Suspension sinks on Sundays! C5 X7 that works hard + 206 GTi HDi (and 406 Coupe and 306 HDi). - MattBLancs
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Re: Suspension sinks on Sundays! C5 X7 that works hard + 206 GTi HDi (and 406 Coupe and 306 HDi). - MattBLancs
My battery powered toaster just crashed into a tin!!!! Can you fix it?
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Re: Suspension sinks on Sundays! C5 X7 that works hard + 206 GTi HDi (and 406 Coupe and 306 HDi). - MattBLancs
Nor have I Steve, I've always used my gas cooker grill for toasting crumpets...
I'm told by my chief kitchen designer I need to get a toaster for my new kitchen...
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Re: Suspension sinks on Sundays! C5 X7 that works hard + 206 GTi HDi (and 406 Coupe and 306 HDi). - MattBLancs
I am feeling like a major thread de-railer here (sorry Matt)... but I have to kick in that I think your method is best Jim - far better to do toast under the grille where you can see it - and can quickly throw on cheese, ham and BBQ sauce...
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Re: Suspension sinks on Sundays! C5 X7 that works hard + 206 GTi HDi (and 406 Coupe and 306 HDi). - MattBLancs
Cheese does tend to slide off the toast if you're using a toaster.
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Re: Suspension sinks on Sundays! C5 X7 that works hard + 206 GTi HDi (and 406 Coupe and 306 HDi). - MattBLancs
Precisely! I do like to melt cheese on my crumpet

I then top it off with Marmite and peanut butter...
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Re: Suspension sinks on Sundays! C5 X7 that works hard + 206 GTi HDi (and 406 Coupe and 306 HDi). - MattBLancs
And then follow it up with some of your flapjacks?
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Re: Suspension sinks on Sundays! C5 X7 that works hard + 206 GTi HDi (and 406 Coupe and 306 HDi). - MattBLancs
I'm just about to have one now, with a nice cup of tea - cheers!
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Re: Suspension sinks on Sundays! C5 X7 that works hard + 206 GTi HDi (and 406 Coupe and 306 HDi). - MattBLancs

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Re: Suspension sinks on Sundays! C5 X7 that works hard + 206 GTi HDi (and 406 Coupe and 306 HDi). - MattBLancs
Matt, why are you always doing dump runs on a Sunday? Are you slowly demolishing someone's house?
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Re: Suspension sinks on Sundays! C5 X7 that works hard + 206 GTi HDi (and 406 Coupe and 306 HDi). - MattBLancs
Come on Paul, you just lay the toaster on its side!!

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Re: Suspension sinks on Sundays! C5 X7 that works hard + 206 GTi HDi (and 406 Coupe and 306 HDi). - MattBLancs
I have always done toast in the grill. Need a new cooker as it takes about twenty minutes to make a slice of toast now. Rarely make toast though 
Cheese toasties in the George Formby grill works well though.
May try it in this: An Åviken waffle maker from about 1970, found in the attic where it has resided for about thirty five years and was completely forgotten.
I don't think we even bought it, it was probably an item we photographed for a mail order catalogue and it was too much trouble for them to log things back into inventory so was 'forgotten'
One of my mates got a washing machine and a tumble dryer!

Cheese toasties in the George Formby grill works well though.
May try it in this: An Åviken waffle maker from about 1970, found in the attic where it has resided for about thirty five years and was completely forgotten.
I don't think we even bought it, it was probably an item we photographed for a mail order catalogue and it was too much trouble for them to log things back into inventory so was 'forgotten'
One of my mates got a washing machine and a tumble dryer!
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Re: Suspension sinks on Sundays! C5 X7 that works hard + 206 GTi HDi (and 406 Coupe and 306 HDi). - MattBLancs
The best cheese toasties are done in the toaster with a toasting bag
so you don't have to lay the toaster sidewaysRyan
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Re: Suspension sinks on Sundays! C5 X7 that works hard + 206 GTi HDi (and 406 Coupe and 306 HDi). - MattBLancs
Only if you have a toaster.
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Re: Suspension sinks on Sundays! C5 X7 that works hard + 206 GTi HDi (and 406 Coupe and 306 HDi). - MattBLancs
Doesn't that make the toast a bit chewy?
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Re: Suspension sinks on Sundays! C5 X7 that works hard + 206 GTi HDi (and 406 Coupe and 306 HDi). - MattBLancs
Boy oh boy did it feel like it, sadly was just Thelwall viaduct and everyone forgetting how to drive as it was raining!myglaren wrote: 12 Sep 2023, 09:15That's an awful long way to work! Did you take a detour via China?MattBLancs wrote: 12 Sep 2023, 07:55 157,777 miles covered in the Coupe on the way to work this morning.
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