blake murphy wrote:
> On Mon, 16 Mar 2009 12:04:42 +1300, bob wrote:
>
>> On Sun, 15 Mar 2009 15:02:08 -0800, Mark Thorson >
>> shouted from the highest rooftop:
>>
>>> I'm not going to finish looking at this list. Too much
>>> of it seems bogus.
>> Not so much "bogus" as superficial IMO. Giving a gas and charcoal BBQ
>> separate listings is pretty silly as well. Whoever put the list
>> together doesn't appear to have given it much thought.
>
> take it for what it is, not some work of philosophy. like any 'top twenty'
> (or what have you) list, it's mostly fluff and for fun if you have a good
> time arguing about such things.
>
> that said, i do get a lot of use from my kitchen time (a lux, actually),
> and am surprised it was not invented until 1936 (a time, it should be
> noted, before every appliance with the possible exception of a toaster had
> a clock in it). i only wish this one had the single 'ding,' instead of
> 'brriiing,' which makes me jump every time.
>
> your pal,
> blake

Yes!!!!! I want an old wind-up timer, that just has one ding. I
agree re jumping. It scares me every time.

--
Jean B.