An extreme emergency of the first magnitude occurred at the Krat house today. No more serious SHTF incident will ever occur and immediate measures had to be taken.
At about 5pm the Krat walked to the kitchen counter, pressed the button on the coffee maker, walked away and waited the necessary 5 minutes returned to get my coffee and, HORRORS!!!, nothing happened!
The pot was empty and cold!
I checked the plug, checked the switch, looked at the little red light as it set there staring at me with its blank red stare.
Hamilton Beech had rolled over and died.
Now the Krat will avoid a trip to town with extreme and excessive evasion. I will bake my own bread to avoid going to the grocery. I will take cold showers for two days to save a trip to the Home Depot for a new hot water heater. I have been known to tape up a cut with duct tape to skip the 20 mile run to the ER.
But when I realized the Hamilton Beech was dead I immediately unplugged it, dumped the water from it into the sink and slam dunked the dead unit into the wheelie bin as I walked to the car for the trip to Walmart for an immediate replacement!
As I went through the checkout I explained the situation to the young lady working the register. She looked at me flat dead serious and replied "My Mom came down here at 1am in her house coat and flip flops the other night when hers broke. I was so embarrassed I could have died!"
At least I had clothes on.
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