The New And Improved Unofficial R65 Forum V2
General Category => Totally Off-Topic Discussions, Rants, Tire & Oil Threads, Etc. => Topic started by: montmil on May 03, 2013, 08:36:24 AM
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I'm talking toasters, waffle irons, ironing irons, etc and... my new coffee pot. No need to ask. It's a Mr Coffee and only a few months old.
The "ON" button recently got all stuck and wanky. Press hard. Maybe it'll come on or maybe it'll break. Better yet, lets open up the sucker and see what's what -probably fix that push button easy.
WTF is it with these tiny, non-removable screws installed by the off-shore manufacturers? All I want to do is take a peek at the button function; not steal some proprietary electronic design. It's just makes coffee. Doesn't interface with some Patriot missile battery. Grrrr
Got a couple out through brute force and a pointy screwdriver but a couple more challenged me. Resistance is futile...
Drilled into the screw heads enough to allow 'purchase' and backed out the remaining screws. Gathered them all and actually threw them out into the back yard.
And the stuck button? Simply a small spur on the plastic tube-within-tube design whereby a plunger pokes a small button mounted on the PC board. Trim, clean and done. Now works better than new and I have my coffee.
Hmmm... could be my lack of caffine?
When I become King, all this will change. ;D
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I'm surprised that as a chronologically gifted airhead you don't just use a pour-over cone [smiley=laugh.gif]
You should at least consider getting a cheap plastic backup cone. They work when the power is out, or when you've thrown the whole [smiley=furious3.gif] coffee pot into the backyard.
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I'm surprised that as a chronologically gifted airhead you don't just use a pour-over cone [smiley=laugh.gif]
You should at least consider getting a cheap plastic backup cone. They work when the power is out, or when you've thrown the whole [smiley=furious3.gif] coffee pot into the backyard.
Luca, You may think I'm kidding but I do punish failed appliances.
We had house guests for a weekend and while I was preparing home-made waffles for brekky, the iron crapped out. The look on their faces was priceless as I opened the patio door and threw the iron out into the yard.
My buddy commented, "I sure hope your wife doesn't quit working." ;D
BTW, don't those cone thingys require hot water? My crib is all electric. Maybe fire up the barbecue... love my coffee in the morning.
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They certainly do require hot water. But I figured down in Texas yall' ed' have a charcoal pit going 24/7
A couple years back in college my roommate didnt drink coffee, so I just made mine every morning with an electric hot pot and the pour over.
I hear ya on the punishment. Used to be fun throwing bricks at dead televisions back when they weren't all flat-like.
As for power outage coffee... you could make a little cold brew setup. My girlfriend made a rig for a couple bucks. Fill a pickle jar with water, add coffee, let it sit overnight, pour it through a strainer (she has a filter sock), stick it in the fridge and drink for the rest of the week. Comes out naturally sweeter, if youre a sugar in the coffee kind of guy. If my current roommate/landlord didn't have a gas stove and generator I'd surely have a cold brew setup for dire situations. Beer, tobacco, and coffee are my three main food groups.
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Been following this thread with interest. Luca, not to be rude, but is it normal in R.I. to drink cold coffee that has been strained through a sock?
That calls to mind the time we were on a 10 day trek at Philmont Scout Ranch in New Mexico. We pulled into a program camp and set the boys to setting up their campsite while we went to the cabin for advisors coffee. Poured a cup from the two gallon porcelain coffee pot and just a dribble came out even though it must have weight four pounds. The ranger said "Oh, looks like it's time to change the grounds. We've just been adding new grounds for the last two weeks.
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We prefer panty hose in RI... they add a certain something that can't be had with your usual cotton tubes.