On 07/11/2005 at 08:46 AM, rvgreen{at}telusplanet.net wrote:
>In , on 07/11/05 
>   at 01:42 PM, "Daniel Lee Kruse"  said:

>>As an aside, my Enermax lasted almost four years to the day.  Not a
>>cheap brand from the start.

>I have an Enermax 450 here that has been running since 1999.

My old AT model ran from 3 July 1993 until 31 October 2004. I thought it died
early compared with old units performing similar tasks from the 1950s, of
which I still have several that work just fine.

Both mechanical and electronic durability and quality have been on a long
slide for many years. We recently had to replace our old Sunbeam toaster
because it was not possible to get a replacement part for it any more. I don't
know exactly how old it realy was because we inherited it from my wife's
grandmother, but it was the old 1950s and earlier Art Deco design. I believe
it was post WWII vintage from the type of plastic used for the base, but the
cord was just like those of the 1930s. So it was at least 50 years old when it
died, it never toasted differently from the current setting, and the automatic
elevator that lowered the bread when you dropped it in the slots and raised it
when it was done had never malfunctioned.

-- 
    Phil Parker
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Random quote:
  We have reason to believe that man first walked upright to
  free his hands for masturbation.---Lily Tomlin




 
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