sense of security, but won’t go off under most circumstances when the door is ajar enough to make a big difference in internal temps.

    We have one with french doors, love the water dispenser, which we get a new filter for in the mail on schedule. The ice machine is in the freezer, but that’s on the bottom. It doesn’t dispense, you have to scoop out the cubes, but there are always fresh cubes when you want them.

    But the doors take a good push on both doors most all the time to close properly. The alarm mostly goes off either when you’re loading new groceries into the fridge or searching for something you know is in there, somewhere. No help then, of course.

  142. 142.

    FlyingToaster

    December 8, 2016 at 10:19 pm

    @Miss Bianca: I didn’t say that it wasn’t funny. Or alas, true. It was just COLD.

    My old buddy from HS, the oboe player, used to give the English Horn player shit. As a then-clarinetist, I would mock both of them for their future unemployability.

  143. 143.

    gogol's wife

    December 8, 2016 at 10:25 pm

    @Adam L Silverman:

    Yeah, that’s what I was referencing!

    How I laughed at that clip — when I thought Hillary Clinton was going to be President.

  144. 144.

    gogol's wife

    December 8, 2016 at 10:26 pm

    @Steeplejack (tablet):

    Check out his “It’s My Party.” Hilarious!

  145. 145.

    Mnemosyne

    December 8, 2016 at 10:33 pm

    @Adam L Silverman:

    My BFF’s daughter started on the viola, then moved to the cello, and then — apparently feeling that the cello was too small — started playing the double bass. She has one at home for practice and uses the school’s for concerts since you need a U-Haul to cart the damn thing around.

    If there is a larger stringed instrument in existence, I’m pretty sure she’s going to start playing it next.

  146. 146.

    Omnes Omnibus

    December 8, 2016 at 10:40 pm

    @Mnemosyne:

    If there is a larger stringed instrument in existence, I’m pretty sure she’s going to start playing it next.

    Harpsichord.

  147. 147.

    Mnemosyne

    December 8, 2016 at 11:00 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus:

    I think you mean the harp — harpsichords have a keyboard.

    Though that did lead me down a brief rabbit hole of videos of the genius cellist Yo Yo Ma, so that was a nice break.

  148. 148.

    Omnes Omnibus

    December 8, 2016 at 11:06 pm

    @Mnemosyne: No. I meant harpsichord. A piano is considered a percussion instrument because it makes sounds due to hammers hitting things. A harpsichord makes sound due to picks plucking the strings. The keyboard is immaterial.

  149. 149.

    Sfinny

    December 8, 2016 at 11:20 pm

    Late to things but if you ever see this, John:

    Gas stoves are amazing. Heat control is great and the fact that I had something to heat water during the great blackout and other power outages was wonderful.

  150. 150.

    Cathie from Canada

    December 8, 2016 at 11:21 pm

    Just a note to make sure you use the correct pipe to drain the dishwasher.
    When ours was installed, they used galvanized pipe, which should NOT be used — the dishwasher detergents ate a hole in it and it began leaking into the basement. We couldn’t figure out where the leak was coming from but luckily we were changing the kitchen flooring and the installer moved the dishwasher and found the whole area underneath was soaked. If it hadn’t been for that, we wouldn’t have known until the floor collapsed!

  151. 151.

    Steve in the ATL

    December 8, 2016 at 11:25 pm

    @Adam L Silverman: It would take major cohones to date putin’s daughter. She doesn’t like her birthday present and then you’re drinking polonium tea.

  152. 152.

    Omnes Omnibus

    December 8, 2016 at 11:28 pm

    @Steve in the ATL: Looking at Trump, he has less that three years to live. So, big deal.

  153. 153.

    TNTDevil

    December 8, 2016 at 11:39 pm

    Couple of suggestions (and free advice is worth what you paid): Consider installing a water softener & RO system in your home. Secondly, at your first opportunity, replace your water heater with a tank-less hot water heater. Never run out and cut your gas bill bigly.

  154. 154.

    Mnemosyne

    December 8, 2016 at 11:47 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus:

    Meh. I have a feeling this is one of those musician insider things I’m never going to get. I never got past “Mary Had A Little Lamb” on any instrument, including the recorder.

    ETA: Plus what V seems to like is getting to pluck and bow the strings, so anything with a keyboard is out. No jokes from the peanut gallery, please, she’s only 12.

  155. 155.

    Omnes Omnibus

    December 8, 2016 at 11:55 pm

    @Mnemosyne: You wanted to know the largest stringed instrument. I told you what it was.

  156. 156.

    NotMax

    December 9, 2016 at 12:28 am

    @Omnes Omnibus

    Earth harp.

    In a more orchestral vein, the octobass.

  157. 157.

    Gretchen

    December 9, 2016 at 1:36 am

    So glad to see something other than stainless steel appliances. I’m hoping their heyday is over. And I’m wondering why this house is more suitable for walking around naked than the old one.

  158. 158.

    Richard Mayhew

    December 9, 2016 at 4:51 am

    @Gretchen: no roommates

  159. 159.

    Cheap Jim, formerly Cheap Jim

    December 9, 2016 at 8:26 am

    Dishwasher is nice, but the real golden barrier in my book is a washing machine. You were going to wash the dishes at home anyway, but not having to go out somewhere and sit watching your clothes so no one swipes your socks is where luxury begins. When I first had one, I washed all my clothes at once, and walked around the place nekkid, at least until the first of the underwear was dry.

  160. 160.

    Trinity

    December 9, 2016 at 9:24 am

    John – I’m so thrilled for your new house. I’m coveting your new appliances!

  161. 161.

    Sam White

    December 9, 2016 at 1:52 pm

    Glass shower doors are a wonderful thing. Here are a couple tips to save on the inevitable soap scum buildup.

    1. Get a squeegee and use it every time. This is the number one thing to save on the later cleaning

    For cleaning the window off, the best thing I have found is to use a mixture of 50% vinegar and 50% Dawn dish washing liquid detergent. Put it in a spray bottle and then use a sponge. This works like magic with no scrubbing.

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