tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post115520886697801251..comments2023-12-08T00:54:27.168+11:00Comments on Sorrow at Sills Bend: Toast and tealucy tartanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09244574932248425378noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post-27999249760966949492011-10-18T03:11:29.576+11:002011-10-18T03:11:29.576+11:00It won't truly have success, I believe so.It won't truly have success, I believe so.muebles en pozuelo de alarconhttp://www.muebles-en-pozuelo-de-alarcon.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post-1155546459153826372006-08-14T19:07:00.000+10:002006-08-14T19:07:00.000+10:00Smoke alarms. We have an umbrella standing in the ...Smoke alarms. We have an umbrella standing in the corner. Open it up, whoosh, and wave it at the alarm, and it stops. <BR/><BR/>- baristaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post-1155393481612810982006-08-13T00:38:00.000+10:002006-08-13T00:38:00.000+10:00Heh. I view it more as a continuum. Studying Sch...Heh. I view it more as a continuum. Studying Schonberg and narratology and that....appliances salvaged from relative's chuck-out piles....hand in glove, really.lucy tartanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09244574932248425378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post-1155390981386567912006-08-12T23:56:00.000+10:002006-08-12T23:56:00.000+10:00The elderly kitchen appliances provide a pleasing ...The elderly kitchen appliances provide a pleasing counterpoint to the pretentious git mansions post.Susehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14837796439737091649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post-1155382218689330062006-08-12T21:30:00.000+10:002006-08-12T21:30:00.000+10:00I always keep a spare kettle in the cupboard becau...I always keep a spare kettle in the cupboard because I'm always burning the backside out of the kettle and why does the handle always come loose and set itself on fire? My dear old Sunbeam toaster has been repaired once and was a wedding present, it's lasted longer than him.<BR/><BR/>After six burnt kettles I gave up using them as pot planters, too much incriminating evidence.JahTehhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02007730071564639411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post-1155338270386138672006-08-12T09:17:00.000+10:002006-08-12T09:17:00.000+10:00A cousin of that toaster lived in some shared hous...A cousin of that toaster lived in some shared house, with me and teams of others - in another place/time/century. Though the one I remember had a very frayed cord and wobbley sticky-out-bits in the plug.<BR/><BR/>Strange - I can't remember which house, the toast, the people - only a sence of foreboding whenever I used it.GShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11963643826578219126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post-1155333406439034932006-08-12T07:56:00.000+10:002006-08-12T07:56:00.000+10:00Nice one Lucy. Your story inspired me to blog my b...Nice one Lucy. Your story inspired me to blog my <A HREF="http://wildfiction.blogspot.com/2006/08/melting-kettle.html" REL="nofollow">burnt kettle story</A> - thanks.Guy Ellishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02574435376236977220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post-1155333223185495762006-08-12T07:53:00.000+10:002006-08-12T07:53:00.000+10:00Toast: what a luxurious memory! With these supers...Toast: what a luxurious memory! With these supersensitive compulsory smoke alarms we have to have in NSW now, I can only set my automatic toaster to produce slightly more than just-warmed bread.<BR/><BR/>Well, it's not really that bad but it so annoying to be running around waving magazines and things under smoke detectors to stop them screaming at you while your toast and tea goes cold.<BR/><BRAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04094574872650885802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post-1155278987569320622006-08-11T16:49:00.000+10:002006-08-11T16:49:00.000+10:00ohhh... poor old lethal toaster. I love those litt...ohhh... poor old lethal toaster. I love those little bakelite handled jobs. although I have a problem with the angle of the otast - the doors should open just a little more.<BR/><BR/>you should have flogged it on eBay!worldpeace and a speedboathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00735857941964784431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post-1155263915403709812006-08-11T12:38:00.000+10:002006-08-11T12:38:00.000+10:00Bugger that Laura. I was going to buy you a toast...Bugger that Laura. I was going to buy you a toaster for your birthday. The old one was lethal.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post-1155256222890952182006-08-11T10:30:00.000+10:002006-08-11T10:30:00.000+10:00that's weird: we had a kettle accident a couple of...that's weird: we had a kettle accident a couple of weeks ago too.<BR/>I was given a flash stove-top kettle for christmas (it's a gorgeous bright red with a black handle... uxo brand or something), but the whistle never really worked. I didn't ever get around to taking it apart to make it work, and one day working at home I left it on the stove unwhistling away. When I found it (a couple of hours Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post-1155215805377647152006-08-10T23:16:00.000+10:002006-08-10T23:16:00.000+10:00Charred on one side, raw and sweaty on the other.Charred on one side, raw and sweaty on the other.lucy tartanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09244574932248425378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post-1155214653712794722006-08-10T22:57:00.000+10:002006-08-10T22:57:00.000+10:00I found this post rather interesting actually, tel...I found this post rather interesting actually, tell that to Roger Bannister.<BR/>Our household had one of those toasters all through my childhood (I think Mum still used it up till I was about 25)...but I used to find it scary, I could never tilt the toast forward enough to get it to fall forward to be able to turn it over. As you said, lots o' burnt toast, mmm.Drewzelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08405888967031837400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post-1155213680372866522006-08-10T22:41:00.000+10:002006-08-10T22:41:00.000+10:00Hecla, huh? Well I never.As for collectability, I...Hecla, huh? Well I never.<BR/><BR/>As for collectability, I'm afraid the bin men collected it.lucy tartanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09244574932248425378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post-1155211791403799102006-08-10T22:09:00.000+10:002006-08-10T22:09:00.000+10:00Good heavens, an old Hecla toaster! You are beyond...Good heavens, an old Hecla toaster! You are beyond cuteness. I've always thought so.<BR/><BR/>Well I'm sorry but that toaster is a collectable; I've got one myself. It's worth about $60.00. In poor condition.R.H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04639593801088008224noreply@blogger.com