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		<title>Farewell, Fridge</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Our beloved refrigerator leaves us today. I can hear her humming away in the other room – as she has for 25 years – oblivious to her fate. It&#8217;s like we&#8217;re putting her down. We bought our Hotpoint side-by-side* in 1985, the year we were married. Back then her creamy nubbliness and the wood-panel stripe [&#8230;]</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><img decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-5806" title="Pink Refrigerator" src="http://www.spaceclear.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Pink-Refrigerator.jpg" alt="Pink Refrigerator" width="172" height="220" /></p>
<p><strong>Our beloved refrigerator leaves us today</strong><strong>.</strong> I can hear her humming away in the other room – as she has for 25 years – oblivious to her fate. It&#8217;s like we&#8217;re putting her down.</p>
<p>We bought our Hotpoint side-by-side* in 1985, the year we were married. Back then her creamy nubbliness and the wood-panel stripe harmonized very nicely with the avocado stove and the linoleum floor.  Save for an occasional whine and sputter, she has never once complained, and never once needed servicing.</p>
<p>We have stuffed her full of pots that barely fit, and food that that has turned every shade of purple and green. She has been spilled on, opened and slammed, gawked at, and slathered upon with countless photos, postcards, refrigerator magnets, shopping lists, and artistic masterpieces. No matter how we&#8217;ve treated or under-appreciated her service, she has held a space of quiet comfort to us all.</p>
<p>Why do I feel so sad?  Why do I feel like such a traitor?</p>
<p>What we&#8217;re getting to replace her is so much better for the environment&#8230; isn&#8217;t it?  We&#8217;re getting a spanking-new stainless steel model that looks really snazzy, goes with our other appliances, and has a big energy efficiency star on it.</p>
<p><strong>Attachment is not a rational thing.</strong></p>
<p>Farewell, friend. Thank<em> </em>you for your loyal service. May you rest in peace.</p>
<p><strong>*Photo Note:<em> <span style="font-weight: normal;">This is not our fridge or our kitchen. <span style="font-style: normal;">I had to borrow this cute pink one from </span>Bing Images<span style="font-style: normal;"> because the photo of our beloved refrigerator wouldn&#8217;t upload. In the absence of a good replica, I went with an image that evokes nostalgia instead.</span></span></em></strong></p>
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