BTW (by the way)

 

BTW did you know if you leave the lid up, set for auto brew, you might wake up from a dream thinking someone is breaking into the house?

I was awakened by horrendous noise sounding like doors being kicked in, or ripped off hinges..  

The brewing noise was loud, but at least it did not spray water or coffee all over the kitchen.

BTW - PS: I am now dreaming, dreams at nap time, mid day and they have dialog boxes. The whole conversation in the dream was in dialog boxes

Like this but with words

Coffee! My lifeblood?? part 1

 

Last Saturday AM Bob took his first sip of coffee and said Coffee Tastes Terrible. I agreed after taking a sip of his. The pot needs cleaning.

Clean Cycle Set! 2 hours later

while washing the aluminum pot, I noticed the coating inside the bottom was flaking off.

Scrubbed and useable, I added Coffee Pot to my Saturday Shopping List.

Taste Test said old pot was good to go. 

Did not buy the new pot.

Thursday, I was the first to say, ugh, coffee taste terrible, we do need new pot.

Pot is flaking once again.

Walmart Opens at 6 AM, I left at 5:50, home by 6:15 and a new pot dripping while I tossed the old pot in the trash can.

the last time I bought, I went medium priced with the Black and Decker below, $79. this time I went with El cheapo $27.99 Mr. Coffee. 

the reason? 

I looked for a thermal carafe, could not find one. The real reason is I hated the pot from the day i plugged it in.

Who needs the headaches every time the power even blinked off and back on.

The thing was smarter than me from the get-go and I said HBO words every time I had to reset it.

I thought I would like not seeing through the pot. I did not.

to be continued

It went off in the Friday Trash Container. Good Riddance and Friday AM coffee was great

The Mind Games Continue

 

2020 purchase

The mind games with MadMindsnapper continue. I posted the above photo because the story I tell will make more sense. I think! note you can't see if there is anything in that pot...

 First cup of coffee goes to Bob because I have to wait 30 minutes after the infernal pill that makes me wait.

Bob poured the coffee and said This is Water, you forgot to put the coffee in. 

I said I know I put the coffee in, I remembered I did it. I  lifted the lid and said Look, I told you I put the coffee in. OH no I said, this pot is new, why would it stop working? The water is out of the filler, the coffee is not wet. OOPS! that was my clue

 I lifted the NON glass, can't see through it pot, and found the pot full of cold water.

It seems I had put the grounds in, filled the pot with water,  but did NOT pour the water from the NON glass, can't see through it pot, into the filler.  I did set the auto perk for brew later, which it brewed for 30 minutes with no water in it. The steam from the no water brewing had dampened the grounds, but alas, all we had was a pot of cold water.  

My SIL texted me and said how is your stress level today???? you know Plumber Stressitis, I said it is down from 11 to 6. She said why a six? I said Because I brewed a pot of Cold water instead of coffee.

Now comes the question, If the plumber had not stressed me, would the coffee stress ahve been a 3 not a 6? Can I blame this on the plumber and Fed Ex? 

FOR YOUR ENTERTAINMENT! Coffee Pot LABEL says we have had 4 coffee pots since 2009.. not only did I post each one, I even PIPPED them in software... also I noticed in my levels, i have 14 Coffee Mug labels and 14 Coffee labels and also about 200 posts with the word coffee in it. Just sayin

Well, PIP my Pot, I am Crazy

I got a new Mr. Coffee...quite by Chance. Email received from K-Mart stating my 15.60 Rewards dollars would expire in 3 days. OH NO! Not my REWARDS from spending 100.00 2 months ago in the store buying smaller sized clothes.

I frantically drove to K-Mart, in need of a smaller bathing suit.. NOTHING! NADA! I could find nothing to spend the money on. I made a trip to the Potty as per usual, and when I came out I was on the Coffee Pot Aisle and there was a huge clearance sign, all Pots Must Go...  Since we were expecting the last perk of the pot at home, I picked the one I wanted and skipped merrily up to the cashier expecting to pay a Mere Ten Dollars for the pot. Wrong! I had no idea I had to have a PIN number to get the full amount.
She said I can give you TEN of the 16 but without the pin, not the full amount. I bought the Pot anyway, paying a mere SIXTEEN instead of TEN.  The No Sale/No Rewards would have been 40 dollars.

And Came home and PIPPED my POT.... you know PIP, the android app on my tablet that I love....I never know when to stop. and here we are... of course the POT is really Black, but who cares.. It works, it is automated, and easy peasy to set the timer.
                                  WAITING now for an email to decide what I NEED Next...

Tale Of Two Coffee Makers etc etc

25 years of marriage, 6 coffee makers!

Black & Decker, under counter 12 years

Black & Decker, under counter 7 years

Mr. Coffee, 5 years

Mr. Coffee, 11 months 1 week

Mr. Coffee, 2 days

GE newest purchase 2 days ago, so far so good

2 day pot

Has anyone besides me noticed that the merchandise we buy today doesn't last as long as what we bought years ago? do you think that is by design? do the manufacturers make them short lived on purpose? Or is it poor workmanship? Is it because our merchandise used to be Made In the USA? and now it is not?

What's up with this is my question. My mother bought a Maytag Washer and it lasted 17 years. I bought a Maytag and it had to be repaired in 4th year.

2 days and counting Coffee Maker purchased Thursday of this week.

Monday AM this week: while cleaning glass pot, sun streaming in window highlighted a big crack in the glass pot. I knew I had done NOTHING to break it, I checked the heat plate it sits on and it was melted in spots with metal showing through. We had purchased this pot 11 months 1 week ago. Not only did it last less than a year it was a nightmare to operate from day 1 and why I did not return it the week I bought it, I have no idea.

Monday AM same day, buy new Mr Coffee, set the auto timer with ease, wake up Tuesday, no coffee! Push manual and wait 15 minutes impatiently for my first cup.

(husband states "user error setting up pot," I say "I FOLLOWED THE INSTRUCTIONS IT"S NOT ROCKET SCIENCE!!!!)" can you hear the tone of my voice??

Wednesday 4 AM, no coffee AGAIN! Push manual ON/OFF and NOTHING happens, nothing works, it will not even TURN OFF! I jerk plug out of wall, use old pot to make coffee (this is a 10 dollar jobby that we take with us when traveling and we have used it for 20 years and it still works)

Now we have a new one, I switched to GE and we shall see what we shall SEE!

so far I love, love, love it. Easy to set, has gourmet button, has auto button, has 4 cup button, has little button to push that says how long it's been ready, AND the coffee is delish and ready when my feet hit the floor.

What Think ye on this subject???

Can You Relate???

My niece, Patti, made the comment about my pancake post, you remind me of Erma Bombeck. With Patti's comment in my head, I listened when my husband commented today  as he witnessed my daily battle with our toaster over,
"why don't you do a blog on the toaster and the coffee pot?"

Meet our toaster oven. Our beloved undercounter Black and Decker died and I searched high and low for one just like it. Seems they no longer make them to hang under the counter.

I suffer from NEAT disease. Dirt does not bother me, clutter does. This pretty little (note little is clue here) toaster oven at first glance fit my criteria. I thought If I can't hang it under the counter, this one is small and will not take up much counter space AND it is pretty and The Right Color (as if that really matters, says my husband).

1. 
   
   It sometimes throws the toast out on the counter, others it clutches it in a grasp that forces me to dig it out in pieces.
   
   
   
2. 
   
   One day it burns the edges, leaves the middle raw. Next day it burns the whole slice OR does it the way it should be. The darn thing has a mind of its own. The little oven when requested to make cheese toast, leaves the bottom un-toasted, burns the top, the cheese drips off into the drip pan, the drip pan is to small, so it goes UNDER the drip pan and that pab needs a surgeon to remove it from the toaster.
   
   
   
3. 
   
   The designer also chose to make a  door that catches crumbs in the door hinge and nothing short of a vacuum will get it out (so now I need a mini vac, dare I look for one?).
   
   
   
4. 
   
   It dominates our breakfast conversation! We both make the same comments over and over, like it will change the thing overnight. We both growl and grump each time we use it. we have discussed daily for a few months now the fact it had to be an idiot that designed it. If I bought another one, would we have any thing to talk about at breakfast? Would it be any better?
   
   
   

Enter the New Mr Coffee! In our 25 years we have owned THREE Mr. Coffees. the first two we loved, they were UnderCounter models, easy to use and obedient.

 The reasons I hate it. (note I say I because my husband never touches it)

1. I need  a college degree to set the timer each time the power goes out. the timer being The Reason I bought it (plus it was The Right Color and Small)

2. Look at the pretty glass pot. Guess what? when tilted to POUR it leaks down the front of the pot, every single time. It leaks so bad, I use the old coffee pot to pour water in it when I sat it up at night.

3. The darn thing does not come on UNLESS I remember to push the timer button.

Don't you think someone could invent one that KNOWS to come on whether the Senior Moments Queen forgets to push the button?

So far, I have not pushed the delay button, pushed the button but forgot to add the water, pushed the button, added the water and forgot to put the filter and coffee in it.

I close with this comment from Erman Bombeck

"If you can't make it better, you can always laugh at it"