Andy <q> wrote in message
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> What's the worst you've had?
> [snip]
> Your most recent?

This morning's breakfast of cinnamon toast in the oven. My
"bagel toasting" Hamilton Beach gave up its ghost after a
measly 6 months of moderate use. Ever adaptable, I turned to my
GE Profile double oven and cranked up the broil to high.

As the oven heated, I prepped the slices of bread and popped
'em in, closed the door, and set the time for "3 minutes." I
then went over to the dining room table and started reading my
latest "Food&Wine."

I was pleasantly sipping at my coffee, totally engrossed in the
article, when the fire alarm started to blare... Smoked
billowed throughout the first floor and siphoned up the stairs
to the second...

I pulled the unrecognizably charred remains of bread out and
pulled open the front door to allow some air to circulate in
and smoke to escape out. I looked at the time and saw that it
was still flashing "3 minutes" -- because I'd forgotten to
press "start" afterwards. <sigh>

It's now 2:00 PST and I can still taste the smoke from that
experience.

Yuck!

Thank the gahds they enjoy a good laugh and thus protect those
futures so nicely...

The Ranger