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Joe Shlabotnik

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12. Actually it comes in handy when your Chinese made,wallmart bought, POS, disposable

Reply to Nuclear Unicorn (Original post)

Thu Mar 12, 2015, 11:11 PM

Mar 2015

toaster starts to die. Cranking up the dial buys you a few more weeks before you have to go out and replace it with a new Chinese made, Wall-mart bought, POS, disposable toaster.

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Is there any practical use for the far end of the toaster dial? [View all] Nuclear Unicorn Mar 2015 OP

To insert Pop Tarts and burn the house down? arcane1 Mar 2015 #1

I can't stand modern toasters. KMOD Mar 2015 #2

Just don't get in a bidding war with toaster collectors csziggy Mar 2015 #13

Beaver jerkey. NYC_SKP Mar 2015 #3

It's to test your smoke alarms. TreasonousBastard Mar 2015 #4

Arson? Brigid Mar 2015 #5

I burn some sourdough bread every single morning on purpose vanlassie Mar 2015 #6

One acronym: PAHs DeSwiss Mar 2015 #15

Yeah I have researched that. I'm under the vanlassie Mar 2015 #16

Useful for teaching smart phones that they ain't so dang smart! chknltl Mar 2015 #7

My toaster goes to '11'... PoliticAverse Mar 2015 #8

Frozen waffles? femmocrat Mar 2015 #9

It goes to 11. It's one hotter. The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2015 #10

I don't know, but the numbers don't mean minutes csziggy Mar 2015 #11

Actually it comes in handy when your Chinese made,wallmart bought, POS, disposable Joe Shlabotnik Mar 2015 #12

Sure. The finished pieces make OxQQme Mar 2015 #14