Check out my nifty flea market find!

[JillBurgh]

I got this beautiful (IMO) stainless coffee urn I bought at the flea market. She cleans up nice.

$5!

I have a question, though. I never used a percolator of any sort. Will the electric type percolator stop on its own or do I have to unplug it to make it stop? There are no switches or buttons. Also, if it won't stop on its own, how can I keep the coffee warm in there if it's not plugged in? Thanks so much for your help!

[Andy M.]

What a great deal!

If it;s working correctly, it should stop perking and keep the coffee warm automatically.

[quicksilver]

You should be able to keep it plugged in. It will brew (based on timing mechanism) and then keep brew hot.

These were common before Mr Coffee and all that followed and that's how they all worked.

Boy, do I feel like a dinosaur!
Has anyone NOT seen a rotary dial phone?

[Andy M.]

...or a typewriter?!

[JillBurgh]

Originally Posted by quicksilver

You should be able to keep it plugged in. It will brew (based on timing mechanism) and then keep brew hot.

These were common before Mr Coffee and all that followed and that's how they all worked.

Boy, do I feel like a dinosaur!
Has anyone NOT seen a rotary dial phone?

lol My Gramma still has a rotary phone that is still permanently attached to the wall. She won't let the phone company come to update her lines and why should she? It seems to be working for her! She's 90....


She also has that rotary phone plastic "dialer" that the hardwares stores would give away. It's probably 50 or 60 years old.

[JillBurgh]

Oh boy that's a good cup o' joe!
Thanks for the tips my coffee will be the showstopper at my picnic next weekend.
Not sure if that's what I want people to remember the most, though...

I love coffee, I love tea, I love the java jive and it loves me!

[sattie]

Nice find Jill!!!! I'm not big on tea or coffee... but for those that are, I'm sure it's a bargain... looks nifty too!

[LadyCook61]

Originally Posted by quicksilver

You should be able to keep it plugged in. It will brew (based on timing mechanism) and then keep brew hot.

These were common before Mr Coffee and all that followed and that's how they all worked.

Boy, do I feel like a dinosaur!
Has anyone NOT seen a rotary dial phone?

my late BIL still had the rotary dial phone in his house, never got a push button phone.

[buckytom]

my boss tells a story about one of his son's teenage friends. he (my boss) still had an old rotary phone in his workshop in his garage, and the kid needed to call home, so he went into the workshop to use the phone.
after a few minutes, he called my boss in to ask why the phone didn't work.
he had been pressing on the numbers inside the little holes of the round thing on the front of the phone, but nothing was happening...


andy, i remember taking typewriters off of the desks in the newsrooms and replacing them with green or orange monochrome monitors and big ol' keyboards, back in the mid 80's.
it was fun watching the writers freak out thinking that they'd never get the hang of these new things.

[ChefJune]

Originally Posted by quicksilver

You should be able to keep it plugged in. It will brew (based on timing mechanism) and then keep brew hot.

These were common before Mr Coffee and all that followed and that's how they all worked.

Boy, do I feel like a dinosaur!
Has anyone NOT seen a rotary dial phone?

I have one in my closet. I use it when I have enough company to need two pots of coffee!