Monday, January 27, 2025

Nothing to see here, folks

I was talking about the small change of life in Sandra's blog, how much more interesting those blogs are than the blogs full of a  curated life of traveling and taking pictures and setting up IG type scenes.

My own life had some small change last evening when I went to the kitchen and found what looked like a crime scene.

Red liquid dripping from the fridge. Opened the door and found red all over, shelves, everything. I was too verklempt to take pictures.  

Anyway I established that a small container of soy sauce had fallen over and run between door shelves and door, then everywhere.  So evidently when I had last shut the door it sent it all flying further.

So there was a sequence of emptying the shelves then trying endlessly to remove them. They seem to have been factory welded. YouTube videos were no help, they just said airily oh, lift them out. Right.

I did eventually find a button thing hidden under the middle and got them out to wash. Not easy, they're a lot bigger than the sink.

Anyway, here's the cleaned up version 


Shelves removed, washed, replaced -- much easier than removing them 


Contents waiting to go back, and I found a couple of items I'd forgotten about, so that was good. I have horseradish, which I need to make tartare sauce, and had forgotten.


Status quo now quoing again. Full disclosure: aside from an occasional swipe, my fridge only gets cleaned when something spills dramatically. Note the new safety feature: the remaining soy sauce now sits in an old yogurt container. 

Today I'm refraining from social media, even Spoutible, too many people doing misspelled outrage, so I need to use my time today better. It's so easy to find time has gone by and your mood isn't a happy one. The weather's milder, and Helen's not too noisy, so there will be walking.

Yesterday while I knitted I watched Hamish Macbeth, good old FreeVee, and noticed despite a lot of people saying they needed captions, had no difficulty at all with every word Hamish says. 

I looked up the actor and found out why. He's from Maryhill, Glasgow, the very neighborhood Handsome Partner was born and grew up. Ah, fifty years of exposure to a broad Glasgae accent will do it.

Tangential memory here: during our endless search for help during our son's younger years, one doctor, after talking with us both, asked about Handsome Partner's "severe speech impediment" full of glottal stops.  We explained that it was a standard Glasgow accent, and he looked a bit flustered.

Then yesterday I caught bits of Downton Abbey on YouTube and quickly searched for captions.. those Grantham people are nearly unintelligible..

Happy day everyone, from shelves to language, easy when you know how!






29 comments:

  1. I watch Britbox as I enjoy the British Mysteries more than those from the U.S. usually. Sometimes the captions are necessary. I especially enjoy the series set in Shetland and don’t need to use the captions any more.

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    1. Shetland is a soft accent, not difficult. Like a lot of Scottish highland accents. It's the lowlanders that get you.

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  2. It's always a mystery to me how something that holds such a small amount of liquid can manage to spread itself for what seems like miles. At least now you'll have a gleamingly clean fridge.

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    1. I found the horseradish and learned how to remove shelves, so, not a total loss!

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  3. That is my particular routine of frig cleaning, also--LOL! Looks great now.

    Ah! Hamish Macbeth! I had watched the first season years ago and never finished the rest for some reason. Didn't remember having any trouble listening to it. I just went and found it on Prime and watched a little--no problem. Had no problem watching Downton Abbey, either--LOL! Probably why when I was a waitress many decades ago other waitresses always asked me to wait on people they couldn't understand for one reason or another. I always seemed to be able to understand what they were saying. But I have absolutely zero ability to learn any other language than English. Oh well. ;)

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    1. It sounds as if you don't panic when you hear an accent! I've had neighbors saying I can't understand, I can't understand, and all I've said is hello!

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  4. Captions with everything for me, even though I might not always need them.

    You had me looking up soy sauce, and I see that refrigeration is advised. We've been doing it wrong.

    I have watched Hamish a bit, but it's one of those programs that stretches reality a bit much, and that drives Sue crazy.

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    1. Hamish on tv is more fantastic than the books, which are much more about his trying not to be promoted away from Loch Dubh!

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  5. I think I especially hate finding a sweet pickle jar or a jam jar on its side in the refrigerator. So much stickiness. And yes- the pulling out of shelves and drawers is a pain but for me, the worst is getting them back in. I always find myself thinking, "I've done this before. It must be possible."

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    1. The vegetable drawers at the bottom are designed not to go back in, unless you take the door off! I think they're installed that way at the design stage, door on last.

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    2. But how do you clean underneath them?

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    3. I can usually get one drawer out, then clean under the other as best I can. My current one does open far enough to struggle both drawers out. Except it hits the door frame!

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  6. Oh, I hate cleaning up messes and spill disasters like that! I feel your pain.

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    1. Yes, that groan of realization that it has to be done right now, before it dries.

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  7. Maybe the timing was not of your choosing, but how good to have a sorted out and cleaned fridge.

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    1. Well, the door, anyway! But yes, that's a plus. And now I've ordered replacement soy sauce, there being very little left.

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  8. A very verklempt moment indeed! Congratulations on finding the horseradish and learning how to remove the shelves - the silver lining you always seem to find.

    I hadn't realized Hamish MacBeth had been filmed. He's my go-to audiobook when I just need the modern world to go away for a bit. Wonderful narration.

    What a story about HP's 'severe speech impediment'!

    Chris from Boise

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    1. There's whole seasons of Hamish TV programs, complete with scenery. I'm currently listening to an audio book about him! Definitely filling a want.
      I do often look for what's good about a situation. I believe it can be very annoying to people who want to continue being sad!

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  9. Fortunately I've had a variety of English dialects (England) in my life. Such a variety in a small country! That has taught me to listen carefully at first.

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    1. Yes, within a few miles you'll encounter many changes. It's good to just listen calmly!

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  10. For me, a spilled soft drink is the worse. It's what I get for slamming the door of a fridge instead of gently closing it.

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    1. My fridge door tends to slam unless I catch it. I think that's how the spill happened. Any cleanup isn't fun use of time.

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  11. Cleaning the fridge is a trial. Taking shelves and baskets out is much easier than putting them back. There often seem to be extraneous bits left over.

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    1. In the case of this model, finding the hidden button to release the shelves was the puzzle. They slid back in much more easily.

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  12. Getting shelves in and out of frdiges is an art in itself. As is my spelling of fridges.
    Mine only gets cleaned out when it's so bad I can't look at it!

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    1. I think the other thing that triggers cleaning is when you can't find food you're pretty sure is in there somewhere.

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  13. Your heart must have skipped a beat! I tend to clean the refrigerator the same way, when something makes a mess. It did have one bright side, you found the horseradish. I have a difficult time with the strong Scottish accent but U had no problem with Downton Abbey!

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    1. I was joking about Downton Abbey voices, no need for captions really. I just like to swipe at my southern UK readers now and then.

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  14. I hear you on the fridge. I finally went and bought about six placemats at the dollar store and put them on each shelf. Now I only have to clean the drawers (and wipe down the mats with a spill.) I always do find the science experiments tucked deep inside. I'd love pull-out shelves!

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