Sunday, November 5, 2006

Primitive Conditions

We are not the sort of people who can live without a dishwasher or disposal. Our sink strainer is perpetually filled with decaying Raisin Bran and our countertop is buried under the piles of every dish we own – dirty of course. Fortunately a 10% off Lowe’s coupon has arrived in the mail, and guess what we are buying.

And did I mention the dryer situation? Back in August, when we realized that we would be buying a dryer-free house, Martin upgraded the washer/dryer in his rental condo, as the tenants were complaining about it. He then retrieved the old dryer for our use in the new place, and started calling himself the Reverse Slumlord, since we’re taking the appliances snubbed by our tenants. Unfortunately, there’s a REASON the tenants wanted an upgrade. The dryer takes about 2 hrs to dry a big load, and for the last 30 minutes, it makes a loud beeping noise and HAS NO VOLUME CONTROL…

We also have no exterior vent, so every time we want to run the dryer, we have to open the window and shove the aluminum duct outside.

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