On 8/10/2013 7:44 AM, Ophelia wrote:

> It sounds odd to me! Electric kettles have been ubiquitous here for
> decades. It sounds very strange to hear them talked about as something
> unusual. We do have a gas kettle but it is only used if something
> happens to the electricity
>
Out power was out for nearly a week last year, so I dug out my ancient
non-electric kettle. It hadn't been used in years - what I didn't know,
was that it had been oxidising, and when I put it on the hob, a teensy
pinhole leak put out the gas...fortunately I noticed before anything
dreadful could happen.

We now have a new kettle for emergency use.