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On Thu, 10 Jan 2019 11:02:43 -0800 (PST), Nancy2 wrote:

> 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.

>
> 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. ;-)


OK, fine, I'll argue this some more since you brought up energy vs.
cost of egg cooker....

[resisting temptation] Oh, fuggit - I'll let you have the last word ;-)

-sw