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eredienSo, I'm glad I got some time off work. It looks like I will need it!
Yesterday on the way home from the grocery store the dashboard brake warnings on our car (R's and mine) came on. The break fluid was checked only a month ago and the lines were checked a few weeks before that as part of the inspection process. But now the break pedal is all mushy and the car doesn't want to stop. Due to the date, we can't find an open mechanic until Wednesday. Now R's parents have to drive to get us, and we have to take the (always late) commuter rail back home, because we can't drive to RI. Yippee. I was going to take it in to check the alignment anyway, but this is stupid.
So, I thought I would finish cooking and cleaning.
I made some squash soup. It's been cooking for a few hours and now needs to puree in the blender. I dump some soup into the blender and turn it on. It goes "grind grind grind" instead of "whir whir puree," so I sigh, dump the soup back into the crockpot, and look at the blender. It seems that the bottom turny part is turning fine, but the top turny part attached to the blades does not want to move for love or money. I know it didn't rust because I put it away last time after drying it!
EDIT: Blender now works, with help of jar-opener, pair of pliers, and a little bit of pleading on my part. Apparently part of the blender had rusted, but it's an all-in-one blade unit so I can't dry the part that was probably the issue. Eating lunch now. I feel better.
Our car doesn't work.
Our blender doesn't work.
I hope the rest of today is ok.
Yesterday on the way home from the grocery store the dashboard brake warnings on our car (R's and mine) came on. The break fluid was checked only a month ago and the lines were checked a few weeks before that as part of the inspection process. But now the break pedal is all mushy and the car doesn't want to stop. Due to the date, we can't find an open mechanic until Wednesday. Now R's parents have to drive to get us, and we have to take the (always late) commuter rail back home, because we can't drive to RI. Yippee. I was going to take it in to check the alignment anyway, but this is stupid.
So, I thought I would finish cooking and cleaning.
I made some squash soup. It's been cooking for a few hours and now needs to puree in the blender. I dump some soup into the blender and turn it on. It goes "grind grind grind" instead of "whir whir puree," so I sigh, dump the soup back into the crockpot, and look at the blender. It seems that the bottom turny part is turning fine, but the top turny part attached to the blades does not want to move for love or money. I know it didn't rust because I put it away last time after drying it!
EDIT: Blender now works, with help of jar-opener, pair of pliers, and a little bit of pleading on my part. Apparently part of the blender had rusted, but it's an all-in-one blade unit so I can't dry the part that was probably the issue. Eating lunch now. I feel better.
Our car doesn't work.
Our blender doesn't work.
I hope the rest of today is ok.
