My thoughts turned to the next segment I would write for my Storyworth book. It is about my time at the Naval Security Group Detachment, Potomac.
I intend to start with my relief at getting home from Adak. Then, my thoughts turned to what I found upon returning: my wife had moved our family from the B-side of the duplex on Falconer Court, FT Meade, to the A-side.
From an unknown trigger, my thoughts turned that she had to have the freezer moved, as well as the other appliances. I wondered who helped.
The exciting thing about the freezer is that we still have it, and it is in our garage, performing as well as ever for over thirty-five years. We had bought it at Ward’s. It was a display model with a minor dent. That hasn’t affected its performance, though.
The point of this aside is new is not necessarily better than old.
I admit to a period of stupidity. Our dryer stopped warming, so no drying. Instead of calling a repair man, I suggested replacing it, since it was slightly over twenty years old.
I must have been really suffering stupidly when I bought the replacement. The replacement sounded tinny when closing the door, while the replaced unit sounded brick-solid. There is no difference in drying choices, so we could have put in a new heater and kept the old one.
Stupid is as stupid does.
Have a great day.