Beaten by the Heat

In the process of emptying out.

There must be a corollary to “when it rains, it pours,” for instance “when it’s dry and hot, cooling equipment goes kaput.” It doesn’t have the same pithiness, but you get the idea.

Our 19-year-old Samsung refrigerator failed on Monday night. After spending Tuesday taking out the back panel, looking at the coils and fan, we reluctantly concluded it was the compressor. A search of the Internet revealed that the part was not available anywhere.

While we’re looking for a new refrigerator, we are dumping all the spoiled food and preserving what we can in the garage fridge.

We didn't need much of a push to forego cooking this week because of the 100-degree weather. Now circumstances have made the choice obvious.

"To beat the heat, go out to eat." That's better.