Chris Mackay 🇨🇦There will be beans. Baked beans. #ItsHappeningAgain
Guess who got around to making breakfast at 10 am, idly wondered “why is the stovetop warm?”, then realized he’d forgotten to turn off the 300°F oven after making beans yesterday afternoon. 🤦♂️😬🤣
Anyway the beans are good.
In other Chris-is-distracted news, my laundry timer went off, so I went to move wet clothes to the drying racks, only to discover I forgot to close the lid on the washing machine so it hadn’t actually, you know, started washing. 🤦♂️
Time for coffee.
So, as someone who’s been designing websites for 30+ years, the user experience of an oven that has a light indicating that the element is actively heating — but no light to indicate that it’s ON — is garbage. The potential downsides? Wasting huge amounts of expensive electricity and setting your house on fire (what if I’d gone out for several days?). But the manufacturer saved $3 on a circuit with a light.
Dianora (Diane Bruce)@tantramar Oh and I hope they are still making stoves with real controls instead of these touch keys that go off whenever I slightly look at them!
@Dianora A friend has a modern stove. I refuse to touch it even to reheat things. I swear they make things intentionally confusing. (Not that my 40+ year old stove is anywhere near perfect.)
@tantramar "senior moment" *whistles innocently*
@Dianora I’ve been like this my whole life. 🤦♂️😬
Caz Mockett@tantramar surprised your floofs weren't basking in the warmth of the oven...
@cazmockett I keep the burners fully occupied with cast-iron pans or steel pots at all times in case one of them decides to walk across a warm — or hot — element. And I’m vigilant about making sure neither of them gets to try to jump into the exciting new box when I open the hot oven. 😬 Because that’s something Ripley, especially, would do.
@tantramar sounds like you are a very conscientious cat dad 👍🏻
Dan@tantramar you've accidentally discovered the equivalent of shabbos mode 
Howard Chu @ Symas@tantramar I only use the oven with its timer...
Ross of Ottawa@tantramar lovely. So nice in this weather. Or with a meal involving maple syrup too.
I acquired the bits recently, but still haven't pulled the trigger on my usual winter-weather bean batch. Maybe this is why we're getting constant late season snow? I probably have to do it to break the cycle.
@ottaross If putting some maple syrup into the beans is wrong then I don’t wanna be right!!! 🍁
@tantramar I lean that way too, usually a mix of maple syrup, brown sugar and molasses.
@ottaross That’s the stuff, right there!
monstreline@tantramar well, now I need beans on toast for supper!