Microwaves tend to turn themselves off when you open the door. Which is probably a good thing. However, safety locks are overboard. What's next? Locks on the hot water faucet in the kitchen? Locks on the freezer door (it can get pretty cold in there)? Locks on the toilet seats (a small child could fall in and drown)?
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You sound like my Mom when she was cat proofing her house!
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fjb burnt himself on his pizza, getting it out of the microwave by himself, too many times...hence new microwave safety laws and others coming soon. Don't ask me. I'm just chiming in with my .01002985 worth
I make mine in a George Foreman.
Because you can't open the microwave??
The stove they put in this place when the old one died had safety features on the burners. If they got up to a certain temperature, they shut off until they cooled down to whatever temperature. They wouldn’t even boil water so had to get a service guy out for a new stove- to disable the safety feature
I was given a new one of those, I can't figure it out, I think its missing something.
They saw you comingThe stove they put in this place when the old one died had safety features on the burners. If they got up to a certain temperature, they shut off until they cooled down to whatever temperature. They wouldn’t even boil water so had to get a service guy out for a new stove- to disable the safety feature
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The landlords picked it out. I’m sure it was the absolute cheapest available.They saw you coming
That's usually how it goes!!
I had to lock the toilet lid when my kids were in diapers because one of the kiddos kept flushing his toys down the toilet. They were HARD to dig out!You sound like my Mom when she was cat proofing her house!
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Air fryers are so weird. I got one but it wasn't what I thought it would be. I asked for a little countertop oven, that was not what I got. I rarely use it because I've burnt myself twice on it. I asked for it because I was concerned the oven would stop working.
My big George Foreman died. 
There are two styles of air fryer. The first - the one I think you have - is basically just a convection oven. It looks like a toaster over. To get things in and out of it when it's hot, you have to use pot holders. Just like a regular oven.Air fryers are so weird. I got one but it wasn't what I thought it would be. I asked for a little countertop oven, that was not what I got. I rarely use it because I've burnt myself twice on it. I asked for it because I was concerned the oven would stop working.
The other is smaller, and the food goes in a basket that you put in and out with a handle. To turn the food, you just pull the basket out, shake it, and reinsert it. Obviously this won't work it you're cooking something like a salmon fillet in it. But it works great for french fries, green beans, roasted potatoes and things like that.
I personally saw no point in buying one of the oven type. I already have a convection toaster oven. And it would have been the same thing. I think they just renamed "convection oven" to "air fryer" to sell more of the things. So I bought one of the basket type. I love it. My daughter had one of the oven type, she hated it, and never used it. I bought her a basket type and she loves it and uses it just about every single day, like I do mine.
Oven type:
Basket type:
Below is the one I have. It is one of the more expensive models on the market, but I love it. It has both top and bottom heating elements which is rare (are there any other models that even have this? I don't know.) It also has WiFi connectivity which I though would be a joke, but it has turned out to be one of it's best features. Say I'm cooking burgers ... I'll put some french fries in the air fryer before starting the burgers (but I don't turn on the air fryer yet). Then I'm cooking away on the burgers and at the appropriate time I simply say "Alexa, cook french fries" And off it goes - I created a routine that recognizes spoken "cook french fries" and it sets the correct time and temperature and mode on the air fryer and starts it up. This is so convenient to control it by voice and not having to remember how long and at what temperature to cook things. I have routines for everything. Green beans, asparagus, roasted potatoes, chicken breasts, pork chops, ...
https://cosori.com/collections/air-fryers/products/dual-blaze-air-fryer
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The thing is, the oven type I was wanting is something my mom had at one time, so I’m talking like 30 years ago. Ha! It was tiny, it didn’t have a high temperature, you could throw bread in for garlic bread, or little frozen pie, or something like that. More of a breakfast/lunch kind of thing. I really don’t need a wifi connection to my appliances. Jane Jetson might, but not me. You go ahead, I think it’s pretty cool you can do that.
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Maybe you just want a small toaster oven. That's probably what your mom had.
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"Put me on your do not call list." You could even have this as a part of your recording when you don't answer calls from unknown numbers. "If you are a telemarketer, know that I will never answer calls from unknown numbers, so put me on your do not call list."
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I do have a selection on my cell phone to create a contact for unwanted callers and then in that contact information to select to block all calls from that number.
It has helped hugely, but watch, now I'll get a bunch of calls. I have a friend who has never figured out how to do this on his phone and sitting with him at the dog park, his phone rings lots! I know he can block those numbers, if he just knew how. Getting old is what gets in his way, and the way for many of us.
