Bye Bye A Good Friend!
By Darcy Nemo
@YrNemo (20255)
September 1, 2018 6:30am CST
That electric kettle died suddenly yesterday, after a year of being a faithful friend to us. It refused to work after passing its warranty by a few days, how incredible is that! I am so amazed at its promptness!
Since that heartbreaking event happened at night 
, this morning we had to make our tea by using the old & traditional kettle.
It was a time of bye bye a new friend, but hello again an old mate!
Have you said goodbye recently to anything in your life? I have been watching our 16 YO washing machine for the last six months or so since it has been behaving weirdly. Guess that would be the next item to buy on our list (after a new electric kettle).
, this morning we had to make our tea by using the old & traditional kettle.
It was a time of bye bye a new friend, but hello again an old mate!
Have you said goodbye recently to anything in your life? I have been watching our 16 YO washing machine for the last six months or so since it has been behaving weirdly. Guess that would be the next item to buy on our list (after a new electric kettle).27 people like this
23 responses
@YrNemo (20255)
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6 Sep 18
Here, they are quite affordable and are on sale everywhere (at almost the same cost as if you asked someone to repair the blasted thing). The only problem is that you must stay home a day to wait for its delivery, then for a suitable tradesman to come installing or connecting the necessary parts.
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@wolfgirl569 (108126)
• Marion, Ohio
1 Sep 18
So far so good. But not trusting the refrigerator too much anymore
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@wolfgirl569 (108126)
• Marion, Ohio
1 Sep 18
@YrNemo Ours has some age on it now. So not too sure about it.
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@wolfgirl569 (108126)
• Marion, Ohio
2 Sep 18
@YrNemo Everything is still working, but the motor sometimes makes noise and the frost free sometimes drains to the floor instead of evaporating it. If it goes we will just have to go get one.
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@YrNemo (20255)
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2 Sep 18
@compslick 
so how do you deal with the situation? buying a small bar fridge for the time being?
so how do you deal with the situation? buying a small bar fridge for the time being?
@arunima25 (87854)
• Bangalore, India
1 Sep 18
I had to say bye bye to my 8 year old washing machine last month. Now we have a better new one.
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@arunima25 (87854)
• Bangalore, India
1 Sep 18
@YrNemo Now a days we do not get such good qualities of electronic items in India. With increasing consumerism, nothing goes beyond 10 years without trouble. My mother has a referigerator for more than 45 years and it is still working with no issue. I have changed twice in last 20 years.
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@arunima25 (87854)
• Bangalore, India
3 Sep 18
@YrNemo Good. It was in warranty.
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@tammys85 (30134)
• Baltimore, Maryland
2 Sep 18
@YrNemo I think when Hulu, Netflix, etc. plays a show, they have a contract to only play it for a certain length of time, and the contract for Garfield was up yesterday. But yeah, a trial is just to try it out, you do have to pay monthly if you wanna stick with them lol. I use my brother's Hulu that he pays for, and he uses my WWE Network that I pay for lol.
@Mavic123456 (21893)
• Thailand
1 Sep 18
Your story broke my heart. I can't get over with my tears here.
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@Mavic123456 (21893)
• Thailand
1 Sep 18
@YrNemo Hey! I am still collecting myself. I was really touched and devastated.
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@Mavic123456 (21893)
• Thailand
2 Sep 18
@compslick I don't much things actually. but I have to say bye bye to Pegasus my bike. I have to send him to the Philippines.
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@asfarasiknow (3340)
• Bournemouth, England
28 Sep 18
So often the way where warranties are concerned.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
5 Sep 18
my rice cooker from Kuwait was brought home by me in 1990 and it is what we are still using. my older brother bought us a new rice cooker and in a year, the rice gets burned, so we kept it and brought out my 'vintage' rice cooker, and that is what we are using now.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
7 Sep 18
@YrNemo it is National brand and it is very durable.
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@aureliah (24322)
• Kenya
3 Sep 18
@compslick Appliances and machines surely have a mind of their own
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@snowy22315 (182175)
• United States
1 Sep 18
Well, we did have to buy a new dryer last year..but after 11 years of faithful service..I guess it wanted a rest!
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@allknowing (137775)
• India
2 Sep 18
We did that to the washing machine that stopped working all of a sudden after giving well over 25 years of smoth service. There were no spare parts to get it back and so had to go for a new one.
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@andriaperry (117140)
• Anniston, Alabama
2 Sep 18
Yes my up right deep freezer and its just 12 years old.
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
2 Sep 18
It is a mystery to me how gadgets say bye right after the warranty period.
I think they test it out and set a period prior to it.
I have never got used to an electric kettle.. those things came late in my life.Though they are very handy ,I still use the old fashioned one
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@YrNemo (20255)
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2 Sep 18
I would rather return to the old kettle seriously. At least you could look at the shinny surface, see your own reflection there (if not, it means the kettle is a bit dirty - mine acts that way ). Unfortunately, my children who come visit me often, complained bitterly.
). Unfortunately, my children who come visit me often, complained bitterly.
@amitkokiladitya (171927)
• Agra, India
1 Sep 18
Thankfully.....I'm spared of unwanted expenditure at present
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