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	<title><![CDATA[Stuck On Bagel]]></title>
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	<description><![CDATA[My friend, Mike, gave me a toaster in 1993. In 1988 or 89 I did a bridal registry at several department stores but never got a gift from that. I am not sure why Mike gave me a toaster and a very cheap toaster to boot. Even he admits this was a $7 toaster. All during my time in SF I used that toaster. I couldn't use the toaster and the micro-wave at the same time without blowing a fuse. It only had two narrow slots and was definitely a low-tech toaster. In 2003 it was time for an upgrade. It still worked, but I was fascinated by new toasters. A year ago I plunked down $49 dollars for a new toaster. The Mike Toaster went in the thrift store pile.<BR><BR>
My new toaster has wide slots, warming, defrosting, and a toast-only-one-side-bagel-setting. This toaster was sketch from the start. <BR><BR>
1. When finished it didn't pop up enough to grab with fingers and I had to use tongs to retrieve almost everything<BR><BR>
2. To really toast something you had to double push. Unless you weren't after toast but merely warm bread<BR><BR>
3. It was bulky and took lots of room.<BR><BR>
4. Things seem to burst into flame frequently.<BR><BR>
And now...it is stuck on Bagel! To toast both sides of ANYTHING you must rotate the item and since everything is a double push anyway that means to make two slices of toast you have to quadruple push! It was so much trouble that instead of making my own lunch I ate at the Olive Garden.<BR><BR>
What really bugs me is that some special person who works at Goodwill had some really good toast for lunch.<BR><BR>
Have a good week-end!<BR><BR>
Rob]]></description>
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