Disaster strikes!

mike_l

Myranda said:

mrchi said:

Have a sandwich instead?

That's cold dood... cold.

Not if he put it through his Breville...........

chillidoggy

Once the period of mourning is officially over, I shall be thinking 4-slice, long slot.

Nitefly

Anyone else getting a slight whiff of deja vu here? 

@-)

chillidoggy

After yesterday's fruitless search in the local Tesco Superstore, I went into Curry's. Same stuff, maybe a bigger selection, but more expensive.

But checking the slot depths (oooh, matron!) I'm suspicious that a slice of Warburton's Toastie will not in fact fit in the slots of most 4-slice long slot toasters. If you put them in on their side, they definitely won't fit, and upright, they'll stand clear of the elements, and the top bit won't get browned. There really should be some kind of British standard for this kind of thing, with the Warburton slice as the test piece.

Then I noticed that there's different wattages for toasters. Shit, it's getting ever more complicated! I need a toaster review site like Tripadvisor.

Toastadvisor?

Sambostar

You're the kind of guy that pulls down his pants and takes a dump at Bathstore when you are in the market for a new toilet aren't you.

jellyroll

Why not get one of those hotel buffet style toasters? The ones with a little conveyor belt where the bread comes out exactly as it went in except a little warmer.....until you decide to put it through twice and you get carbon. But at least you get to see it happening.

chillidoggy

It's a matter of storage space: The 4-slice, long-slot jobs fit nicely into my cupboard. The big, square 4-slice ones don't.

chillidoggy

Sambostar said:

You're the kind of guy that pulls down his pants and takes a dump at Bathstore when you are in the market for a new toilet aren't you.

Yes.

mike_l

Sambostar said:

You're the kind of guy that pulls down his pants and takes a dump at Bathstore when you are in the market for a new toilet aren't you.

He doesn't need to be in the market for a toilet to do this.

chillidoggy

No, I simply need to be in the vicinty of a Bathstore, and in need of a crap.

mike_l

Does it need to be a "Bathstore" or is a general plumbers merchant ok?

chillidoggy

Bathstore appeals to me more as it is a bit more upmarket, but needs must.

mike_l

Fuckin snob.

chillidoggy

Well, I've checked the ao.com site as you suggested. I can only imagine that the 4-slice, long-slot design is becoming obsolete, as they don't list any. This is annoying because I'll have to buy one of the big, bulky, square ones, and try to create some storage space for it.

They other thing is there's so many of them.  

mike_l

get Mrs C to blindfold you, then put a pin in the toaster page and get the one closest to the pin.

This may not work if it's an online catalogue.

PolarityMan

nonsense you jsut have to push the pin harder to get it to stick in

chillidoggy

Probably end up with a steam iron if the missus got involved. She can't see shit without her specs on!

chillidoggy

The quest for the Hoy Grail is finally over. I have bought a brand new toaster. Russell Hobbs, 4-slice, just road-testing it now.

mike_l

And next weeks thread "I wish I'd bought a different toaster, this one over/under toasts my bread"

chillidoggy

Look, I know I threw the previous replacement one I bought in the bin and reverted back to the old faithful Hinari, but I'm convinced this is the one for me. For now.