probably nobody will care, but I’m sad at the passing of my microwave. It was born in July of 1983, and died march 24th, 2026. I had bought it used in 1992 and it faithfully served me and my family for many years until today, when the keypad decided to partially quit working. Rest in peace Zappy, you will be missed.
I’m looking for a new keypad but unsurprisingly the parts for this ancient thing are no longer in stock so I doubt I’ll be able to resurrect it without some sort of miracle. I know it’s just an appliance but it still makes me sad to see it go.
Don’t trust the HVAC guy, you know, who wants to sell more HVAC
But do trust another random HVAC guy who wants to, in fact, sell more HVAC
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Bruh everyone wants to make money selling you shit. They only person who will want you to buy nothing is you.
I get where you’re coming from, but it’s kinda isolationist and sad. Distrust profit motive, but try to trust people when you can. I don’t want to make money selling this guy shit, for one :)
I can see how it could come off like that. I mean I generally trust the HVAC man’s opinion on everything except whether I should buy HVAC services.
Personally I advocate for self-education. It might have been difficult to discover the refrigeration cycle, and invent the furnace but it won’t take you more than a few hours to learn enough to check your own equipment. Or how to check the brakes on your car. How to find a leak.
It’s quite liberating to be able to tell that they’re full of shit. That isn’t your Car’s Air filter, or that your AC needs a capacitor not a $15,000 full replacement but that you’ll be buying it from someone else. Pop
Knowledge is power ✊