I always buy the dumbest appliances....................
Posted on 05/01/2017 11:39:15 AM PDT by C19fan
I attended the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas in 2011. It's the world's largest trade show, with hundreds of new products introduced each year. What I saw were booths stuffed with future landfill: docks, dashboard mounts, adapters, robotic vacuum cleaners, 3D TVs. One afternoon, I attended a panel discussion about the rapidly approaching "connected home," referred to nowadays as the Internet of Things. The panelists promised that household devices of all kinds would soon be connected to one another and to the internet, thereby transforming the average American home into a futuristic fortress of hyperefficiency.
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I always buy the dumbest appliances....................
As I often tell people, I was perfectly happy living in the 80’s.
Sometimes I’d like to hop in the DeLorean and head back now.
You misspelled ‘Sammich’
Mine is getting a bit old..."
Don't bother with the younger models. They don't know how to wash dishes.
I had one of those!
The Yobaby from Ron Popeil!
Three years ago I was fortunate enough to be able to drag a 40 year old dishwasher that had only two years of use on it out of the basement storage to replace a ~45 yr old dw that had finally died. This one has better features including two soap washes from a double soap dispenser dual door arrangement. It only uses hot water and plenty of it. Cycle time is one hour and it uses about one kWh of coal fired electricity. Dishes come out spotless.
Every time some salesperson tries to upsell me on the latest and greatest appliance that I can “control with my smart phone” I simply show him/her my “smart phone” and it shuts them right up!
My smart phone is a Doro flip phone that I got through Consumer Cellular.
Yep. I’m a grouchy old curmudgeon that only “wants to pay for what I use”!
I already waste a lot of my time with the ice dispenser in our fridge. You either get one small chip of ice, or an avalanche!
I don’t have enough time in the DAY for any MORE, ‘conveniences,’ LOL!
>>>I have the cheapest 5-cup Mr. Coffee. I figure that if I can’t roll out of bed, put in the water and filter and measure two scoops of coffee, I don’t DESERVE my morning cup.<<<
But don’t you deserve to have the coffee hot and ready for you first thing in the morning? And don’t you deserve your coffee maker to tell you to have a nice day?
Until I can operate my Samsung TV, Blu-Ray player, Amazon Fire TV Stick, and Cisco cable box with a single remote control, the Internet of Things is a hoax.
I thought I would be clever when I purchased my last TV. I bought the same brand for the Blue Ray player and the external speaker. It had the special plug it so the three devices could “talk”
When it was all set up I discovered I still had four remote controls - one I need to use just to change from the cable box to the Blue ray player.
And the cherry on top was that the external speaker was out of sync with the TV - Following the instructions I still could not get the two to be in sync. You would think that the same brand would be able to talk to each other and sync itself.
When I see the fancy refrigerators advertised on TV my only thought was it will be very expensive to get repaired.
"...Internet Of Things..."
[ Can’t quite tell if you’re looking for a new wife or if you seriously need data. ]
Being that I am a lady, I would say Data.
Although an gold skinned android would work too :)
If you can afford it, get a Bosch. My Mom LOVES hers. Super efficient, very quiet, gets gunk off of the dirtiest of dishes. She’s 80 - it’s very easy for her to use.
Those models are hard to find nowadays.
So far at least, nothing says you have to connect them to the internet.
My fridge shows up on my network...but its just ignored and not connected.
I am very happy with our Bosch. It is QUIET. You almost can not hear it running. I pre rinse but there is no need. Best dishwasher I have ever had. Did I mention how QUIET it is. Also, the water in it while washing approaches boiling point. Just be careful if you add a dish. It gets stuff squeaky clean.
[ “Anyone have any good suggestions about a good, powerful, but simple dishwasher?
Mine is getting a bit old...”
Don’t bother with the younger models. They don’t know how to wash dishes. ]
I learned how to wash dishes from my mother, but most of my female peers in school were clueless if you handed them dish soap and a scrubber pad. One of my friends didn’t realize you had to RINSE the washed dishes to remove the soap residue....
My mother raised me well!
I could be dropped off in the 1950s and make an excellent wife.
Sounds like my mom’s maytag clothes washer that literally ran forever. Lucky You!
I work for a tech company that has made major capital investment in IoT and robot cars. Huge investments.
To top it off, Verizon has announced their first city-wide deployment of 5G wireless will be where I reside, Sacramento.
Each of you, listen carefully: You don’t want ANY of this crap. None of it.
If you think there’s no privacy now, just wait another 10-15 years. The “internet” will know the dimensions, consistency and weight of every turd you drop. “It” will know the hours you keep, what you watch and read...and it will link it all with your purchasing data. How often you wash whites vs colors...whether you’re heating your water beyond “recommended” and how often you run your AC.
The “internet” will know when you are home and when you are not...and where you are. Who you talked to and what was said.
Your fate will be a lifetime in a fishbowl.
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