Funeral for a Friend: The T3

We have had to abort the T3 Tourmaline 83808 Professional Featherweight Ceramic Ionic Hair Dryer resurrection attempt of yesterday. Time of death: 8:50 p.m.

A moment of silence, please.

After a valiant attempt at resuscitation, Husband could do no more to save my beloved friend. And, for the record, he refused to call the time of death. I had to. After hours of it being hooked up to his little gizmo to see if any electrical current was being had at all, I finally called it quits.

It turns out the problem wasn’t a short circuit, a bad switch or any of the other electronic components that Husband understands (but I am clueless to). The actual motor – probably $190 of the total $200 price – decided to save the life of a 99 cent circuit by blowing first. (Guess it just couldn’t handle the heat.)

Husband asked if I was going to buy a new one. I didn’t have the heart to tell him I “one-clicked” a new one hours before, and it was winging its way to our house now. (I guess shopping really was the answer.)

But, he did say “Good.” Because now we’ll have spare parts if the new one decides to blow.

He would like to consider the T3, now laid to rest in a box in the garage, a future “organ donor” (his words).

Like I said, marry a set of skills. It comes in handy.

Oh, and a sense of humor during tense hair moments.

P.S.  Services will be held tonight in the main bathroom, as I unwrap the new T3 whisked to me by the miracle of overnight delivery, compliments of Amazon.com. The hair must go on.