When my Mum last came over she brought two jars in her suitcase. At the immigration desk she was asked if she had any presents. She admitted to the marmite and was asked what it was. Apparently it is quite hard to describe. I believe that after several minutes it was recorded as jam.

If you cant find one at radio shack (or wherever) just wrap some tin foil around the old one and stick it back in.

It wont be "safe", but the appliance will work again, and all that sort of consumer stuff is double insulated anyway.

You are a loss adjuster's dream.

Organic driveway sealing compound?

Only if something goes wrong.

Of course the sensible option is just to ask a british acquaintance to send you a few, but tin foil is closer to living on the edge.

Could be. I have noticed an olfactory similarity between marmite and exterior caulk.

That reminds me, did you ever get that colour matched caulk I found for you on google?

if it's for devices with an external power supply (camera, laptop), and/or the power leads are not "captive" (i.e. they plug in to the transformer with a kettle lead or figure-8 connector) it'd save you the trouble of fuses and adaptors to just get new power leads - The Source can oblige for a few dollars.

How could you dare to suggest wasting precious marmite on the driveway? (then again, I wouldn't want to spready driveway sealing compound on my toast either...)

Oh don't get me wrong, I love marmite as does Mrs AX. But it would be an easier explanation to the average Canadian than a yeast compound which is a byproduct of the brewing industy. At which point you probably get asked to declare it as duty free!

Ooops. I'd forgotten about that.

Did you buy any toys yet?

Thread about to plummet downhill.....

I went on a school trip once (very enlightened chemistry teacher) to the Eldridge Pope brewery in Dorchester, where we saw the great foaming mounds of bubbly goop being scraped off the top of the vats (or tuns, or whatever they're called) for shipping to the Marmite factory... if I had been of a more sensitive disposition it might have put me off marmite for good!

A thread about fuses is unlikely ever to reach the pinnacle of intellectual debate.

I've never had Marmite.
I never had Peanut Butter until 2.5 years ago.
I never had a Peanut Butter and jam sandwich until 3 weeks ago.
I didn't have a corn on the cob until I was 25.
I didn't have a slice of watermelon until I was 18.