What is the deal with toasters? - Page 4

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.)

Urbane Guerrilla · 04-02-2007, 04:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by footfootfoot

I loved making toast for my chemically pure MIL when she came to visit. That was second only to making pie crusts with lard, which she thought was awful, and telling her it was manteca, which she raved about how wonderful it tasted.

That was an awfully, er, greasy trick to play on someone innocent of Spanish, dude.:p

HungLikeJesus · 05-03-2007, 06:22 PM

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Originally Posted by glatt

That's funny. Did you see Wolf's toaster recomendation? It actually got decent reviews, but the reviewer said he needed to read the owner's manual to figure out how to make toast with it.

The Cellar is a crazy place. I just spent, what, 10 minutes?, reading about toasters, then felt compelled to respond. Toasters? What do they put in the Cellar water?

I have this same toaster (where did the picture go? See reply #9), but in the 4-slice version. The only problem with it is that it is very slow. I have to start the breakfast toast before I go to bed, then hopefully it will be ready when the eggs are done the next morning.

Plus, it uses more energy to toast 2 slices than did our old cheap toaster (I measured it using a Kill-A-Watt).

Of course I read the toaster manual. But I didn't have to. I just like reading toaster manuals.

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.

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.

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.

Flint · 06-20-2008, 11:10 PM

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

Tulip · 06-21-2008, 02:14 AM

i use a toaster oven rather than a toaster; it's more versatile. anyways, my previous one cost $40 and lasted only 6 months. talk about sucky quality.

Undertoad · 06-21-2008, 09:00 AM

I had a run of Toastmasters that didn't last for shit, so I told the ex we should go toaster shopping and the only criterion was that we should not buy a Toastmaster.

After looking over all the toasters she settled on... a Toastmaster.

Fucking control freak. That was year 6 of the marriage and that's the exact point at which it should have ended. The marriage was broke. Instead we tried repairing it and it went another 5 years.

The Toastmaster died quickly, and I bought the best-reviewed sub-$50 toaster on Amazon, which was a Black & Decker 4 slot deal. It's gone about 8 years now, and one of the levers broke, but the nice thing about a 4-slot is that if one side goes you still have the other side to work with.

03-29-2007, 09:04 AM	#46
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	#47
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	#49
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	#53
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. __________________ ♠ ♥ ♣ ♦

05-04-2007, 09:17 AM	#55
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

03-29-2007, 09:28 AM	#48
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	#50
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	#54
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.

05-04-2007, 10:44 AM	#56
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	#58
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**

06-21-2008, 02:14 AM	#59
Tulip Professor Join Date: May 2008 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 1,293	i use a toaster oven rather than a toaster; it's more versatile. anyways, my previous one cost $40 and lasted only 6 months. talk about sucky quality.

06-21-2008, 09:00 AM	#60
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	I had a run of Toastmasters that didn't last for shit, so I told the ex we should go toaster shopping and the only criterion was that we should not buy a Toastmaster. After looking over all the toasters she settled on... a Toastmaster. Fucking control freak. That was year 6 of the marriage and that's the exact point at which it should have ended. The marriage was broke. Instead we tried repairing it and it went another 5 years. The Toastmaster died quickly, and I bought the best-reviewed sub-$50 toaster on Amazon, which was a Black & Decker 4 slot deal. It's gone about 8 years now, and one of the levers broke, but the nice thing about a 4-slot is that if one side goes you still have the other side to work with.

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