On Wednesday, January 9, 2019 at 8:22:32 PM UTC-6, Sqwertz wrote:
> On Wed, 9 Jan 2019 12:26:29 -0800 (PST), Nancy2 wrote:
>
> > You have taken a position with no knowledg of the small appliance we are talking about, and
> > that position is one of ignorance about that appliance, and now are too stubborn to quit
> > and say you were mistaken. It's a sorry position.
>
> I'm not mistaken at all. My mother used to have an egg cooker, as I
> implied in a previous post. I had used it a couple times and was
> glad when I accidentally dropped it on the floor and broke it. As
> it wasn't taking up valuable counter space and I didn't have to drag
> it out of the cupboard when she needed it. Using the egg cooker is
> no more convenient than using a pan. And the pan is infinitely more
> useful.
>
> I think we can call this argument over, if not a truce.
>
> -sw

I'll agree to a truce, with a couple final points: it takes a lot more water to boil eggs on top the stove, and a pot to do it with takes up more space in a cupboard than an egg cooker. Second, it takes a lot more energy to boil a pot of water than it does for a cooker to do its thing.

There, I'm finished. ;-)

N.