I have to defend myself here. I am the one who's having to suffer through the nightmare that is the washing machines in my house.
You see - I'm all for running to Sears and buying us a machine for under $500.
I'm not the problem here. It's Thor.
Thor believes in all things Consumer Reports.
Thor is a paying subscriber.
Thor doesn't buy anything without checking with the Consumer Reports On-Line Message Boards.
If it doesn't have Red Circles, Thor's not buying it.
If it has lots of Red Circles, Thor's sure it's a winner.
Hence that Way Too Expensive for Our Salary Bosch Front Load Washing Machine From Hell. Consumer Reports gave it Red Circles from here to Tokyo.
Don't even get me started on the Nightmare that is The Car We Need To Purchase but Are Only Willing To Buy What The Consumer Reports Gods Deem Acceptable hell that I'm living in.
And why we forked out $500 for that frickin' van on Tuesday when we should have gotten rid of it MONTHS ago but you know, we need to do our RESEARCH at Consumer Reports and other various Message Boards before we even consider buying something.
Ooooh. That felt good to get that off my chest.
Our friends and our family just chuckle when they hear about Thor's latest research project. I can hardly buy a jar of salsa without him investigating the opinions of Others Who We Don't Know Yet Have a Membership to The Salsa Message Boards.
Huh. Guess I'm not done spewing.
Some of you may remember last year's SAGA of how I needed new tires for the frickin' minivan because the tires I had were a Death Sentence On Ice, starring Scott Hamilton with a Toupe. (toupee? I should know this, I work with a man who's got a fake head o'hair)
Did we go to Goodyear and plunk down some money on a good looking pair?
We did not.
Did we go to Tires Plus and plunk down some money on a good looking pair?
Nay.
We went through the utmost of on-line research and found ourselves a little place that retreads tires. Old, used tires. And we plunked down a smaller amount of money than what those tires were worth on the Open Market.
Which is a really bad example to use because those tires were very good through last winter.
However, we did not replace them with not-snow tires so have theretofore, ruined those fuckers real good.
More research will be done to replace them.
This, my Dear Reader Friends, is not fun.
I am married to man who will take weeks, if not months, to purchase The Perfect drawer hinge. He is infuriated when I have the audacity to walk into a Home Depot and pick a bathroom faucet without going to Menards and other places to compare prices first. My God! I could be paying a whole 10 dollars more than I have to!
Never mind the gas and the mileage and the wear and tear on the brakes and used tires on the frickin' minivan that I still own. And precious time spent away from the laundromat!
You know, this little cleansing of mine is just making me crazier!
I just want to wash the skid marks out of everyone's underwear without having to haul them to a public washhouse.
Is that too much to ask?
11:12 a.m. - October 26, 2006
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