We tried, Victor
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This is not a good extension of our electricity study unit!
Victor Lams gives us: Everything you ever needed to know about home/auto repair:
We’ve been through the first two steps several times in an effort to prolong the life of our toaster.
1. If something doesn't work, take it apart, clean it, and put it back together again.
2. If something electronic doesn't work, turn it off, wait two minutes, and turn it back on.
This is a nice KitchenAid toaster that I purchased about 8 years ago. Having been through multiple cheap toasters in rapid succession - at a time when we were a household of eleven if toast addicted Uncle Rob was in town for part of the year - I took it upon myself to invest in a good toaster. I don’t think I ever told Rick how much I spent (over $80 - I groan to think of it even now) but it has been superb. (And the skinny style fit perfectly in our new, smaller kitchen) Until that little toaster fire last year. The fire extinguisher ‘product’ was non-toxic. So Rick took it apart, cleaned it and put it back together. It hasn’t been its old self since. Perhaps some combination of assault by fire and then dissection on the dining room table. The defrost setting for frozen foods was the first to go. Then it didn’t toast evenly. Then there were the green sparks. Which I thought were a figment of adolescent imagination - until they were sparkling at me in the dawn’s early light.
Hence the progression to step two. But now it is just dead. Rick confidently re-opened it, sure that a little tweaking and cleaning of contacts would make it like new. Ha. He pronounced it dead. And told me not to worry - because he is sure that the Union Church rummage sale is this week. Well, duh, if I knew things were this grim I would have hit the appliance tent right away at the Presbyterian Rummage. I have this vibe that the Presbyterians would have the toaster we need. We’ll just have to see what those non-denominational types are casting off this year. Then there is always a real store. But no $80 toasters this time. Could there possibly be cheap knock-offs of the skinny KitchenAid by now? I’ll try one.
Tuesday, May 13, 2003
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