I moved out on my own twenty-one years ago. In those twenty-one years, I have gone through three toasters. Is that normal? Or am I hard on toasters? Maybe the first toaster I had I worked pretty hard. The King worked on the road at that time, so I was home alone. I ate lots of toast, yogurt, mac and cheese, baked potatoes, rice and cereal. I don't know if that was the healthiest diet in the world, but I was a lot skinnier back then! I do not remember how long the first toaster lasted, but I know it made it several years because I did not need another until both kids were born. Then I went for the extra wide four slot toaster. That toaster made it four or five years, then I needed to buy another toaster, which is the one I have now. The current toaster works if you put the bread in the last two slots, the first two don't work. If you want your toast extra crunchy and toasted looking, you need to re-toast your bread a few times. I guess it is time for another toaster. I will go for another extra wide (for bagels) four slot one. I asked about my harshness on toasters because Grandma and Grandpa have the same toaster oven now that they had when I was a little tot. I tried to google a picture of one that looked just like hers, but I could not find one. There were over twenty pages of toaster ovens, and I didn't feel like looking at every page, but I did look through several pages. I think her oven is way too old! Maybe they didn't have cameras around back then to take a picture of her toaster.
We bought our house in 1989. The previous owners had the owners manual to the stove along with some other paper work. They bought the stove in 1976, and it was still working! We used it until 2007! The stove was still working at that time, but the oven didn't cook very evenly any more. If you were cooking pies, cookies, bars or cakes, you had to turn the pan half way through of they would burn on one side and be doughy on the other side. I was hoping that the door was leaking hot air and we could put new stripping around it, but the guy at the appliance store laughed at me when I told him how old the stove was. He informed me they don't even make that kind of rubber stripping around the oven doors any more. Even though that old oven was an ugly color, I think they called it golden harvest, it made a lot of meals for me! I would've been happy to keep it around another twenty years, but it was getting to be a pain to use.
My Mom is still using the stove that came with their house when they bought it. Her sister-in-law figures her stove is from the 1930's. That stove is neat to look at, but it is different to cook with. I wonder why they don't make appliances (large or small) to last forever any more?
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My stove was the Cadillac of its time. And we resent the implication that it is nearing the end of it's life. It's not wearing out -- I am. My thumbs have arthritis and tendenitis. I didn't start out that way. My stove has a small oven (not tiny, just not your size!), it started out that way. It also has a storage compartment, a deep well for soup, a large griddle, and a cover that folds down over the whole top incase I need more counter space or some place warm to raise bread (if I wasn't so lazy. Another problem I have.). And if that isn't great enough, it has a night light on each side and a shelf on top for spices, oh, and I forgot, a built in timer. I love my stove. I just wish I could keep up with it. It's still in the same shape it was (except for a few scratches) when new. I'm no where near that good a shape. Although the stove is square and I am starting to assume that shape also. I don't need a new stove, I need a new match thingie to light it with that my goofy thumbs can work! I hate to admit it, but my old stove is in better working order than I am. I wonder witch of us will last the longest?? Some days my money is on the stove!
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