Ralph:  You have got to be the funniest person I know!  This made me laugh
out loud!  Great email!

Don't worry: I will need to speak to several pioneers who have purchased
these things before I spend this kind of cash, especially because I do still
work at Lucent.
(By the way, $3K is the low-end for these things; some are running as high
as $7500 and up.)

I'll be in touch.....

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> From:         Ralph Walter[SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Reply To:     Keep your hands off me, you filthy human!
> Sent:         Wednesday, August 15, 2001 12:15 PM
> To:   [log in to unmask]
> Subject:      Re: Iceboxes
>
> Donna,
>
> Glad the window muntin/came layout was useful.
>
> As to the pseudo imitation ice-a boxa, I'd want to "talk" one way or
> another
> to owners before I sprung for a $3000 refrigerator that somebody makes in
> his
> garage, even if it's a cabinetmaker who makes them in his garage.  You
> need
> to know more than that it looks nice on the internet. Who manufactures the
> mechanical components, who guarantees the whole thing, who fixes the damn
> thing when something goes wrong, within or beyond the warranty period?
>
> Friends of mine bought an artsy-fartsy pseudo antique electric wall oven
> that
> was supposed to look antique but actually looked stupid and expensive; I
> don'; remember how it worked, but the damn thing came with a broken hinge
> and
> took forever to get the part replaced.  Once it did work, you couldn't
> cook
> anything bigger than a chicken in it because the interior was so damn
> small.
>  Mrs. Ralph and I bought a GE Monogram that Consumer Reports said will
> take a
> pizza box (and does)--much more useful than the artsy fartsy version.
>
> Happy shopping.  And if you still work for Lucent, shouldn't you be saving
> every dime you can put your hands on?
>
> Ralph
>