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[Drunk Monk]

I was very touched by that gesture.

That was a tough trip. I had too much ego invested and the group had its loose cannons. Sifu and I butted heads on a lot of things and that was always difficult.

That sword is a reminder of so many things

[cranefly]

Yeah, I didn't appreciate what you were going through at the time.  Too busy having fun, and bleeding.  Afterwards I became increasingly aware of it.

Even if the trip was was free for you, you paid for it -- more than the rest of us.  Thanks for falling on grenades coming fast as as Gatling gun.

[Drunk Monk]

Well, I didn't pay for it as much as you did.

You won by ...

... a nose.

[cranefly]

No idea where to put this right now.  So.  Never have we had the fridge fuller than right now.  Both the freezer and fridge compartments.
This morning, when I got up, I saw the clocks blinking, so the power was off for an uncertain length of time, but is back on.

The fridge is too, but a bit noisier than usual, and it's no longer cooling.  The freezing unit is leeching thawed everything.

So we're going to have to toss most the food, and a lot of thawed meat.

We've been looking online for a new side-by-side fridge, but anything decent (according to Consumer Reports) is not available.  WTF?  Is everyone hoarding fridges as well?

So I'm making a last-ditch effort to resurrect this sucker.

Any tips or ideas?

Here's what I know.

The fan in the back is on.
The compressor is slightly warm, as it should be.

I cleaned the coils under the front --a huge mat of hair, etc., big as a cat -- but it hasn't made a difference.

I'll be watching youtube videos for more troubleshooting steps.  But if you have something, you mind heaving it my way?

[Wondering what will break next...]

[Drunk Monk]

We have an ancient fridge. When we pack too much in it, it overloads and freezes everything. Ruined a lot of veggies that way. 

That’s all I got.

You sure that matter hair isn’t a cat?

[Greg]

Got nothing.

[cranefly]

Yeah, this one was made in 1997, and I'd really like to get a new more energy-efficient one. But this doesn't seem the time.

I've tracked it down to a bad PTC relay, I'm pretty sure. Will have to remove it, confirm it, and see if I can get a part.

[cranefly]

You sure that matter hair isn’t a cat?

Well, it would be a big cat.  Just in case, rather than stuff it in a wastebasket, I carefully set it out in the backyard by the garden.

The next morning it was gone.  So was a green tomato.  Not sure what that signifies.

Today we went to San Jose to fetch a PTC relay for the fridge, and then I replaced the old one.  It was definitely bad, so this was a necessary fix.  Whether it's a sufficient fix remains to be seen.

We spent the day cleaning out the fridge, and under it, including the coils, and inside the access bay behind, where the fan, compressor and other components are.  It's now plugged in, and I have an ice cube tray with water in it in the freezing unit.  It's getting colder in there, but not very fast, and I'm still not convinced I've fully fixed it.

As a public service announcement, I would advise you all to regularly remove the foot grating and clean under the fridge and especially the coils.  Because cats just want to be free.

As extra credit, check the range hood filter over your stove for a true moment of zen.

[Drunk Monk]

We don't have a range hood. They don't install those in century old bungalows.

My mom's fridge was moved out here from PA. That means its over 50 years old. Things are classified as antique when they are over 25 years old. Still going strong. They really knew how to make stuff back in the day. None of this planned obsolescence crap. She's got a freezer too. Not sure if that's quite as old but it's definitely an antique.

Kudos to you for trying to repair your fridge. I've given up trying to repair appliances. My tools are all scattered, as is my patience for doing anything of that sort. That attitude probably won't serve me too well during the apocalypse.

[cranefly]

I think the fridge is fixed.
Got ice cubes, not that we normally make them.

Loaded up the fridge with some semi-salvaged foodstuffs kept on life support in an ice chest.

Over the next couple of weeks we'll be playing that ever-exciting game of Is This Spoiled Enough to Kill Us?

[Drunk Monk]

Yay! Congrats.

It prolly won’t kill ya, just make you really really sick.

[Greg]

That's my favorite game!

[cranefly]

LCF asked me if DM had heard about this.

I don't know.
Grateful Dead Origins

Take a trip to the early days of the Grateful Dead via this new psychedelic graphic novel

https://thesixfifty.com/take-a-trip-to-t...ae08074e3c

[Drunk Monk]

Sure. I'm on way too much GD social media. 

They are ridiculously productive with new products. This didn't really appeal to me. Neither did their new line of Nike shoes based on the dancing bears.



However I'm intrigued by Angel's Share, studio cuts off Workingman's Dead which is celebrating its 50th. 



And now there's a Workingman's Dead Leatherman. 

[Drunk Monk]