RMweb Gold PaulRhB Posted December 12, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 12, 2023 My grandparents had a toaster that fired the bread out just fast enough to land on a plate laid beside it. Every now and again it would fire it the other way and straight down the back of the table if you’d forgotten to put a tray between the wall and toaster! Great fun for kids and Grandads 😀 3 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Dave 46 Posted December 12, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 12, 2023 3 hours ago, Dunsignalling said: <snip> A pre WW2 device and probably something of a status symbol when new, I'd think. <snip> I have one like that in France, they are still on sale in the supermarket. It is useful for toasting bits of baguette. Dave 1 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium J. S. Bach Posted December 12, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 12, 2023 52 minutes ago, franciswilliamwebb said: Marine toasters. Every day’s a school day🙂 "The day is a total loss if you do not learn something." 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Dagworth Posted December 12, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 12, 2023 The last page has left me feeling distinctly like Lister on Red Dwarf! Andi 1 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Ian Hargrave Posted December 12, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 12, 2023 1 hour ago, Ian Hargrave said: If those of you who love music & the arts and have access to a smart tv would care to tune in to the Concert of celebration of the Nobel prizes recently awarded on iPlayer then you will be well rewarded I should add ,via YouTube..which affords a spectacularly involving experience 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Titan Posted December 12, 2023 Share Posted December 12, 2023 45 minutes ago, Dagworth said: The last page has left me feeling distinctly like Lister on Red Dwarf! Andi So you're a waffle man! 2 1 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Martino Posted December 13, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 13, 2023 We had a toaster in the Boy Prefects Day Room at school in the late ‘60s. Some genius modified it to squeeze the toast out slowly, rather than eject it at high speed. This eventually caused the device to fail completely. Thereafter we used to threaten first and second form boys who’d displeased us that we’d put their fingers in the toaster as a punishment. They of course had no idea it wasn’t plugged in and was totally inoperative. What delightful little creatures we were. I wonder how that would be looked on in this day and age? 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozexpatriate Posted December 13, 2023 Share Posted December 13, 2023 8 hours ago, AndrueC said: I remember one hotel had a toaster that was a conveyer belt with a burner on top. You put your bread on the conveyer belt then waited for it to come out the other side. If you wanted it done both sides you had to put it back on the belt upside down. A triumph of marketing over function I feel. These are very common. They are from industrial kitchens for making large volumes of toast. Even though the conveyor belt is slow it's still faster (overall) than a regular vertical toaster - certainly with total throughput. Also it demonstrates progress. In a busy self-serve hotel breakfast waiting for someone to use the one toaster - multiple times until they get their toast dark enough is very frustrating. In a busy location you toss your bread on the conveyor. Also there are breakfast breads (like bagels) where people might only want to toast one side - the cut side in the case of a bagel. 2 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozexpatriate Posted December 13, 2023 Share Posted December 13, 2023 5 hours ago, The Johnster said: Submarine toasters... For sub sandwiches presumably. 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Johnster Posted December 13, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 13, 2023 In torpedo rolls, of course... 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris M Posted December 13, 2023 Share Posted December 13, 2023 I've had my toaster for years.... 4 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted December 13, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 13, 2023 5 hours ago, Chris M said: I've had my toaster for years.... Is it PAT tested? 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted December 13, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 13, 2023 10 hours ago, Martino said: Thereafter we used to threaten first and second form boys who’d displeased us that we’d put their fingers in the toaster as a punishment. They of course had no idea it wasn’t plugged in and was totally inoperative. What delightful little creatures we were. I wonder how that would be looked on in this day and age? Nowadays they'd call in the lawyers, therapists and social workers because they've been traumatised. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMKAT7 Posted December 13, 2023 Share Posted December 13, 2023 Hello Chris M, Is that the Steam/Diesel Punk version, as designed by Hornby? Cheers, Nigel. 4 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium kevinlms Posted December 13, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 13, 2023 9 hours ago, Ozexpatriate said: For sub sandwiches presumably. Subway? 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium kevinlms Posted December 13, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 13, 2023 15 hours ago, Dave 46 said: I have one like that in France, they are still on sale in the supermarket. It is useful for toasting bits of baguette. Dave Yes well, the French would know best! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Hroth Posted December 13, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 13, 2023 (edited) 1 hour ago, PhilJ W said: Is it PAT tested? If you pat it and don't end up on the other side of the kitchen, its perfectly safe. A slight tingle is acceptable... Edited December 13, 2023 by Hroth A space where there should' nt be.... 2 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold AndrueC Posted December 13, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 13, 2023 1 hour ago, Hroth said: If you pat it and don't end up on the other side of the kitchen, its perfectly safe. A slight tingle is acceptable... Reminds of the time in the early 00s when someone was tasked to PAT test stuff. They were new to the job and frankly they'd been picked because they often had time on their hands. Somewhere I still have a computer mouse with a PAT tested certificate on it.🙂 1 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium kevinlms Posted December 13, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 13, 2023 4 minutes ago, AndrueC said: Reminds of the time in the early 00s when someone was tasked to PAT test stuff. They were new to the job and frankly they'd been picked because they often had time on their hands. Somewhere I still have a computer mouse with a PAT tested certificate on it.🙂 At least it passed! 4 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
62613 Posted December 13, 2023 Share Posted December 13, 2023 (edited) On 12/12/2023 at 18:53, froobyone said: I still don't have a speed boat... Or a cuddly toy Edited December 14, 2023 by 62613 It was a cuddly toy, of course! 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Hroth Posted December 13, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 13, 2023 6 minutes ago, kevinlms said: At least it passed! Obviously the cable wasn't frayed or have obvious breakages and the correct termination was securely fitted. Genuine PAT criteria for cables... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Ian Smeeton Posted December 13, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 13, 2023 3 hours ago, AndrueC said: Reminds of the time in the early 00s when someone was tasked to PAT test stuff. They were new to the job and frankly they'd been picked because they often had time on their hands. Somewhere I still have a computer mouse with a PAT tested certificate on it.🙂 First PAT test in my pub, and the PAT tester cut the plug off the kettle, then wondered why he hadn't been offered a cup of tea. Regards Ian 1 2 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted December 13, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 13, 2023 1 1 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Hroth Posted December 13, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 13, 2023 6 minutes ago, PhilJ W said: You have to fit an approved silencer now? 1 1 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcredfer Posted December 13, 2023 Share Posted December 13, 2023 (edited) 2 hours ago, Hroth said: You have to fit an approved silencer now? Recent science suggests that, given time, it has a built-in silencer..... Perhaps time for it to have a wacky sign, too? Edited December 13, 2023 by jcredfer 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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