What's the worst you've had?

Today, I made a buffalo burger and oiled it and tossed it on a teflon pan on
high heat (wasn't thinking) and sat to watch the tube. Even with two exhaust
fans running, it stunk up the place in a minute. Probably two days of stink
left to go.

Your most recent?

Andy

Andy <q> wrote in message
...
> 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

kilikini wrote:
> Andy wrote:
>> What's the worst you've had?
>>
>> Today, I made a buffalo burger and oiled it and tossed it on a teflon
>> pan on high heat (wasn't thinking) and sat to watch the tube. Even
>> with two exhaust fans running, it stunk up the place in a minute.
>> Probably two days of stink left to go.
>>
>> Your most recent?
>>
>> Andy
>
> I don't know....I'd have to go with the litterboxes I haven't cleaned yet
> today that are right under my nose.

You keep the litterboxes in the kitchen?

Serene

Andy wrote:
> What's the worst you've had?
>
> Today, I made a buffalo burger and oiled it and tossed it on a teflon pan on
> high heat (wasn't thinking) and sat to watch the tube. Even with two exhaust
> fans running, it stunk up the place in a minute. Probably two days of stink
> left to go.
>
> Your most recent?
>
> Andy
Andy: Cut thin slices of onion, put them on a piece of aluminum foil and
set around where needed. Seems to take the stink of burned food and/or
paint right out of the air.

George

George Shirley said...

> Andy wrote:
>> What's the worst you've had?
>>
>> Today, I made a buffalo burger and oiled it and tossed it on a teflon
>> pan on high heat (wasn't thinking) and sat to watch the tube. Even with
>> two exhaust fans running, it stunk up the place in a minute. Probably
>> two days of stink left to go.
>>
>> Your most recent?
>>
>> Andy
> Andy: Cut thin slices of onion, put them on a piece of aluminum foil and
> set around where needed. Seems to take the stink of burned food and/or
> paint right out of the air.
>
> George


George,

I'm game. Any onion or whick kind?

Andy

On Fri 11 Apr 2008 02:04:05p, Serene Sprat told us...

> kilikini wrote:
>> Andy wrote:
>>> What's the worst you've had?
>>>
>>> Today, I made a buffalo burger and oiled it and tossed it on a teflon
>>> pan on high heat (wasn't thinking) and sat to watch the tube. Even
>>> with two exhaust fans running, it stunk up the place in a minute.
>>> Probably two days of stink left to go.
>>>
>>> Your most recent?
>>>
>>> Andy
>>
>> I don't know....I'd have to go with the litterboxes I haven't cleaned
yet
>> today that are right under my nose.
>
> You keep the litterboxes in the kitchen?
>
> Serene
>

Maybe in the oven. :-)

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On Fri 11 Apr 2008 03:26:25p, kilikini told us...

> Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>> On Fri 11 Apr 2008 02:04:05p, Serene Sprat told us...
>>
>>> kilikini wrote:
>>>> Andy wrote:
>>>>> What's the worst you've had?
>>>>>
>>>>> Today, I made a buffalo burger and oiled it and tossed it on a
>>>>> teflon pan on high heat (wasn't thinking) and sat to watch the
>>>>> tube. Even with two exhaust fans running, it stunk up the place in
>>>>> a minute. Probably two days of stink left to go.
>>>>>
>>>>> Your most recent?
>>>>>
>>>>> Andy
>>>>
>>>> I don't know....I'd have to go with the litterboxes I haven't
>>>> cleaned yet today that are right under my nose.
>>>
>>> You keep the litterboxes in the kitchen?
>>>
>>> Serene
>>>
>>
>> Maybe in the oven. :-)
>
> I may have to give you a smack with a piece of lettuce, Wayne. LOL.
>
> kili
>
>
>

I'm hurtin' already! :-)

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Andy wrote:
> George Shirley said...
>
>> Andy wrote:
>>> What's the worst you've had?
>>>
>>> Today, I made a buffalo burger and oiled it and tossed it on a teflon
>>> pan on high heat (wasn't thinking) and sat to watch the tube. Even with
>>> two exhaust fans running, it stunk up the place in a minute. Probably
>>> two days of stink left to go.
>>>
>>> Your most recent?
>>>
>>> Andy
>> Andy: Cut thin slices of onion, put them on a piece of aluminum foil and
>> set around where needed. Seems to take the stink of burned food and/or
>> paint right out of the air.
>>
>> George
>
>
> George,
>
> I'm game. Any onion or whick kind?
>
> Andy
I always just used a white onion, the bigger the better.

George

kilikini > wrote:

>Serene Sprat wrote:

>> You keep the litterboxes in the kitchen?

> There's no other place. We live in an 800 square foot house
> with a really narrow bathroom.

That makes sense. We have a 1000 square foot place, and fortunately
there is a laundry room for the litterboxes. That, and the
kitchen and bathroom, are the only rooms with vinyl floors.

Placing a litterbox on a wood floor would seem a mistake.

Steve

"kilikini" wrote:
> Serene Sprat wrote:
> > kilikini wrote:
> >> Andy wrote:
> >>> What's the worst you've had?
>
> >>> Today, I made a buffalo burger and oiled it and tossed it on a
> >>> teflon pan on high heat (wasn't thinking) and sat to watch the
> >>> tube. Even with two exhaust fans running, it stunk up the place in
> >>> a minute. Probably two days of stink left to go.
>
> >>> Your most recent?
>
> >>> Andy
>
> >> I don't know....I'd have to go with the litterboxes I haven't
> >> cleaned yet today that are right under my nose.
>
> > You keep the litterboxes in the kitchen?
>
> > Serene
>
> There's no other place. �We live in an 800 square foot house with a really
> narrow bathroom.

An 800 sq ft house ain't so tiny you can't find a place other than the
kitchen for a litter pan... there has to be more than one bedroom, at
least two, maybe three.. and there are only two of you. Use the spare
bedroom, use the living room, but not the kitchen, geeze.. that's
disgusting.

I know exactly how much space there is in an 800 sq ft house, that's
the exact size of my rental house... there's a living room, a
bathroom, three bedrooms, and an eat in kitchen. Granted none of the
rooms are palatial (the bathroom is small too) but there are plenty of
choices for a litter pan other than the kitchen. My last tenant had
two kids and a cat,...they removed the door, installed a curtain, and
kept the litter pan inside the bathroom vanity, very ingenious... she
used to keep the litter pan in the bath tub but once too often turned
on the water without looking. There is always some corner other than
the kitchen, put it in the living room, that's better than the
kitchen.

I'm forced to keep one litter pan in a spare bedroom because Peachie
is deathly afraid of the basement (I know, very weird). It would
never occur to me to have a litter pan in the kitchen, even when
cleaned regularly (I clean them twice a day) they stink when the cats
use them and I wouldn't want litter strewn about and litter dust
clouds where there's food prepared... I wouldn't suggest folks eat any
trail mix and breaded chicken at your house. LOL

"Andy" <q> wrote in message ...
> What's the worst you've had?
>
> Today, I made a buffalo burger and oiled it and tossed it on a teflon pan
> on
> high heat (wasn't thinking) and sat to watch the tube. Even with two
> exhaust
> fans running, it stunk up the place in a minute. Probably two days of
> stink
> left to go.
>
> Your most recent?
>

2 pounds of jumbo shrimp - the shells. Left them in a plastic bag and
tossed them into the trash and forgot about them. Whew! Even the cats were
holding their noses.

Paul

Andy wrote:
> What's the worst you've had?
>
> Today, I made a buffalo burger and oiled it and tossed it on a teflon pan on
> high heat (wasn't thinking) and sat to watch the tube. Even with two exhaust
> fans running, it stunk up the place in a minute. Probably two days of stink
> left to go.
>
> Your most recent?
>
> Andy


Not the most recent, but the most memorable: Burnt broccoli. Cabbage
is pretty bad too, and easier to burn.

Bob

On Fri, 11 Apr 2008 16:37:06 -0700 (PDT), Sheldon >
wrote:

>I know exactly how much space there is in an 800 sq ft house, that's
>the exact size of my rental house... there's a living room, a
>bathroom, three bedrooms, and an eat in kitchen.

Give us the length and width of each room.

There's no way you can fit *3* decent sized bedrooms, a living room,
*one* bathroom and an "eat in" kitchen into that space unless they are
postage stamp sized. It's hard enough to fit ONE bedroom, a kitchen,
bathroom and living room into 800 sq feet.

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sf wrote:
> On Fri, 11 Apr 2008 16:37:06 -0700 (PDT), Sheldon >
> wrote:
>
>> I know exactly how much space there is in an 800 sq ft house, that's
>> the exact size of my rental house... there's a living room, a
>> bathroom, three bedrooms, and an eat in kitchen.
>
> Give us the length and width of each room.
>
> There's no way you can fit *3* decent sized bedrooms, a living room,
> *one* bathroom and an "eat in" kitchen into that space unless they are
> postage stamp sized. It's hard enough to fit ONE bedroom, a kitchen,
> bathroom and living room into 800 sq feet.
>
Depends on what you call "decent sized". We lived in an apartment the
same size, 800 square feet for about a year. Had 3 bedrooms, each of 100
square feet, 10X10; bathroom was 8X5, 40 square feet, living, dining,
kitchen gave up the other 460 square feet. It ain't comfortable or roomy
but it sure was cheap at $45.00 a month, including utilities. This was
1961 of course.

George

On Sat, 12 Apr 2008 08:42:03 -0500, George Shirley
> wrote:

> It ain't comfortable or roomy

That's for sure.

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George Shirley wrote:
> sf wrote:
>> On Fri, 11 Apr 2008 16:37:06 -0700 (PDT), Sheldon >
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I know exactly how much space there is in an 800 sq ft house, that's
>>> the exact size of my rental house... there's a living room, a
>>> bathroom, three bedrooms, and an eat in kitchen.
>>
>> Give us the length and width of each room.
>>
>> There's no way you can fit *3* decent sized bedrooms, a living room,
>> *one* bathroom and an "eat in" kitchen into that space unless they
>> are postage stamp sized. It's hard enough to fit ONE bedroom, a
>> kitchen, bathroom and living room into 800 sq feet.
>>
> Depends on what you call "decent sized". We lived in an apartment the
> same size, 800 square feet for about a year. Had 3 bedrooms, each of
> 100 square feet, 10X10; bathroom was 8X5, 40 square feet, living,
> dining, kitchen gave up the other 460 square feet. It ain't
> comfortable or roomy but it sure was cheap at $45.00 a month,
> including utilities. This was 1961 of course.
>
> George
>
My last apartment (1998) was 900 sq. ft., 2 bedroom, 1-1/2 baths, living
room, eat-in kitchen and laundry area (stackables, also in the kitchen). A
third bedroom wouldn't have made any sense in that limited space. As it
was, though, for me it was plenty roomy; the 2nd bedroom was my office/extra
storage space.

As for kili, I'd find some way to organize the "computer stuff" in the 2nd
bedroom so the space is usuable. Covered plastic storage bins are cheap at
Wally-World. And carpet shouldn't be a problem. Persia's litterbox is on
carpet in the hall by my 2nd bathroom (there's a sort of recessed area next
to the bathroom door by the utility closet door). I bought one of those
cheap plastic carpet runners to place underneath it. It's cut to fit well
outside the boundaries of the box. No problems But then again, she has
3 cats to my one.

Jill

jmcquown wrote:
> George Shirley wrote:
>> sf wrote:
>>> On Fri, 11 Apr 2008 16:37:06 -0700 (PDT), Sheldon >
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I know exactly how much space there is in an 800 sq ft house, that's
>>>> the exact size of my rental house... there's a living room, a
>>>> bathroom, three bedrooms, and an eat in kitchen.
>>>
>>> Give us the length and width of each room.
>>>
>>> There's no way you can fit *3* decent sized bedrooms, a living room,
>>> *one* bathroom and an "eat in" kitchen into that space unless they
>>> are postage stamp sized. It's hard enough to fit ONE bedroom, a
>>> kitchen, bathroom and living room into 800 sq feet.
>>>
>> Depends on what you call "decent sized". We lived in an apartment the
>> same size, 800 square feet for about a year. Had 3 bedrooms, each of
>> 100 square feet, 10X10; bathroom was 8X5, 40 square feet, living,
>> dining, kitchen gave up the other 460 square feet. It ain't
>> comfortable or roomy but it sure was cheap at $45.00 a month,
>> including utilities. This was 1961 of course.
>>
>> George
>>
> My last apartment (1998) was 900 sq. ft., 2 bedroom, 1-1/2 baths,
> living room, eat-in kitchen and laundry area (stackables, also in the
> kitchen). A third bedroom wouldn't have made any sense in that limited
> space. As it was, though, for me it was plenty roomy; the 2nd bedroom
> was my office/extra storage space.
>
> As for kili, I'd find some way to organize the "computer stuff" in the
> 2nd bedroom so the space is usuable. Covered plastic storage bins are
> cheap at Wally-World. And carpet shouldn't be a problem. Persia's
> litterbox is on carpet in the hall by my 2nd bathroom (there's a sort of
> recessed area next to the bathroom door by the utility closet door). I
> bought one of those cheap plastic carpet runners to place underneath
> it. It's cut to fit well outside the boundaries of the box. No
> problems But then again, she has 3 cats to my one.
>
> Jill
I just got a call from my eldest grand daughter, the 21 yo. She was all
excited, she and her SO are moving into a 950 square foot apartment from
their 650 square foot apartment. She keeps babbling about so much room
and it has an actual kitchen. We're happy for them as long as they are
happy. Hell, I can't even remember being 21 yo.

George

>Sheldon wrote:
>>
>> I'm forced to keep one litter pan in a spare bedroom because Peachie
>> is deathly afraid of the basement (I know, very weird).

<derisive snort>

your pal,
blake

On Sat, 12 Apr 2008 11:48:45 -0500, George Shirley
> wrote:

>I just got a call from my eldest grand daughter, the 21 yo. She was all
>excited, she and her SO are moving into a 950 square foot apartment from
>their 650 square foot apartment. She keeps babbling about so much room
>and it has an actual kitchen.

I bet it even has a hallway! LOL

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kilikini wrote:
> jmcquown wrote:
>> George Shirley wrote:
>>> sf wrote:
>>>> On Fri, 11 Apr 2008 16:37:06 -0700 (PDT), Sheldon
>>>> > wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I know exactly how much space there is in an 800 sq ft house,
>>>>> that's the exact size of my rental house... there's a living room,
>>>>> a bathroom, three bedrooms, and an eat in kitchen.
>>>>
>>>> Give us the length and width of each room.
>>>>
>>>> There's no way you can fit *3* decent sized bedrooms, a living
>>>> room, *one* bathroom and an "eat in" kitchen into that space
>>>> unless they are postage stamp sized. It's hard enough to fit ONE
>>>> bedroom, a kitchen, bathroom and living room into 800 sq feet.
>>>>
>>> Depends on what you call "decent sized". We lived in an apartment
>>> the same size, 800 square feet for about a year. Had 3 bedrooms,
>>> each of 100 square feet, 10X10; bathroom was 8X5, 40 square feet,
>>> living, dining, kitchen gave up the other 460 square feet. It ain't
>>> comfortable or roomy but it sure was cheap at $45.00 a month,
>>> including utilities. This was 1961 of course.
>>>
>>> George
>>>
>> My last apartment (1998) was 900 sq. ft., 2 bedroom, 1-1/2 baths,
>> living room, eat-in kitchen and laundry area (stackables, also in the
>> kitchen). A third bedroom wouldn't have made any sense in that
>> limited space. As it was, though, for me it was plenty roomy; the
>> 2nd bedroom was my office/extra storage space.
>>
>> As for kili, I'd find some way to organize the "computer stuff" in
>> the 2nd bedroom so the space is usuable. Covered plastic storage
>> bins are cheap at Wally-World. And carpet shouldn't be a problem.
>> Persia's litterbox is on carpet in the hall by my 2nd bathroom
>> (there's a sort of recessed area next to the bathroom door by the
>> utility closet door). I bought one of those cheap plastic carpet
>> runners to place underneath it. It's cut to fit well outside the
>> boundaries of the box. No problems But then again, she has 3
>> cats to my one.
>> Jill
>
> Speaking of Persia, Jill, have you figured out how you're going to
> get her to your Mom's, yet? She's been on my mind.
>
> kili
>
I'm going home, kili. When/if I come back I'll be driving and bringing her
along. (My middle brother has agreed to take care of Peaches.)

Jill

George Shirley wrote:
> Andy wrote:
>> What's the worst you've had?
>>
>> Today, I made a buffalo burger and oiled it and tossed it on a teflon
>> pan on high heat (wasn't thinking) and sat to watch the tube. Even
>> with two exhaust fans running, it stunk up the place in a minute.
>> Probably two days of stink left to go.
>>
>> Your most recent?
>>
>> Andy
> Andy: Cut thin slices of onion, put them on a piece of aluminum foil and
> set around where needed. Seems to take the stink of burned food and/or
> paint right out of the air.
>
> George

Does it leave the smell of onion in its place?

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Janet Wilder wrote:
> George Shirley wrote:
>> Andy wrote:
>>> What's the worst you've had?
>>>
>>> Today, I made a buffalo burger and oiled it and tossed it on a teflon
>>> pan on high heat (wasn't thinking) and sat to watch the tube. Even
>>> with two exhaust fans running, it stunk up the place in a minute.
>>> Probably two days of stink left to go.
>>>
>>> Your most recent?
>>>
>>> Andy
>> Andy: Cut thin slices of onion, put them on a piece of aluminum foil
>> and set around where needed. Seems to take the stink of burned food
>> and/or paint right out of the air.
>>
>> George
>
> Does it leave the smell of onion in its place?
>
Strangely enough it doesn't. I think the odors neutralize each other.

George Shirley wrote:
> Janet Wilder wrote:
>> George Shirley wrote:
>>> Andy wrote:
>>>> What's the worst you've had?
>>>>
>>>> Today, I made a buffalo burger and oiled it and tossed it on a
>>>> teflon pan on high heat (wasn't thinking) and sat to watch the tube.
>>>> Even with two exhaust fans running, it stunk up the place in a
>>>> minute. Probably two days of stink left to go.
>>>>
>>>> Your most recent?
>>>>
>>>> Andy
>>> Andy: Cut thin slices of onion, put them on a piece of aluminum foil
>>> and set around where needed. Seems to take the stink of burned food
>>> and/or paint right out of the air.
>>>
>>> George
>>
>> Does it leave the smell of onion in its place?
>>
> Strangely enough it doesn't. I think the odors neutralize each other.


Thanx. I'll try that tonight. I'm making stuffed peppers.

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Sheldon wrote:

>
> I'm forced to keep one litter pan in a spare bedroom because Peachie
> is deathly afraid of the basement (I know, very weird).


You have NO idea how weird it is, Shelly.

-dk