I went looking for a temporary stove/range yesterday.
Got this thing:
But this was an adventure in itself. It was still raining and windy, so I decided to walk rather than risk riding the scooter. I walked to Ace, but they only had a big camping range fitting a huge 3kg can, so I went from there to Home Center. They had the exact thing I wanted... but it doesn't include a can, you have to buy the gas separately, and this Home Center branch doesn't have a license to keep gas. So I went back to Ace, because I thought I saw the correct type of gas can there - but no, there were only cans of lighter gas (250g) and I needed a specific type of 220g can. Sigh. I walked back home. Let's say, I'm not a great walker, I arrived shaking from overexertion, then I realized that I left my phone at home, and my boss was looking for me for an urgent problem that arose in our production environment. Oops.
Oh well. Today I got up early, found where the nearest store that sells the type of can I needed is and ran a few more errands. I think my luck started turning around because I managed mostly to avoid the rain, and just 10 minutes after I got home it started to hail.
But now I had both a range and some gas, and I could finally (at 1pm) make myself a decent breakfast. :-)
This will do for boiling or frying eggs, or boiling water if the electricity goes (which is very likely in this weather), until my landlady gets the gas reconnected.
But this was an adventure in itself. It was still raining and windy, so I decided to walk rather than risk riding the scooter. I walked to Ace, but they only had a big camping range fitting a huge 3kg can, so I went from there to Home Center. They had the exact thing I wanted... but it doesn't include a can, you have to buy the gas separately, and this Home Center branch doesn't have a license to keep gas. So I went back to Ace, because I thought I saw the correct type of gas can there - but no, there were only cans of lighter gas (250g) and I needed a specific type of 220g can. Sigh. I walked back home. Let's say, I'm not a great walker, I arrived shaking from overexertion, then I realized that I left my phone at home, and my boss was looking for me for an urgent problem that arose in our production environment. Oops.
Oh well. Today I got up early, found where the nearest store that sells the type of can I needed is and ran a few more errands. I think my luck started turning around because I managed mostly to avoid the rain, and just 10 minutes after I got home it started to hail.
But now I had both a range and some gas, and I could finally (at 1pm) make myself a decent breakfast. :-)
This will do for boiling or frying eggs, or boiling water if the electricity goes (which is very likely in this weather), until my landlady gets the gas reconnected.