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oldfarmer50

I was going to try skydiving as a death defying thrill but now I might try riding the duck boat instead.😂😂😂

Michaell

So, we had a thing done to our house this past week:

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venture

Michaell said:

So, we had a thing done to our house this past week:

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Looking good!

oldfarmer50

Michaell said:

So, we had a thing done to our house this past week:

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Looks nice.😊 Being from Colorado I always pictured your house as looking like this:

tjc78

Came out great.

qbrozen

I saw an ad yesterday for a fridge that makes 2 different shapes of fancy ice and has 4 integrated cameras. I can’t fathom any of that being useful. The most you can do is be so incredibly lazy you need to look at the camera feed to see if there is something in there worth getting your big butt off the couch for. Seriously, people?

Michaell

Funny how people think all of Colorado is mountainous. Roughly half the state is high plains with a lot of agriculture - basically an extension of Kansas.

cdnpinhead

Yeah, Montana too.

ab348

Michaell said:

So, we had a thing done to our house this past week:

You should have kicked in another few bucks to get them to trim the shrubs.

J/K, looks good.

oldfarmer50

qbrozen said:

I saw an ad yesterday for a fridge that makes 2 different shapes of fancy ice and has 4 integrated cameras. I can’t fathom any of that being useful. The most you can do is be so incredibly lazy you need to look at the camera feed to see if there is something in there worth getting your big butt off the couch for. Seriously, people?

The big IT outage supposedly affected those techie refrigerators too. BTW, has that been fixed? My son is trying to have a meeting with his insurance caseworker and they canceled Friday because the company’s computers wouldn’t work.

28firefighter

They did. Proof positive no one needed it in the first place. I work in tech and my house is about as “dumb” as it gets short of having no wifi.

tjc78

@qbrozen said:
I saw an ad yesterday for a fridge that makes 2 different shapes of fancy ice and has 4 integrated cameras. I can’t fathom any of that being useful. The most you can do is be so incredibly lazy you need to look at the camera feed to see if there is something in there worth getting your big butt off the couch for. Seriously, people?

We have the Samsung Fridge with the giant screen and all that tech. We never use it. I loaded some pictures on it and the kids watch YouTube or doodle on it.

The ice thing… well I’d be all over that if ours had it. I make different types of cubes for various drinks.

Large balls for whiskey
Large cubes for Sangria or chilled wine
Medium size rose shaped balls for my wife’s old fashioneds
Ice maker cubes for general cocktail shaking and on the rocks cocktails

Yeah … I’m not a bartender but I play one at home.

ab348

tjc78 said:

We have the Samsung Fridge with the giant screen and all that tech. We never use it. I loaded some pictures on it and the kids watch YouTube or doodle on it.

The ice thing… well I’d be all over that if ours had it. I make different types of cubes for various drinks.

Large balls for whiskey

Large cubes for Sangria or chilled wine

Medium size rose shaped balls for my wife’s old fashioneds

Ice maker cubes for general cocktail shaking and on the rocks cocktails

Yeah … I’m not a bartender but I play one at home.

You have a Samsung fridge? And it is still refrigerating? I didn’t think that was possible…

I gather there is a booming market for novelty ice cube trays. I saw some recently that made them in the shape of cats. For the cat fanatics out there.

tjc78

@ab348 said:
You have a Samsung fridge? And it is still refrigerating? I didn’t think that was possible…

I gather there is a booming market for novelty ice cube trays. I saw some recently that made them in the shape of cats. For the cat fanatics out there.

The ice maker has been fixed and is dead again … I’ve replaced every plastic door shelf …. But (touch wood) it is cooling just fine and doesn’t have the water pooling issues under the deli tray.

If/when it stops cooling it’s gone. I didn’t buy it. The previous home owners left it. It was only 2 years old then and just about 6 now.

It’s a shame they look great and have a lot of nice features

snakeweasel

How do I get aged bug splatters off the front of my car. I think some of them are there from last summer. Washing the car and letting it soak, then rubbing hard with a mitt just hasn't taken them off. I tried some Turtle Wax Bug and Tar remover, took some away, but doesn't seem to budge others. Advice? Other than trade in the car.

Ok I know I am late to this but what I do is cover the front of the car with wet paper towels or cloth towels and let it sit for a while. After 20 to 30 minutes the dried bugs get soaked and are a lot easier to get off.

snakeweasel

@qbrozen said:
I saw an ad yesterday for a fridge that makes 2 different shapes of fancy ice and has 4 integrated cameras. I can’t fathom any of that being useful. The most you can do is be so incredibly lazy you need to look at the camera feed to see if there is something in there worth getting your big butt off the couch for. Seriously, people?

My fridge makes 2 different shapes of ice. Large cudical and small slivers. I think they call them cube and crushed.

snakeweasel

@Michaell said:
Funny how people think all of Colorado is mountainous. Roughly half the state is high plains with a lot of agriculture - basically an extension of Kansas.

My first trip to Colorado I was amazed just how quickly it went from mountains to flat. I had spent a lot of time in Tennessee and was accustomed to the mountains slowly getting gradually flatter over several hundred miles.

jmonroe1

Michaell said:

So, we had a thing done to our house this past week:

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Looks good and you also got rid of some clouds too. Those painters must have had some pretty tall ladders to do that.

jmonroe

jmonroe1

qbrozen said:

I saw an ad yesterday for a fridge that makes 2 different shapes of fancy ice and has 4 integrated cameras. I can’t fathom any of that being useful. The most you can do is be so incredibly lazy you need to look at the camera feed to see if there is something in there worth getting your big butt off the couch for. Seriously, people?

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Thanks for reminding me that I’ll have to start looking for a new fridge. Ours is from January of 2010 when we redid the kitchen. It’s a large Samsung that has been slow making ice for a few years but now the defroster is acting up and there is snow in the freezer. This happened about 2 years ago but then it started working again so I forgot all about getting another one back then.

Now you’ve got me thinking, if it had cameras I’d know when it repairs itself again. But maybe I should just stick to a conventional French style like we have now. Any suggestions as to what brand I should get. I know if it was a dishwasher you guys would be very helpful.

jmonroe

nyccarguy

@Michaell

Looks fantastic!

kyfdx

If your Samsung fridge is 14 years old, and has already been acting up, it's time to buy a new one, before it's an emergency.

jmonroe1

kyfdx said:

If your Samsung fridge is 14 years old, and has already been acting up, it's time to buy a new one, before it's an emergency.

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I know but if it had cameras I’d know when to start transferring its contents to the fridge in the basement and my neighbors fridge in his basement.

jmonroe

imidazol97

jmonroe1 said:

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Thanks for reminding me that I’ll have to start looking for a new fridge. Ours is from January of 2010 when we redid the kitchen. It’s a large Samsung that has been slow making ice for a few years but now the defroster is acting up and there is snow in the freezer. This happened about 2 years ago but then it started working again so I forgot all about getting another one back then.

Now you’ve got me thinking, if it had cameras I’d know when it repairs itself again. But maybe I should just stick to a conventional French style like we have now. Any suggestions as to what brand I should get. I know if it was a dishwasher you guys would be very helpful.

jmonroe

Check for the door seals leaking moist air into the fridge if you're getting frost in the freezer.

qbrozen

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Thanks for reminding me that I’ll have to start looking for a new fridge. Ours is from January of 2010 when we redid the kitchen. It’s a large Samsung that has been slow making ice for a few years but now the defroster is acting up and there is snow in the freezer. This happened about 2 years ago but then it started working again so I forgot all about getting another one back then.

Now you’ve got me thinking, if it had cameras I’d know when it repairs itself again. But maybe I should just stick to a conventional French style like we have now. Any suggestions as to what brand I should get. I know if it was a dishwasher you guys would be very helpful.

jmonroe

2010? It is a baby! Ours is from Sept 2003!

jmonroe1

imidazol97 said:

jmonroe1 said:

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Thanks for reminding me that I’ll have to start looking for a new fridge. Ours is from January of 2010 when we redid the kitchen. It’s a large Samsung that has been slow making ice for a few years but now the defroster is acting up and there is snow in the freezer. This happened about 2 years ago but then it started working again so I forgot all about getting another one back then.

Now you’ve got me thinking, if it had cameras I’d know when it repairs itself again. But maybe I should just stick to a conventional French style like we have now. Any suggestions as to what brand I should get. I know if it was a dishwasher you guys would be very helpful.

jmonroe

Check for the door seals leaking moist air into the fridge if you're getting frost in the freezer.

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Thanks for the suggestion but that was the first thing I checked.

jmonroe

jmonroe1

qbrozen said:

@jmonroe1 said:

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Thanks for reminding me that I’ll have to start looking for a new fridge. Ours is from January of 2010 when we redid the kitchen. It’s a large Samsung that has been slow making ice for a few years but now the defroster is acting up and there is snow in the freezer. This happened about 2 years ago but then it started working again so I forgot all about getting another one back then.

Now you’ve got me thinking, if it had cameras I’d know when it repairs itself again. But maybe I should just stick to a conventional French style like we have now. Any suggestions as to what brand I should get. I know if it was a dishwasher you guys would be very helpful.

jmonroe

2010? It is a baby! Ours is from Sept 2003!

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I know.

When we moved back from SC in August of ‘97 we took our Amana 2 door fridge with us that we bought when we built the house in ‘92. Back then it was customary for folks to take their fridge (left all the other appliances but took their fridge).

It just so happened that when we redid the kitchen in 2010, Son #2’s basement fridge was acting up so we gave the Amanda fridge to him. That fridge stopped working about 3 years ago.

They don’t make them like they used to.

jmonroe

stickguy

nope. when we got our first single family house (new build) in 1990, we had to get appliances and got a GE fridge. Traditional top freezer, not huge (18? 21?) in a snazzy tan color. Took it when we moved to our upgrade house in 1997 (I can't remember if it started out in the kitchen or not!) but when we moved in 2022, it was still cranking away in the garage. we left it for the people that bought the place, Was pretty grungy by then but worked like brand new. Outlived at least 2 that we bought for that place.

suydam

We have a Samsung counter depth French door fridge. We got it in 2016 and it’s been great (now I’ve probably jinxed it). I didn’t get a fancy one with outside the door water and ice dispensers because I read that those types need repairs more often than ones that don’t have them. We got it because we have a very small kitchen and Samsung was one of the few brands making counter depth fridges then.

dino001

From all descriptions I read and heard, in-door ice disposal is the single item that most prone to break on French door refrigerators independently from the brand. It's essentially a second freezer that's constantly exposed to thermal shock by opening doors, no wonder it is just not possible to make one that lasts long. I heard LG finally fixed design of their compressor thing (big issue in late 2010s), but it's unverified yet. Apart from compressors people were saying they were very good, so if this design flaw was really fixed, it goes to the top of the stack. I own a full-size French door Whirlpool (circa 2015) without in-door ice dispenser (for reasons stated above) with the ice maker is in the freezer) and it's performing generally well, but not faultless. It had some bad grommet design for water evacuation line from the freezer (part of frost control system) that got brittle clogged up resulting in freezer ice buildups, line freeze and icemaker line clogs, but after purchasing and installing the redesigned one, the issues went away. The only one thing the machine lacks is the open door buzzer, which is a must for French door in my opinion, as doors need to be slam-shut, otherwise that may hang and stay cracked open. That's the only real shortcoming that causes me discover cracked-open doors hours after I left them. Otherwise, It keeps the temperature and humidity very well.

kyfdx

We still have an "old-fashioned" side-by-side.

Michaell

kyfdx said:

We still have an "old-fashioned" side-by-side.

So do we - the GE that was installed when the house was new, 8 years ago. In door ice and water.

So far, no issues.

explorerx4

I wish we had a side by side so I don't have to reach into the bottom freezer to get my ice cream.

kyfdx

Ours is counter-depth, as well.

tjc78

Unpopular opinion…. French door refrigerators suck.

Also - 100% the ice maker in the fridge compartment is a fail.

At our old house we had a Kenmore side by side made by LG it was holding up great after 10 years when we moved out.

nyccarguy

I have a GE fridge that’s about 8 years old now. The black piece at the end of the drip tube clogs up, water goes into the freezer and freezes on the bottom. Once there is no room for the water to go, it leaks out the front. The ice maker works when it wants.

suydam

tjc78 said:

Unpopular opinion…. French door refrigerators suck.

Also - 100% the ice maker in the fridge compartment is a fail.

At our old house we had a Kenmore side by side made by LG it was holding up great after 10 years when we moved out.

That’s why there are different styles. Everyone can get what they want!

venture

kyfdx said:

We still have an "old-fashioned" side-by-side.

Same. That's what Mrs. venture wanted.

Whirlpool, Ice and water through the door. No problems so far for about 5 or 6 years.

dino001

nyccarguy said:

I have a GE fridge that’s about 8 years old now. The black piece at the end of the drip tube clogs up, water goes into the freezer and freezes on the bottom. Once there is no room for the water to go, it leaks out the front. The ice maker works when it wants.

That's exactly what I experienced on mine, Whirlpool redesigned the piece (grommet, which quickly got brittle, sticky and gross), and after installing it (it was around $20 for the piece, easy DIY), it stopped being a problem. Perhaps GE did the same?

tjc78

@suydam said:
That’s why there are different styles. Everyone can get what they want!

To an extent … but personally I think the designers made the French door seem trendy and more modern at the expense of versatility. The fridge may have advantages but the freezer (especially on Samsungs) is terrible.

ab348

explorerx4 said:

I wish we had a side by side so I don't have to reach into the bottom freezer to get my ice cream.

I’ve been mentally trying to decide what I want in a new refrigerator. My brother bought a bottom freezer last year and says he likes it, but I kinda like having the freezer at eye level so I see the items lurking in the back that have been there forever and need to go. I find the doors on most side by sides overly narrow so I’m cool on those. I think I’ll just get a bigger top-freezer job.

stickguy

we did side by side once. Did not like the narrow compartments. Have a french door since then. first couple were 3 doors. The new one we just got is a 4 door. We actually like the 2nd "flex" pull out. You can have it as a freezer or fridge drawer. we have it for deli and cheeses, stuff like that. Nice to not have to open up the main doors all the time. Could also be useful for freezer items you use a lot to keep them handy.

In door ice and water is like a moonroof in a car. Some people fixate on a higher possibility of problems. But I don't care, I want the feature. Having to open the freezer all the time to fish out ice sucks.

ronsteve

We got a Whirlpool side-by-side 2 years ago and our only complaint is that once the ice bin fills up and the ice maker stops cycling, it doesn’t start again on its own when the level drops. And that isn’t one of the easier ones to recycle.

abacomike

Hi, everyone. It's been a very long time since I signed in to this forum, but let me explain why!

About 12 weeks ago, I was hospitalized for blood clots in my urine which required irrigation of my bladder for several days. The doctors placed a folie into my bladder to assist with urination, but was unable to ween myself off the folie. Ended up at another hospital in Boca Raton after seeing a urologist, due to extreme pain in my back and chest. After blood tests were performed, my heart enzymes showed highly elevated levels so a cardiologist assigned to my case had me transported to Delray Hospital in Delray Beach, FL, so the cardiologist could perform tests in their cath lab to determine if there were any blockages in my heart arteries. Unfortunately, they found two arteries completely blocked and that a double bypass operation was required because the blockages were in areas of my heart where stents could not be placed.

I underwent double bypass surgery 7 weeks ago today at Delray Hospital. It was an awful and painful experience - something I wouldn't wish on my worst enemy. After about 10 days, I was transferred to a rehabilitation facility where I spent 5 weeks recuperating from the procedure. It's been a long process, to say the least.

I am now home and had to hire a private health aide to assist me in meal preparation, hygiene, therapy, etc., because my health insurance plan does not provide me with 6 hours per day of health aides - just 2 hours twice a week. It's costly (over $1000 a week). I am still very weak and need to use oxygen very frequently. I am working very hard at increasing my breathing to hopefully reduce my dependency on oxygen and getting occupational and physical therapy at home. I sure missed reading all the postings and it will probably take me many days to catch up on things. Needless to say, I am sure glad to be back - not quite as strong, but back, to be sure.

nyccarguy

Glad to hear you are on the mend @abacomike ! Best wishes to you on a speedy recovery!

Michaell

@abacomike - thank you for the update. I was just thinking about why we hadn't heard from you in a while.

Glad you're on the mend.

You haven't missed much - some appliance talk.

andres3

And extended warranty complaints.

tjc78

@ab348 said:

@abacomike
Holy crap! So glad you’re on the mend and back with us characters!

carnaught

@abacomike, sorry to hear what you have gone through. Here’s wishing you smooth sailing going forward and a rapid recovery.

abacomike

While I was in the hospital, one of my friends took my Genesis G90 into service for the recall on the left turbo oil feed and metal flash guard to prevent the chance of a fire on the left exhaust manifold. Took them 3-1/2 hours to complete the repair. This recall applied to all 3.3 L V6 engines with twin turbos in the G90 and G80 vehicles.

Nice to have great friends close at hand in emergency situations.

imidazol97

Best wishes recovering, Mike. Thank you for the update.