Sigh, did the unthinkable this weekend

[riverdawg]

I rose early Sunday, started the water for the press pot and got the beans ready to rock. When the water was ready I filled the press and put the kettle back on the burner to heat it back up to prime my vacuum pot. Sigh...when this was done I must have put the kettle back on the burner and forgot to close the whistle device I smelt that nasty metal burning smell at about 11:00am.

My kettle had melted to the cook-top and ruined the glass cover for the whole thing. So, no I cannot cook at all. The bonus I had set for a Silvia, is now going to a new cook-top. I still think I'm gonna wake up from a bad dream. Sigh, oh well, life had been great this past few month. Guess I just needed the old wake-up call

side note: That pot of coffee rocked!

[j6ppc]

Originally Posted by riverdawg

side note: That pot of coffee rocked!

Good thing too since it was probably the most expensive pot of java you'll ever have!

[riverdawg]

Originally Posted by j6ppc

Good thing too since it was probably the most expensive pot of java you'll ever have!

Hehehe aye, Just bought the unit this winter. Damb thing is that top, is as much as a brand new range!

[monsoon]

Originally Posted by riverdawg

Hehehe aye, Just bought the unit this winter. Damb thing is that top, is as much as a brand new range!

yarg !

Well,......coulda' been much worse. Glad you didn't leave the house before 11:00am.

[riverdawg]

Originally Posted by monsoon

yarg !

Well,......coulda' been much worse. Glad you didn't leave the house before 11:00am.

I was just starting to get ready to hit the in-laws pool. Could have been much worse!!

Like me livin' in a VW camper van down by the river

[rumballs]

oooh that sucks.
Once I was in rental housing and left a pan of water on for like an hour.
Got back and smelled the same smell you did.

Pan was still sitting on the stove.
So naturally, I turned off the stove, and grabbed the pan to drop it in the sink.
As I did, the base of the pan fell apart to release the (now molten) insert layer which I think was aluminum.
I was wearing flipflops, but luckily the sink was on the opposite side of the kitchen, so as I turned around the liquid metal sprayed out to the side and hit the floor.
Burned some nice holes in the linoleum and the carpet near the kitchen. I forget what I had to pay but it was a lot...

[riverdawg]

Originally Posted by mmblz

oooh that sucks.
Once I was in rental housing and left a pan of water on for like an hour.
Got back and smelled the same smell you did.

Pan was still sitting on the stove.
So naturally, I turned off the stove, and grabbed the pan to drop it in the sink.
As I did, the base of the pan fell apart to release the (now molten) insert layer which I think was aluminum.
I was wearing flipflops, but luckily the sink was on the opposite side of the kitchen, so as I turned around the liquid metal sprayed out to the side and hit the floor.
Burned some nice holes in the linoleum and the carpet near the kitchen. I forget what I had to pay but it was a lot...

Oooohhh gahhh, that is scary. 'bout lost ya feets!

I had a roommate in Portland that did that, left it on to make Rammen and passed out. I woke up with the worst taste in my mouth, and a throat ache.
I bet I die 5 years early cause of that alone!