TREND ALERT, Appliances

I pointed out several decades ago, while I was married, that if anyone ever heard someone refer to me as "hubby" it would probably be a good time to vacate the premises since I would be off to retrieve my Beretta ASAP.

You preferred to be called "wifey"?

[Jenise]

I pointed out several decades ago, while I was married, that if anyone ever heard someone refer to me as "hubby" it would probably be a good time to vacate the premises since I would be off to retrieve my Beretta ASAP.

I'm sure you're making the world a better place by staying single.

I pointed out several decades ago, while I was married, that if anyone ever heard someone refer to me as "hubby" it would probably be a good time to vacate the premises since I would be off to retrieve my Beretta ASAP.

I'm sure you're making the world a better place by staying single.

Indeed I am. If only a happier place for me. I suspect many here would not enjoy hearing my views on marriage. And they have nothing to do with personal experience. Both of my splits were as amicable as they could possibly be. The reasons for the institution are crystal clear. Some governmental, some social, some insane, some religious (or is that repetitive?).

Fortunately the last couple of women I've spent time with have shared most of my social philosophies. And the woman I'm with now is the smartest and most talented woman with whom I've ever been.

[Jenise]

Indeed I am. If only a happier place for me. I suspect many here would not enjoy hearing my views on marriage.

I think most people here have a fair idea what your views about it are.

And the woman I'm with now is the smartest and most talented woman with whom I've ever been.

Which is great. It takes more than a wedding ring to make another human happy.

I pointed out several decades ago, while I was married, that if anyone ever heard someone refer to me as "hubby" it would probably be a good time to vacate the premises since I would be off to retrieve my Beretta ASAP.

You prefer to be called "the missus"?

I pointed out several decades ago, while I was married, that if anyone ever heard someone refer to me as "hubby" it would probably be a good time to vacate the premises since I would be off to retrieve my Beretta ASAP.

You prefer to be called "the missus"?

Winger already beat you to the smartass.

I think he prefers "Chef".

I pointed out several decades ago, while I was married, that if anyone ever heard someone refer to me as "hubby" it would probably be a good time to vacate the premises since I would be off to retrieve my Beretta ASAP.

You prefer to be called "the missus"?

Winger already beat you to the smartass.

Darn! Didn't know it was a race, I would have tried harder.

Hey, I've got a whole roomfull. And they've all gotta go.

Deposit high end ss appliances here.

Thankyouverymuch,
JB

I doubt granite will go out of fashion. It has good properties for a countertop. Isn't soapstone too soft?

Now, colored granite... that's a whole 'nother story.

Jeff,
From what I read, soapstone is the material of which our old high school lab tables were made. Not too soft, and pretty durable, however, I never cared for that chalky surface..maybe it was an experiment gone wrong..I don't know.
As Jenise pointed out, granite is now ubiquitous, which is the very reason I feel it will be associated with an era, and thus become a fashion dinosaur. Don't get me wrong, I love the looks of really good granite. Now, however, they even have that granite veneer which is, I assume, a thin sheet of granite laid on top of an existing counter top. Like slang, any time a trend takes off across social and economic strata, it loses it's appeal.
It's a full time job keeping one's finger on the pulse of fashion, no?
JB

As Jenise pointed out, granite is now ubiquitous, which is the very reason I feel it will be associated with an era, and thus become a fashion dinosaur. Don't get me wrong, I love the looks of really good granite. Now, however, they even have that granite veneer which is, I assume, a thin sheet of granite laid on top of an existing counter top. Like slang, any time a trend takes off across social and economic strata, it loses it's appeal.

Well said, JB!

[Jenise]

I doubt granite will go out of fashion. It has good properties for a countertop. Isn't soapstone too soft?

Now, colored granite... that's a whole 'nother story.

Jeff,
From what I read, soapstone is the material of which our old high school lab tables were made. Not too soft, and pretty durable, however, I never cared for that chalky surface..maybe it was an experiment gone wrong..I don't know.
As Jenise pointed out, granite is now ubiquitous, which is the very reason I feel it will be associated with an era, and thus become a fashion dinosaur. Don't get me wrong, I love the looks of really good granite. Now, however, they even have that granite veneer which is, I assume, a thin sheet of granite laid on top of an existing counter top. Like slang, any time a trend takes off across social and economic strata, it loses it's appeal.
It's a full time job keeping one's finger on the pulse of fashion, no?
JB

Veneer! Yes, I'd forgotten about seeing veneers. We hadn't planned to visit it, we were actually kind of lost and saw their sign which suggested something about granite so we stopped in. They were kind of an instant-makeover place, and they had real stone veneers plus some actually quite lovely man-mades--probably out of business now, when the real estate market cooled off they'd have been among the first to go. Mind you, I do think some granites will never look dated, mine and Susan B's among them. I didn't even think Susan's was granite the first time I saw it. Real stone yes, I just didn't know what. And there are a lot of gorgeous stones that will escape the Chinese attempt to mass-market it--make a trip to a stone yard and look at all the gorgeous stuff they have, some of which are being colored/dyed to create interesting looks.

Ah, Jenise! You bring back such memories! When we re-did our bathroom we wanted to get a marble top for the vanity. A construction friend recommended we get the stone from a certain place in Brooklyn. So, we shlepped out to the far reaches of Bay Ridge by subway, then we walked for blocks and blocks, and then, without even glancing at the signs, we knew we were there. We'd come to the stone-cutter's house.

Every square inch of the front of the house was clad in stone. The steps. The pillars. The porch. The handrails. The walls. Everything.

I'll skip over the "Hi we'd like some stone" chat and go straight to the other good piece of the tale:

It's a family-run business. The grandson does the installations, the son runs the office, and the old man handles the stone. We go with him to the storage building next door. The slabs are standing, row after row, like a magician's deck of playing cards all mysteriously standing upright. He points out this and that. When we see a good one, he shouts, in Sicilian, to the workmen up on the catwalk. They have a crane mounted on tracks across the top of the room. They lower four big suction cups, he mounts them on the slab, and... UP it goes. They fly it over to a viewing table and let it down gently. We mark out the section we want, using masking tape, and go back to the office....

I really enjoyed that hands-on experience.

Whatever is "in" only really matters if you like it. In storage now is a SS GE Monogram double convection oven, and a SS Electrolux induction hybrid cooktop which we got great deals on, awaiting installation in the as-yet unbuilt future home of ours. We'll also have granite countertops most likely, because Gail and I both like it, like the SS, and likely will retire in that house. So who cares whether SS or granite is in style next year, or 10 years down the road. We'll install 'em for us, not for anyone else.

Whatever is "in" only really matters if you like it. In storage now is a SS GE Monogram double convection oven, and a SS Electrolux induction hybrid cooktop which we got great deals on, awaiting installation in the as-yet unbuilt future home of ours. We'll also have granite countertops most likely, because Gail and I both like it, like the SS, and likely will retire in that house. So who cares whether SS or granite is in style next year, or 10 years down the road. We'll install 'em for us, not for anyone else.

Bingo!

[Jenise]

Ah, Jenise! You bring back such memories! When we re-did our bathroom we wanted to get a marble top for the vanity. A construction friend recommended we get the stone from a certain place in Brooklyn. So, we shlepped out to the far reaches of Bay Ridge by subway, then we walked for blocks and blocks, and then, without even glancing at the signs, we knew we were there. We'd come to the stone-cutter's house.

Every square inch of the front of the house was clad in stone. The steps. The pillars. The porch. The handrails. The walls. Everything.

I'll skip over the "Hi we'd like some stone" chat and go straight to the other good piece of the tale:

It's a family-run business. The grandson does the installations, the son runs the office, and the old man handles the stone. We go with him to the storage building next door. The slabs are standing, row after row, like a magician's deck of playing cards all mysteriously standing upright. He points out this and that. When we see a good one, he shouts, in Sicilian, to the workmen up on the catwalk. They have a crane mounted on tracks across the top of the room. They lower four big suction cups, he mounts them on the slab, and... UP it goes. They fly it over to a viewing table and let it down gently. We mark out the section we want, using masking tape, and go back to the office....

I really enjoyed that hands-on experience.

Great story, Jeff. Love the image of the house clad in stone. And your warehouse experience--while stone shopping, I saw those cranes lifting slabs for other people and I waited with huge anticipation the day that would be me--but alas, for the type of stone I picked, it didn't matter since it was going to be treated afterward, and for the one slab of natural stone I got, there was only one piece.

[Jenise]

Whatever is "in" only really matters if you like it. In storage now is a SS GE Monogram double convection oven, and a SS Electrolux induction hybrid cooktop which we got great deals on, awaiting installation in the as-yet unbuilt future home of ours. We'll also have granite countertops most likely, because Gail and I both like it, like the SS, and likely will retire in that house. So who cares whether SS or granite is in style next year, or 10 years down the road. We'll install 'em for us, not for anyone else.

I personally can't imagine the future day in which Stainless would actually be a dated look. It's here to stay and, at the very least, it will always be the other option.

Whatever is "in" only really matters if you like it. In storage now is a SS GE Monogram double convection oven, and a SS Electrolux induction hybrid cooktop which we got great deals on, awaiting installation in the as-yet unbuilt future home of ours. We'll also have granite countertops most likely, because Gail and I both like it, like the SS, and likely will retire in that house. So who cares whether SS or granite is in style next year, or 10 years down the road. We'll install 'em for us, not for anyone else.

Yup. When it comes to function vs. fashion, function wins out every time.