On Tuesday, August 20, 2013 10:44:56 AM UTC-4, Kalmia wrote:

> Well, at MY age, I always set a loud timer now whenever I have something to boil on the stove. I have had a couple of near disasters.



Better have your ears checked first. Maybe you need to go with both audio and video warning systems, loud noises and flashing lights at the same time. I agree with the timer method. But with hard boiled eggs I think removing them from the burner and turning it off is adequate and maybe even the most intelligent method available, especially since I use it with such great success. Hard boiled eggs are one of those binge type foods that I might not have for a year and then go on a kick with them for while till I get sick of them once again. By the way, the audio and visual warning systems could be bolstered by working on every sense in the body (in case your age has deprived you of one or two), such as for example, if the eggs are on too long a series of loud noises and flashing lights is accompanied by the artifically induced odor of eggs, or whatever you're cooking at the time, along with a laser beam of heat that bounces off the walls and works its way to your bare skin so you can feel it. That app is needed only if you're getting really old and all your other senses including smell are depleted.

TJ