Disproportionate Refrigeration
Posted on 2008-10-27 [direct link] Tags: Mia Photo Xmas.

It is still October and I am acutely aware that I was recently ranting about a shop having its Christmas display up. It is therefore with some embarrassment that I confess that much of the household's present shopping is now complete. I can actually go one better than that - we have received and installed our first gift too.

I have various (and true) explanations to fall back on. The seals on our fridge were leaking. The freezer had two modes left - slightly warmer than freezing or solid blocks of ice encasing all the food. The compressor had got loud. It was expensive to run. Etc. Etc.

But we should never hide from ourselves. The underlying fact is that I've always wanted a bigger fridge. Bigger is better with fridges, if I had the space I'd make one I that could walk in, sleep in even play billiards in. When I visit someone's house, even a relative stranger, I'll find some excuse to open the fridge door and let the cool air waft over me. I don't really care what they have in the fridge, unless it is empty in which case I'll be become very uneasy even if I'm not expecting to eat there. This is deep rooted, and what my subconscious craves is a big, heavy door that swings silently on a nice graceful arc. My old fridge was mocking me. My new fridge is as symbolic as a throne.

Yes it was extravagant, given that we very rarely used the full capacity of our old fridge. But the genius of the Christmas present is that a degree of extravagance is expected and almost required. Organised Religion's redeeming feature found at last? I suspect so.

So we now have a 70cm Hotpoint FF40P. It is too big for the space in our kitchen and hence we will have to move house. Many thanks to Pat and Ashwin, without them we'd still be dreaming of all that extra fridgey width (and who can dare speculate how much extra height) .

Mia has decided that writing letters is the highest form or art. I cannot disagree. She has already sent a few to unsuspecting relatives so I thought I'd give everyone a heads up and explain the process; the content, size and meanings of the letters is seemingly random. Some are small sketches on notepad paper, others are attempts at writing. She rarely signs them, although one has been addressed to herself at someone else's address. So if you get any abstract mail in the coming days there is every chance Mia has been involved. If you don't get one then don't be offended, there is no hierarchy involved that I can discern.

By way of example I offer the following, which says "letter to uncle peter from mia x x x". The picture is Uncle Peter (right) being tickled by Mr Tickle (left).

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