Results: Some things in our kitchen will last for ever if we let them. But a simple change of colour fashion can render something obsolete even though it is still functional. Hoping this colour will have a revival, we keep them in our garage. Here are some of them
When I am hiding out in my garage, my workbench was once the kitchen table, there is an old coffee pot, slow cooker, blender, even a telephone (not hooked up). Some are Avocado coloured and some are Harvest Gold. My kitchen fixtures are black with stainless steel designed by someone without kids or grand-kids. There are so many finger prints that it is like a crime scene on one of those forensics TV shows. I hope that colour scheme will fall out of favour. But will it just be replaced by something equally impractical or will we get Avocado or Harvest Gold back? After years of waiting for this, technology has advanced too far to bring some of these out of retirement. Is there still a demand for any of these old gems?
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This table and its 4+ chairs could survive most natural disasters and the hazards of a suburban garage but not sandals with buckles or the attention/destruction of an adopted feral cat. I can salvage 4 chairs from the original 8 and the table has only one blemish (from a forgotten cigarette left to burn when my dad visited). I doubt if IKEA makes anything this tough. Is there still a place in your kitchen for one of these?
Yes
30%
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660 votes
No
45%
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989 votes
Undecided
12%
•
256 votes
Not Applicable
13%
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295 votes
- Not applicable
- yes and yes
- yes
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Modern houses never seem to have as much room in them for "stuff" as the old ones did. Here we have some kitchen steps that don't even fold up. At one time they could be tucked into a corner and be out of the way until needed (lunchtime perhaps). Now I have the fold up kind that attacks the fingers of unwary grand-kids. I can't sit on it for a coffee break like the old one and the new ones are about 6 inches lower than the light fixture I need to reach. Would you (still) like one of these?
Yes
45%
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986 votes
No
31%
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684 votes
Undecided
13%
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275 votes
Not Applicable
12%
•
255 votes
- No
- yes
- Have one in kitchen right now.
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You can probably tell by this photo which buttons were the most used. The motor did overheat a few times, such as when shredding (whatever the button for that was) carrots for muffins but it always came back to life in about 20 minutes. Do you think the newer ones can take the level of punishment this old thing could (still can)?
Yes
21%
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454 votes
No
49%
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1086 votes
Undecided
30%
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660 votes
- Just one or two
- 10
- 2
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My new version of this (InstantPot) required a 2 week course to figure out how to use it. It has a pressure valve that sounds like death is imminent. A much simpler and safer version is this old Crock Pot. 2 heat settings, a glass lid so that you can supervise the progress of your meal and a crock that was easy to replace. Nothing could go wrong with one of these. Even if something boiled over it always cleaned up to an acceptable level (what was left added flavour to the next meal). You could add the ingredients, plug it in, switch it on and still make it to the bus in time. Then you came home from work to the aroma of supper already made. Do you still have one of these in use in your home?
Yes
45%
•
1000 votes
No
35%
•
778 votes
Undecided
7%
•
151 votes
Not Applicable
12%
•
271 votes
- Yes, beef stew or chicken soup, or chili
- no
- Used it a couple of weeks ago
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