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On Thursday, January 10, 2019 at 11:41:01 PM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote:
> "dsi1" wrote in message
> ...
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> On Thursday, January 10, 2019 at 10:41:44 AM UTC-10, Sheldon wrote:
> > On Thu, 10 Jan 2019 11:12:18 -0800 (PST), dsi1
> > > wrote:
> >
> > >On Thursday, January 10, 2019 at 9:02:47 AM UTC-10, 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.
> > >> >
> > >> > -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.
> > >
> > >If you had an automatic rice cooker you could probably do the same thing.
> > >Use a steamer basket and the same amount of water. It is unfortunate that
> > >my daughter threw out my beautiful rice cooker else I would be steaming
> > >eggs at this very moment.

> >
> > I much prefer an ordinary pot for cooking rice... and I can use the
> > same pot to boil eggs, and I do... that 2 qt Farberware pot is the
> > only pot that lives on my stove... that one pot is used to cook many
> > other things.
> >
> > BTW, I can't only read a small portion of your's and nancy2's posts...
> > one day yoose may fix your word wrap... how ironic that yoose are
> > touting automatic cookery.

>
> Of course you can boil eggs in an automatic rice cooker. I've done that. My
> suggestion is to steam the eggs instead of boiling them. When the measured
> quantity of water is gone, the cooker turns off or goes into the keep warm
> mode.
>
> The real irony is that you want me to revert back to computing of the 90's
> so that you can read my posts easier. I cannot do that because Windows
> computing is like the dark age for me. It's all like a very bad dream and
> now I have awoken.
>
> OTOH, I am trying to set up an old Dell notebook to run propitiatory Windows
> dino-ware. The hardware on this thing is pretty much overwhelmed by Windows.
> With the original OS installed, I got 4.7 GB left on the 30 GB drive. This
> means that I don't have enough room on the drive to do the security and
> Windows update. Jeepers! I can't believe they sold computers like this. The
> good news is that this computer might be teal in color. Very hip!
>
> https://www.amazon.com/photos/shared...5_GjMCExFGEC7z
>
> ===
>
> We have an old one of those but it is black)


Well that's not very hip!

Just kidding. That color, now confirmed to be blue, just screams "Hey, lookie here! I got a really old, cheap, and slow, computer!"