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All of my co-workers have been shocked that I hadn't bought an air fryer yet. But after a couple of friends showed me what they cook and grill in theirs, I finally pulled the trigger and bought one. This one supposedly does a great job grilling (yes grilling) steaks and chicken, so I'll see how it does tonight! :)

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Heard good things about that model. Of course, in Scottsdale the air comes fried much of the year.

I have a regular toaster arriving tomorrow if UPS is reliable. Supposedly, it can make a toasted cheese sandwich vertically, not that I plan to do that. But they are serious. I scoured all the fine print to see if that only applied to use on the International Space Station but found no such restriction.

Curious why you are "regular" frying your Himalayan pink?
 
I have a regular toaster arriving tomorrow if UPS is reliable.

In typical form for my location (last block on the last street on an overloaded route), the toaster arrived 2 days PLUS another 5 hours late.

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I like that it can heat just one slot since often one of us just has a single piece of toast for breakfast. I like that you can raise the bread while toasting to check progress. Handy when toasting a particular type for the first time or if you forgot the setting. I like that the setting knob is essentially an old school timer that rotates back to zero as it toasts. So, you can tell how soon it will be done AND determine settings for different breads by starting at max the first time, monitoring by raising bread and when right, just subtract the current reading from max for future use. I like the heating elements that should have a thread count rating. Not sure why the electrical cord is the same gauge as my laser printers. NOT a fan that said cord exits the right side of the toaster instead of the back ???

BUT...... I'm not sure I can use it yet since you can see the box is clearly labeled: for Commercial use only and ALSO for Houshold use only. Hopefully, it will be easy to have my kitchen rezoned for commercial/household.

Just noticed label says these cause cancer. But thankfully just in California and I'm in Arizona and nowhere near the California border.
 
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USB C to ancient Lenovo barrel connector, so I can power my X230T with a 100w USB C brick. Bought after I left my factor charger at my brother-in-law's house recently. I bought two different ones to hedge my bet. Happy to report that both work.
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Our old LG gas dryer stopped heating, so temporarily became an air dryer until I fixed it. Almost certainly a defective sensor.

Before I could order the dryer sensor, to show support, our old LG washer gave signs its hall sensor was going out. They are less than $10 but render washer unusable when they fail. Hall sensors are a pain to replace. The washer weighs a ton and has to be moved well away from the back wall to access it after dismantling much of the appliance. The dryer sensor much easier to replace since dryer is lighter and sensor is accessible from the back. However there was a chance the problem was something else.

Was not in the mood to fix both and even less to pay a pro half of what new appliances cost and ending up with all the rest of the parts being middle aged.

So grabbed a set on sale at Costco.

I had always purchase white washers and dryers 'cause I'm cheap. But had convinced Susan it was because I wanted appliances to match one of our cars, the majority of which have always been white. Never had a car in a color other than white that any washer/dryers came in. My scheme worked for 50 years, but %^&# our Tesla is charcoal, and LG messed me up by offering these in a virtually identical color!
 
Since I had a bunch of spare time from avoiding repairing a washer and a dryer, I figured it was a good time to replace our ancient Moen utility sink. It was white and would no longer be similar in color to its new roommates. Plus, the old sink had a PVC tub AND legs. The plastic legs meant the tub would sway ever so slightly from side loads.

I had been wanting a stainless-steel utility sink like Costco sells for many years, but the dimensions Costco gives are internal tub dimensions, and I thought they were external dimensions which would make the sink smaller than I wanted. I discovered that practice while actively shopping for a sink and ended up ordering one from Costco after realizing the external (and internal) dimensions were identical to the old Moen.

I can recommend the sink with a few notes some may not like. Both are issues that I suspect were introduced after the sink was designed. One I don't care about but some may. The other will matter to just about everyone.

The first is the box and instructions include a wall support with a stated reason to prevent someone pulling the sink over on them. This thing is a tank with wide legs that I would have a hard time pulling it over on me. In addition, the hard drainpipe would have to break first for the sink to tip; not gonna happen. To add injury to insult, the wall support is a 1.5" wide by 17" long strip of steel with a step down the middle length wise. The step is the thickness of 16 gauge metal. The "idea" is to bolt the support to the wall and then lift the sink off the ground and slip part of the sink into the gap between the wall provided by the step. BUT the mount is entirely obscured by the sink with no way to mark where to drill by holding it in place and no instructions for where to drill the holes. Plus, since the mount is only 1.5 inches wide, if the holes are even 3/8" too high or low, the sink will either never touch the mount OR the rear legs will no longer reach the ground. Unbelievable, but fortunately also unneeded.

The second which will matter is whoever sourced the faucet that comes with the sink, has a weight that returns the pullout if extended. That weight will bang against either the back of the tub or a support behind it. And with most inlets and drains, will bang against those as well. Not pleasant. I'm going to fab some kind of ramp for the weight to slide against.

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Our old LG gas dryer stopped heating, so temporarily became an air dryer until I fixed it. Almost certainly a defective sensor.

Before I could order the dryer sensor, to show support, our old LG washer gave signs its hall sensor was going out. They are less than $10 but render washer unusable when they fail. Hall sensors are a pain to replace. The washer weighs a ton and has to be moved well away from the back wall to access it after dismantling much of the appliance. The dryer sensor much easier to replace since dryer is lighter and sensor is accessible from the back. However there was a chance the problem was something else.

Was not in the mood to fix both and even less to pay a pro half of what new appliances cost and ending up with all the rest of the parts being middle aged.

So grabbed a set on sale at Costco.

I had always purchase white washers and dryers 'cause I'm cheap. But had convinced Susan it was because I wanted appliances to match one of our cars, the majority of which have always been white. Never had a car in a color other than white that any washer/dryers came in. My scheme worked for 50 years, but %^&# our Tesla is charcoal, and LG messed me up by offering these in a virtually identical color!

That looks like the same set I bought! I do like them for sure!
 
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