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"Omelet" > wrote in message
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> In article >,
> ChattyCathy > wrote:
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>> brooklyn1 wrote:
>>
>> > WTF does anyone
>> > need a stupid little timer that will probably get lost in a drawer
>> > each time you need it.

>>
>> Who puts it in a drawer? Not I. Mine lives next to the stove.

>
> Mine lives next to my computer. <g> I'm often on line when cooking. ;-)
> I move it if I'm doing yard work when cooking, or in the livingroom if
> I'm doing house cleaning.
>
> A small timer is more portable than the computer or the alarm clock. <g>
>
> But I like the idea of the cellphone as it clips on the waist of my
> pants.
>
> It's called "multi-tasking"...
>
> I seldom focus when I am cooking. There are too many other things to be
> done while "waiting".
>
>

I never leave things cooking and leave the house... I know, you've never had
a fire yet... famous last words.