{"id":519,"date":"2015-12-08T10:34:12","date_gmt":"2015-12-08T19:34:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/opinion.alaskapolicy.net\/pardonme\/?p=519"},"modified":"2015-12-08T10:34:12","modified_gmt":"2015-12-08T19:34:12","slug":"breveille","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/opinion.alaskapolicy.net\/pardonme\/breveille\/","title":{"rendered":"Breveille"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-520\" src=\"https:\/\/opinion.alaskapolicy.net\/pardonme\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2015-12-08-at-10.13.55-AM.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2015-12-08 at 10.13.55 AM\" width=\"288\" height=\"220\" \/><span data-ft=\"{&quot;tn&quot;:&quot;K&quot;}\"><span class=\"UFICommentBody _1n4g\">I have a history of getting attached to toasters&#8230;. except the last one. It was a white thing that had been &#8220;designed&#8221; by someone who thought kitchens should be white and should converse with their patrons. We never bonded. And it turned out to be a quitter anyways. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ft=\"{&quot;tn&quot;:&quot;K&quot;}\"><span class=\"UFICommentBody _1n4g\">Am I somehow at fault for failing to provide a safe place for it? Did I fail to maintain a supportive and fulfilling environment? Was I simply too demanding? Let me answer by suggesting it was tossed in the bin, upside down, and then covered with coffee grounds and gristle (not to suggest any animosity, but that is what happens to things I have no use for.) <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ft=\"{&quot;tn&quot;:&quot;K&quot;}\"><span class=\"UFICommentBody _1n4g\">The new toaster (a Breville, from an Australian manufacturer battling with US firm Cuisinart for my attention on my local vendor&#8217;s appliance shelving)\u00a0 sitting as it does on the counter just overlooking the bin, seems unfazed. I suppose I would expect no less from something from Oz.<\/p>\n<p>This morning the toast was just fine.\u00a0 No conversation expected or exchanged. I think we will get along just fine&#8230;.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have a history of getting attached to toasters&#8230;. except the last one. It was a white thing that had been &#8220;designed&#8221; by someone who thought kitchens should be white and should converse with their patrons. We never bonded. And it turned out to be a quitter anyways. Am I somehow at fault for failing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,13,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-519","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-economics","category-marc-grober","category-social-welfare"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/opinion.alaskapolicy.net\/pardonme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/519","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/opinion.alaskapolicy.net\/pardonme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/opinion.alaskapolicy.net\/pardonme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/opinion.alaskapolicy.net\/pardonme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/opinion.alaskapolicy.net\/pardonme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=519"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/opinion.alaskapolicy.net\/pardonme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/519\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":522,"href":"https:\/\/opinion.alaskapolicy.net\/pardonme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/519\/revisions\/522"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/opinion.alaskapolicy.net\/pardonme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=519"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/opinion.alaskapolicy.net\/pardonme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=519"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/opinion.alaskapolicy.net\/pardonme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=519"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}