{"id":905,"date":"2010-11-16T22:50:32","date_gmt":"2010-11-16T22:50:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jolene-test.com.bishopcompsol.com\/?p=905"},"modified":"2010-11-16T22:50:32","modified_gmt":"2010-11-16T22:50:32","slug":"refrigerator-woes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jolenephilo.com\/staging\/refrigerator-woes\/","title":{"rendered":"Refrigerator Woes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/jolenephilo.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/shapeimage_1-86.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-906\" title=\"shapeimage_1-8\" src=\"http:\/\/jolenephilo.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/shapeimage_1-86-222x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"222\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jolenephilo.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/shapeimage_1-86-222x300.png 222w, https:\/\/jolenephilo.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/shapeimage_1-86.png 296w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 222px) 100vw, 222px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Philo Christmas gifts have become depressingly predictable in recent years. Three years ago, the furnace made a fuss in December. Last year, the range bit the dust in November. Now, the refrigerator\u2019s belching rudely before, during, and after meals.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe compressor\u2019s going out,\u201d HIram announced yesterday. \u201cBetter start shopping for a new fridge.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut, but, but&#8230;\u201d I sputtered as visions of impractical presents flew out of my head.<\/p>\n<p>Hiram interrupted. \u201cOr would you rather have it go out completely and lose the food in it?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Who can argue with that kind of logic?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGuess what the money you\u2019re giving us for Christmas goes to this year?\u201d I asked Mom when we went out for breakfast this morning. \u201cA new refrigerator!\u201d I put a brave face on it. \u201cI not surprised. The kitchen appliances were new in the early 90s when we remodeled the kitchen. They\u2019re wearing out, one by one.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mom\u2019s eyes twinkled. \u201cMy old refrigerator still works. John keeps it in the garage.\u201d With a smirk she asked. \u201cWhen did I buy it?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201c1965 or so.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNever had a day\u2019s trouble with it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gloat, gloat, gloat.<\/p>\n<p>I almost told my smug, Methodist, teetotaler of a mother that her son John stores B-E-E-R in her old refrigerator. But I held my tongue. No need to upset her so close to her annual writing of the Christmas checks. Not when the washer and dryer are shaking and shimmying with an alarming lack of rhythm every laundry day.<\/p>\n<p>Our appliances are dropping like flies, which means extra cash flow could be the only thing between the Philos and empty stockings this holiday season.<\/p>\n<p>Merry Christmas!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Philo Christmas gifts have become depressingly predictable in recent years. 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