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Sounds like the FBI and the NSA are having a garage sale in order to raise funds for the next 4 years while they still can. Trump is going to have them operating on Fisher Price computers.

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There is a market solution to your problem:

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I like my timers on my crockpot...nice to set and forget, it cooks for x hours, and then goes into 'warm' mode.

Latch switch. When moved out of the way, dial timer hits 0 and spring tension slides it to "off"; otherwise the blocking bar catches it and holds it at "Warm." Inspiration: Glock safety mechanism (safety bar blocks hammer from release unless trigger is pulled).

But when I have something on 3 or all 4 stove top burners, and something in the oven, I'm constantly using my timers I have on oven and microwave (just the timer, I rarely cook in the nuke machine)...and possibly the timer on my phone.

I have this, which I used to replace this. Granted, the digital was nice for having 99 minutes instead of 60 minutes; but it started acting funky in a year due to a dying battery. Also it took MUCH longer to set (beep beep beep beep beep beep beep... one minute at a time) and if I passed 30 minutes I had to go with 31 minutes or reset and start over.

A button-pad one would have been more tolerable, but still ... the use of my wind-up Lux timer is about 1 second of no-thought no-dexterity twisting of a knob, and I have no batteries to mess with. I've also measured its calibration... it's almost dead on, maybe 2-3 seconds off for AN HOUR. Certainly, if I needed 3 timers, I'd either buy better digital kitchen timers or more analog ones; I favor the wind-up type, but I certainly don't need built-in digital timers in my oven or toaster oven (the toaster oven has spring-loaded twist dial timers, which I like).

I guess it depends on the quality and quantity of what you cook. If you're only warming up store prepared frozen french bread pizzas in a toaster oven, no..I don't guess you're needing much in the way of clocks or timers. But if you've got a couple of chickens brining (don't want them to get too salty) while your shredding coleslaw, carmalizing onions...and have maybe a pot of chili or maybe reducing stock for a gumbo...etc....well, electronic reminders really are nice.

I'd rather go with the wind-up timer. In any case, again, the digitally programmable toaster oven isn't going to help me with that (especially if I want to use it to heat something during that time). Adding digital buttons to my refrigerator (I've seen this!) isn't going to help me with that either.

It's just one more thing to tack 50% more onto the price ($60 toaster oven becomes $100 toaster oven, $500 refrigerator becomes $800 refrigerator...). A digital oven might be nice, but that relies on a thermostat; I keep an oven thermometer in the oven so I can check calibration, whether using a gas stove with a dial or any stove with a digital temperature setting. Surprisingly, I can set 400F on my dial-set stove and get 400F+/-5F on my thermometer (more surprising that I can set an exact temperature than that the calibration is correct). If the digital oven misses on this, of course, you service the thermostat; this is maintenance.

I want my toaster to make coffee as well,

Here you go.

Tupperware is a terrible example. It's not glass.

Once they have you comparing different types of plastic, you've been suckered. Glass is cheap anyway...it comes free with beer, for example.

Try a pyrex bowl. That's small, they have bigger ones.

Or the ultimate cheapness: Ball jars.

My friend got one of these things. It just happens to be the same size as his laptop and blocks the heat rather nicely. Pretty useful for only $15.

Roland said Sorry to leave you here, but I also have to go and buy another shower curtain, preferably a disposable one.

Why would you even consider buying a "disposable" shower curtain (what a tremendous waste--they would fill up landfills if they even existed) when you can buy a washable fabric shower curtain, rig up some sort of quick-release system, and throw it in the washing machine with a capful of bleach once a week.

$200 is a lot of money

Ah, this is where all the junk mail that Bed Bath and Beyond keeps sending you comes in handy. Combine one of their 20% off coupons with another of their $5.00 off coupons and presto: Roomba for $155. While that is a lot of money too, it is comparable to what you would pay for a regular vacuum cleaner.

I've seen so many robot articles....Where are they though? ... Most of these articles will say that they will be available to consumers in the next year or so.

Bed, Bath and Beyond (and you can't get a lot more consumer than that store) has the Roomba for sale. I saw them at the San Francisco store a couple of weeks ago. With over 450 stores across the US, I'd say they are widely available, at least in the States.

this sucker looks a hell of a lot like the roomba, as stated in the post. we sell (or tried to sell) the roombas where I work for $199.99, and they sold like crapcakes. Nada. People want a vacuum that can hold more than a handful of dust.

I daresay this version will have the same problems owing largely to its short profile. no room! now, if part of the auto-charge trip included an auto-discharge (of waste tray contents) then I think more people might consider dropping that kind of money.

just my 19,999 cents. [tax not included]

el cobardo anonimo

What about a wire-rack type shelving unit? BED BATH & BEYOND has them.

I use a wire-rack shelving type unit for am all-in-one desk, entertainment center and computer stand.. I purchased Fellowes Wire Shelving from OFFICE MAX (hope that link works)..