On Thu, 20 Feb 2020 10:07:24 -0500, Dave Smith
> wrote:

>On 2020-02-20 10:00 a.m., Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>> On Thursday, February 20, 2020 at 9:44:49 AM UTC-5, Dave Smith wrote:
>>> On 2020-02-20 4:17 a.m., Julie Bove wrote:
>>>>
>>>> "Dave Smith" > wrote in message
>>>> ...
>>>>> On 2020-02-19 8:45 p.m., Julie Bove wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> If a long term guest/resident managed to break the door on my oven I
>>>>>>> would expect him to pay for repair or replacement. I would not
>>>>>>> tolerate someone staying in my house and doing damage like that.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The stove was shot. One burner broken.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> A replacement burner is $20-30 and about as complicated to replace as
>>>>> a light bulb.
>>>>
>>>> One small burner was $29 plus shippng many years ago. All four needed to
>>>> be replaced as did the drip pans. I can't remember what a set of those
>>>> cost but not cheap. A new appliance was warranted.
>>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> C'mon... Get your story straight. First you say one burner was shot,
>>> then you say that all four needed replacement.
>>
>> Could be one was completely dead and three were on their last legs.
>
>
>When is a stove burner on it's last legs? She said that one burner was
>shot and that the door was just a side bar issue. When I pointed out
>how cheap and easy it is to replace a burner the story changed to all
>four needing to be replaced. This is part of Julie's MO. she offers
>some details but then completely changes the situation.
>
The doo-hickeys that hold the coils together can get wonky all about
the same time. If you are going to the electrical supply store for a
new electrical coil burner you might as well replace them all.
BTDT..Nothing lasts forever (well, the stoves made in the 50s almost
did but that is no longer true)
Janet US