On 2/21/2020 4:12 PM, dsi1 wrote:
> On Friday, February 21, 2020 at 10:55:58 AM UTC-10, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>> On 2/21/2020 2:30 PM, dsi1 wrote:
>>> On Friday, February 21, 2020 at 2:43:29 AM UTC-10, Julie Bove wrote:
>>>> "Dave Smith" > wrote in message
>>>> ...
>>>>> 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.
>>>>
>>>> Yes, they did. All were still useable but the front left has already been
>>>> replaced once and a piece had broken off underneath. The other three were
>>>> not far behind. They grew worse each day. Not rusty but aged and blackened.
>>>> Very fragile. I am referring to the metal parts and not the coil.
>>>
>>> The receptacle blocks that the coils plug into are easily replaced. OTOH, my guess is that I wouldn't be able to fix a broken hinge on an oven.
>>>
>>> http://applianceparts365.com/replace...ck-part-err117
>>>
>>
>> Why should we really care? Mom bought her a new stove. Oven door
>> broke, burner broke, getting old. Probably time to replace for little
>> more than all the repairs.
>>
>> New stove, Julie is happy, mom is happy, life is good.
>
> Yes, why should anybody care about anything? I always wonder why people on this newsgroup care about everything.
>
We should care about some things, just not everything.