On Tue, 07 Nov 2006 05:46:39 GMT, "JoeSpareBedroom" >
wrote:

>.... If you're an able bodied person without some
>sort of chronic issue that makes certain activities painful, a bread machine
>really is nonsense....

So is a coffee machine -- all it does is pour hot water over coffee grounds.

But we, along with millions of others, use both for convenience -- to have
coffee and, say, english muffin loaf ready when we arise in the mornings.

It's a matter of time efficiency in our busy modern lives -- as are cars in many
cases, and stand mixers, and dishwashers, et ad infinitum.

-- Larry