Curly Sue > wondered in message
after I
> wrote:

> > Kettles are no longer something that one should be
> > embarrassed about;
> >
> This is news to me! When was anyone embarrassed about
> kettles? Bad enough I'm supposed to be embarrassed by
> being 3 years behind the style in eyeglasses, now I find out
> too late that I was supposed to be embarrased by having a
> tea kettle. ;>

My Sainted Mother(tm), my MIL and dozens of their friends stash their tea
kettles away. As one said, "I don't want anyone to /see/ it!"

The Ranger