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As of the moment of this posting , . . .   . . . $1,028 plus tax takes home the two cheapest induction ranges at Home Depot.  Don’t know how long it will last.  They’re doing the “See lower price in cart” act.

When General Electric still made GE major appliances . . .   . . . the brands included GE, Profile, Monogram, Cafe, Hotpoint, Americana (originally a prestige line like Hotpoint, later a contractor line sold only at Home Depot until it was retired) and RCA.   Haier might have got them all...

Perhaps the dam is about to burst   As of this morning:  ...

Rear control induction range   IKEA still sells one with a 5-year warranty.  Frigidaire clone lacking Air Fry.  Otherwise identical to mine.   https://www.ikea.com/us/en/p/tvaersaeker-range-with-induction-cooktop-stainless-steel-40466006/

  Sorted by price low to high at Home Depot, an interesting view emerges.  ...

Wait, wait, I lost track again.   Is coffee an antioxidant-rich elixir of health or a slow-acting poison that turns you into a ticking time-bomb this week?

  SCE TOU-D-PRIME-CARE plan with solar panels.  Highest rates are 4:00pm to 9:00pm   NO running the washer, dryer or dishwasher during high rate times.  Dishwasher is always programmed to start after 9:00pm.   Meal prep is unavoidable.  On time for the induction stove is usually less than...

The biggest problem with VIM and Salvo tablets . . .   . . . was kids trying to use them as hockey pucks.

  What, no barcodes?   ::dodges a hurled Rinso box and Fresh Start jug::

Just seemed appropriate.  

Wait, wait, I lost track again.   Is coffee an elixir of health or a deadly poison this week?

Here in Sunny SoCal . . .   . . . ALDI's carts are bigger than the carts at Stater Bros., Albertsons and Walmart Neighborhood Market.

  I don't have to tell my fellow ALDIans that ALDI has the biggest shopping carts in town, excluding the flatbed carts at Costco and its equivalents. ALDI's strategy is the inverse of the "eat from a smaller plate and you'll eat less" philosophy.  You have this BIG cart.  You have to use all of...

  My dishwasher never smells bad.  My garbage disposer never smells bad.  My front-loading washer never smells bad.   What am I doing wrong?

  We screen our landline phone calls with the answering machine and ever since we recorded a greeting that sounds like a redirect message, we've been getting more hangups and fewer sales pitches.  It appears robo-dialers that connect you to an agent can analyze speech.  It doesn't matter what...

For Firefox, there's FadBlock   Friendly Adblock for YouTube.   Search "Manage extensions" with fadblock. I tipped the developer. Ain't failed me yet.

You mean the fuel for a soda bottle bomb?   Uh. no.

Blue Scotch Brite and water . . .   . . . are all you need for daily cleanup. Saturate the pad, squeeze out most of the water, and rub with the scrubbing side down until you can feel the surface is clean.  Buff dry with a folded dishtowel. ALDI sells their own version under the Radiance brand...

  Make some popcorn in your West Bend Stir-Crazy, grab a bottle of Mexican Coca-Cola (with real cane sugar) or two from the Kelvinator Foodarama and lean back in your La-Z-Boy.  

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