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New Wine Cooler
11 Jul 2020 11:32The appliance apocalypse continues!
All of my appliances are 20+ years old, and they are failing one by one. Not that I'm complaining! Twenty plus years is a great life for an appliance, and I expected this would happen.
I have noticed that the sounds that appliances make change when they are close to failure. And I noticed the odd tone that the wine cooler was making recently. And then one day, it stopped cooling.
So today I picked up a new wine cooler...I'm letting it sit for the required length of time before I plug it in.
I will make a side comment that maintaining a house and its furnishings is expensive. I believe that the data shows that in the long run, you typically do NOT add much wealth by owning a house. That goes against the pablum information that people are fed. That statement may not be completely accurate in the last 30 years with the rapid appreciation of real estate values in US cities, but in the long run, I believe houses generally appreciated at the same rate as inflation, plus you have all the maintenance to pay for. But I think why homeowners come out better financially in the end is that we know we have to pay for stuff, so we know we have to save for it. So we end up with more savings than renters. And more stability.
I much prefer owning a home than renting...I just think that people believe everything they are told. And owning a house is fucking expensive!
All of my appliances are 20+ years old, and they are failing one by one. Not that I'm complaining! Twenty plus years is a great life for an appliance, and I expected this would happen.
I have noticed that the sounds that appliances make change when they are close to failure. And I noticed the odd tone that the wine cooler was making recently. And then one day, it stopped cooling.
So today I picked up a new wine cooler...I'm letting it sit for the required length of time before I plug it in.
I will make a side comment that maintaining a house and its furnishings is expensive. I believe that the data shows that in the long run, you typically do NOT add much wealth by owning a house. That goes against the pablum information that people are fed. That statement may not be completely accurate in the last 30 years with the rapid appreciation of real estate values in US cities, but in the long run, I believe houses generally appreciated at the same rate as inflation, plus you have all the maintenance to pay for. But I think why homeowners come out better financially in the end is that we know we have to pay for stuff, so we know we have to save for it. So we end up with more savings than renters. And more stability.
I much prefer owning a home than renting...I just think that people believe everything they are told. And owning a house is fucking expensive!