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Death of a Refrigerator
By Destiny Dawn | May 29, 2008
One of the common household items that we take for granted most.
The refrigerator.
This one appliance can bring the daily operations of a home to a dead stop when it malfunctions.
Like life out here on this isolated valley isn’t hard enough my fridge decides to take a crap.
At first I thought it needed a good defrosting. A few years ago it acted up from ice built up on the freezer coils. So I unplugged it, let it thaw for a couple of days and plugged it back in. A few hours later I realized it was not getting cold. And to my dismay by that evening the motor had stopped running completely.
Now I got several problems. No fridge for starters.
I am 15 miles from the nearest town, where to find a cheap used fridge quick?
The farm truck doesn’t have valid street tags …. how do I haul a new one when I find one?
And .. what in the world can I do with the old one?
I’ve been reading the classifieds and very few people will deliver - I can’t afford delivery charges for those who do!
I have considered calling rent a center - at least they deliver - but then I am stuck paying twice what the fridge will be worth.
Maybe I should call around and get estimates from appliance repair men? I don’t even know of any in the area. Hrmmm.. I guess tomorrow I let my fingers do the walking and see what I come up with in the phone book.
What a pain!
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