fixing things that shouldn't be broken

This is one of those things that should never have been broken in the first place - our beautiful electric skillet we bought with one of our gift cards back when we were married.

Guess who broke it. That's right - stupid moving people. And unfortunately for us I had 1,000,000+ things to do after we got here, so I never got around to filing claims for things like our electric skillet, the broken dust pan (really, it wouldn't have been worth it for that one), and a few other odds and ends that weren't particularily valueable.

The only thing I wish we had filed a claim for is the motorcycle. They tipped it on the way to the warehouse, and broke off a mirror (granted, the mirror had already been broken off by Russ after he'd had the bike for a while and dropped it under himself when he was turning on some gravel with a bald front tire. He fixed it pretty well with some of that weld-it glue). But the fact that Russ had already tipped the bike and broke the mirror previously gives them no right to dump a bike! Dumping a bike takes a lot of value out of it. How were they to know it had already been dumped? They didn't know that! Anyway, it probably made me more ornery than Russ when we found out it had happened. The bike needs an entire new perch - which costs a lot, and is something that Russ probably can't do on his own, so then throw in labor, etc etc. Well, Russ just welded the mirror back on, and it's hunky-dory now. But man, I sure wish we had filed a claim for the bike... that would have been nice to get fixed, even though it was originally Russ' fault :D

PS - I did not just fix the skillet with tape and paper towels... I glued it together with some of the ultra super glue stuff you get at the craft stores - I think this particular brand was "Amazing goop" - I know, how original. Anyway, the tape and paper towels are just there to hold the pieces together while the glue sets up. I'm not that tacky.