Appliances, etc.

Thought I would talk about the differences between appliances we are used to and what we have here. First we have had mostly successes with using transformers and adapters. However, my heating pad blew up and blew a circuit in the aparment. And my hair dryer kept going off and operated only at the low speed. I now have a Vidal, EU model which works perfectly. We are lucky to have a washing machine in our apartment. The tub is about 1/3 to 1/4 the size I was used to. It heats its own water, but you can control the water temperature quite accurately. One load takes about and hour on a normal cycle. Spent an evening looking up the meanings of all the words on the dials. The total exterior msmnts are 17x24x32H. The oven opening is 12x14x15deep. Will begin the great cookie baking adventure this evening by trying my hand at greek honey cookies. I took five minutes to calculate F and C equivalents just to be sure I did't make one of my famous arithmetic miscalculations. The refrierator is 22 1/2 inches wide and about 65 high. I think that the small size will probably help us to keep better track of what's in there and not waste so much as we do at home. We bought a TV: JVC. We have 12 channels available: 2 MTV channels, BBC World News (howsabout the lovely new royal couple), 5 Finnish channels, a German channel, a French channel, a sports channel, a webTV channel. The American shows that we've found are Friends and Will and Grace (on every day), Simpsons, Southpark, Dr. Phil, Late night with Conan O'Brian, American Idol (2 weeks behind), Amazing Race, and CSI Miami. There have been a few movies also. Think about the contents of the shows I've listed and what impression people get about America from what they are seeing.