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Posted by dale8chevyss on Thursday, December 13, 2007 6:57 PM

From King of the Hill-

 

"not now Peggy, I'm in the middle of de-crumming the toaster."

 

(Bobby)

 

"SAVE THE CRUMBS!!!!!" 

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Posted by SteamFreak on Thursday, December 13, 2007 7:00 PM

 selector wrote:
It's certainly going stale.

I guess we are milque-ing it. Whistling [:-^]

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Posted by IRONROOSTER on Thursday, December 13, 2007 7:05 PM
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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.

I knew it.  These threads always degrade into who is a TRUE toaster and who is not.  Personally I think the the 3 slice toasters are just as good as the 2 slice toasters even if their toasters do have oversized elements and slots.

Enjoy

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Posted by selector on Thursday, December 13, 2007 8:15 PM

Paul, some of us have to use the whiter and cheaper bread...we're not all upper crust.  I agree that for some of us, a three-slicer works just fine.  This gets me out of a jam when I have to negotiate for my measely toasting budget. My wife complains that we're not made out of dough.

Edit- Dave, nice job on the buttering! Tongue [:P]Thumbs Up [tup]

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Posted by navygunner on Thursday, December 13, 2007 9:15 PM
 Dave Vollmer wrote:
 navygunner wrote:

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.

 

Dave,

Just for arguements sake; why limit yourself to simple breakfast beverages?  Why not a Mimosa?  Why not go all of the way and set a medium rare rib eye on top and then set an egg cooked soft in bacon grease on top of that?  Why limit your self?  Throw a slice of cheddar cheee on top, melt it and then hit it with a good home made salsa?  None of that crap from NYC!!!!

My cardiologist answered that one for me.  I was into the hobby to the extreme until I was told that if I didn't get a handle on my personal life, I WAS GOING TO BE TOAST!

It's time to scrape off the burnt feelings and get on with the hobby.

Bob

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Posted by Dave Vollmer on Thursday, December 13, 2007 10:57 PM

In spite of the large crowds seen at toaster shows, few actually stick with it.

Truth be told, The World's Greatest Breakfast campaign is an act of despiration on the part of the toaster manufacturers.

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Posted by trolleyboy on Thursday, December 13, 2007 11:09 PM

Well here's a question.Can one safely connect a toaster to 600V DC overhead and use a trolley pole to supply the power Question [?] Or do I have to still use track power. Also I'm in Canada so the operating system needs to be in both official languages.

 

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Posted by andrechapelon on Friday, December 14, 2007 12:49 AM
 Dave Vollmer wrote:

In spite of the large crowds seen at toaster shows, few actually stick with it.

Truth be told, The World's Greatest Breakfast campaign is an act of despiration on the part of the toaster manufacturers.

Well, the WGB campaign is directed towards men from ages 45-64, a demographic that already embraces the whole idea of breakfast. How ya gonna get the youngsters with a lame campaign like that? After all, they're obsessed with Fruit Loops and Captain Crunch. They all want instant gratification and can't wait for bread to toast.

Andre

PS: According to my admittedly anecdotal evidence, the biggest problem with toasters is that if you use a pop-up blocker, your toast catches fire.

 

It's really kind of hard to support your local hobby shop when the nearest hobby shop that's worth the name is a 150 mile roundtrip.
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Posted by TheK4Kid on Friday, December 14, 2007 12:51 AM
 trolleyboy wrote:

Well here's a question.Can one safely connect a toaster to 600V DC overhead and use a trolley pole to supply the power Question [?] Or do I have to still use track power. Also I'm in Canada so the operating system needs to be in both official languages.

 

Rob

 Rob, 

 The answer is yes, BUT it will probably only toast ONE TIME and for about .00000000000000001 second, then your toaster will be toasted.The upside is it should lower your toasting time for your toast slices in the toaster, however, more than likely they will be over toasted!

Downside is I AM SURE your warranty will be toasted too! LOL!
A short time after, the electric company guys will be cruising by outside looking for the blown transformer, but leaning out the window of their truck sniffing for burnt toast!

When they smell the burnt toast, 'YEP, Rob's using 600 volts again for toast!
We know which transformer is toast again!

TheK4Kid 

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Posted by cisco1 on Friday, December 14, 2007 2:57 AM
Hey toaster crumbs make great edible ground cover (keeps my furry visitors out of the trees). Now if only I can find a suitable simulation for HO scale junk toasters in the salvage yard!Whistling [:-^]
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Posted by erielackfanoregon on Friday, December 14, 2007 3:18 AM

I bought a toaster to the office this fall for Bring A Toaster To Work Day. This was one of my nicer toasters, detailed, weathered, the whole works.

Well, I won't be doing that again. I was mocked and ridiculed by everyone from the office manger on down. Despite my best efforts at showing them how the toaster worked, explaining the history behind it, showing them its DCC capabilities, they still mocked. I think that episide of CSI where the serial killer was a major toaster collector really did some damage to our hobby.

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Posted by SteamFreak on Friday, December 14, 2007 3:32 AM

It's just like you raisin counters to label the rest of us as mere grain enthusiasts. I personally have a roundhouse full of thoroughbreads.

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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, December 14, 2007 5:39 AM

WOW 198 Comments and not 1 on

"The Great Guiness Toast"...........BRILLIANT!!!!!

Remember St Practice Day Feb 15th and Be there(wherever there is for you) for the annual Toast.......An American Tradition since 1993!!! Now thats toast worthy of discussion Eight Ball [8]

http://www.thegreatguinnesstoast.com/

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Posted by Midnight Railroader on Friday, December 14, 2007 6:31 AM

 navygunner wrote:
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 not my job to promote breakfast. All I do is toast for myself. I don't need to go to toaster conventions and all that.

 erielackfanoregon wrote:

I bought a toaster to the office this fall for Bring A Toaster To Work Day. This was one of my nicer toasters, detailed, weathered, the whole works.

Well, I won't be doing that again. I was mocked and ridiculed by everyone from the office manger on down. Despite my best efforts at showing them how the toaster worked, explaining the history behind it, showing them its DCC capabilities, they still mocked. I think that episide of CSI where the serial killer was a major toaster collector really did some damage to our hobby.

See?

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Posted by SilverSpike on Friday, December 14, 2007 6:58 AM

This just in......

BMI (Breakfast Made Inside) has just announced the new TQ-1800H

The Toast Quick 1800 per hour...

This bad boy can pump out 1800 slices of toast an hour, and for you crumb fans it has an easily removable crumb tray. Great for carying around your freshly made ground cover material. If you want a darker color ground cover, just turn up the heat. With 240 volts and 60 Hz, this unit will have you cookin' with Crisco in no time!

Heck, you can deliver 120 customers 2 slices of toast in just about 8 minutes, just think of the switching possibilities.

Note: Not intended for outdoor garden layouts.

 

Ryan Boudreaux
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Modeling The Southern Railway, Norfolk & Western & Norfolk Southern in HO during the merger era
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Posted by Dave Vollmer on Friday, December 14, 2007 7:38 AM

That's all very nice, Ryan...

...but Precision Crust Models (PCM), a division of BMI, announced the first ever miniature toaster with sound over three years ago.  In fact, PCM announced half a dozen small toasters over three years, but has only delivered one model.  The trouble is they had a much higher pre-order expectation than was realistic, given that they're so new to the toaster business.

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Posted by inch53 on Friday, December 14, 2007 8:15 AM

The wife makes me do my toasting outside, say's she doesn't need the mess inside, plus don't have the room. I couldn't find a photo of my outdoor toaster in action, but I did find one of our ice cream maker

http://www.trainboard.com/railimages/showgallery.php/cat/500/ppuser/4309

DISCLAIMER-- This post does not clam anything posted here as fact or truth, but it may be just plain funny
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Posted by Midnight Railroader on Friday, December 14, 2007 8:46 AM
 Dave Vollmer wrote:

That's all very nice, Ryan...

...but Precision Crust Models (PCM), a division of BMI, announced the first ever miniature toaster with sound over three years ago.  In fact, PCM announced half a dozen small toasters over three years, but has only delivered one model.  The trouble is they had a much higher pre-order expectation than was realistic, given that they're so new to the toaster business.

Vaporware is a problem in darned near every industry.
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Posted by MisterBeasley on Friday, December 14, 2007 9:02 AM

I'm interested in joining a Toast Club in the Boston area.  I looked into Toastmasters, but they spend a lot of time talking, and at the meeting I went to, they never even got around to making toast.

I'm new at this club thing, so I'd appreciate any hints about normal expectations from a Toast Club.  Does everyone typically bring their own bread, and then just toast that, or do members usually share each others' toast?  Are there usually rules about what kinds of bread are allowed to be toasted in the club's toasters, and which kinds are excluded?

I'd really be interested in a club which specializes in Classic Toy Toast, because I've got a freezer full of old bread downstairs, but I just don't know how to find those people.

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Posted by jblackwelljr on Friday, December 14, 2007 10:46 AM
 Dave Vollmer wrote:

That's all very nice, Ryan...

...but Precision Crust Models (PCM), a division of BMI, announced the first ever miniature toaster with sound over three years ago.  In fact, PCM announced half a dozen small toasters over three years, but has only delivered one model.  The trouble is they had a much higher pre-order expectation than was realistic, given that they're so new to the toaster business.

I heard they'll be releasing these at discounted prices through FDT......Factory Direct Toast.Shock [:O]

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Posted by BATMAN on Friday, December 14, 2007 11:17 AM
 MisterBeasley wrote:

I'm interested in joining a Toast Club in the Boston area.  I looked into Toastmasters, but they spend a lot of time talking, and at the meeting I went to, they never even got around to making toast.

I'm new at this club thing, so I'd appreciate any hints about normal expectations from a Toast Club.  Does everyone typically bring their own bread, and then just toast that, or do members usually share each others' toast?  Are there usually rules about what kinds of bread are allowed to be toasted in the club's toasters, and which kinds are excluded?

I'd really be interested in a club which specializes in Classic Toy

Toast, because I've got a freezer full of old bread downstairs, but I just don't know how to find those people.



All I know about these toast clubs is that you had not better take your toast out of the toaster until the toast dispatcher say's you can.

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Posted by cnwfan51 on Friday, December 14, 2007 11:38 AM
TOAST    Am I missing something here I mean am getting older but what has toast got to do with this forum   Larry
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Posted by IRONROOSTER on Friday, December 14, 2007 11:52 AM

 cnwfan51 wrote:
TOAST    Am I missing something here I mean am getting older but what has toast got to do with this forum   Larry

This is why Toast is dying.  We just can't attract any new members who understand what Toast is all about.  The World's Greatest ... campaign is a failure. Sigh [sigh]

Enjoy

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Posted by howmus on Friday, December 14, 2007 11:59 AM
Well, I used to use Toast, but My new Mac does the job so much better using iTunes that Toast is now relegated to the trash bin.  Come on guys!  Toast is obsolete!  Nobody who knows what they are doing uses Toast anymore.  Even Windoz from Micro$oft does a better job than Toast.  Get with it, will ya?  The new stuff just burns it so much better.

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Posted by MisterBeasley on Friday, December 14, 2007 12:26 PM
I've got a friend on the inside at Apple.  It's not common knowledge, but they've already signed up Bread, Meat Loaf and Pearl Jam for the release of their iToast campaign in the spring.  They've replaced the outmoded 33 1/3 RPM turntable with a modern iWaffle.

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Posted by selector on Friday, December 14, 2007 12:26 PM

I need to gap some toast.  A guy I met in a LTS says that I should just use my Skippy Toast Cutter, but that I had to be careful how I used it.  Also, something about wearing glasses in case a crumb flies. 

Also, what should the Toast Control setting be if I only want medium toast?  My DigiToaster manual is not very clear. 

Anybody out there help me?

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Posted by BATMAN on Friday, December 14, 2007 12:39 PM
 selector wrote:

I need to gap some toast.  A guy I met in a LTS says that I should just use my Skippy Toast Cutter, but that I had to be careful how I used it.  Also, something about wearing glasses in case a crumb flies. 

Also, what should the Toast Control setting be if I only want medium toast?  My DigiToaster manual is not very clear. 

Anybody out there help me?



Well I Can't help you on the manual part but if you want to avoid flying crumbs just use the newly imported chinese toast. It contains so much lead that they just fall not fly. Just remember to toast outside. Toxic fumes and all.

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Posted by vsmith on Friday, December 14, 2007 12:49 PM

Mmmm, just right, where's the jam?

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Posted by shawnee on Friday, December 14, 2007 12:54 PM
I"m just about finished with my new project, the Butter, Jam, Cinnamon & Western.  It's in the toast transition era...y'know, before that bagel thing came about.
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Posted by tattooguy67 on Friday, December 14, 2007 1:59 PM
Hey all i have a question i hope you guys can help me with, i currently use Toastmann E-Z Toast on my layout and i am thinking of expanding and want to use Toasatlas flex toast in code 80, now i know i will have to shim the flex toast to compansate for the height differance, what i need to know is will one pat of butter be enough or would two be better, please let me know, thanks in advance for your toasteriffic advice.
Is it time to run the tiny trains yet george?! is it huh huh is it?!

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