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Blair P. Houghton > wrote:

> We were talking a little while ago about stuff breaking
> on hard floors in front of the fridge, about tile floors
> cracking in front of the fridge, and about vinyl floors
> (mine) gouged by ham-fisted movers installing the fridge.
>
> Well, I just did something by accident that I guess I've
> never done before. I opened the fridge in a darkened
> kitchen and just happened to look at the floor and actually
> see what the reflected refrigerator light was revealing.
>
> Dents. Dozens of them. Almost all shaped like a curved
> almond, as though made by a can or jar or bottle falling
> on its edge, which is almost certainly the case.
>
> Even though that floor has had 14.5 years to accrue this
> medical history, there are easily ten times as many
> bruises as I'd have guessed.
>
> So it seems a rug or some sort of mat would be a necessity,
> if the vinyl weren't so forgiving...
>
> --Blair
> "I see an untapped market."

That's funny. :-)

I always keep a small rug in front of the 'frige, but not for the reason
above...

There are some cats that like to snuggle down in front of the 'frige to
take advantage of the heat coming out from under it.

The rug is there for them so they will be more comfy. <G>

Sometimes if pays to be nice to your pets?
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