Is there any company that manufactures toasters that last more than a week? I bought an item of furniture from one of the popular furniture store and got with it free gift of a toaster. Based on prior experience, I told the store representative that I was giving the toaster no more than two weeks before it starts malfunctioning.
Well, I used it for the first time this evening when I got home from work. I toasted one bagel and later in the night when I decided to indulge in another bagel with some cream cheese, I had to hold down the lever.
I’ve heard so many people with the same complaints - toasters that work only for a limited period regardless of the cost.
Soaps 
I’ve always been a bit of a snob when it comes to soaps. The plots are usually so weak and often times so ridiculous that for years now I’ve dismissed them as foolish and secretly regard the people who profess to be hooked on them as er - well - uhm - maybe I should refrain from passing judgements. I do like people reading my blog. Well, having said that, can you imagine my horror when I found myself hooked to not one but two soaps??!!! It didn’t matter how I spinned it, you know, just a passing interest, or, mere curiousity, I couldn’t deny the truth. I was hooked. Each night at 10:30 finds me totally engrossed and the next morning at 5:30 I’m up to catch the repeat. The plots are just as lame as their predecessors but I’m hooked anyway. Go figure.
