What is the deal with toasters? - Page 4

Flint · 03-29-2007, 08:32 AM

My toaster, the one with least features I could find, has a blue light on the front that never goes off. I have to fucking unplug it because it bothers me so much - I only use it maybe once a day at the most, it doesn't need a fucking blue light constantly announcing whatever bullshit it thinks I need to know! Fucking toasters. Like everything else, built to break.

elSicomoro · 03-29-2007, 08:33 AM

It's gotten into your fucking head, man!

Griff · 03-29-2007, 09:04 AM

Good thing for you it doesn't need your puny electrical grid. All hail our fusion powered toast masters from Cylon 3!

Flint · 03-29-2007, 09:16 AM

I got somethin' else that don't need no electricity: my sawed-off shotgun!

elSicomoro · 03-29-2007, 09:28 AM

Damnit Flint, it's too early to be breaking out the gun...wait another hour.

Griff · 03-29-2007, 09:32 AM

Yeah, get some drinking in first!

Jaydaan · 04-01-2007, 01:32 PM

My neighbor had their house go up in flames, because of their toaster. The little annoying blue light may well be a good thing. It reminds you that you should unplug toasters. Their toaster was a month older than its warranty, so I am guessing then about a year old. It took out the kitchen and half the living room, because of a glitch/fault/wire. This really made me start to think. I always left ours plugged in, now, I unplug it, just in case. (when we go on holidays, we unplug everything but the fridge and freezer. But that was because in a thunderstorm two years ago, we had our brand new TV get the brunt of a lightning bolt.)

Beestie · 05-03-2007, 09:52 PM

OK I gave it over a month. And still. I can't beat this on my own and need to resign to a higher power to get me through this.

[steps up to the mic] thump thump - This thing ON? --shrill feedback--

"I'm Beestie and I STILL cannot read title of this thread and NOT hear Jerry Seinfeld saying it."

There, I feel better now. And now, I bet, I'm going to have LOTs of company.

glatt · 05-04-2007, 08:54 AM

By the way, my toaster, which I thought I had fixed, is now broken again. Target is selling one for $5. Maybe I'll get that one.

glatt · 06-20-2008, 10:30 PM

Thanks to HungLikeJesus, this thread was pointed out, and I read it again.

Quote:

Originally Posted by glatt

By the way, my toaster, which I thought I had fixed, is now broken again. Target is selling one for $5. Maybe I'll get that one.

I ended up fixing my old toaster a second time, but it didn't take. So we got one of the ones that are in post #9, except with 4 slots. Had it a year, and it does a great job on toast, bagels, and waffles. I hope it lasts.

glatt · 09-28-2013, 09:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by glatt

Thanks to HungLikeJesus, this thread was pointed out, and I read it again.

I ended up fixing my old toaster a second time, but it didn't take. So we got one of the ones that are in post #9, except with 4 slots. Had it a year, and it does a great job on toast, bagels, and waffles. I hope it lasts.

Was just having a conversation about toasters, and I thought of this thread. The one I wrote about here is still working beautifully.

limegreenc · 09-28-2013, 10:26 PM

My hubby purchased the same one as Glinda about 5 years ago on E-Bay. Forget what he paid but I`d never go back to the current offerings at Canadian Tire. You put the bread in, it clicks, the bread goes down. When it`s done, it clicks again and up rolls the toast-perfect every time.

It had to be invented by a woman!

Shawnee123 · 05-04-2007, 09:17 AM

Planned obsolescence; we used to get things like toasters repaired. Now they're cheap so you just throw it away and get a new one, making toaster companies very happy!

Kitsune · 05-04-2007, 10:44 AM

Counter space is a premium at my place, so I actually picked up something I didn't expect to last beyond one year: a combination microwave/toaster oven. Both functions are somewhat underpowered, but the thing still works after two years.

I miss the cheap, dangerous $25 toaster oven that had to go because it developed a short. The thing was incredible, but the little bastard shocked me on opening the door.

Flint · 06-20-2008, 11:10 PM

ha ha ha I love reading my old posts. . . . it's all about meee!!!1

03-29-2007, 08:32 AM	#1
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	My toaster, the one with least features I could find, has a blue light on the front that never goes off. I have to fucking unplug it because it bothers me so much - I only use it maybe once a day at the most, it doesn't need a fucking blue light constantly announcing whatever bullshit it thinks I need to know! Fucking toasters. Like everything else, built to break. __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

03-29-2007, 09:04 AM	#3
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Good thing for you it doesn't need your puny electrical grid. All hail our fusion powered toast masters from Cylon 3! __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

03-29-2007, 09:16 AM	#4
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	I got somethin' else that don't need no electricity: my sawed-off shotgun! __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

03-29-2007, 09:32 AM	#6
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Yeah, get some drinking in first! __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

05-03-2007, 09:52 PM	#8
Beestie -◊\|≡·∙■·∙≡\|◊- Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Parts unknown. Posts: 4,081	OK I gave it over a month. And still. I can't beat this on my own and need to resign to a higher power to get me through this. [steps up to the mic] thump thump - This thing ON? --shrill feedback-- "I'm Beestie and I STILL cannot read title of this thread and NOT hear Jerry Seinfeld saying it." There, I feel better now. And now, I bet, I'm going to have LOTs of company. __________________ ♠ ♥ ♣ ♦

03-29-2007, 08:33 AM	#2
elSicomoro Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 12,486	It's gotten into your fucking head, man!

03-29-2007, 09:28 AM	#5
elSicomoro Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 12,486	Damnit Flint, it's too early to be breaking out the gun...wait another hour.

04-01-2007, 01:32 PM	#7
Jaydaan Knight of the Oval-Shaped Conference Table Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Vernon, BC, Canada Posts: 378	My neighbor had their house go up in flames, because of their toaster. The little annoying blue light may well be a good thing. It reminds you that you should unplug toasters. Their toaster was a month older than its warranty, so I am guessing then about a year old. It took out the kitchen and half the living room, because of a glitch/fault/wire. This really made me start to think. I always left ours plugged in, now, I unplug it, just in case. (when we go on holidays, we unplug everything but the fridge and freezer. But that was because in a thunderstorm two years ago, we had our brand new TV get the brunt of a lightning bolt.)

05-04-2007, 08:54 AM	#9
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	By the way, my toaster, which I thought I had fixed, is now broken again. Target is selling one for $5. Maybe I'll get that one.

09-28-2013, 10:26 PM	#12
limegreenc shed door curio Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: Canada Posts: 406	My hubby purchased the same one as Glinda about 5 years ago on E-Bay. Forget what he paid but I`d never go back to the current offerings at Canadian Tire. You put the bread in, it clicks, the bread goes down. When it`s done, it clicks again and up rolls the toast-perfect every time. It had to be invented by a woman!

05-04-2007, 09:17 AM	#13
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	Planned obsolescence; we used to get things like toasters repaired. Now they're cheap so you just throw it away and get a new one, making toaster companies very happy! __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

05-04-2007, 10:44 AM	#14
Kitsune still eats dirt Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 3,031	Counter space is a premium at my place, so I actually picked up something I didn't expect to last beyond one year: a combination microwave/toaster oven. Both functions are somewhat underpowered, but the thing still works after two years. I miss the cheap, dangerous $25 toaster oven that had to go because it developed a short. The thing was incredible, but the little bastard shocked me on opening the door.

06-20-2008, 11:10 PM	#15
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	ha ha ha I love reading my old posts. . . . it's all about meee!!!1 __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

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