Being this is Leap Year, and having one extra day really meant nothing to us, other than it’s another election year and I just hate all the political garbage in between TV shows. One politician knocking down another politician really doesn’t do me any justice and therefore, we choose to watch very little TV.
So with that said and no more talk about politics, I will let you know how are week went. This past week the glass to the percolator glass finally broke in half. It had a minor little knick out of it, but that isn’t where it finally cracked. Brian was cleaning it out and getting ready for another morning, when it broke in half. So the question became what do we do? Our only problem is that we special order this percolator from Coleman and we would have to special order another glass for it.
Upon going to Coleman’s web page, I soon discover that they are slowly discontinuing parts to this particular model. However they did still make the glass replacement and it wasn’t really expensive. But we would have to have it shipped to a business here in Quartzsite and this year she sky rocket her prices for deliveries-providing it would come UPS or FedEx. If shipped by mail, well then it would have to be shipped all the way back to our NM address and then again shipped general delivery to us here. To many obstacles…
We could fire up the generator every morning and get out our electric coffee maker until we get back into Quartzsite and/or Parker to find a glass for it. Starting that noisy generator every morning, wasn’t my cup of tea, specially when the generator is directly under the bed and I like to stay nice and warm until the coffee is just about done.
Or Brian could devise a temporary fix until then. And that is exactly what he did. He made a temporary fix until we got back into town to find a glass for it. Here is what it looked like:
He simply took foil and put it over the hole until we could get it fixed.
Brian checked several junk dealers, the hardware store and no one had this large of a glass for our size of percolator. So back to square one-to order or not to order. If we ordered, how soon would the 3rd one break and how many to order? Along with the regular shipping and handling, we have to pay this lady extra as well.
Looking at the percolators at Wal-Mart, they didn’t have glass just the top, so Brian thought why do we need a glass, why couldn’t he fix it so that we wouldn’t ever have to worry about it again? He contemplated on how to go about fixing it and came up with the idea of a water plug or two washers with a bolt & nut to hold it.
We went to Ace Hardware in Parker, taking the lid with us, Brian explained to a worker what he was trying to do. Took us down the aisle of nuts and bolts. While Brian was trying to figure out what size would work, this same worker came back with a this stainless steal cap with prongs. Upon placing in it in the “hole” it was a perfect fit and cheap ($1.40)! Here is what it looks like now:
Now the question is: will it work? Yep, best coffee ever! We even think it perks faster than when we had the glass and I notice less grounds in my cup of joe. We just simply listen to when it starts to perk and slow down the flame until we know it’s right for us.
Now that’s fix and we once again can enjoy our coffee, the rest of the week went fairly well for us. It’s starting to warm up more around here. However the springtime winds seem to be upon us. The other day we had wind, and an unexpected trace of rain through the night. Sure wish we could get more rain to help settle all this dust. The trace we seem to get only makes our car and motorhome show dust mud spots. I don’t think I have ever seen our home look so dirty as it does now.
Our little dog Leah loves to be outdoors-when it’s not blowing and she occasionally gets a visitor from the neighbor. It’s a male beagle dog named B.D. and he likes to come over and steal a quick kiss from her and then wonders back home. The one evening while out walking, we could hear her barking in her kennel upon coming back. I noticed a four legged critter on our patio; not knowing if it was a coyote or what, Brian goes running home just to discover that B.D. had come a calling!
B.D. is a rescue dog and has learned the art of survival out here in the desert.
Well soon the countdown to leaving and a new adventure will soon begin. until next week….
So with that said and no more talk about politics, I will let you know how are week went. This past week the glass to the percolator glass finally broke in half. It had a minor little knick out of it, but that isn’t where it finally cracked. Brian was cleaning it out and getting ready for another morning, when it broke in half. So the question became what do we do? Our only problem is that we special order this percolator from Coleman and we would have to special order another glass for it.
Upon going to Coleman’s web page, I soon discover that they are slowly discontinuing parts to this particular model. However they did still make the glass replacement and it wasn’t really expensive. But we would have to have it shipped to a business here in Quartzsite and this year she sky rocket her prices for deliveries-providing it would come UPS or FedEx. If shipped by mail, well then it would have to be shipped all the way back to our NM address and then again shipped general delivery to us here. To many obstacles…
We could fire up the generator every morning and get out our electric coffee maker until we get back into Quartzsite and/or Parker to find a glass for it. Starting that noisy generator every morning, wasn’t my cup of tea, specially when the generator is directly under the bed and I like to stay nice and warm until the coffee is just about done.
Or Brian could devise a temporary fix until then. And that is exactly what he did. He made a temporary fix until we got back into town to find a glass for it. Here is what it looked like:
He simply took foil and put it over the hole until we could get it fixed.
Brian checked several junk dealers, the hardware store and no one had this large of a glass for our size of percolator. So back to square one-to order or not to order. If we ordered, how soon would the 3rd one break and how many to order? Along with the regular shipping and handling, we have to pay this lady extra as well.
Looking at the percolators at Wal-Mart, they didn’t have glass just the top, so Brian thought why do we need a glass, why couldn’t he fix it so that we wouldn’t ever have to worry about it again? He contemplated on how to go about fixing it and came up with the idea of a water plug or two washers with a bolt & nut to hold it.
We went to Ace Hardware in Parker, taking the lid with us, Brian explained to a worker what he was trying to do. Took us down the aisle of nuts and bolts. While Brian was trying to figure out what size would work, this same worker came back with a this stainless steal cap with prongs. Upon placing in it in the “hole” it was a perfect fit and cheap ($1.40)! Here is what it looks like now:
Now the question is: will it work? Yep, best coffee ever! We even think it perks faster than when we had the glass and I notice less grounds in my cup of joe. We just simply listen to when it starts to perk and slow down the flame until we know it’s right for us.
Now that’s fix and we once again can enjoy our coffee, the rest of the week went fairly well for us. It’s starting to warm up more around here. However the springtime winds seem to be upon us. The other day we had wind, and an unexpected trace of rain through the night. Sure wish we could get more rain to help settle all this dust. The trace we seem to get only makes our car and motorhome show dust mud spots. I don’t think I have ever seen our home look so dirty as it does now.
Our little dog Leah loves to be outdoors-when it’s not blowing and she occasionally gets a visitor from the neighbor. It’s a male beagle dog named B.D. and he likes to come over and steal a quick kiss from her and then wonders back home. The one evening while out walking, we could hear her barking in her kennel upon coming back. I noticed a four legged critter on our patio; not knowing if it was a coyote or what, Brian goes running home just to discover that B.D. had come a calling!
B.D. is a rescue dog and has learned the art of survival out here in the desert.
Well soon the countdown to leaving and a new adventure will soon begin. until next week….
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