05-27-2005, 03:46 PM
The wiring in our kitchen burnt out today. Not that I'm all that surprised, it hasn't been serviced since the 1960's. So now the fridge is on a industrial extension cord and plugged into the living room and we have to open the garage door to plug in anything else.
If we weren't up to our ears in debt we might be able to get it fixed but even if we weren't I don't think there'd be an effort to since my aunt is really cheep about necessities.
Now here's the ironic part:
Before my grandfather died he was a retired electrician and this house has been in our family since the mid to late seventies. So at some point you'd think that my grandfather would have wanted to update the wiring knowing how necessary it was. That being the logical solution of course they went the other way. Most of the house isn't up to code and we don't have one plugin outlet in the bedrooms that are set for grounded plugs.
Sometimes I feel like I'm living in a tinderbox.
If we weren't up to our ears in debt we might be able to get it fixed but even if we weren't I don't think there'd be an effort to since my aunt is really cheep about necessities.
Now here's the ironic part:
Before my grandfather died he was a retired electrician and this house has been in our family since the mid to late seventies. So at some point you'd think that my grandfather would have wanted to update the wiring knowing how necessary it was. That being the logical solution of course they went the other way. Most of the house isn't up to code and we don't have one plugin outlet in the bedrooms that are set for grounded plugs.
Sometimes I feel like I'm living in a tinderbox.