Originally Posted By: mlord
It's been doing that for about 8 years now, and at some point we expect the third spring to give way.. and a new fridge to replace it.

Replacing my 1994 era fridge with a new one scares me. It seems like the new fridges have all kinds of issues with circuit boards going out. In the last three weeks, two of the guys in the office have had problems with three fairly new (7 years old or so) fridges, one of them on the fourth repair call. The old fridges just work.

Originally Posted By: Archeon
In Belgium, they have just announced the seventh (!) increase in the price of electricity in the last 18 months. A "normal" electrical bill for an average household (= 4000 to 5000 kWh/year) is now 200 euro/month easily.

I thought my electrical bill sucked in the summers, being in Phoenix. I haven't hit $200 yet this year, but that is bound to change for June, the temperatures have been fairly warm. But 200 Euro/month all year is ridiculous.