Question of the Day, Monday April 28th

l'm filling in today for @MoochNNoodles' QOTD, so here goes:

When it rain it pours!

Recently my old vacuum cleaner blew up. Then the dishwasher seal went. Now l can't get in or out of my garage through the front as the garage door opener isn't working!

So, my question for today is:

What is the last household item that you had to replace or repair?

My light bulb in the kitchen. Not as bad as your list!

Is the computer a household item? if so, that was the last thing that was replaced.

If not, I'd have to go with Draco's light bulb.

(Hope you can get everything fixed, Andrya and that it won't break your budget.)

My toaster died. Thankfully it was something cheap.

Replaced my computer over spring break!

My recent expense was yard work.  This island doesn't have a free pick up service for limbs and such, you have to pay a fee for it.  I literally trimmed a full-sized car's worth of limbs on the property and had them hauled off. 

My fridge.  I just love my new one.  The freezer is on the bottom.

In fact I think there may be a whole thread somewhere about my new fridge..

My washing machine. After buying and returning a machine from Lowe's that wouldn't clean the clothes, we bought a Speed Queen and I love it.:nod:

Washer.  It started off skipping cycles and over month(knew we were not repairing it and would buy a used one) it got more often.  Last time I used it it started smelling of plastic burning. That washer was here when we moved in and was about 10 years old.  I wash A LOT of stuff-mostly cat blankets/beds.

Winchester said:

If not, I'd have to go with Draco's light bulb.

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You went to replace @Draco's lightbulb?   

I recently replaced my automatic can opener.  It is the best I've ever owned.  It cuts at the sides of the can so you have a smooth can and top, never have to worry about being scratched.  I just love it and ordered one for my sister who has trouble opening cans since she has arthritis in her hands. 

Our microwave started making a thumping noise and sparking so we bought a new one. 

We cannot keep a coffee maker for more than a few months and it is starting to cheese me off! I have tried every brand out there, different sizes, fancy programmable ones, basic, bare bones models, and they all die. Currently, I am using one from my in laws, who got a Keurig and didn't need the traditional coffee maker anymore. I have had it for a little over a month. When this one goes, I give up and am getting a french press.
I do not know if the quality of coffeemakers has gone down or if it is me. My dad still has the same Mr. Coffee he has had for almost 20 years. I am one of those people who kills watch batteries and lightbulbs, so maybe it is related to that? Maybe I am shorting out something in the wiring? We have gone through an unusual amount of toaster ovens, as well, so I think it might be me and my weird electromagnetic current (or whatever it is).

happybird said:

We cannot keep a coffee maker for more than a few months and it is starting to cheese me off! I have tried every brand out there, different sizes, fancy programmable ones, basic, bare bones models, and they all die. 

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Me too!! l must also have "the force".

We had a Phillips coffee maker for years and years. When it finally died, l killed 3 other brands back to back within a year.

Now l have an Oster that's been good for 2 years so far 

l also keep a back up, new in the box, because Murphy's Law states that the perfect time for a coffee maker to die is first thing on a Monday morning before work, grrr.

At my expense, my can opener. No big deal. At my landlord's expense, the motor in our freezer. 

When I still owned my house, my really nice, expensive refrigerator died. The entire thing became a freezer and my now ex-husband couldn't fix it. He tried buying a new motor. I think it was a busted thermostat or whatever. Anyway, he bought an old, tiny fridge that looked ridiculous in our big nook, built for a large fridge.

happybird said:

We cannot keep a coffee maker for more than a few months and it is starting to cheese me off! I have tried every brand out there, different sizes, fancy programmable ones, basic, bare bones models, and they all die. Currently, I am using one from my in laws, who got a Keurig and didn't need the traditional coffee maker anymore. I have had it for a little over a month. When this one goes, I give up and am getting a french press.
I do not know if the quality of coffeemakers has gone down or if it is me. My dad still has the same Mr. Coffee he has had for almost 20 years. I am one of those people who kills watch batteries and lightbulbs, so maybe it is related to that? Maybe I am shorting out something in the wiring? We have gone through an unusual amount of toaster ovens, as well, so I think it might be me and my weird electromagnetic current (or whatever it is).

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A French press is probably the best bet for you. No parts to burn out, environmentally friendly, inexpensive, unless you are a total klutz and drop it thus breaking the glass carafe it's ideal, you can make 1 to 4 cups (not mugs) of coffee at a time as strong or weak as you wish, use any coffee you like, you can put the carafe in the microwave in case you are called away from your coffee and it got cold, what more can you wish for?

Don't know what you can do about the toaster oven if you are killing those too.

And yes, they really don't make things the way they used to. All that Asian stuff is just not as good as what the US used to manufacture.

Regarding the idea that you are somehow responsible for all that stuff going kablooie, put that out of your mind. Coincidences happen all the time. Remember the old saw that given enough time a monkey could type up the "great American novel"? Statistics say everything is possible and you just happen to be in that place right now. 

Wow that is strange about killing things out that fast.  My Mom had a metal coffee pot that we moved with few times thing was pushing 20 when she stopped using it cause sister started drinking coffee and it got to small.  She bought the same one in bigger size and still has it.  After us kids moved out Mom and Dad went back to using the small ancient one.  That thing is always going too!

Seems things are always going out around here, we live in a really old "character" house and everything keeps trying to fall into disrepair!  The upkeep is constant. I guess the latest thing to go was the hot water heater about 2 months ago, but before that it was the stove last Fall. This is our 3rd hot water heater in 12 years; we've gone through 2 washers and 3 dryers in that time, too but those are in basement that flooded 6 times before the perimeter drains were discovered to be the issue and were fixed. 

We've had an endless stream of repair people in here: appliance, plumbing, carpenters, roofers (repair and new roof), bathroom and kitchen repair, flood/water damage teams, seriously you name it, and people have been here to fix, dry out, or replace it. That doesn't even count the maintenance people (chimney, furnace, garden, windows, etc.).

Moral of the story: it is very, very good to rent if you are living in an ancient house!   

I can't remember - holding my breath.