In article >,
Dan Abel > wrote:

> In article >,
> Wayne Boatwright > wrote:
>
> > On Sun 01 Jan 2006 08:57:52p, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it Stan
> > Horwitz?
>
> > > minutes later, meatballs are bubbling away, so I turned off the heat. I
> > > realized I was late picking up a friend from a nearby train station, so
> > > I asked my sister to check on the meatballs
>
>
> Sounds like your sister didn't do a very good job of checking on them.

Since I thought the heat elements were turned off and I told her so
before I drove over to pick up my friend, she had no reason to doubt me
.... until the burned smell started to waft through her kitchen!

>
> > Did I ever mention, that I hate gas ranges and all other gas appliances?
> > If my home had a gas range, I would never ever cook until it had been
> > replaced with an electric range.
> >
> > There are devotees to both fuels. Live and let live.
>
> I want one of each. That's my dream kitchen. My brother has a fancy
> kitchen. It has a 5 burner gas rangetop and two wall electric ovens,
> one a convection oven.

Does your brother actually use all that stuff?