Getting old does have its downfalls..

[Pappy]

I have no idea what my wife was thinking, apparently she wasn’t, but she put some frozen French fries in the oven for supper. But the dish she put them in was a hard plastic microwave bowl. Anyway, after and hour, or so, we finally got all the melted plastic off the racks and bottom of the oven. We use putty knives. Getting old sucks. Oh, and the fries and bowl were fused together. No fries for me...

 

[SeaBreeze]

We all make mistakes Pappy, thankfully nothing bad happened like a fire or something. I'm sure the cleanup is a bear.

 

[Pinky]

I have no idea what my wife was thinking, apparently she wasn’t, but she put some frozen French fries in the oven for supper. But the dish she put them in was a hard plastic microwave bowl. Anyway, after and hour, or so, we finally got all the melted plastic off the racks and bottom of the oven. We use putty knives. Getting old sucks. Oh, and the fries and bowl were fused together. No fries for me...

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It happens. A few weeks ago, my hubby put a plastic container in the toaster oven to heat up leftovers. The lid melted, but the rest didn't. He confused it for the microwave we got rid of.

 

[Aunt Bea]

Keep fresh batteries in the smoke detector and remember the secret to getting old is not telling the kids about these things!

 

[Don M.]

A substantial number of house fires start in the Kitchen. As Aunt Bea says....make sure your smoke detectors are working, AND keep a small fire extinguisher nearby...just in case.

 

[RadishRose]

It looks like cheese sauce......

 

[grahamg]

Keep fresh batteries in the smoke detector and remember the secret to getting old is not telling the kids about these things!

"Yes and No", (my father aged ninety decided to out clothes to dry directly on a convector heater, and luckily I came in a few minutes later as they were starting to char !)

 

[Pecos]

Well, on the other hand we could post descriptions of our monumental screwups when we were "young and dumb."
.... but I don't think that would make us feel any better.

 

[Butterfly]

Well, on the other hand we could post descriptions of our monumental screwups when we were "young and dumb."
.... but I don't think that would make us feel any better.

That's for sure!

 

[fuzzybuddy]

Aw, Pappy, that's nothing. Just some melted plastic. Jeesh, no fire extinguishers ,no fire alarms, you didn't even have to call the fire dept., or for back up. Let me know when you screw up to my standards.

 

[Pappy]

A substantial number of house fires start in the Kitchen. As Aunt Bea says....make sure your smoke detectors are working, AND keep a small fire extinguisher nearby...just in case.

Got one right next to stove..

 

[IrisSenior]

Ha ha ha...the "fries and the bowl were fused together"...ha ha ha...I couldn't stop laughing...

 

[Phoenix]

I have no idea what my wife was thinking, apparently she wasn’t, but she put some frozen French fries in the oven for supper. But the dish she put them in was a hard plastic microwave bowl. Anyway, after and hour, or so, we finally got all the melted plastic off the racks and bottom of the oven. We use putty knives. Getting old sucks. Oh, and the fries and bowl were fused together. No fries for me...

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He/she who is dissatisfied, can do it themselves next time. Anyone of us could do something like that undler the right circumstances. Lack of good sleep is one of them.

 

[PamfromTx]

I'm sure some of us have made similar 'mistakes'. Glad there wasn't a fire though. I'd hate to clean up the stuck plastic. Uggghhh.

 

[jujube]

I don't know which is worse.....the dumb-ass mistakes I made when I was young and clueless or the dumb-ass mistakes I make now because I'm old and vague....

 

[MarciKS]

Keep fresh batteries in the smoke detector and remember the secret to getting old is not telling the kids about these things!

yeah or they'll be looking at nursing homes.

 

[Phoenix]

I don't know which is worse.....the dumb-ass mistakes I made when I was young and clueless or the dumb-ass mistakes I make now because I'm old and vague....

I think they amount to the same thing.

Keep fresh batteries in the smoke detector and remember the secret to getting old is not telling the kids about these things!

The kids do stupid things. They have no right to judge.

 

[jujube]

I think they amount to the same thing.

Except that the dumb-ass mistakes I make now hurt more...….

 

[Chrise]

Even before a possible fire, just noticing a lot more work because of off moments. Take comfort we made it this far, now we can only hope for a stressed free life from here on... despite the occasional slip-ups

 

[KenMill]

Getting old has its downfalls? Say it isn't so as I had no clue.