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The Unsettler
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Lantanna TX
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Tragic end of a decades long relationship
It was a sad morning.
He'd been deteriorating for a couple of years now and finally this morning it all came to an end. Best fried egg flipper ever. I will miss him. 
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"I want my two dollars" "Goodbye and thanks for the fish" "Proud Member and Supporter of the YWL" "Brandon Won" |
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LOL.... Just think of the good times.... and all of his old yolks
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Get his big brother to take the job.
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10-17-2022, 01:07 PM
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Have a half dozen spatulas in fact. There was something about the original that was just perfect. It's thin and has just the right balance of flex to bend and get under stuff and stiff enough that it doesn't collapse under the weight of the food. I knew this day was coming for a couple of years and have been actively looking for a comparable replacement but have found nothing I like. If anyone knows where I can source the same exact one I'd appreciate the heads up.
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10-17-2022, 01:15 PM
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I have an "ECKO" spat, likely from some safeway in the '90s. You know it's vintage as it says "USA" on it.
Always my go-to if I'm not on a nonstick pan. I'll weep the day it dies - and am always looking for copies to keep on hand. (and that spirit might be related to why I have two dozen 0.7mm pentel "sharp" pencils, still in the box. The perfect pencil, and now I have enough for life)
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RIP Flipper - you have been a long lived and loyal friend, but now it is time to say good bye.
How about a stainless steel one. |
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10-17-2022, 01:23 PM
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Back in the saddle again
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Central TX west of Houston
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I just don't like plastic spatulas.
We've got one, it's a good one, stamped stainless that's got a coating of some sort on the handle end. The coating is deteriorating. I'd love to pull the coating off and coat it with something. Maybe I'll make a wooden handle for it some day. We've got another that's from a set of stainless pots that she had when I met her, probably 25-30 years old. It's stamped sheet metal welded to a bent rod. The sheet metal has a crack near the weld from being bent/flexed. I want something like this  or like one of these. 
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Spatula City.
Guessing you’re too young to know what that is. |
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10-17-2022, 01:33 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Lantanna TX
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I have to leave the kitchen when my wife uses a metal fork to stir stuff. The sound of her scratching up my pans makes me cringe. You probably know this already but I have issues.
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10-17-2022, 01:34 PM
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It has crossed the spatula bridge😎
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10-17-2022, 01:39 PM
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So relieved this isn't about your dog or cat......whew......don't scare me like that!
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10-17-2022, 01:43 PM
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If you want another like in OP get yourself to garage sales. Best shot it getting that as it looks like something that isn't made any longer. Probably better than the current for sale stuff too.
The best one we have is for the grill from Pampered Chef. Bottle opener, and one edge is sharp enough to cut. I still have a hand me down from my mother, likely from the 70s.
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10-17-2022, 01:45 PM
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No longer around. I can't complain too much I guess, had the thing 30 or so years and used it pretty much daily.
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10-17-2022, 02:20 PM
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And yes those insta-worthy and glamourous spatulae referenced elsewhere are fabulous, but I like what I have...
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10-17-2022, 02:38 PM
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" spatulae.. " LOL!!
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10-17-2022, 03:22 PM
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2 words: Aunt Jemima Treatment
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10-17-2022, 03:27 PM
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Go to Ikea, have a nice lunch, check out the chicks, get another Spatula and some goodies
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1978 Porsche 911 SC 3.0
1964 Porsche 356 C Sunroof coupe
1972 Porsche 914 2.0 fuel injected
1983 Porsche 911 SC Targa
Work vehicle
