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12/20/2003: "Men"

There are six of us who regularly attend the Men's Bible Study on Saturday mornings. It isn't actually a bible study right now; the discussions are about the differences (theological, liturgical, political and practical) between various Christian denominations. This morning we started off talking about refrigerators. H has decided to get a new one, and wonders if the appliance store is a good place to go the Saturday before Christmas. B notes that, in the real-estate business, he sees kitchens which are more and more elaborate, yet people are cooking less and less. We note that the Progressive dinner has been catered in recent years. I promote my idea of the modular refreigerator, where you buy cubes that cool, say, six cubic feet, and if you have further need you buy more cubes. J wants a recliner that pops out beer cans when you lean back. The origin of the ice-maker is discussed. I remember the full-sized Frigidaire I once had in my dorm room. I only had to shop for beer once a week. If the microwave could read bar-codes you wouldn't have to tell it how long to cook anything. Or why not a smart refrigerator which knows the expiration date of all your perishables, and orders new from the store when you run out? Why is the date on some eggs the day after which they're no good, and on other eggs you still have three weeks to eat them? E never has eggs in his refrigerator that long. You'd also need a scanner in the garbage pail. Eventually we went in and discussed the Episcopalians for a while.