On Jul 23, 9:15*am, The Cook > wrote:

> *In fact we bought a GE Americana 2 oven stove when
> we moved into our house in 1974. *With a few minor fixes it was still
> working when we left in 2004. *The buyer did not seem to be in a hurry
> to replace i


Geez, a year or so ago I replaced a solid Jennair bought in '88,
basically not used 'until I got my hands on it in '93 ;-)). It
should've been replaced much sooner than I did. Perhaps I treat my
kitchen like a test kitchen; one can only know that by watching me and
judging whether or not I have mistreated my appliances; but the
evidence speaks to it that I have done them wrong.

To say that I've had bad luck with KitchenAid or any other name brand
never fails to produce abundant posts of yay-sayers and defenders of
their choice of products. I understand that.

I just had a Nikon camera that 'stopped' working within the last
couple of weeks.
I should post this Nikon information at a camera group ;-)) Did I
drop it? Did I throw it onto the seat? Have I contacted the
company? Have I reset it?

At least I had a good year out of it -- no, I will not try to have it
fixed. Life is short and Costco is near (until I run out of dollars).
Hey, I'm looking at a new Sony ......
And so it goes.

Dee Dee