Well, have any of our thousands of dedicated readers (ahem!) ever been in the position of needing to purchase major home appliances in a foreign country (Canada does not count)? We have in the past week, gone out and bought a fridge, washer/dryer, and today a combination microwave and steam oven.
All very well, but there might be all of 3 words in English in all of the 3 manuals - and those are the manufacturers' names (Sharp, Toshiba, and Toshiba, so really just two). However, as Sonia has pointed out, Toshiba has "Leading Innovation" plastered all over their manuals, so I guess I should alter my previous statement - there are 4 words in English.
But Transgoogleation is a wonderful thing. We've just spent the past hour figuring out how to use the manual settings on the oven to microwave, grill, steam grill, bake, and steam bake. While we are not in a position to make the most of the other 30-odd automatic cooking menus, at least we will not starve.
And the washing machine seems to be doing an ok job of it's first tentative load. All socks and undies that we can afford to lose if we've managed to push the wrong button. Maybe Lauren needs new underwear (these could come out smaller than they went in!).
The fridge seems to be cooling things. Will tell you more once we try the milk tomorrow. It does have 7 doors, so we are not 100% certain that the milk is in the correct place... Popsicles anyone?
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I suppose there are other options:
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b) learn Japanese in a hurry, or
c) eat out all the time and have all washing done at the local laundry, or
d) employ a cook / housemaid
Mac
Was the milk still drinkable the next morning?
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