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mixfinder

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I had one incredible week of freedom, being me and sharing the true joy of appliances and their nuance.

I was gob smacked to find there where actually some mean spirited souls who would question my personal experience or choice with appliances. Pi$$ing in my cheerios, as it were.

I respected your opinions and expected the same in return.

I learned to hide who I was, early in life and concurrently learned my fixation with appliances was further evidence of my "weirdenss".

I arrived at AutomaticWashers.org and believed I had discovered a place where I could drop the iron collar and the force field.

So , this site is not "safe" or free from sideswipes, but then neither is the world.

At least, there are a few here, that get it.

I will communicate anything that matters, off site.

Members should not be bullied here.

I have cooked more food on a Flair than most of you have seen in your life time. I KNOW every thing there is to know about how much it weighs, the depth of the oven cavity, the increased reflective quality of the oven liner and the need to bake 25 degrees lower because to prevent excess browning, the contortions it takes to get in the cupboard below if the burners are pulled out etc etc etc.

I also know the thrill of seeing, spotless and gleaming, lights under and over everything, the sheer hulk and heft of the Flair.

I can imagine what Jane Jetson would have felt like had she come into her kitchen and seen a the GM trademark and those words that make my knees weak, Cutom Imperial.

I hate being cold and have always said, "Cold is the temperature of poverty". I can never be too warm. Living with bone cancer, I ache more when it's cold, so if the glass ovens warm me as I cook, the Flair must then have medicinal qualities.

The number I posted, for the Kitchenaid dishwasher, in the thread, Keeping Bad Company" was incorrect. I had lifted that number from the ad off Craigs. It appears to be the number of the new Kitchenaid the seller had purchased.

Both of the Superba machines are mid eighties.

Some one like me, with dreams, ideals and life filled with unvoiced yearnings may come to join this group. If all the tender hearted ones leave, the new ones will feel isolated here, but in an even worse way. Set apart, from the very special and chosen few.

I am here, but in a new resolute and proud incarnation. I will be gentle and understanding and hope my voice will nurture the dream we all share.

Kelly
 
I, for one, never stopped loving you.

Said: At least, there are a few here, that get it.
I will communicate anything that matters, off site.
[You HAD BETTER write to ME mister!]

Response: Just because someone had a bad day of severe UMS (Ugly Mood Swings) does not mean you have to hold back.

U B U.

No one has to read your posts if they choose not to.
I personally look forward to them.

I know for a fact that my posts are offensive and looked-down-upon by some. EH~ How does the saying go? "Your opinion of me is none of my concern" Some of those people should only know how THEY are perceived.

We are all here to learn, laugh, share, rejoice and enlighten. Thank you for doing that for me! Seeing the world through your eyes is a treasure that I keep dear. NO B/S! I mean it.
 
Dear Doll Face

(no; not you, QC)
Of all that warm tasty gay Flair cooked food, was it mostly
on a 30 inch or a 40 inch? Were they white, or decorator
colors? Did most of them sit on the deluxe optional base,
or some cheesey home made job like mine? (knotty pine)
Did any of them have the fancy optional vent? Was it mostly
stove top or oven? I cooked the very first large dead Thanks-
giving Bird of my life on a 1964 Flair in 1999. For a December
"Gay Potluck" the same year I did Carnitas. The three Gay
Latinos at the get together gave me the thumbs up! You can't
go wrong with a "Sunset How To" book of anykind!!! Sorry about the Osteosarcoma thing; believe me when I say I can relate. I've been taking that G&dd@mn*d "haart" AZT for
19 years this August; and of course, I am one of those
"Bad" people that got HIV as Gods punishment, ya gotta love
her!!! So, if you find your self moseying on down through
California soon, I hope you'll stop by. I'll let you do
the "maiden" searing on my Hotpoint Customline Surface
Unit. (you'll have to assist in the installation, and give
me the stainless Kitchen Aid!) Be like two fried eggs sport,
keep your sunnyside up! ( I'm pretty sure I don't "get it",
but I do my best to fake it, til I make it!!)xoxoo Smitty
 
good days bad days life in general

Not HIV is a punishment, having a narrow mind is.
I do not know how I made it out of San Francisco negative, nor is it important. What I do know is, all those narrow minded christians who run around saying HIV is their "god's" punishment should read "their" "word of god" a bit more carefully.
That "book of books" may or may not approve of us; it does, however, very very clearly disapprove of the hatred and nastiness which the christians level at us.
Anyone who got a blood transfusion during the late 70's or early 80's; anyone who was a "bleeder", anyone who worked as a cop or paramedic or dentist or doctor or or or...was just as much at risk as we gays were. So why were they "punished" by the christian god? For helping people? The babies born to mothers who were infected by their untrue or unknowing lovers? Those babies deserved "god's punishment?"
I do wish the lions had not been left out overnight - I said they would catch their death of cold and they did. But would anybody listen to me? Now we are stuck with the consequences.
 
Thank you for being you ....Kelly!

Everyone is entitled to their opinion and should be respected for that. It is true...if you read something you don't like, you dont' have to like it....simple as that.

I enjoy the knowledge here and the 'off color' posts at times since it brings a smile to my face.

Life is too DAMN short. You think you are in so much control of your life but you really are not, so, why not enjoy your life. Laugh a little......have fun....your destiny can change in an instant.

Thanks again Kelly~!
 
Why?

It's amazing how many threads here turn into a screed against Christianity, for no apparent reason. Robert has lectured against that before. That really wasn't necessary.

Mixfinder, there are some people on this site who have a reputation for being very blunt and opinionated. There are also people here who are overly sensitive and take everything to heart. Who cares what a couple of opinionated strangers have to say about anything? The really cool and friendly people here outnumber the others by a HUGE margin. Just write off the comments that seem rude and have fun with all the cool people, who make up the vast majority. 'kay?
 
Gary said it best

"Everyone is entitled to their opinion and should be respected for that. It is true...if you read something you don't like, you dont' have to like it....simple as that."

Gary, you are right - my personal tolerance for fundamentalist christians is very limited. At a time when members of my family should be pulling together to weather a crisis, the fundies in the family are doing their best to be difficult, justifying their actions based on their "faith." I have nothing good to say about that religion.

So I guess it is best I not say anything about it at all, huh?

If you want to discuss the "whys and wherefores", Mike, please feel free to write to me - I shall leave this topic alone on this site.
 
It's just a word

Cancer does not define me, it is just a word, connected with numbers that become a score. The ultimate test anxiety.

Knowing, this is the only moment I have, it would be a waste of time for me to fret with past or worry about tomorrow. I savor the pleasure in each experience.

God is good to me and has been my taveling mate for most of life. He always kept my secret.

His PR team sucks, but I go straight to the source. He/she/it wants to hear from me so much, I have a private line.

Kelly
 
I am also glad

that you are staying.

Online communities, even the best ones like this one, are a lot like real life ones. Most people are kind and well-meaning, but there are the random troubled ones.

As we say in one of my meetings, "take what you like and leave the rest."

Plus, there is the matter of words on a page or screen. A certain something is added when people talk audibly. A person could say something, and it wouldn't be offensive. Same person could type the same something, and it could be offensive.

Maybe I am innocent (in some ways!), but I try to take direct responses in the kindest way.

Lawrence/Maytagbear
 
A nagging question

This has been bothering me for a long time. Where does the phrase "Now who wants some cake?" come from. I can hear it in my head plain as day. I'm seeing a 50's mom in a black and white sitcom. Leave It To Beaver? Can someone help me out here?
 
I guess I must have missed something???

Kelly try not to let one bad apple spoil the hole bunch. You need to choose what you take to heart and what you don't, because if you take everything to heart you could miss out on so much and I don't want that to happen to you. You have a lot supporting friends here so please relish in that and just let the rest kiss off. I have enjoyed your company here too. Scott
 
Hey Mike

The cake thing... Kinda like... Ding, Ding, round one is over! We all love each other, stop fighting and get back to business! At some point in time on this board someone has gotten their feelings hurt in some way or another because a reply is in type and not *voice* words. Including myself. Once your around here for a period of time you understand everyone's personality. Some are funny, some are direct, and like myself some are a smartass! That's OK though, if we were all the same it would be boring.
What I'm saying to you Kelly is, don't take things to serious or to heart everyone's different, but in a good way!
 
Baby Dolls

When I joined on New years' Day, there was an enormous religion and sex thread raging; it was fascinating and i couldn't believe i was reading such powerful and articulate stuff--as good as anything famous or published I had ever read. And then when it really turned ugly, a genius of kindness said who wants cake? And then everybody started talking about cake, giving recipes, going off baking some cakes and posting the pics, and everybody drooling as asking for pieces. It was so uplifting, funny and healing after all the virtiol. So in my crazy head, eating cake was first heard and will ever remain the invention of this site. Of course I'm as wrong as a cauliflower, but I have anal warts.TWHO WAS THAT GUY OR GIRL THAT NIGHT WHO SAID WHO WANTS CAKE. the genius of kindness!!??

We forget to say that we love each other and that we would be sad to see anyone go and that we'd be lost without the friendship we share here. If I have wounded anyone, I apologize. I pledge kindness, affection, respect, and Aretha Franklin at the next wash-in. Does dear Aretha Know she was named after a famous Washing Machine, And did any of you catch her on Emeril at Eastertime?

Love,
Michael Mickey Easyspin
 

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