On Tue, 07 Dec 2010 12:37:00 -0800, Winston
wrote:

Steve Ackman wrote:
, on
Mon, 6 Dec 2010 07:36:39 -0800 (PST), RS at work,
wrote:

Winston wrote:
My 'Mr. Coffee' finally konked out for the
last time. (Repair parts weren't in my stockpile
and would cost a significant fraction of a new
coffee maker, considering shipping and taxes.)


Winston,

Now that you have seen the inside of a Mr. Coffee, might I suggest
that you get yourself a Bunn coffee maker.

Perfect suggestion.

(...)

Snipped and saved 'everything I need to know about coffee'.

Much appreciated, Steve.

My GE electric teakettle died last week. I took it apart (special
spanner screwdriver tip required), broke a piece off so I could get to
the contacts, burnished them with a claycoated paper, buffed the blue
terminal and connector, and put it back together. It worked! Alas,
only one more day. I tried to find parts online but couldn't, so I
asked Hamilton Beach, which makes them for Wally World. After almost
3 weeks of delays later, they came back and said that the switch was
not available for those. But for just $29.99, I could buy a
replacement kettle which looked nothing like the artsy one I bought.
That's a full five dollar savings off their online price!

Damn, life is sure unfair lately.

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You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.
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