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> On Sat, 10 Aug 2013 09:02:11 -0400, S Viemeister
> > wrote:
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>>On 8/10/2013 7:44 AM, Ophelia wrote:
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>>> 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.
>
> I have a small propane burner for power out times, ironically when
> Hurricane Juan visited and I lived out of town and lost power for ten
> days I had to part with it to a couple along the way with new born
> infant and no way to heat bottles. IMO that was a great case for
> breast feeding but I held my tongue

I never needed to hear a case! To me it was the natural, most nourishing
and safest way

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