Tuesday, January 11, 2011

The House Humors Us Once Again

If a tree falls in the woods and nobody is around to hear it fall, does it make a sound?

If something breaks down in the Poor House and is later fixed, will it break down again?

These are the questions that riddle us daily.

A little background:
A few nights ago some of the PH residents were congregating in the kitchen, chatting. We smelled something horrible burning...definitely of a carcinogenic quality...and notice that smoke was being emitted from the...dishwasher?! Yes, the dishwasher melted our spatula onto the heating coils and split the thing right in two. We are all waiting to see what happens when we turn it on for the next wash...

Appliances in the house that have broken down, have been fixed, and then broken down again include our infamous hot water heater, the sink disposal, and the leaky shower in Kelsey's room. Mind you, this is all since we moved in in August and I'm not listing the things that have only broken down once.

Despite the house's pitfalls life carries on as normal.

2 comments:

  1. Let me answer your question; you will have the smell again til you get the hardened spatula off of the coils. Good luck!

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  2. Yes, don't worry, we promptly removed the spatula off the coils the first time we smelled burning. However, there is some residue that continues to burn off. The smell is toxic!

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