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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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July was hectic

Posted by linkmeister on 12 August 2020, 8:49 pm

Mom had several unscheduled trips to the hospital. She’s out and reasonably healthy now and looking forward to her 94th birthday next month. On one of my trips out of the hospital parking garage I managed to crunch the front bumper of my car into a support column, damaging the suspension as well as the …

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Filed under Around the House | Tagged Honda Fit | 1 Comment

Week Five? Six?

Posted by linkmeister on 30 April 2020, 9:18 pm

They all run together in my head. How about you? I’ve now gotten into the habit of shopping during what local groceries are calling “kupuna” hours. That’s a Hawai’ian word which means ancestor or grandparent. They’re typically the first hour or two hour block of time after the store opens in the morning. In my …

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Filed under Around the House, Coronavirus | Tagged Safeway

Eating under Stay-at-Home conditions

Posted by linkmeister on 6 April 2020, 2:35 pm

About two years ago I was planning to go on a trip to the East Coast for my 50th High School Reunion. We planned to have household help (normally here twice a week during the day for a few hours) here at suppertime and overnight to make dinners and keep Mom company. To that end …

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Filed under Around the House, Food & Drink | Tagged Dinners

Ah, the smell of fresh asphalt

Posted by linkmeister on 10 June 2019, 12:22 pm

Yes indeed. My entire neighborhood is under assault by several of these: I hope I’ll be able to get out of the house after 3:30pm, which is what the barricade signs say. I have my doubts. I’ve written the monthly checks while trapped inside, so our creditors will be pleased.

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Still here

Posted by linkmeister on 18 March 2019, 3:09 pm

Several things have happened since I last wrote here. First, the physical therapist has given me several more exercises, and when I remember to do them they seem to work pretty well. I’m walking with little (but not no) pain, and I’m capable of running my own errands. Meanwhile, the refrigerator had a drip problem …

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Filed under Around the House | Tagged refrigerator, washer/dryer

Tree growth

Posted by linkmeister on 5 October 2018, 10:01 am

Four weeks ago, after the hollowed-out coral tree was taken down, the little baby coral emerging from the stump chips on the right remained. Today it looks like this: Mother Nature doesn’t mess around, does she? I’m hearing the little tree saying to us “Now that you’ve gotten rid of that dying old man, see …

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At last an oven again!

Posted by linkmeister on 13 June 2018, 8:46 am

That’s not strictly true. Since the oven door latch broke back on April 26 I’ve been able to bake in it, but I’ve been very cautious and nervous about closing the door. After a false start two weeks ago when the replacement latch assembly arrived in an unpadded package with the predictable result (it was …

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Filed under Around the House | Tagged Sears, Whirlpool

Oven release!

Posted by linkmeister on 1 May 2018, 8:04 pm

The Sears guys came to fix the broken latch on the oven door today. They didn’t really fix anything, however. They fooled with it for a few minutes and talked to one another. The senior guy took his hand off the door and it quietly closed all the way as it’s supposed to. I pointed …

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How to crisp your shrimp

Posted by linkmeister on 27 April 2018, 8:27 pm

Tonight I lost a dinner of shrimp and fries to maybe the weirdest thing I’ve ever had happen in my kitchen. The food was on a baking sheet in the oven. The oven timer went off, so I started to press the “off” button on the control panel membrane and the door latch engaged. I …

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