> With so many appliances and such, I think the lifetime is directly related
> to how people use and take care of them. I have seldom had anything I own
> actually wear out. Toaster ovens excepted. :-)
>

Oh, pshaw, toaster ovens are designed to go bad very quickly (mostly
because you can't successfully clean off those smooth black
discolorations from the bottom of the reflecting lining surface where
burned stuff used to be but isn't anymore), in which case you just
toss them in the garbage and go get another.

;-) N.