Can't BELIEVE it! The door of our REFRIGERATOR just fell off....

[Radio_Lady]

Gawd damn! It's 6:10 PM -- We've got the GE Help Line in some other state on the phone.

All the food in the fridge is going to spoil... damn it!

Parts department opens at 7 AM.

Good luck to me...................................................................

[Deja Q]

1. Just like Michael Jackson's 3rd nose!

:rofl:

[Elidor]

4. Ye Gods! That is sooo disturbing.

Michael Jackson is officially the human bellwether for freakery.

[Radio_Lady]

7. Wonder if he'd sell me his refrigerator... I'd buy a new one right now and

avoid other problems... Naw, that's not a good idea.

[Elidor]

8. I have found that the old saying is true:

There are damned few things that can't be fixed with duck tape, err, I mean duct tape (I've been living in the South too long). I'd wrap it several times around until some more convenient time to address the problem. Get some snacks out before you tape it, just in case you get hungry.

[Radio_Lady]

13. Thanks. We got snacks. Coffee, some lemonade, other stuff. We were able

to freeze some things.

If this had happened on MONDAY, the day after we got home from our trip, the refrigerator would have been empty.

Guess who went to TWO stores on TUESDAY to get all kinds of fresh stuff to stock up the refrigerator?

Duct tape. We might not need it, but appreciate your suggestion.

[Radio_Lady]

41. It's "Michael Potato-Head" -- this picture gives new meaning to the term

"playing with yourself." Can't he just stick to the usual methods of doing this?

[Radio_Lady]

19. The bottom of the refrigerator door looks JUST LIKE that hole

on Michael's face!!!! How did HE filch it?

[nashbridges]

2. Ahem

Duct Tape. Do it, get it now, and tape the sucker back on.

[Radio_Lady]

5. Thanks. I'm certainly thinking about it. We've got lots of tape here.

My husband -- the electrical engineer -- is printing out schematics from GE's site on the Internet.

I'm outta here at 5AM tomorrow to do my radio show.

I'll be getting my coffee and breakfast somewhere else.

He's fixed lots of things; he'll be on his own on this one. (But he did fall off a ladder in 1995 and broke his arm so badly he almost died.) Hope he doesn't hurt himself.

[rbnyc]

3. OH THAT SUCKS!!

I'm so sorry. That's the kind of thing that really just wrecks your whole night. I hate it when stuff like that happens.

Got a cooler, or a neighbor who will store some of your stuff?

[DS1]

6. pig out

[Radio_Lady]

17. Hey -- not that. I just lost five pounds while ON VACATION and I'm

not about to gain it back. (Thanks anyway...)

[jojog]

9. What GE product?

I work at a factory that makes refrigerators.

[Radio_Lady]

12. It's a 7-year-old GE side-by-side refrigerator. TFX25PPBA-WW

to be exact. Diagrams were at www.geappliances.com. The Internet is a pretty handy thing, isn't it.

The fresh section door on the right -- has some plastic parts on the bottom hinge that gave way. Right now, we've got the door back on and it's sitting on a little L-bracket and that keeps everything cold.

Hubby is tinkering with lots of "parts" he keeps in the garage to try and "jury-rig" (Is that how you spell it?) something.

My husband can go to a GE servicecenter tomorrow and buy the parts. At least, that's what Mike from GE said. Hopefully, we can fix this frig without having to spend for a repair person. Accent on the HOPEFULLY...

Thanks, everyone.

[Kali]

25. I call it ranch-rigging.

Duct tape, baling wire, J-B weld, and silicone sealer - the greatest accomplishments of mankind.

[hickman1937]

10. amuminium foil, trash bags and duct tape.

Styrofoam works too. Or just duct tape the door into place.

[Blue-Jay]

11. Get a couple of bricks to prop up the door from the bottom.

Tape the rest of it off to save your food. That should last until you can get the required part tomorrow morning. You should also buy some Goo Gone® to get rid of the glue residue left over from the tape.

If all else fails, cook some pork chops tonight.

[Radio_Lady]

15. This happened after dinner. A quiet, romantic one -- and we saw

a pretty cute movie today called "The Ice Harvest" with John Cusack and Billy Bob Thornton, opening next month around the country. It's a bank caper that goes terribly wrong. All the reviewers seemed to like it!

In peace,

Radio Lady

[sendero]

14. Improvise!!!!!!!!!!!!!

For crying out loud. Didn't you stock up on duct tape and plastic like you were supposed to? :)

Seriously, like many have mentioned - there's no need to let your food go bad - just cover the opening with something relatively airtight and the fridge will keep up.

[Radio_Lady]

16. 7:10 PM Pacific Time -- Engineer husband is improvising a hinge.

Gawd, that man is talented.

Y'know, the kind of person who likes 3-D puzzles with lots of pieces? He's repaired just about everything in our home(s) and most of them were great.

Now, my father and my ex-husband, THEY were the duct tape users. THIS husband just wants to FIX IT NOW and make it work despite everything. It's just another puzzle.

[SeattleGirl]

18. Good grief!

That much have shocked the heck out of you!!!

[Radio_Lady]

20. Well, I was walking down a hallway and heard a big crash --

and there's my husband with a refrigerator door leaning on him. It's just not a picture I want to keep in my mind, thank you.

Luckily, no humans or even other non-living things have been damaged... so far.

Oops, I spoke too soon. There is a little tiny notch in one of the baseboards.

[SeattleGirl]

21. Well, better a baseboard with a dent in it than your husband!

Glad he's okay!

[Radio_Lady]

22. 7:37 PM PT He took a long screw and a wall anchor and some --

electrical tape and VOILA! -- the hinge has been temporarily repaired until we can get some parts.

Yep. I'm glad he's OK, too.

After 33 years together, this husband's a keeper...

Back to my original pursuits.

Thanks for the excellent suggestions and moral support!

::smiles::

[DainBramaged]

24. reverse the door to open from other side?

switch hinges to opposite side, unless it's a double door, then u be screwed. single door and bottom freezers have plugs so doors can open from either side. Makes manufacturing more efficient.

[kskiska]

23. Shouldn't have put all those magnets on there.

[Radio_Lady]

37. Yeah, I had to remove the magnets -- especially the ones we bought

that are made of ceramic. They break the moment they hit the floor.

[RushIsRot]

26. I just hate it when that happens! n/t

[MrScorpio]

27. Owww, That's gonna leave a bruise

nt

[pokerfan]

28. "Normally you don't see that type of behavior in a major appliance."

Name that movie....

[Radio_Lady]

29. I'm clueless -- was this REALLY a quote from a movie? Please share!

[Midlodemocrat]

30. Ghostbusters.

Bill Murray to Sigourney Weaver.


Best. Movie. Ever.

[pokerfan]

32. yep, Ghostbusters

[Radio_Lady]

36. Thanks, from a grateful movie reviewer -- we're limping along as

G.E. is doing their best to get the repair parts to us.

[Hugin]

31. Go get some ice...

Dry ice would be better, but, it's not as widely available.

[Radio_Lady]

38. The freezer was OK. We ended up freezing some milk and other

perishables. Working OK today (Sunday) while waiting for the parts to arrive. GE was supposed to send them via FedEx on Friday for more money (Next Day Delivery). PS: They didn't make it Saturday. We guess it'll be Monday.

[LSK]

33. duck tape

[obxhead]

34. Beat me to it, that was my solution as well.

[TallahasseeGrannie]

35. Why does this make me giggle?

Maybe cover it with a quilt?

[Radio_Lady]

39. Yeah, it's funny alright. My 71-year-old husband there in the kitchen on

his knees -- with the FULLY-LOADED, SHELVES AND ALL DOOR leaning on him.

It's no joke, but two days later, it's getting just an edge of a giggle from our friends.

Now, let me tell you about how I backed up from the kitchen table without looking and tripped on the dishwasher door (which was open to remind me to stack and run the dishes before a vacation).

It happened just a few hours before we were scheduled to get to the airport on a flight to Anchorage, Alaska.

We sound like a couple of klutzes, but we're not. These were a couple of freak accidents.

In peace,

Radio_Lady

[TallahasseeGrannie]

40. I'm glad you are all okay

I guess there is something just inherently "funny" about large things falling apart at unexpected moments.

And you know, the fridge is like a sacred totem in our lives! At least it is in mnine!

Take care and be careful.