There are things that a majority of adults can do that I fail at: drive a car, wear pants, hold down a regular job, wash dishes, use chopsticks…y’know, the basics.
One of those things can be moved to a conditional list of ‘kinda actually can’ now.
That’s right! I can now use chopsticks!
“My new fridge will have a working water and ice dispenser. Water is cheaper than soda, and I need to try and save money. I NEED A WATER BOTTLE.”
This is the thought process that led to the purchase of the Contigo Autoseal Water Bottle [possibly the ‘Madison’ type, but I’m not entirely sure].
There was more to the process, of course. I had to come up with reasons for not just using a cup [Zombi; I can take the water with me if it’s in a bottle], and then I had to come up with requirements.
Spillproof, no annoying straw, not metal, and can be operated with only one hand.
All of these conditions were met by the Contigo.
Once upon a time, I bought a house. This was probably a mistake, because I am in no way equipped for such great responsibility. [I mean, I don’t even have great power, so why should I have great responsibility? I’m basically powerless here; someone else needs to be responsible.]
The house came with all the major appliances: a dishwasher, a lovely flat-top stove, a washer and dryer, a garbage disposal, and a fridge.
The washer and dryer were probably the oldest of the bunch. It decided to die in January, which was not at all fun. I replaced it with one from the Sears scratch-and-dent warehouse…which died during the startup run, and had to be replaced with another, better one. High-efficiency, no funny pillar in the middle of the drum. Very nice. Almost worth the delivery guy being all judgemental about how I obviously messed with the settings [after it sat not doing anything for over an hour, which is absolutely not normal operation, even during a startup cycle].
The dishwasher isn’t exactly awesome, but I’m not sure how much of that is the dishwasher, how much of that is my shitty rinsing, and how much of that is the chemistry switch of dish soap. It could also have something to do with the hardness of our water [which is, apparently, just this side of ‘diamond’].
Then there’s the fridge….