In article >,
sf > wrote:
>On Sat, 10 Aug 2013 16:03:09 +0100, "Ophelia"
> wrote:
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>> "S Viemeister" > wrote in message
>> ...
>> > On 8/10/2013 10:43 AM, Gary wrote:
>> >
>> >> Most apartments in my neighborhood have the nifty new gas stoves with
>> >> electronics. I've been offered one since I've lived here so long but
>> >> I've resisted. My old one (with pilot lights) works fine and I can
>> >> cook during power outages unlike my neighbors. Here, I am hooked up
>> >> to the city supplied natural gas. That has never gone out.
>> >>
>> > When the power goes out, I use matches to light the burners (no pilot
>> > lights on mine).
>>
>> Nor on mine
>>
>I wouldn't know how to do that and no electricity would mean no
>internet, so I couldn't Google for instructions.

Oh, for Pete's sake. You crank on the gas and stick a lit match
toward the burner. (Just don't dawdle, or you'll lose your
eyebrows.) When the match gets close enough, the gas lights,
as if by some arcane magick.

Once in a while in wet weather, or when the battery's running
down on the ignitor, I have to do the same to my gas grill.

It's no big deal, really.

Cindy Hamilton
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