The $10 toaster...
Around 5 years ago I bought a cheap toaster...$10. The price was right, the product was wrong. The temperature setting was too touchy that the slightest turn was uncooked or burnt. Possibly before I moved or during the yard sale getaway, the toaster disappeared. I didn't miss it because it was horrible, but I really wanted a toaster.Last week, when shopping at Walmart, I bought another cheap toaster... yes, $10.
It seems low-end toasters haven't been affected by inflation.
I started it up without toast to get the 'new smell' out of it. The apartment quickly smelled of burned plastic and I unplugged it in fear it would set off the smoke detector alarm.
My partner said "Take it back" but I persisted. I moved it to the 2nd bathroom, turned on the exhaust fan and started another round of making (empty) toast. Allowing it to cool, I went for 2 more rounds. Little by little the burned plastic smell disappeared and the door closed in the bathroom kept the apartment from smelling like... burned plastic.
I had an English muffin I wanted to toast, so I split it, put it on a plate and headed to the bathroom. When asked where I was going... my response was "I'm going to make toast!"
Just to avoid questions about health and safety. It's a 2 bedroom / 2 bath condo and that bathroom (with a shower) is used for storage, the toilet has a plastic cover (like hotels) and the sink is only used for dental, water-pik, hand washing, mustache trimming, etc.
Comments (27)
Toasters no longer have asbestos for the insulators.
I'm glad your wife got you and not me.
Cooking in the bathroom?
That is a new low.
I'm glad your wife got you and not me.
Cooking in the bathroom?
That is a new low.
Fear not, It's getting moved to the kitchen.
I cannot justify something better.
We were gifted an air fryer last Christmas and it's in the box... never been used.
The 2nd bathroom is mostly used as storage.
There is a wire shelving unit in the 3' x 3' stall shower holding some electronics, winter clothes, boxes of business records, vaporizer, electric heater, etc.
And... she's glad too!
Today is the 10 year anniversary of our first meeting.
I buy cheap coffeemakers...my children have bought me expensive ones. They last the same 2 years...I just bout a new one a few months ago....Under $30.00...
I buy cheap coffeemakers...my children have bought me expensive ones. They last the same 2 years...I just bout a new one a few months ago....Under $30.00...
Currently I have the toaster oven pictured below.
$40 and it's so-so in performance. I was thinking about a turbo toaster oven, but not an all-in-one with air fryer and dehydrator...
Hmmm... $220.
While we are on toasters and Jamie Oliver...
The tub, toilet, lavatory sink are in one room often smaller than 5 feet by 9 feet.
It isn't until you get into larger dwellings where the master bathroom has separate areas for the toilet (water closet) tub, shower, vanity sinks and makeup area.
Many of the renovation projects I've worked on will convert a tub to a shower (in the master) if a tub bath exists elsewhere in the house.
Shower, toilet, lavatory all in one room.
We too have toilets in the bathroom here in Aus..I choose not to that's all