Disaster strikes!

chillidoggy

My toaster has just died.

boogieman

>:D<

mike_l

Tesco do a nice range.....

equalsql

I've yet to find a reliable bloody toaster, they always seem to break just after the warranty expires.. 

VimFuego

I made the mistake of cleaning out our old toaster and it never worked right after that, then one day it just died.

ThorpyFX

Dualit, worth the money!

RocknRollDave

equalsql said:

I've yet to find a reliable bloody toaster, they always seem to break just after the warranty expires.. 

Then the trick is to buy a toaster that is priced at what you would consider to be good value for 12 month's use

chillidoggy

It's like losing a family friend, or an arm. £9 from the Index Catalogue shop in 1995, they don't make 'em like that any more.

I'm struggling with whether to bury, cremate, or recycle, but please don't send any flowers. Naturally, there'll be a wake.

scrumhalf

My toaster blew up one day after arriving home from two months travelling through eastern Europe where the toast on offer was awful. It was like losing a limb.

On the other hand, it was a demonically possessed toaster. It would do almost nothing if you looked at it but turn your back for more than 15 seconds and you ended up with flat pieces of charcoal.

I now have a Russell Hobbs toaster, which so far is demon-free.

MazzaG

My grandmother still has her toaster from the 80s!

It's huge as well, you can fit 6 slices of bread in it - very handy since we are Greek Cypriot and our body composition is probably 30% bread.

Sambostar

I get all my kitchen and living room electrical equipment from the neighbours or customers.

I got a stainless four slice toaster about 8 months ago, as it was being thrown as it didn't match their new kitchen decor.  It matched my stainless kettle perfectly.  However the kettle died 7 months ago, luckily I got given another stainless one a few weeks later from someone else, again because it didn't match their new kitchen décor.

I've amassed 17 faulty DVD players, 23 32" CRT TV's, a designer plasma TV, that would have been around £10+k in the early 90's, a 1960's Voltmeter, a brand new £9k Thai silk, three piece suite, all new oak kitchen doors, 8 onyx alabaster light fittings, a 1950's leather briefcase, two nearly new washing machines, various hardwood doors, including my front door, top of the range stainless pots (A common one when people get an induction hob).....urm....and a beach matt.  Alas no 40" smart led HD TV's though.

You have to take the good with the bad, can't look a gift horse in the mouth and that.

.....in retrospect you're better off going down Argos or Tesco and getting something for a fiver.

I do have a delightful 1970's Teasmaid if you're interested?

 

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Gassage

thorpy6 said:

Dualit, worth the money!

@thorpy6 Happy to make you one almost identical much cheaper, but without the horse on the case.

Myranda

If only we had a resident toaster expert

ThorpyFX

Gassage said:

thorpy6 said:

Dualit, worth the money!

@thorpy6 Happy to make you one almost identical much cheaper, but without the horse on the case.

haha is dualit the klon of the toaster world then?

Gassage

thorpy6 said:

Gassage said:

thorpy6 said:

Dualit, worth the money!

@thorpy6 Happy to make you one almost identical much cheaper, but without the horse on the case.

haha is dualit the klon of the toaster world then?

Yeah, pretty much!! I have one and it toasts quicker than an Olly Reed Temperance Society.

chillidoggy

It's definitely dead. I just got home and checked the fuse, which was OK. I am now declaring a period of 3 days national mourning.

Jalapeno

Fracking Toasters !

Hootsmon

chillidoggy said:

It's definitely dead. it never touched the bowl of 3 in 1 oil I left out for it. I am now declaring a period of 3 days national mourning.

sorted

mike_l

chillidoggy said:

It's definitely dead. I just got home and checked the fuse, which was OK. I am now declaring a period of 3 days national mourning.

Why, I had soup and toast for tea.

xmrchi

Have a sandwich instead?

Myranda

mrchi said:

Have a sandwich instead?

That's cold dood... cold.