[rustynutz]

- Induction cooktop element shorted last Thursday, only 3 years old
- Takes this long to find out, we're not insured for fusion, only surge or lightning. 
- $800 to replace 1 element. Italian made. 
- $799 to buy another complete cooktop. Italian made 
- All induction savings wiped out x 5 times.
- Time to change insurers.
-  Not happy. 

No Aussie built cooktops? 

[Phil №❶]

Manufacture,,,,, Australia,,,,,,   

[The Gonz]

 

[rustynutz]

What about St George Appliances? 

[Phil №❶]

They're not game to put any prices next to their products. I doubt, they could compete. Problem is, I have to make sure the next one fits in the existing hole, they do vary a bit.

Good find though, Rusty. I'll send a request & see what price comes back.

UPDATE

Only AU$2399.00

[rustynutz]

Bargain!  Just think, you'll be doing your bit for the Australian economy....

As for buying Italian, you should know by now, electrics & Italian just aren't a good mix... 

[The Gonz]

Espresso machines and Bugattis - always in repair.

[meehalych]

Espresso machines and Bugattis - always in repair.

I have no Bugattis, but my espresso machine hasn't let me down so far

+ third night shift is almost over
+ it is warm today

[Dazzler]

Espresso machines and Bugattis - always in repair.

I have no Bugattis, but my espresso machine hasn't let me down so far

+ third night shift is almost over
+ it is warm today

How's the new job going? (enjoying the extra money I bet) and a well paid, slimmer Misha must be beating the ladies off with a big stick!!

[Doggie 1]

Espresso machines and Bugattis - always in repair.

I have no Bugattis, but my espresso machine hasn't let me down so far

+ third night shift is almost over
+ it is warm today

How's the new job going? (enjoying the extra money I bet) and a well paid, slimmer Misha must be beating the ladies off with a big stick!!

He has a big stick too? 

[meehalych]

How's the new job going? (enjoying the extra money I bet) and a well paid, slimmer Misha must be beating the ladies off with a big stick!!

Well, so far so good and I can not complain about the salary, which is realy good. But 4 nights in line make me sleepy the most time.

[FatBoy]

+ We went for a drive out to Gordon Dam today.  (Gordon Dam - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)
- No photos.
+ Family loved it, great scenery and great drive.
- Eldest boy felt queasy on the winding roads.
+ He didn't vomit.
- Wife sat in the back so my son could sit in the front to help him feel better.
+ It was nice and quiet in the front.
- Kittikat is going to be angry with me.
+ I was only joking Kittikat.

[Surferdude]

Great drive, Jamie. I agree.
We did it last year when we were down there and you refused to have coffee with me.
Winding roads = great fun. But yes, motion sickness is a danger. My daughter is the most succeptible so she stayed in the front whilst my wife and her sister sat in the back.
Ran over a pretty decent sized brown snake near the lake before the dam (oldtimers' disease. )

Awesome country in there.

Did you abseil down the dam wall?

[FatBoy]

Did you abseil down the dam wall?

C'mon Trev, you know I am afraid of heights (and that wall is very high)!!  There were people abseiling down the wall when we got there, I got giddy watching them.

[Surferdude]

Did you abseil down the dam wall?

C'mon Trev, you know I am afraid of heights (and that wall is very high)!!  There were people abseiling down the wall when we got there, I got giddy watching them.

Hang on.
You're afraid of heights?
And you're a pilot.
 

I didn't see anyone doing it, just read about it somewhere. Nuts I say.

[FatBoy]

Hang on.
You're afraid of heights?
And you're a pilot.
 

I didn't see anyone doing it, just read about it somewhere. Nuts I say.

I'm not really afraid of heights, I'm terrified of them!!
As I have said before, in an aircraft I am sitting down and strapped in, totally safe!!  Near a cliff edge or on a dam wall (where we took a lot of dam time, and had a dam walk, before the kids went to the dam toilet, couldn't get any dam bait though to go dam fishing) then I start shaking like a dog pooping razor blades.

[Surferdude]

Hang on.
You're afraid of heights?
And you're a pilot.
 

I didn't see anyone doing it, just read about it somewhere. Nuts I say.

I'm not really afraid of heights, I'm terrified of them!!
As I have said before, in an aircraft I am sitting down and strapped in, totally safe!!  Near a cliff edge or on a dam wall (where we took a lot of dam time, and had a dam walk, before the kids went to the dam toilet, couldn't get any dam bait though to go dam fishing) then I start shaking like a dog pooping razor blades.

I do understand.
Flying is no problem for me, even in a helicopter. I'm even comfortable in a chair lift and I've been on some doozies - Queenstown NZ, Grouse Mountain and Whistler, Canada spring to mind.
But make me look over the railing of a fourth floor balcony and my guts turn to water.
Oh, I conquered the glass floor in the CN Tower in Toronto, too.

[FatBoy]

But make me look over the railing of a fourth floor balcony and my guts turn to water.

Oh, now it's make FatBoy look bad is it?     I get nervous looking over the edge of the kerb!!

[Surferdude]

^^^^^^
 
I'm not QUITE that bad. But my fear of heights has definitely seen me pull back from taking off on a few waves over the years. 

[Dazzler]

But make me look over the railing of a fourth floor balcony and my guts turn to water.

Oh, now it's make FatBoy look bad is it?     I get nervous looking over the edge of the kerb!!

In your previous post you forgot to say how dam funny you are ..

[FatBoy]

In your previous post you forgot to say how dam funny you are ..

I also forgot to mention that I am dam good looking, and a dam good liar. 

[rustynutz]

Did you do the usual thing and drop a coin off the edge of the dam, Jamie? 

[FatBoy]

Nah, didn't do that.   There were people down the bottom, and didn't want to hit them.  I'm also "tight" Rusty, as you know.  I wouldn't shout if a shark bit me!!   

BTW, it is my shout for the next coffee, isn't it?

[rustynutz]

Cheeky buggers were probably picking up all the coins.... 

And yes, it is your shout for coffee....Must think about collecting that one day... 

[Doggie 1]

But make me look over the railing of a fourth floor balcony and my guts turn to water.

Oh, now it's make FatBoy look bad is it?     I get nervous looking over the edge of the kerb!!

You can see the kerb? 

[The Gonz]

Not for some years, he hasn't.

[Surferdude]

Not for some years, he hasn't.

Whata horrible gut wrenching comment. 

[FatBoy]

Not for some years, he hasn't.

Whata horrible gut wrenching comment. 

If I wrench my guts up, I can see the kerb.   

[Doggie 1]

Not for some years, he hasn't.

Whata horrible gut wrenching comment. 

If I wrench my guts up, I can see the kerb.   

Through the mirror on the inside peak of his cap. 

[The Gonz]

Not for some years, he hasn't.

Whata horrible gut wrenching comment. 

If I wrench my guts up, I can see the kerb.   

Through the mirror on the inside peak of his cap. 

Must be one of those huge novelty caps you get at the royal show.