Features I can do without

chippewa · Post by **chippewa** » October 12, 2008 11:03 pm

I kinda like our beeping microwave, since I'm usually doing three things at once. I wish I had a beeping gas stove, 'cause I've left a burner on low for hours at a time once or twice.

blackjack · Post by **blackjack** » October 13, 2008 12:24 am

chippewa wrote:I kinda like our beeping microwave, since I'm usually doing three things at once. I wish I had a beeping gas stove, 'cause I've left a burner on low for hours at a time once or twice.

Did that tonight. Scorched the bottom of the beef stew. Luckily saved the rest without affecting taste.

conched · Post by **conched** » October 13, 2008 1:08 am

The Bose clock radio with the "auto dimmer" that is supposed to dim in the dark, gets the eyeglass holder in front of it.

And who can ever keep track of a remote control the size of a credit card?

Desdamona · Post by **Desdamona** » October 13, 2008 1:33 am

I'd like to find a cell phone that's JUST A PHONE, please!

Dutch Harbor PH · Post by **Dutch Harbor PH** » October 13, 2008 2:15 am

Desdamona wrote:I'd like to find a cell phone that's JUST A PHONE, please!

Virgin Mobile...Prepaids are phones only.....

And Santa, Being Santa you should know the trick that every parent either knows or wishes he knew......All little kids toys that have a speaker in them (For voices or noises or whatever) are WAY too freakin' loud.......BUT you still want/need the noise....So open it up and stuff toilet paper into the cone of the spreaker...dampens the noise significantly and still allows you to use the feature.....

Glorfindel7 · Post by **Glorfindel7** » October 13, 2008 8:05 am

I have a "beeping" oven, "Beeping" microwave, and "dinging" dryer....

(Maybe it's just as well, I keep forgetting that I put stuff into them

)

alphabits · Post by **alphabits** » October 13, 2008 9:49 am

We got a new dryer during the summer.
When it's done, it plays a little tune.
The first couple times it did that, I ran outside looking for the ice cream man.

balcony girls · Post by **balcony girls** » October 13, 2008 9:54 am

alphabits wrote:We got a new dryer during the summer.
When it's done, it plays a little tune.
The first couple times it did that, I ran outside looking for the ice cream man.

. .

. .you are a verrrry strange bird, bits. . .

. .

Dezdmona · Post by **Dezdmona** » October 13, 2008 10:15 am

alphabits wrote:We got a new dryer during the summer.
When it's done, it plays a little tune.
The first couple times it did that, I ran outside looking for the ice cream man.

My toaster plays the Mickey Mouse March & I LOVE it...(my daughter always hated it).
Now that she has her own home, I'm think about getting her one for Christmas.

alphabits · Post by **alphabits** » October 13, 2008 11:57 am

balcony girls wrote:
alphabits wrote:We got a new dryer during the summer.
When it's done, it plays a little tune.
The first couple times it did that, I ran outside looking for the ice cream man.
. .

. .you are a verrrry strange bird, bits. . .

. .

Yep .... half parrot, half coo-coo.

Frank4 · Post by **Frank4** » October 13, 2008 12:10 pm

ragtopW wrote:
So I bought a new microwave.. a GE.. not much
fancy.. White, a turntable... it heats..

But it has a "feature" I just hate.
when it finishes the cycle. it beeps..
then if you do not run and open the door it beeps. at 30 seconds.
then every minute until you open the Damb door

so If I am in the shower,getting the mail.. on BN

it beeps loud..

It is a most annoying feature. The beep just drives me crazy. I find myself saying "shut up, I am coming". Then I realize that I am yelling at my microwave.

anyone else??

springparrot · Post by **springparrot** » October 13, 2008 12:47 pm

Dezdmona wrote:
alphabits wrote:We got a new dryer during the summer.
When it's done, it plays a little tune.
The first couple times it did that, I ran outside looking for the ice cream man.
My toaster plays the Mickey Mouse March & I LOVE it...(my daughter always hated it).
Now that she has her own home, I'm think about getting her one for Christmas.

we have one of those!!!!

carolinagirl · Post by **carolinagirl** » October 13, 2008 1:41 pm

Desdamona wrote:I'd like to find a cell phone that's JUST A PHONE, please!

I dreamed last night that my iPhone was also a gun...

I blame it on playing too much Space Invaders before bedtime!

~Hippolyte~ · Post by **~Hippolyte~** » October 13, 2008 2:07 pm

ragtopW wrote:
SMLCHNG wrote:Luckily ours doesn't do that. I'd have to throw something at it.

But Santa? What do you cook when you're in the shower or getting mail??
in the morning I heat water for oatmeal.. I over heat it a bit.. and it cools
during my shower..

kill two birds, one stone...take the oatmeal into the shower, use that hot water....a la Kramer!!

My stove does the beep-beep-beep thing, then I get a reminder set of beeps after 30-60 seconds....I tell myself, that's why I don't cook on the stove or in the oven much....but that's not really why.

Wonder if the microwave is smart enough to let you program that reminder beep...on or off.

citcat · Post by **citcat** » October 13, 2008 2:16 pm

alphabits wrote:
balcony girls wrote:
alphabits wrote:We got a new dryer during the summer.
When it's done, it plays a little tune.
The first couple times it did that, I ran outside looking for the ice cream man.
. .

. .you are a verrrry strange bird, bits. . .

. .
Yep .... half parrot, half coo-coo.

But you're hilarious !

and my microwave beeps until...well I don't know, I have to stop IT BECAUSE IT DRIVES ME CRAZY !!!!!!!

Dryer: buzzes

Car door: dings annoyingly at everything, even when you don't put your seatbelt on

Every damm thing in the friggin' house has a LED light on it ! ALL OVER THE HOUSE

. It's never totally dark in my house. Even the thermostat has a bright green light. I counted it up:

Computer modem: two green and two orange lights
TV's : three green (red when turned OFF)
Phones: two lights
VCR/DVD: two red and three green
DISH network boxes: three lights each (6)

ragtopW · Post by **ragtopW** » October 13, 2008 8:59 pm

Frank4 wrote:
ragtopW wrote:
So I bought a new microwave.. a GE.. not much
fancy.. White, a turntable... it heats..

But it has a "feature" I just hate.
when it finishes the cycle. it beeps..
then if you do not run and open the door it beeps. at 30 seconds.
then every minute until you open the Damb door

so If I am in the shower,getting the mail.. on BN

it beeps loud..

anyone else??

It is a most annoying feature. The beep just drives me crazy. I find myself saying "shut up, I am coming". Then I realize that I am yelling at my microwave.

I say.. "yes mother"

Caribbean Soul · Post by **Caribbean Soul** » October 14, 2008 5:46 pm

carolinagirl wrote:My Panasonic goes BEEP, BEEP, BEEP, then stops.

At least you'll never forget and leave food in there overnight.

This brings back memories of my old neighbor in PA who kept hearing a beeping one night - couldn't figure out what it was - got up to make sure it wasn't the smoke dectectors needing a new battery - found out it was the microwave still beeping from the hot dogs she had put in for her kids' dinner, right before going out for the night after having told the babysitter they were in there. The next morning she asked her oldest, who was like 6 at the time, what she and her brother had for dinner. Yup, you guessed it ... NOTHING!

Needless to say she never used that sitter again and neither did anyone else in the neighborhood.

Gypsy In The Palace · Post by **Gypsy In The Palace** » October 15, 2008 2:57 am

When defrosting with my microwave, a message comes on the display after so long that says, "Turn Food Over."

I sometimes will ignore it in anticipation that it might later say, "Turn Food Over, You Idiot!"

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