Anyway...I am enjoying the demo more than I think I will enjoy the put back. Today, I tore out the old cooktop and cabinets to make room for the new range. Had to re-wire and install a 220V plug for the new stove which will be here Tuesday. Managed to do it without standing my hair straight up, or burning down the house. On a positive note, I am finally getting around to labeling the circuit box. I ended up turning off every item in the house in an effort to find the breaker for the old cooktop.
Some more befores and afters...
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"I am beginning to believe kitchens are like women's clothing. They get away with murder on what they charge, because women like this stuff."
Seriously Batman? "Women" like this stuff? Are you f*cking KIDDING me?
I am so tired of being told what I am "supposed" to like -- as though if my entire universe doesn't revolve around picking out a sparkly new stove, or matching the drapes to the chairs, or dressing up my children in shiny new clothes and parading them before the masses like the trophies of my womanhood, or thanking Jesus every time a butterfly is born, I am somehow "odd"...
...and OBVIOUSLY a tramp or a "cock tease" or a "lipstick lesbian". Because an attractive woman can't possibly enjoy the company and comraderie and witty irreverence of men without wanting to do every single last one of them on top of her sparkly new stove... the stove her husband picked out... because he does all the damn cooking.
Easy Tammy...you must admit, in a generalized world, women give more of a shit what is in the kitchen than men do. On the other hand, I have seen men spend an obscene amount of money on a grill, which is then used to burn snausages and burgers every bit as thouroughly as a cheap charcoal version.
All I am saying is the marketers are doing their jobs in many areas.
Alas Batman -- I have very few sore spots and gender stereotyping is definitely one of them.
And not just in the sense of "all men like this stuff" and "all women like that stuff". But more so, even, in the way that the stereotypes are broken down into very gender specific categories; the misogynistic idea that unconventional personality traits can suddenly earn you the label of being "THAT TYPE" of woman (i.e. a whore, a dyke, a Suzy Homemaker, a bitch, a prude, or whatever).
Sadly, in my own experience, I have often found women to be the biggest misogynists of all...
...well, at least until this post amyway, when you broke out with this whole "all women like shiny new stoves" thing, LOL.
Can you break that cost down into $/meal for us? Compared with a woman's dress or a man's grill (I guess I'm gender-typing), I'll bet it's not such a bad deal when you apply a usage factor. Especially if the more expensive model has features that make it more versatile, easier to clean, quicker to heat up or more efficient. Being the Dilbert that you are, I'm sure you've done the math....
I don't really have an opinion but I did want to share these blogs, well I guess I can just tell you:
http://stuffguyslike.blogspot.com/
http://thingswomenlike.blogspot.com/
Entertaining blogs, Ed.
Just for kicks, I made a personal list of the things that I like from both blogs and then calculated which blog (the dude blog or the chick blog) contained the highest percentage of things that I like. Here are the results:
"Guy Stuff" Tammy Likes:
Dirty Jobs
The Bench Press
"That's What She Said"
Stink (i.e. "man-stink")
Shooter Games (WOOT!)
The Fist Bump
Burritoes
"Woman Things" Tammy Likes:
Ellen Degeneres
Carrying Around Water Bottles
Saying "I Couldn't Possibly Eat Any More"
Smelling Like Food
Bad Boys
Getting Together Without a Purpose
Calling Their Female Friends "Girlfriends"
Cuddling
Loofahs
The final results? I liked an equal 41% of things from each list.
What does that mean? Absolutely nothing. Except I am home sick today and bored out of my skull.
"Sadly, in my own experience, I have often found women to be the biggest misogynists of all..."
yep.
I like men building/repairing things around the house/yard -- very sexy. Talk maintenance to me!
Guy stuff:
Burritos
Shooter Games
Bacon, mmmmm
Saying "That's what she said."
Ford F150
Big drinks - if it's unsweet tea
Man-stink
Dirty jobs
Total: 8 of 17
Girl stuff:
Cuddling
Getting together without a purpose
Starbucks
Bad boys (preferably ones that build/fix shit)
Coach bag
Martha Stewart
Pant suits
Total: 7 of 22
So I like 41% things men like, but only 32% of things women like. So what kind of woman am I?
Tammy your math is off... you like closer to 36.5% of what men like. They aren't equal percentages because there are 17 items for men and 22 items for women.
nice toaster batfish ...
Elaine, I say "nay nay". 7 of 17 items is 41.17%. Round down to 41%.
So, I do indeed like 41% of what guys like.
YOUR math is off, babe.
It's a girl-on-girl smack down!
Oh, and you like 47% of what guys like -- not 41%, dude.
Oh, I see what I did. I was thinking we like equal numbers. We don't. You like less guy stuff and more girl stuff than I do... and then there is also the part where I just fucked up the calculation.
Consider me smacked! Do I get to determine where? ;)
Thanks for the toaster comment Al...I may begin to bang it against my face if these two girls don't get around to some real cat-fighting soon.
Baby, I'll smack you anywhere. Just name it.
do you think Khiva would let you install this fire alarm?
Sweetie, you'll need to get out your thigh high boots for this one. Today's my birthday, and I'm 44...
Happy, happy birthday baby! Thigh high boots look HOT with my Catholic school girl skirt... I'll try to make it to Austin by midnight. Wait up for me.
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