Of Fridges and Ridges - February 15, 2020
(Warning. This story has not been read-proof by Laur!)
Fridges
We have a gigantic stalactite growing in our refrigerator here at our trailer. The fridge may very well be as old as our trailer and our trailer is about 35, me thinks. This is not a good thing and we really need to buy a fridge, so one Sunday afternoon when there was no movie we wanted to see and it was too dreary to hike, and we took the measurements out of our fridge – we literally tore out a label – and went to Home Depot.
GE 13.6 cu ft – 64” high, 30 1/2 ” wide, 26 ¾” deep including handles.
Home Depot on Sunday afternoons is one of their busiest days. We were lucky to get a parking space at all, and our walk to an from the store counted as my afternoon walk. And we were very lucky to find an employee – Bob – who was happy to help us. At least at first.
As it turns out, we have a very oddly sized fridge. It’s a normal height and width, but it’s very shallow in depth. Why not get a deeper fridge? It would jut out so much that we’d have to pole-vault over it to get to the bathroom and bedroom from the living room and kitchen.
Bob took to his computer. He tried typing in the depth we have and all he came up with was small fridges. This wouldn’t work for us – we like to eat a lot, but we don’t like to shop very often. Then he tried increasing the depth by one inch, two inches, three inches, and four inches. And eureka, every time he increased this number, some great options turned up. And dang, every time when he went to order one, it was out of stock and there was no hint about when it would be restocked. This went on for about an hour, or so it seemed.
I said to hubs on our way home – fridgeless – “I didn’t much like that movie today. It was so boring. Two seniors shopping for a fridge and not getting one? What was the point of that?” Laur agreed. “Kinda like the play ‘Waiting for Godot’ (Theatre of the Absurd) but even more bizarre.”
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Ridges
Laur and I have a hard time admitting defeat when it comes to hiking. We get defeated on a regular basis – but we rarely accept it. Hubs was determined that the Jack Spratt Mountain ridge was not going to best us this year. Two years ago we failed most unfamously trying to follow the ridge. You can read all about it at https://sunshineandapurpledress.weebly.com/jack-and-jill---mar-26-2018.html
So last Monday we hiked up Old Baldy to Josephine Saddle and then onto “a path less taken” to find a trailhead that really doesn’t exist anymore. We met up with our hiking friend Bob along the way and invited him to join us. Laur described the hike and Bob politely said, “My wife is expecting me home by 1 pm.” He could have texted her, but he knows a thing or two about our adventure hikes.
I truly did not want to repeat our 2018 fiasco of bushwhacking and tumbling down a whole lot of rocky washes and steep cliffs. No worries. Laur had a GPS with him this time and was certain we could find the route and stay on it. Before I complain, I want you to know that I loved every second of this escapade. Having said that, this hike was FAR WORSE than our 2018 attempt.
I know when Laur is at his wits end when he goes from saying, “This is so wonderful!” to “For ____ sake! Another outcrop and a cliff!” And I know that Laur is desperate when he says, “I really like hiking with you.” This means, “No one in their right mind would do this!” At least he didn’t say “I know where we are – roughly.” Then I know we are in deep doo-doo.
At one point I said – as I inadvertently tobogganed on my behind through a heckuva lot of pine needles and mud – “Could this get any worse?” And then it started to HAIL! I kid you not. I said to hubs, I’m going to call this our “What The Hail? Tobogganing On Pine Needles Hike!” Hubs had a number of falls but didn’t break anything, and that is all that matters. Wished I’d been videoing him.
Oh, and we did manage to make our hike worse. On the way home I insisted that Laur and I stop off at Jellybean Appliance store to see about getting a fridge. You can imagine how we looked and smelled. We showed the store associate our piece of paper with the measurements. She said to us she’d look some stuff up on her computer and get back to us…
We’re still waiting. 😊
Fridges
We have a gigantic stalactite growing in our refrigerator here at our trailer. The fridge may very well be as old as our trailer and our trailer is about 35, me thinks. This is not a good thing and we really need to buy a fridge, so one Sunday afternoon when there was no movie we wanted to see and it was too dreary to hike, and we took the measurements out of our fridge – we literally tore out a label – and went to Home Depot.
GE 13.6 cu ft – 64” high, 30 1/2 ” wide, 26 ¾” deep including handles.
Home Depot on Sunday afternoons is one of their busiest days. We were lucky to get a parking space at all, and our walk to an from the store counted as my afternoon walk. And we were very lucky to find an employee – Bob – who was happy to help us. At least at first.
As it turns out, we have a very oddly sized fridge. It’s a normal height and width, but it’s very shallow in depth. Why not get a deeper fridge? It would jut out so much that we’d have to pole-vault over it to get to the bathroom and bedroom from the living room and kitchen.
Bob took to his computer. He tried typing in the depth we have and all he came up with was small fridges. This wouldn’t work for us – we like to eat a lot, but we don’t like to shop very often. Then he tried increasing the depth by one inch, two inches, three inches, and four inches. And eureka, every time he increased this number, some great options turned up. And dang, every time when he went to order one, it was out of stock and there was no hint about when it would be restocked. This went on for about an hour, or so it seemed.
I said to hubs on our way home – fridgeless – “I didn’t much like that movie today. It was so boring. Two seniors shopping for a fridge and not getting one? What was the point of that?” Laur agreed. “Kinda like the play ‘Waiting for Godot’ (Theatre of the Absurd) but even more bizarre.”
*****
Ridges
Laur and I have a hard time admitting defeat when it comes to hiking. We get defeated on a regular basis – but we rarely accept it. Hubs was determined that the Jack Spratt Mountain ridge was not going to best us this year. Two years ago we failed most unfamously trying to follow the ridge. You can read all about it at https://sunshineandapurpledress.weebly.com/jack-and-jill---mar-26-2018.html
So last Monday we hiked up Old Baldy to Josephine Saddle and then onto “a path less taken” to find a trailhead that really doesn’t exist anymore. We met up with our hiking friend Bob along the way and invited him to join us. Laur described the hike and Bob politely said, “My wife is expecting me home by 1 pm.” He could have texted her, but he knows a thing or two about our adventure hikes.
I truly did not want to repeat our 2018 fiasco of bushwhacking and tumbling down a whole lot of rocky washes and steep cliffs. No worries. Laur had a GPS with him this time and was certain we could find the route and stay on it. Before I complain, I want you to know that I loved every second of this escapade. Having said that, this hike was FAR WORSE than our 2018 attempt.
I know when Laur is at his wits end when he goes from saying, “This is so wonderful!” to “For ____ sake! Another outcrop and a cliff!” And I know that Laur is desperate when he says, “I really like hiking with you.” This means, “No one in their right mind would do this!” At least he didn’t say “I know where we are – roughly.” Then I know we are in deep doo-doo.
At one point I said – as I inadvertently tobogganed on my behind through a heckuva lot of pine needles and mud – “Could this get any worse?” And then it started to HAIL! I kid you not. I said to hubs, I’m going to call this our “What The Hail? Tobogganing On Pine Needles Hike!” Hubs had a number of falls but didn’t break anything, and that is all that matters. Wished I’d been videoing him.
Oh, and we did manage to make our hike worse. On the way home I insisted that Laur and I stop off at Jellybean Appliance store to see about getting a fridge. You can imagine how we looked and smelled. We showed the store associate our piece of paper with the measurements. She said to us she’d look some stuff up on her computer and get back to us…
We’re still waiting. 😊