Nancy2 wrote on Thu, 6 Aug 2009 13:30:24 -0700 (PDT):

> On Aug 6, 11:28 am, "James Silverton" >
> wrote:
>> sf wrote on Thu, 06 Aug 2009 09:05:14 -0700:
>>
> >>> http://www.recfoodcooking.com
> >> If this poll had came before May, my answer would have been
> >> 3 and a half sockets (expanded) and an extension chord.
> >> Now I have sockets wherever I need them. Yahoo! I may
> >> have answered too few appliances too... I haven't put my
> >> coffee maker back on the counter as a permanent fixture yet
> >> - but I keep my phone charger plugged in all the time.
> >> Does it count as a permanent appliance? I see you're not
> >> counting a microwave... why? It takes up counter space.
>>
>> I only have three minor appliances permanently plugged in: the
>> toaster, the rice cooker and the coffee maker, tho my small
>> food processor and the hot tray are always out as are the
>> coffee grinder and the stick blender since I tend to use
>> these quite a few times a week.
>>
>> --
>>
>> James Silverton
>> Potomac, Maryland
>>
> The toaster may be minor in size and function, but it's not
> minor in being a fire hazard. I would hesitate to leave it
> plugged in all the time, myself.

How on earth is it going to catch on fire with nothing in it? The same
applies to the rice cooker of course.

--

James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

Email, with obvious alterations: not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not