Haha! I am the type who would probably not cook in it for the first week or two, because it will be all shiny and clean and as soon as I start cooking it will never be that way again... LOL!
I hardly ever get NEW appliances. @longsilver can fix almost anything, and so I use them to death then go buy another second hand one. Well, I wanted a glass top range so he got me a NEW stove a couple years ago. The first thing I did was roast coffee in my kinda beat up aluminum pan and scratched the crap out of the top. 2 days old... sigh... Oh well, many delicious meals have been cooked on it in spite of the scratches!
I prefer used for that very reason! The stove is already scratched and I've been really careful. I think the zipper on my sweater scratched the stainless steel about ten minutes after it was brought into the house. Having to worry about being gentle with appliances is absurd. They just don't make things like they used to!
No doubt! My son in law is an engineer, and they actually taught him that women LIKE new appliances, so those old ones that never broke down were "over engineered" and "not what consumers want." 🤦
I am sure that's how they justify the crappy workmanship of today and I suppose in some senses it's becoming true. Reality is that we let them get away with degrading the quality of products. They don't even stand by their products with real warranties anymore. I'll go to great lengths to fight a manufacturer when I feel they've cheated us.
Yep. All sorts of nonsense these days. I am old enough to remember when "Made in USA" meant something, something good. Now it means all parts manufactured in China then assembled in the basement of Amazon...
You are really fortunate to have someone around who can fix almost anything. We aren't nearly as handy. We sure give it a try - it's why we've bought a really old tractor etc that we have a hope of learning the mechanics of.
LOL! Now you hit a sore topic... We bought an old backhoe, he has put a new engine in it twice. It still will only run on warm, sunny days, and only if it feels like it. It has crapped out on us three winters in a row, when we had 1/2 mile of driveway to plow... so maybe he can't fix ANYTHING... but a lot of stuff!
thanks! I am quite excited. Another week or two and we should be cooking in it!
Haha! I am the type who would probably not cook in it for the first week or two, because it will be all shiny and clean and as soon as I start cooking it will never be that way again... LOL!
I hardly ever get NEW appliances. @longsilver can fix almost anything, and so I use them to death then go buy another second hand one. Well, I wanted a glass top range so he got me a NEW stove a couple years ago. The first thing I did was roast coffee in my kinda beat up aluminum pan and scratched the crap out of the top. 2 days old... sigh... Oh well, many delicious meals have been cooked on it in spite of the scratches!
I prefer used for that very reason! The stove is already scratched and I've been really careful. I think the zipper on my sweater scratched the stainless steel about ten minutes after it was brought into the house. Having to worry about being gentle with appliances is absurd. They just don't make things like they used to!
No doubt! My son in law is an engineer, and they actually taught him that women LIKE new appliances, so those old ones that never broke down were "over engineered" and "not what consumers want." 🤦
I am sure that's how they justify the crappy workmanship of today and I suppose in some senses it's becoming true. Reality is that we let them get away with degrading the quality of products. They don't even stand by their products with real warranties anymore. I'll go to great lengths to fight a manufacturer when I feel they've cheated us.
Yep. All sorts of nonsense these days. I am old enough to remember when "Made in USA" meant something, something good. Now it means all parts manufactured in China then assembled in the basement of Amazon...
You are really fortunate to have someone around who can fix almost anything. We aren't nearly as handy. We sure give it a try - it's why we've bought a really old tractor etc that we have a hope of learning the mechanics of.
LOL! Now you hit a sore topic... We bought an old backhoe, he has put a new engine in it twice. It still will only run on warm, sunny days, and only if it feels like it. It has crapped out on us three winters in a row, when we had 1/2 mile of driveway to plow... so maybe he can't fix ANYTHING... but a lot of stuff!