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Around the Internet => Antimustachian Wall of Shame and Comedy => Topic started by: MrsPete on September 19, 2015, 01:05:43 PM
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Yes, for only $30 you can buy a product that will tell you when you're out of eggs. And it requires batteries! Could anyone on the planet actually need this item?
http://smile.amazon.com/Minder-Wink-App-Enabled-Smart-Model/dp/B00YP591HO/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1442689412&sr=8-6&keywords=quirky+egg+minder
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Oh seriously. I'd rather just have "Refrigerator Cam" and "Pantry Cam" that I can view at the store and see how low I am on milk.
NDQ
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Oh seriously. I'd rather just have "Refrigerator Cam" and "Pantry Cam" that I can view at the store and see how low I am on milk.
But somebody would still have to open the door to turn the light on so you could see the eggs.
You could have a robot arm to open the door - but then the egg minder is probably cheaper
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Great! Now I have to find a product that alerts me when the batteries are running low on my egg alerter.
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MrsPete, do you live in Woodstock, GA? My favorite features of this are that it "irelessly connects to your mobile device" and you can "heck [the] Egg Minder while at the store."
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My favorite features of this are that it "irelessly connects to your mobile device"
You have to admit this is a lot better than the old model, which was full of ire. You start to dread the alert sound from your smartphone in case it's your egg minder calling to curse you out again for running out of eggs...
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I just check my food supplies before I go to the store, and buy whatever's running low. I thought that was the normal procedure.
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My favorite features of this are that it "irelessly connects to your mobile device"
You have to admit this is a lot better than the old model, which was full of ire. You start to dread the alert sound from your smartphone in case it's your egg minder calling to curse you out again for running out of eggs...
Ah is this why people heck it? Because I imagine that's what I'd do to a cursing, nagging eggminder..."heck you, eggminder - just heck you to hell!" And then spitefully refuse to purchase eggs.
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Oh seriously. I'd rather just have "Refrigerator Cam" and "Pantry Cam" that I can view at the store and see how low I am on milk.
NDQ
Is that a real thing? I just have a pencil and paper, and I use my perfectly good eyes to verify the contents of my food storage.
But somebody would still have to open the door to turn the light on so you could see the eggs.
You could have a robot arm to open the door - but then the egg minder is probably cheaper
Rather than maintain the batteries, lights, and robot arm, wouldn't it be cheaper just to buy more eggs "just in case"?
Or skip it ... because until they invent a milk-minder, you're going to have to make the trip back to the store anyway.
MrsPete, do you live in Woodstock, GA? My favorite features of this are that it "irelessly connects to your mobile device" and you can "heck [the] Egg Minder while at the store."
Nope, I'm Southern but not Georgian.
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Why don't fridge doors just have windows?
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Why don't fridge doors just have windows?
Insulation.
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Why don't fridge doors just have windows?
They run much better on Linux.
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Why don't fridge doors just have windows?
Insulation.
Double Glazing
And you wouldn't lose all the cold air when you open the door to check if you have eggs
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I just check my food supplies before I go to the store, and buy whatever's running low. I thought that was the normal procedure.
Normal procedure, sure...but it's not the wave of the future!! ;)
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I just check my food supplies before I go to the store, and buy whatever's running low. I thought that was the normal procedure.
Normal procedure, sure...but it's not the wave of the future!! ;)
The future: just snap a photo of the inside of the fridge with your smartphone before you got to the store. Ditto with the pantry. No need for those stinkin lists!
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If I find I'm getting low on eggs, I go out to the henhouse and check under the nearest chicken's ass. That's a foolproof system: the batteries never run out, and none of the little cluckers has ever been hacked.
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Why don't fridge doors just have windows?
Some do (glass fronts). I don't think they are as energy efficient as the "normal" ones.
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Ahem... no.
I thought I'd never say this in my life, but this product is actually dumber.
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In-tray LED lights indicate the oldest egg, while push notifications alert you when you're running
Two birds with one stone! I often forget that I happen to be running. And what's more, I never know which egg is oldest!
Seriously, though, this is stupid on so many levels. First of all, who would spend $30 for the privilege of re-cartoning eggs every time they buy them? Surely that takes more time than just checking the fridge before you go out.
You know something crazy? I know how many eggs I have in the fridge right now. Not that hard to remember when you're the one buying or consuming them on a near-daily basis.
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Really - I mean who d'fck even thinks of manufactures and markets this crap.
I've had n'eouf of this crap.
its a poor yolk.
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Why don't fridge doors just have windows?
Nobody wants to worry about keeping the items in their fridge tidy-looking.
Besides, how do you stick magnets to a glass refrigerator door?
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If I find I'm getting low on eggs, I go out to the henhouse and check under the nearest chicken's ass. That's a foolproof system: the batteries never run out, and none of the little cluckers has ever been hacked.
This made me LOL.
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I'd say dumber! At least bottled water comes in handy when you're in an area with bad-tasting tap water and you don't want to travel with a Brita pitcher.
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The Amazon reviews for this are the best I've ever seen - better than the Bic for Her pens and Binders of Women products! There are just enough legitimate buyers that they cluelessly answer the questions, and it's golden.
Plus a hidden mustachian:
Q: $78 to monitor a $2 carton of eggs?
A: It's like buying insurance, a lot can go wrong even if they are eggs!
If it makes you feel any better, you will make your money back after 39 cartons of eggs. Perhaps you can purchase eggs that are more expensive, that way you can get your money's worth a lot sooner.
Lady
A: It's a steal! It pays for itself after you've bought 39 cartons of eggs (assuming a carton contains 14 eggs).
Scooby12
Ever been out on a brisk walk trying to work out the stress from the day and then suddenly been hit with a wave of anxiety wondering just how many eggs are in the fridge and what condition they might possibly be in? Well, with the egg minder those panic attacks are for ever behind us. This product works anywhere too, so we can check on our eggs from the John, or the back of a police car, or even from in the emergency room, because those warning signs to turn off all cell phones are just stupid.
The Eggminder will set all of our hearts and minds at ease. Our dreams of a more peaceful world are at hand.
Thank you Eggminder. Thank you.
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If I find I'm getting low on eggs, I go out to the henhouse and check under the nearest chicken's ass. That's a foolproof system: the batteries never run out, and none of the little cluckers has ever been hacked.
You're lucky. I've had a few cluckers that have been hacked. To pieces. Damn racoons...
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Why don't fridge doors just have windows?
They run much better on Linux.
THAT goes without saying :D
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At least it doesn't pollute the earth for 50,000 years every time you use an egg. So it's got that going for it.
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I don't see it as being any sillier than a swiffer.
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I don't see it as being any sillier than a swiffer.
Disagree. A Swiffer leaves you with a clean floor, and if you use old fuzzy socks instead of disposable wet wipes, it's a nice product.
The egg thing serves no purpose at all.
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Sigh... My brother-in-law bought one of these.
This is embarrassing...
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Those egg things are for someone looking for something to buy when they've already bought all the things they want, yet still want to buy something just to get that shopping high. And some people buy it because they think it'll be funny. So they're just buying it so someone else will see it in their house and make a comment about it. I have a feeling most of them are being bought as a gift for some one else.
Merry Christmas! Here's some junk you don't want! <3
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I'm trying really, really hard to come up with a situation where this might not be a dumb purchase.
The only one I can come up with is if you shop for a friend with dementia. But then they'd forget they had eggs and never eat them anyways.
Maybe its transferable tech? Can you use it as a pill minder? 14 slots is two weeks. Hide the pills inside of eggs?
AHA! I got it - Kinder eggs. You can put the kids' Easter candy in it and find out if they are eating it after school when they are supposed to be having nutritious snacks.
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If in doubt, I buy the eggs. If it turns out I didn't need them...well I guess we're having quiche for dinner this week.
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Reminds of this article I read earlier today.
http://www.eater.com/2015/9/15/9326775/the-kitchen-of-the-future-has-failed-us
Basically many of the futurist kitchen inventions are useless and end up causing people more work. I want kitchen stuff that is self cleaning, not useless items that could connect to a smart phone (I don't own one). This wouldn't cut down on any work. I can check the my supplies faster than I can monitor gadgets attached to all of them!
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Those egg things are for someone looking for something to buy when they've already bought all the things they want, yet still want to buy something just to get that shopping high.
I believe that.
Basically many of the futurist kitchen inventions are useless and end up causing people more work. I want kitchen stuff that is self cleaning, not useless items that could connect to a smart phone (I don't own one). This wouldn't cut down on any work. I can check the my supplies faster than I can monitor gadgets attached to all of them!
I agree with that too.
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Basically many of the futurist kitchen inventions are useless and end up causing people more work.
Except for the magic cupboard where you put in dirty dishes and they come out clean - and we still argue about who didn't empty it.
Or the magic box that makes clothes clean while we sleep, or the magic box that keeps milk fresh for a week.
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Basically many of the futurist kitchen inventions are useless and end up causing people more work.
Except for the magic cupboard where you put in dirty dishes and they come out clean - and we still argue about who didn't empty it.
Or the magic box that makes clothes clean while we sleep, or the magic box that keeps milk fresh for a week.
The fridge was invented in 1834, the dishwasher in 1886, the washing machine in 1851. It's telling that you couldn't name something from even the last century.
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The fridge was invented in 1834, the dishwasher in 1886, the washing machine in 1851. It's telling that you couldn't name something from even the last century.
But were practical in the home from the 50s/60s
You wouldn't count Babbage's Analytical engine as the first "home computer"
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After reading the reviews, apparently it doesn't work that well and runs down batteries rather quickly. So your expensive egg reports will be inaccurate and you now need to remember to buy batteries more often as well.
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After reading the reviews, apparently it doesn't work that well and runs down batteries rather quickly. So your expensive egg reports will be inaccurate and you now need to remember to buy batteries more often as well.
Not a problem with the new smartphone linked, internet enabled, wirelessly bluetoothed - batteryminder
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Not a problem with the new smartphone linked, internet enabled, wirelessly bluetoothed - batteryminder
I hope it's at least solar powered, so you don't end up in an infinite loop of battery monitors.
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The fridge was invented in 1834, the dishwasher in 1886, the washing machine in 1851. It's telling that you couldn't name something from even the last century.
But were practical in the home from the 50s/60s
You wouldn't count Babbage's Analytical engine as the first "home computer"
I wouldn't. But I wouldn't call something mass produced and common in homes for 60 odd years 'futurist' either. The biggest recent push (say the last 20 years) in kitchen appliances does seem to be largely useless stuff.
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Basically many of the futurist kitchen inventions are useless and end up causing people more work.
Except for the magic cupboard where you put in dirty dishes and they come out clean - and we still argue about who didn't empty it.
Or the magic box that makes clothes clean while we sleep, or the magic box that keeps milk fresh for a week.
The fridge was invented in 1834, the dishwasher in 1886, the washing machine in 1851. It's telling that you couldn't name something from even the last century.
I'm a big fan of my microwave.
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Basically many of the futurist kitchen inventions are useless and end up causing people more work.
Except for the magic cupboard where you put in dirty dishes and they come out clean - and we still argue about who didn't empty it.
Or the magic box that makes clothes clean while we sleep, or the magic box that keeps milk fresh for a week.
The fridge was invented in 1834, the dishwasher in 1886, the washing machine in 1851. It's telling that you couldn't name something from even the last century.
I'm a big fan of my microwave.
Me too!
. . . but again, sold in the 40's and pretty common in the late 60s. These are ancient devices, not modern ones.
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Not a problem with the new smartphone linked, internet enabled, wirelessly bluetoothed - batteryminder
I hope it's at least solar powered, so you don't end up in an infinite loop of battery monitors.
It runs on eggs.
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True Mustachians know eggs need not be kept in the fridge. Tsk tsk.
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True Mustachians know eggs need not be kept in the fridge. Tsk tsk.
Ideally they are kept in the chicken
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The fridge was invented in 1834, the dishwasher in 1886, the washing machine in 1851. It's telling that you couldn't name something from even the last century.
But were practical in the home from the 50s/60s
You wouldn't count Babbage's Analytical engine as the first "home computer"
I wouldn't. But I wouldn't call something mass produced and common in homes for 60 odd years 'futurist' either. The biggest recent push (say the last 20 years) in kitchen appliances does seem to be largely useless stuff.
I like this challenge. Struggling to come up with anything useful, new on the appliance front though. Anyone?
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True Mustachians know eggs need not be kept in the fridge. Tsk tsk.
Ideally they are kept in the chicken
How do you get the chicken to stop squirming while uncartoning and, subsequentially "repacking" your fresh bought eggs?
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The fridge was invented in 1834, the dishwasher in 1886, the washing machine in 1851. It's telling that you couldn't name something from even the last century.
But were practical in the home from the 50s/60s
You wouldn't count Babbage's Analytical engine as the first "home computer"
I wouldn't. But I wouldn't call something mass produced and common in homes for 60 odd years 'futurist' either. The biggest recent push (say the last 20 years) in kitchen appliances does seem to be largely useless stuff.
I like this challenge. Struggling to come up with anything useful, new on the appliance front though. Anyone?
For our kitchen anyways, its the tablet/cell phone and stand. Replaced a whole rack of books and frees up counter space.
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The fridge was invented in 1834, the dishwasher in 1886, the washing machine in 1851. It's telling that you couldn't name something from even the last century.
But were practical in the home from the 50s/60s
You wouldn't count Babbage's Analytical engine as the first "home computer"
I wouldn't. But I wouldn't call something mass produced and common in homes for 60 odd years 'futurist' either. The biggest recent push (say the last 20 years) in kitchen appliances does seem to be largely useless stuff.
I like this challenge. Struggling to come up with anything useful, new on the appliance front though. Anyone?
For our kitchen anyways, its the tablet/cell phone and stand. Replaced a whole rack of books and frees up counter space.
Ooooh, there's one that I forgot. We often use a tablet while cooking these days. Is that really a kitchen appliance though? It's just a digital version of a cook book, which I wouldn't have considered an appliance.
I'm beginning to believe that we reached peak useful kitchen appliance technology between the 60s and 70s.
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Of course it counts as an appliance - have you not seen this video???
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6WuHzE-1fk
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The fridge was invented in 1834, the dishwasher in 1886, the washing machine in 1851. It's telling that you couldn't name something from even the last century.
But were practical in the home from the 50s/60s
You wouldn't count Babbage's Analytical engine as the first "home computer"
I wouldn't. But I wouldn't call something mass produced and common in homes for 60 odd years 'futurist' either. The biggest recent push (say the last 20 years) in kitchen appliances does seem to be largely useless stuff.
I like this challenge. Struggling to come up with anything useful, new on the appliance front though. Anyone?
For our kitchen anyways, its the tablet/cell phone and stand. Replaced a whole rack of books and frees up counter space.
Well I don't own a tablet so can't judge that, but do use my phone or laptop for recipes. Yes it's useful, but saving a few square inches of counter space, or a few minutes looking stuff up, is not quite revolutionary in my mind. Not on the same level as refrigeration or the microwave.
Plus it is annoying that gadgets go to sleep and I have to wake them up again with dirty hands. A cookbook doesn't close itself if you don't use it for 1 minute.. Sometimes a printed sheet of paper is quite nice.
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The fridge was invented in 1834, the dishwasher in 1886, the washing machine in 1851. It's telling that you couldn't name something from even the last century.
But were practical in the home from the 50s/60s
You wouldn't count Babbage's Analytical engine as the first "home computer"
I wouldn't. But I wouldn't call something mass produced and common in homes for 60 odd years 'futurist' either. The biggest recent push (say the last 20 years) in kitchen appliances does seem to be largely useless stuff.
I like this challenge. Struggling to come up with anything useful, new on the appliance front though. Anyone?
For our kitchen anyways, its the tablet/cell phone and stand. Replaced a whole rack of books and frees up counter space.
Well I don't own a tablet so can't judge that, but do use my phone or laptop for recipes. Yes it's useful, but saving a few square inches of counter space, or a few minutes looking stuff up, is not quite revolutionary in my mind. Not on the same level as refrigeration or the microwave.
Plus it is annoying that gadgets go to sleep and I have to wake them up again with dirty hands. A cookbook doesn't close itself if you don't use it for 1 minute.. Sometimes a printed sheet of paper is quite nice.
Pro Tip for touchscreen devices (most tablets and smartphones): Put it in a Ziploc bag before you start cooking or doing anything else where your hands will be getting dirty but you'll want to use it, and seal it up tight with as little air as possible. The touchscreen will still work through the bag and you can still see the screen just fine while it's protected from you getting your soon-to-be meal all over it.
I haven't used this while cooking in a while (we've gotten a bit boring and I know all of the recipes for what we tend to have by heart), but I use it nearly daily when I head out to the garage to work on things there. Unfortunately it's hard to take pictures through the bags (I tend to do that a lot as a reference before taking something apart) but you can still use it just fine- and it will still work even if you're wearing nitrile gloves as a bonus.
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I'm beginning to believe that we reached peak useful kitchen appliance technology between the 60s and 70s.
I believe that the next technological revolution in the kitchen will be when we will be able to 3d print a steak ingredients on a molecular level.
Hopefully, they will have invented a Carbon minder so that we don't ever have to forget to buy some from the atom store.
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True Mustachians know eggs need not be kept in the fridge. Tsk tsk.
Ideally they are kept in the chicken
How do you get the chicken to stop squirming while uncartoning and, subsequentially "repacking" your fresh bought eggs?
Not a problem with the new smartphone linked, internet enabled, wirelessly bluetoothed - chicken minder (tm)
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During Beijing's worst pollution season in 2013, it was a thing to sell bottled air - one artist sold it for $860 a can http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2014/04/10/301504334/whats-it-worth-for-a-breath-of-fresh-air-in-china-about-860
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The fridge was invented in 1834, the dishwasher in 1886, the washing machine in 1851. It's telling that you couldn't name something from even the last century.
And the dishwasher wasn't invented to save work; it was invented by a wealthy woman who was tired of the hired help breaking her dishes.
I think the real point is that all things reach a natural "end", when no more real progress can be made. Kitchen appliances seem to have reached that end. Not much else can be invented.
Of course, what's already out there can be "improved". Timers, delayed starts, better insulation, energy efficiency -- these are all good improvements to what's already available. Other improvements are just junk; for example, internet and TV access from your refrigerator door. Or that interactive countertop/table. That type of thing is overly priced and not much use. I'm a big fan of my microwave.
Eh, if I had to give up something significant in my kitchen, my microwave'd be at the top of the list. But it probably IS the last big kitchen innovation. My father brought one home for my mother around 1974 or 1975; I think that was about the time they became "a thing" in middle class homes.
True Mustachians know eggs need not be kept in the fridge. Tsk tsk.
Cheese doesn't need refrigeration; neither do a number of other things most of us choose to keep cold.
However, most of these things DO last longer if they're refrigerated, and storing things safely/longer is a frugal choice.
Plus it is annoying that gadgets go to sleep and I have to wake them up again with dirty hands. A cookbook doesn't close itself if you don't use it for 1 minute.. Sometimes a printed sheet of paper is quite nice.
Yeah, I'm with you. Once I decide I like a recipe, I type it up for my notebook, and I cook from a printed page. I've ditched shelves and shelves of cookbooks, which were mostly being saved for the sake of 2-3 recipes each. I have a few favorite books that I've kept.
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Mrs Pete
Agree with you mostly - Momma has taken to printing out the most used recipes and taping them to the cupboards. I know it sounds like heresy, but it actually works really well. Our cupboard doors are now tiled with recipes. The bread corner is on the left where there is loads of space to knead dough. Cookies are on the right.
We got our first microwave when we moved in 1979. I remember Dad teaching us how to use it. It was amazing. Then we moved up to a convection microwave that cooked AND zapped, and were blown away all over again. We had a lot of 'interesting' meals as Mom explored these new technologies.
Today our microwave mostly is used as a range hood and to melt butter. We don't cook in it, but I might boil a cup of water to dissolve boullion in. Since our range hood is integral in the microwave, I guess that makes our microwave a big fan of our range.
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I think the real point is that all things reach a natural "end", when no more real progress can be made. Kitchen appliances seem to have reached that end. Not much else can be invented.
Used to work for an engineering consultancy and a big % of our work was trying to invent features to add to tools/household appliances.
Once they are all identical, all work and all have all the costs engineered out of them - it's hard to compete.
When you have pitched "rfid tags in socks" so that the washing machine can detect a hidden red sock in your whites and warn you - and had it greeted as a cure for cancer by washing machine maker - you know it's time to leave.
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Filed for Bankruptcy
http://money.cnn.com/gallery/technology/2015/09/24/quirky-products/index.html
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Filed for Bankruptcy
They weren't bailed out?
We need an egg minder that is too big to fail
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You mean one that holds 16 eggs?
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You mean one that holds 16 eggs?
Only two bites of eggs?
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This whole topic reminds me of seeing potatoes sold at kroger - individual potatoes. Individually shrink wrapped. They were marketed as wrapped so they could be microwaved.
I stood in the produce section a while that day, working my way through the various stages of grief.
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This whole topic reminds me of seeing potatoes sold at kroger - individual potatoes. Individually shrink wrapped. They were marketed as wrapped so they could be microwaved.
I stood in the produce section a while that day, working my way through the various stages of grief.
I remember someone acting like this was the greatest thing ever. I've been microwaving potatoes for years with no shrink wrap.
The sad day for me was when I went to one small grocery and there were no regular unwrapped sweet potatoes because the grocery switched to selling only the pre-wrapped for the microwave ones.