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What? No coffee?

Posted by linkmeister on 16 September 2020, 8:40 am

I stumbled into the kitchen, filled the reservoir on my Black and Decker drip coffeepot this morning, put coffee in the filter, closed the lid, turned it on, and nothin’. The clock works, the “on” light works, but it doesn’t drip. It’s been three years since I replaced the last one. I guess if appliances …

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