HUGE TOAST COMPLAINT!

[TheK4Kid]

This seems to be the right place to post this question. What I would like to know is what year GE started making this type of tender? (see pic below) Also, what function does the nob on the front of the tender serve? And if it helps, unlike most steam era locos, this (N) unit only smokes from the tender. Thanks! Rob

 

Hmmm, Really don't know, but it looks "southern steamed rail toast' that has also been "tenderized! 

[trainboyH16-44]

It must be Christmas, but here's my complaint...

Both my Toast and Model Toaster mags have been getting here a couple weeks later than usual. I can't stand it! Everyone's talking about the new article on Q-21 resistors or the ergonomic handle on the upgrade of the Phillips AC4400CWatt, and I'm left here trying to google pictures but coming up with the old trash 9 series with DC heater coils!

GAH! 

[Mr_Ash]

I dont use a toaster I make toast in the oven

[cisco1]

Anybody know how to get the MARS light to work on a Stainless toaster oven? I modified it with an HD tuner and Dolby 5.1 but now the light doesn't work!

[Dave Vollmer]

Crap...another CRUMMY thread.....

+1 to post count

David B

Listen, Dave, we don't need CRUSTY old grumps LOAFING around just SLICING at the other forum members...  Don't be a HEEL.

All of this toaster talk is attracting a bad ELEMENT.

Now, this response goes against the WHOLE GRAIN of this thread.  We're RAISIN the stakes here...

[GMTRacing]

Steady on Dave, you need to remember - resistance is futile. J.R.

[navygunner]

All of these toyish toasters, 2 slice models and toasterovens make me queasy!  Why can't I get a nice INEXPENSIVE 4 slot toaster?  In the heyday of toast, you could get a nice shiney 4 slot toaster for about 15 bucks.  The banks were giving away decent 2 slot models if you opened an account with them.

Now you are forced to have extra wide slots for bagels, designer colors, matching coffee pots and clocks built in.  Who needs a clock? You're making toast for heavens sake, it breakfast time!  That clock will drive the price of toasters through the roof!  If this technotoast trend keeps up, we'll all have to shell out more bread for toast.

Sorry for the rant, I had some dry toast to settle my stomach.  I feel much better!

[Dave Vollmer]

[Heartland Division CB&Q]

Crap...another CRUMMY thread.....

+1 to post count

David B

Listen, Dave, we don't need CRUSTY old grumps LOAFING around just SLICING at the other forum members...  Don't be a HEEL.

All of this toaster talk is attracting a bad ELEMENT.

Now, this response goes against the WHOLE GRAIN of this thread.  We're RAISIN the stakes here...

There's, Dave, trying to butter us up again.

[tattooguy67]

I would say this has all gone 'beyond the pale..........................................right to the burnt!'

[tattooguy67]

Also does any one know how to make a Toastmann toaster toast quieter? i was thinking of trying the pearlbutter trick on it, has any one had any luck with this?

[NeO6874]

I haven't tried the peralbutter trick.. though I did find that on the older models, the screws holding some of the components to the frame sometimes work loose because of the heating elements expanding the metal frame. 

I just drilled ou the holes so the 4-40 screws could pass through the frame, and secured them with a nut and washer on the other side.  The nut & washer will be hidden by the streamlining shroud when you put the toaster back together.  

[Guilford Guy]

Has Spectrum Toasters announced any with sound yet?

We have the smoke, but come on, we need those authentic toaster sounds! 

[SteamFreak]

Crap...another CRUMMY thread.....

+1 to post count

David B

Listen, Dave, we don't need CRUSTY old grumps LOAFING around just SLICING at the other forum members...  Don't be a HEEL.

All of this toaster talk is attracting a bad ELEMENT.

Now, this response goes against the WHOLE GRAIN of this thread.  We're RAISIN the stakes here...

Only Bergie can get us out of this JAM. I need a toaster, and all I get is a PUN WARMER. 

[Guilford Guy]

Does anyone make resin kits?

[Bill54]

Just a toaster tidbit.

It took 27 days to post the first five pages of this thread and only 31 hours to post the last four pages.

I'll toast in code 83 this time around!

Bill

[erielackfanoregon]

Have you guys noticed the difference between the American toasters and the British/Euro toasters? There is a difference there, something just looks out of place on the Brit/Euro toasters, but I just can't put my finger on it.

[BATMAN]

Have you guys noticed the difference between the American toasters and the British/Euro toasters? There is a difference there, something just looks out of place on the Brit/Euro toasters, but I just can't put my finger on it.

The British toasters toast on the wrong side of the bread. But you can get use to it after a while.

[TheK4Kid]

Does anyone make resin kits?

Which kind??? The "organic resins" in the clear plastic bags, or the California sun dried resins in the little red boxes???
Would anyone like some California sun dried resins on their toast?????

TheK4Kid 

[last mountain & eastern hogger]

 I'm just not whistling "dixie " here, But I want to propose a "Toast"  to all you creative people who have kept this thread alive. You have indeed done a toasty job of it.

This sure did bring out a few people who have been sitting in the back booths and not saying much of late. But it is good to see that you chaps do come alive at times.

Who needs a four slice toaster anyway??    Other than the girls at the "Diner"

Keep up the good laughs.

Johnboy out..........

James:1 Verse:5

[Heartland Division CB&Q]

A four slice toaster is the kitchen's answer to articulated steam locomotives. (I've not seen a triplex toaster with six slices yet) .

[aloco]

Put a couple of slices of bread in the toatser and make some toats!

[Anonymous]

I would like to put wheat bread in my toaster, but some of the guys at the toaster shop feel that it would be un-toaster like to do this and suggested I consider another configuration for my toast, white bread only, and possibly with raisins if I can justify it prototypically. What do you guys think, I mean, it's my toast and toaster, shouldn't I be able to toast what I want in my toaster?

[Midnight Railroader]

I would like to put wheat bread in my toaster, but some of the guys at the toaster shop feel that it would be un-toaster like to do this and suggested I consider another configuration for my toast, white bread only, and possibly with raisins if I can justify it prototypically. What do you guys think, I mean, it's my toast and toaster, shouldn't I be able to toast what I want in my toaster?

Depends.

Are you a serious Toaster or merely a dabbler?

[navygunner]

I don't think it's fair to call someone a dabbler because they want wheat toast.

What we need to remember is that some of us just like to toast and really don't give a hoot about the minute details.  They are not crumb counters, just toasters.

Those of you who like to attach lables to us aren't grinding your own wheat into flour, or lighting a real wood fire or growing yeast cultures.  Before we start attaching lables to others, we need to take a look into the shiney side of the toaster and evaluate how we reflect on the hobby!

It's these crummy attitudes and lables that have let this hobby go stale.  It wasn't too long ago that this hobby was the greatest thing since sliced bread.

Bob

Try spicing up your toast with butter and cinnamon sugar!

[SteamFreak]

This entire thread is BUTTERLY ridiculous.

[Weighmaster]

It's hardly prototypical to recommend cinnamon sugar for toast as you are mixing scales; to be a scale purist, you must use powdered sugar rather than granular.  Also, the butter should be color charted to satisfy the crumby nit-pickers.  Gary

[selector]

It's certainly going stale.  Next the calorie counters will be telling us the gluten-free stuff is for dilettantes.   Same ol', same ol'.

[Dave Vollmer]

I don't think it's fair to call someone a dabbler because they want wheat toast.

What we need to remember is that some of us just like to toast and really don't give a hoot about the minute details.  They are not crumb counters, just toasters.

Those of you who like to attach lables to us aren't grinding your own wheat into flour, or lighting a real wood fire or growing yeast cultures.  Before we start attaching lables to others, we need to take a look into the shiney side of the toaster and evaluate how we reflect on the hobby!

It's these crummy attitudes and lables that have let this hobby go stale.  It wasn't too long ago that this hobby was the greatest thing since sliced bread.

Bob

Try spicing up your toast with butter and cinnamon sugar!

Bob,

You're wrong.  The true goal of any true toaster is a complete breakfast.  Untoasted bread, or even dry toast, may be operationally interesting but should not be considered a "true" breakfast.

Labels are entirely appropriate.   Dabblers are anyone not willing to take that step to integrate their toast with a plausible side of OJ and coffee.  The more advanced folks will typically include a banana or grapefruit.

So for those of you dabblers, or the collecters for whom toast is an end unto itself, I say you are naught more than toast enthusiasts.

[SteamFreak]

Interesting counter-argument. That's why it's great to have this outlet where we can spread our opinions.