Are you happy with your new place?

Hell, YES! I have a studio apartment (in the same building), which I've lived in for 27 years, and it's getting crowded. I'll be able to sort things out much better (and throw things out during the move).

When we moved my mom out of the house I grew up in, her new condo came with a brand-new fridge. I would have taken her old Amana, but it was exactly 3/4" to wide for my kitchen, absolutely no flexibility. I had to buy a brand new one, and my sister sold Mom's old one on Craig's list.

Does it have a garbage disposal? It must; they were invented in NYC. I'd kill for one, but I can't have one here.

Nope. Our place in CT doesn't have one, either. I've never trusted the things, myself.

At least around here, garbage disposal are starting to become undesirable; more emphasis on composting and less about having the building's plumbing clogged by whatever gets downed the sink. My place has one (original from the 1980s), but the remodels that the new owners are doing I don't believe are including them.

That's probably true. I have an unreliable septic system (we flush with gray water) so I can't have an InSinkErator.

They have been outlawed in my town, when we rebuilt the house after the fire, the new kitchen sink didn't have one, and the builder said he wasn't allowed to put one in. So now we throw the scraps out into the swamp out back. We had tried to do composting, but gave up after the local wildlife kept breaking in to the thing to eat the contents.

The best intentions of the tree-huggers foiled... by Nature!

Yah. it's funny how the tree-huggers largely are creatures of the cities and inner suburbs. Their experience with nature, outside of carefully choreographed 'nature encounters', television, and zoos, is mostly with cats, dogs, mice, rats, and roaches. But they are sure that they know what's best for for the rest of us, and are willing to make us live up to their standards of behavior with threats of prison and fines.

The treeline starts at the rear margin of my yard. It's a rare day I don't see deer or wild turkeys. Blue jays, crows and hawks vie for air superiority. The ground is frequently carpeted with squirrels. If I walk across the street, I'm in the deep woods. And city folk tell me I live in the 'burbs, not the real woods.

nice room!

Danke!

I like your dishwasher.

I find it's been working very well. Rather quiet.