Jay, glad you got to fly first class.. I often flew first class back in 1999-2000 when I traveled all the time. The airline upgraded me for free, was very spoiled. I knew met and talked to many of the pilots and the flight attendants were always great. The only bad first class experience I ever had was American Airlines, the first class flight attendant was drunk, everyone in first class was upset.
The stove is running fine with old old part, the part one year old failed. I will decide what I want to buy as replacement, might see if local service guy has one, perhaps. I would like to replace the gasket under the pilot assembly (about 1" by 2"), but it is $55.
Just spoke with the manager that picked up my old work group (that I still technically work for).. They are not approving a replacement for me currently and the remaining team is refusing to take my work (my opinion, none have said so to me), so this may drag on awhile. It might work out that I get that other job that I was interested in if this drags on too long..
My wife is feeling much better today, starting to get busy again. I will have to put my foot down if she over does it though. She needs rest to recover.