Thursday, February 22, 2007

Gryphon's Word of the Day, February 22, 2007

The word of the day1 for February 22, 2007 is orogeny” — noun : the process of mountain formation especially by folding of the earth's crust.

 

I think I’m going to have to call the repair service and have someone fix all my large appliances. The washing machine has decided several months ago that it doesn’t need to spin all the water out unless it’s on the heavy duty cycle. The dryer decided last night that it wants to air-dry the clothes. The downstairs fridge needs to have the thermostat recalibrated and probably new refrigerant, yada, yada.

 

Although I understand the principle of entropy—realize that nothing lasts forever—I just wish the appliances wouldn’t go bad all at once. Further, I know that if we were to decide to buy new instead of repairing these things, then the stove and the dishwasher would quit either from envy or sympathy so I’d have to replace them, too. Not only that, but the cars, seeing new machines taken into the house, would start to complain in their own fashion with disintegrating wipers, broken belts, etc.

 

The quote2 for today is from Rev. Fred Pinkerton:

 

It’s a matter of faith. If we’d wanted mountains in Kansas, we would have left them here.

 

;^)  Jan

 

1 The definition is from either Merriam-Webster Online, 10th Edition or The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition and is used by permission.
2 The quote is from either Bartleby: Great Books on Line or The Quotation Pages and is used by permission.

 

P.S.: Comments and word requests are welcome.

 

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