Gotta tell ya, I've been waffeling like mad on these. I was just in denial about having slipped so far down the slope, so quickly. About five months ago, I get a 50 stick humi when a friend on another forum bombed me badly. Month later that was pitifully small, and I snagged a "125" stick box. Then I joined up here. Oops. About a month ago, I set up a coolidor, then bought a larger one a couple weeks later. Then - shilala's beads for everyone.
I just couldn't face the truth of it.
Then on the way home today, I decided to get one. Next step, was getting the idea past my wife. Trying to sort out the best way to do it, I just decided to act like it was perfectly normal to buy a wine cooler to convert into a humidor.
Me: "Hon - I need your car to go to Target" (I've got a small econo-box)
She: "???"
Me: "They have a good sale on the 28 bottle Vinotemps and I want to get one for my stogies."
She: "???"
Me: "I think it's largish"
She: "Ahhh - you need the cargo room. Ok"
Me: "!!!"
She: "Oh - I have a $10 gift card there that I'll never use. You may as well."
Me: "Okthanks.I'mgoingtocallthemrightnowandseeiftheyhaveanyinstock"
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So I called the closest Target. Got the guy from appliances on the line and yea they had one. One. He also pointed out they've been marked down .....
***-> BECAUSE THEY ARE BEING DISCONTINUED <-***
He put it on hold for me and I was there in less than 10 minutes.
I sure hope the guy at Target was wrong about why they're marked down.
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Don't really have the time tonight to clean it out. I took out the racks and plugged it in and it's sitting there at 66F. I put a bowl of baking soda inside to soak up some of the stink and I'll just leave that in till tomorrow some time. Speaking of tomorrow, probably a good time to hit Woodcraft for some shelving. Got 1.5 lbs of shilala's beads and an Oust fan in the coolidor, waiting till the smell's out, and the shelves are ready.
Oh ... and the wife just said "Well ... that looks a lot nicer than that ratty old cooler you've been using."
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