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I think I have a thing with stoves, and the answer is not cooking. Not that I'm bad at it; altho, I have burned my share of water, eggs, & pancakes, to name a few. I'm talking about FIRE! This is the 2nd stove I have burnt up in a year. The first had a short of some sort, and the heating element kept triggering the wire to overload for some reason. After the replacement of about 5 fuses, and some wires inbetween-it was time to move. Today, my stove, while it was off, (havingjustbeenused), began to bellow smoke from under the ilets! No smoke from the actual oven itself, as I stuck my head in- because, I've been there too, potpies, pizza, greenbean caserole, to name a few. My house filled with smoke, and I began to wonder if I needed to call the firedept. It was about that time that I called a friend whose husband was a firefighter, and she calmly advised that, yes, calling the fire dept. would be a good idea, in fact hang up right now. So, I did as any level headed, chef would do, and calmly called 911. Course by then, the smoke had stopped flowing from the stove top- So, the operator seemed confused as to why I was calling, because I asked her opinion as to my situation. She stated that she couldn't see the problem and calmly asked what it was she could do for me. So I told what was happening and asked if she thought I should need the fire department. I didn't want to cause a ruckus, but the stove was smoking while it was off, but it wasn't anymore. She just wanted to know what she could do for me. I said , I thought it should be checked out, but since it's not smoking it's nonemergent. So then, my kitchen was filled with 3 burly men, hoping I had burnt toast that was going to feed the cat...I regress; but, no, the stove was DOA, no revival, he even pulled the plug for good measure. I'm without a stove, I don't use a microwave, oh, & my building and the one nextdoor, our water heater broke this morning-no hot water till Tuesday! Yeah, how fabulous! It'll be like camping; without a tent, or a fire, or the lake, anyway-it really won't be anything like camping. So just forget I said that. A-n-y-w-a-y, I blame it on Saturday the 13th, isn't that just like luck, to be a day off!

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