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   Dan Fixes Coin-Ops (ifixcoinops@retro.social)'s status on Friday, 17-Jan-2025 21:27:39 JST Dan Fixes Coin-Ops

   Last few tins of Cadbury's drinking chocolate I've gotten have smelled of paint and apparently there's been a recall, Fedi please tell me about your favourite drinking chocolate (not cocoa, that's different, I mean stuff you stir into milk (I put it in with instant coffee to make a Cheap Mocha)) EDIT: obviously not nestle, they literally kill babies

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     Dan Fixes Coin-Ops (ifixcoinops@retro.social)'s status on Friday, 17-Jan-2025 21:27:37 JST Dan Fixes Coin-Ops

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     Fedi sure is good for some things?

     🦝 Are there any toasters that aren't shit
     🐰 You want a toaster oven
     🐻 Fry it in a frying pan, trust me
     🦅 New ones are all deficient, try getting one from the 40's
     🦆 Toast is bad for you
     🐺 I use a microwave

     🦝 Gimme a VPN recommendation
     🐰 Mullvad
     🐻 Mullvad
     🦅 Mullvad
     🦆 Mullvad or proton no wait actually just mullvad
     🐺 Mullvad
     🦝 Alright mullvad yikes

     🦝 Aldi have started wrapping their peppermint teabags in plastic, who's my next pep T purchase
     🐰 Celestial Seasonings
     🐻 Celestial Seasonings
     🦅 Celestial Seasonings
     🦆 Celestial Seasonings
     🐺 Celestial Seasonings
     🦝 So celestial seasonings then yeah

     🦝 My hot chocolate has started to taste like paint, can you -
     🐰 You wanna use cocoa instead
     🐻 Crumble up an actual chocolate bar and fry it in a frying pan, trust me
     🦅 Have you tried using the syrupy stuff you put on ice cream
     🦆 You can import this stuff from germany
     🐺 Oh there's a great brand, it costs ten cents a GRAM

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     Dan Fixes Coin-Ops (ifixcoinops@retro.social)'s status on Friday, 17-Jan-2025 21:27:38 JST Dan Fixes Coin-Ops

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     sometimes I forget how bloody rich you lot are

     INDIE GAME DEVELOPERS OF FEDI, pls give me your hot chocolate recommendations

     Chris Were ⁂🐧📰🌱☕ repeated this.
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     Rocketman (slothrop@chaos.social)'s status on Saturday, 18-Jan-2025 05:09:50 JST Rocketman

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     • Shaula Evans

     @ShaulaEvans @ifixcoinops At the risk of running afoul of the "import from Germany" hurdle, we got this toaster not too long ago:

     https://www.ggmgastro.com/de-de-eur/toaster-fuer-6-scheiben-toet6?gad_source=1&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI0Zmfxsf9igMV1JaDBx0u1BnpEAQYAyABEgJym_D_BwE

     It's delightfully basic. I have a feeling that it will be with us for a long time. (Feeds six)

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     Shaula Evans (shaulaevans@zirk.us)'s status on Saturday, 18-Jan-2025 05:09:51 JST Shaula Evans

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     @ifixcoinops I was shopping for a toaster several years ago and learned that there are basically two ways to categorize them:

     1. the spectrum of cheap to affordable-ish toasters that absolutely do not work (the majority of toasters) vs a handful of models that may work if you're willing to sell a kidney to buy them; and,

     2. toasters that off-gas nasty chemicals like PFAS from their non-stick coatings (vast majority again) vs ones that aren't trying to kill you.

     Pick your criterion. 🙁

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     Dan Fixes Coin-Ops (ifixcoinops@retro.social)'s status on Saturday, 18-Jan-2025 05:09:52 JST Dan Fixes Coin-Ops

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     • Shaula Evans

     @ShaulaEvans Got the cheapest one in the thrift shop, it's not good

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     Shaula Evans (shaulaevans@zirk.us)'s status on Saturday, 18-Jan-2025 05:09:53 JST Shaula Evans

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     @ifixcoinops Did you ever find a toaster?

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     Rocketman (slothrop@chaos.social)'s status on Saturday, 18-Jan-2025 05:29:13 JST Rocketman

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     • Shaula Evans

     @ShaulaEvans @ifixcoinops After our second normal toaster in 4 years or so broke down, we decided to spend a bit more on a more durable model.

     For consumer-grade toasters, pricing is mostly based on design. Not what we were looking for. Also, we have four kids, some of whom are very hungry indeed.

     So we went looking for restaurant-/hotel grade toasters. This was on the cheap end; but it seems solid enough. Certainly toasts fine.

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     Shaula Evans (shaulaevans@zirk.us)'s status on Saturday, 18-Jan-2025 05:29:14 JST Shaula Evans

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     • Rocketman

     @slothrop @ifixcoinops That looks wonderful. How did you come across it?