I bought a new Easy Bake oven today. I was so excited. The heat source is a 100 watt bulb. Me being the logical fellow I am, I decided that if a 100 watt bulb is good, a 200 watts bulb would be better. Twice better in fact. Then it hit me: if 200 watts is better, why not 400 watts? I drilled a hole in the side of the EB oven. I dismantled one of the lamps in my suite and threaded the light housing through the side of the oven. I exchanged the existing light bulb for another 200 watt bulb. My heart was racing with anticipation.

I bought a box of Duncan Hines cake mix. Yellow cake with the frosting included. Little colored sprinkles to put on top of the frosting. I mixed everything just like the box said. I put it into the oven and set it for 2 hours. I figured that should be long enough.

This time, however, I finally got smart. I moved the EB oven to the bathroom and closed the door. No smoke detector in there. At the one hour mark, I decided to check on the cake. Not good. Not good at all. The cake mix box had burst into flames. I unplugged the oven and poured water all over the outside of it.

The box was burned all the way through. The eggs, well, the shells were cracked. I guess they couldn't take the heat. The frosting was like a thin liquid. The sugar had caramelized, the one bright spot. Apparently, 400 watts was too much for the box.

Where did I go wrong?

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Hi Beth,

I can add one more to the list. At concerts, we don't have to stand in line to get into the men's room. At least we didn't used to have to stand in line.

Locally, there is Chastain Park which contains an ampitheater. They have a fantastic summer concert series which every concert sells out. Apparently, the ladies room facility is too small for all the ladies so there is always a long line. Well, womens being the clever gender that they are, started using the men's room. Oh, just a few at first. Then the floodgates opened. Guys, being exhibitionists at heart, really don't mind. Instead of facing the urinal quietly doing their business, they now face the urinal from the side and yell, "hey, look at me." Most of the women do. This is all based on stories I have heard. Of course. But that goes without saying.

So one guy, who had a few beers too many, decided what is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander. He went into the ladies room. It is my understanding that he gets out of jail next May. Double standard. Maybe it's because the men would never complain. We are flexible that way.

Hey!! I don't worry too much! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/mad.gif" alt="" />

I've never heard of this exit affair-thing. I didn't know there were different "types" of affairs, other than a PA and an EA.

And I'm very frustrated that he's confused, because I know if he would admit to his feelings, he would want to work on our M. I know he's still in love with me. It all goes back to my impatience.

I also think it's kinda funny that he wasn't prepared for me to want to save the M. He's known me for 7 years, he knows how stubborn and hard-headed I am...

Don't sweat it Stef - you are doing marvelously even if you don't see the instant result you want.

Thanks! That's because I'm a marvelous person with marvelous advice and WH would be a fool to leave me! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

OW's got nothing on me! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

Want to tell me I'm negative anymore? LOL. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

Oh Todd, you must know that womens in the men's room just need to go while a man in the women's room is a pervert.

Where you went wrong with the easy back oven is by doing it yourself VS having DS come over & bake you a cake.

Hi larousse!

Beth, here's my story, the very short version:

Me 49 (just) ex is 43. When we married he was 21. We were married 21 years & have three boys 15, 12, 11. Been divorced since Jan. '06 I had difficulty getting pregnant. Tried for 4 years before 1st child was born, had fertility treatments for the second, third was a pleasant surprise.

We had difficulties like any couple however as conflict avoiders we didn't resolve them. Thought I'd solved a major one, things seemed to be going fairly well. Three & a half years ago I come home from the pottery studio one night ex tells me he wants to D. I fall apart, find this site, start to see an IC.

A few months later ex decides he'll stay to see if he can fall back in love with me. We begin our fake recovery or as I now refer to it as the Who is My Soul Mate game. I suspect an affair but he denies. We see a bad marriage counselor she asks about an affair, he denies. I do some checking but I can't get phone records because he has a co. phone. He has a lot of independent behaviors & is having a MLC that had been in the works for a while.

Almost one year to the day after first saying he wants to D he says he wants to go through with it. ex never admitted to an affair so I don't have absolute proof but he did move in with gf 2 weeks after the D was final & had introduced our boys to gf about 2 or 3 months after moving out for a separation, really working on D. He has worked with her for years. Ask whatever you want.

You make us all proud! Right On dude!



Don't FAA regulations require you to put a smoke detector in the bathroom? In fact, even tampering with it is a no-no.

Wait....did you mix it all in the cake mix box and put the box in the oven? I think I see the problem.

So, BigK will you be bar b qing with George W while in Texas? From your description, "A certain Texan" what else are we to think? GWB was born in CT BTH & his family has ties to the town I grew up in. As a matter of fact while I was at the hospital in that town visiting my sweet father Bush was a prominant name on the donation plaque. My point? Bush is a wanna be Texan. Aquanet anyone? I think I'm catching a wiff.

I am suro the Karo guy spent months pouring everything he could find in his kitchen into his glaze. Hey - it worked for Thomas Edison.

As for Karo, isn't it essentially sugar water? The sugar would break down chemically at high kiln temperatures and become not much more than a carbon source (an impurity). I see where some people actually use carbon in their glazes for nice effects. It is the water that would concern me (no experience talking). Water could chemically react with the glaze to some extent but not much. Either the water would flash off during the firing or end up greating tiny little bubble in the hardened glaze. If the glaze is water-based, it should be fine but I don't see too many high temperature thermoset compounds based on water. Too volatile. So the glaze is probably solvent-based and it just depends on the type of solvent as to whether it would get on well with water or not.

Pio, a glaze question. If I add rutile, in granular form to a glaze what can I expect to happen?

Hey Nams !

I think BK and Ms. BK are going to a Aquanet get together. Some of the conferences are about:

-How to lacque your wood fourniture with Aquanet
-How to protect yourself in a lonely Houston street with Aquanet
-How to make your Christmas tree angels shinny with Aquanet Extra Plus
-How to put a lighter to an Aquanet can and kill your enemies.

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BK if you really want to see a nice country, bring a koala and I sponsor Ms. BK and trip to Mexico !

All the glazes I use are water based. We buy the chemicals in powered form, mix them together then add water to a consistency resembling thick cream for most glazes. When we fire most work is has dried from the glazing but not all. The temp rises to 800 to 1000 fairly quickly, in about an hour. It goes up more slowly after that.

I like to slow cool (ramp down the cooling process in stages) my work to make the matt glazes become more matt VS shinny, why does that work?

Yes Nams aquanet. Well spotted.

LMAO larousse!

I think aquanet is the official perfume, lacquer, bug spray & paint remover of Texas!

Has your BF gotten over his car problems & returned to being a love? Did he kill any of those dear that have been hounding him for corn to make jerky yet?

Free range, corn fed, dear jerky. I wonder if that's good for you?

BigK, I know if Texas is mentioned aquanet is not far behind. Then look out...

Must get beauty sleep.

Pio, interesting you say water would cause little bubbles (we call them pin holes) in a hardening glaze. Pin holes can be a real problem with some glazes. I always thought it was due to cooling the temp. to fast. The glaze hasn't had a chance to heal itself, continue to flow & smooth over, before it hardens.

REALLY must get beauty sleep.

Scratch all this. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" />

Uh oh stph, this doesn't sound good. I'm sorry if your H has done something to upset you.

Thanks nams-

It's all in my thread if you want to read it...I don't want to bring TKO down.