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General => Technical Help => Topic started by: celia on Friday 16 July 10 18:43 BST (UK)
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The reason I ask is I forget I have put something in the oven ;D
It seems you cant buy timers anymore,and I cant hear the oven timer from the room next door.So that's why I am asking :)
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Not sure where you've been looking but you can find a wide variety of timers (from plain dial ones to animal-shaped ones and other novelty shapes) in many shops, mail order catalogues, etc.
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I bought a magnetic (loud) timer in Sainsburys ;)
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I just set the timer on my mobile phone ;D ;D
Jan
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Timers are available from Maplins (Electronic componenets store)
Just had a look at one, counts down/up you choose. (10 UK pounds)
Most supermarkets sell the basic mechanical timer.
Brian
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There are various onscreen "alarm clocks" you can get - probably the safest download is the one which is part of Microsoft's Power Toys for XP from
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/mcepowertoys.mspx
But you would probably be better off with a small timer to sit next to your machine
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It seems you cant buy timers anymore,
??? ???
Just google 'timer' or 'kitchen timer' and you will get hundreds of hits for places you can buy them..
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Not sure where you've been looking but you can find a wide variety of timers (from plain dial ones to animal-shaped ones and other novelty shapes) in many shops,
we only have one shop that should them but i never found any.
But you would probably be better off with a small timer to sit next to your machine
Thats what I have been looking for,for months :)
Timers are available from Maplins (Electronic componenets store)
I will have a look on the net see if there is one in .my area.
I just set the timer on my mobile phone
I havent got a mobile Phone ;D ;D
Just google 'timer' or 'kitchen timer' and you will get hundreds of hits for places you can buy them.. mNever thought of that ::)
I bought a magnetic (loud) timer in Sainsburys
we Havent got one ;D
I will have a root round and see what i can find.
Thank you all for the suggestions.
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Most supermarkets have them in their kitchenware section
Robert
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I will have a root round and see what i can find.
Thank you all for the suggestions.
You will find a large selection at amazon.co.uk (search on the word 'timer').
Nigel
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Hi All
sorry for the late reply,after doing all the recommended suggestions.All I could see was small plastic digital timers,that for some reason i wasn't looking for.I was thinking bigger ;D but as i haven't been well for a few weeks now i think I was a bit dozy at the time ;D.
On seeing the timers I went out the next day and got one from the 1 pound shop on the kitchen stuff shelf.It is just what i wanted its great it has its own stand so i have it by the computer you can even clip it onto your clothing.Set it by minutes or seconds like the microwave timer.It did give me a fright though when i tested it i was reading something of interest on the P.C and forgot about the timer ;D I was expecting a beep when it went off instead i got a phone ring that nearly gave me a heart attack ;D ;D
Celia
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I was expecting a beep when it went off instead i got a phone ring that nearly gave me a heart attack ;D ;D
Celia
;D ;D ;D
Bet you could probably leave that in the kitchen and still hear it!
Carol
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Hi Celia
Husband makes our bread,not in a machine.He sets the timer a puts it on his computer desk so he does`nt forget :D
Omega :)
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omega
I don't know why i never thought of getting a timer Long ago ::)I have burnt so many pizzas practising the time which to cook them.I don't like them, but one day i might ;D I never did get the timing right and they burnt to a cinder.They would have made good Frisbees though ;D and my blackcurrant crumbles ::) the currents were that burnt i had to wait till the went cold.Then lift it out in one piece ;D
Hopfully i can now get my home cooking out of the oven just right
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Hi Celia
I`m good at boiling spuds to a crisp :D maybe a i used use a timer ;D
My Nan had 2 sayings,Burnt Offerings & if we complained something was too hard,harder wheres there none !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ;D
Omega
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My sons bought my mum a fridge magnet which said " if you can't smell burning it must be salad tonight"
It was so true,as my mum could burn water- she always got sidetracked whilst cooking ;D
Carol
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It has to be remembered us Mum`s & Nan`s have SSSSOOOOOOOOOO much more important things to think about than cooking.
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
Love the idea of Fridge Magnet ;D ;D ;D
Omega
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Cooking without a timer, Burnt Offerings or Bloody Sacrifices?