Subj : barbed wire telephony To : hyjinx From : Spectre Date : Sun Jun 12 2022 14:52:00 hy> So slow. So inefficient. So noisy ;) The civilised world got rid of them hy> some 50-60 years ago . Some would say the world lost some of its civilisation... :P Speaking of my grandmother... she had ye olde standard kettle that she'd put on the wood stove... the "leccy kettle" looks the same, save its powered by spare electrons. If your kettle looks like a jug, its a jug not a kettle :) hy> Some (generally Northern English) people also say 'put the jug on', but I Australia and NZ also identify these things as jugs.. hy> Imagine a world without Kettles... whoa! Noooooo how would you heat enough water for your 10cup teapot? Spec *** THE READER V4.50 [freeware] --- SuperBBS v1.17-3 (Eval) * Origin: A camel is a horse designed by a committee. (21:3/101) .