"Julie Bove" > wrote in message
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> Managed to move the pan and stop the sparking. >

Ouch! Perhaps you ought to have turned off the power before you did that???


> Then managed to carefully slide the pan in there and get the door shut.
> Had terrible trouble getting the pan back out the next day. It was
> totally wedged. But the potatoes were a hit. Everyone liked them.
=

All's well that ends well)))

"Ophie" > wrote in message
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> "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
> newseQ1j.18560$701.15349@trndny08...
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>
>> Managed to move the pan and stop the sparking. >
>
> Ouch! Perhaps you ought to have turned off the power before you did
> that???

That's what people tell me! But since the plug is behind the fridge, I
would have to move the fridge. And to do that I would have had to empty it.
So...
>
>
>> Then managed to carefully slide the pan in there and get the door shut.
>> Had terrible trouble getting the pan back out the next day. It was
>> totally wedged. But the potatoes were a hit. Everyone liked them.
> =
>
> All's well that ends well)))

Yep.

"Ophie" > wrote in :

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> "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
> newseQ1j.18560$701.15349@trndny08...
>
>
>> Managed to move the pan and stop the sparking. >
>
> Ouch! Perhaps you ought to have turned off the power before you did
> that???
>
>
>> Then managed to carefully slide the pan in there and get the door
>> shut. Had terrible trouble getting the pan back out the next day. It
>> was totally wedged. But the potatoes were a hit. Everyone liked
>> them.
> =
>
> All's well that ends well)))
>
>
>

A cut raw potato helps in removing broken lightbulbs... ensure the broken
lightbuld is embedded in the cut end of the potato then unscrew...best
done when power is off.

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On Sat, 24 Nov 2007 16:47:01 GMT, hahabogus > wrote:

>"Ophie" > wrote in :
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>> "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
>> newseQ1j.18560$701.15349@trndny08...
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>>> Managed to move the pan and stop the sparking. >
<snip>
>>
>> All's well that ends well)))
>>
>
>A cut raw potato helps in removing broken lightbulbs... ensure the broken
>lightbuld is embedded in the cut end of the potato then unscrew...best
>done when power is off.

I've used needle nosed pliers with that plastic coating on the
handles. It wasn't a refrigerator though and power was turned off at
the switch.

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hahabogus wrote:
> A cut raw potato helps in removing broken lightbulbs... ensure the
> broken lightbuld is embedded in the cut end of the potato then
> unscrew...best done when power is off.

That is a very good idea!