On 2019-01-22 4:07 p.m., Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2019-01-22 11:00 a.m., jmcquown wrote:
>> On 1/22/2019 10:47 AM, Dave Smith wrote:
>
>>> of the stove. The (electric) burner was on high. She reached up into
>>> the spice cupboard to get something. Either the vest or the sweater
>>> was dragged over the hot burner. Since she had just returned from
>>> walking the dogs she was wearing long johns, another layer of
>>> protection, but one which might have also caught on fire or melted in
>>> the heat.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> OMG!Â* That's scary!Â* Thank goodness she's okay.Â* BTW, that microfibre
>> stuff will *melt*, which is dangerous.
>>
>> I couple of thoughts: stop, drop and roll.Â* That's what we were taught
>> in school if your clothing ever catches on fire.Â* Don't run, don't
>> just stand there.Â* You did good, though.
>
> She remembered the stop, drop and roll while I was batting out the
> flames, and I had them pretty well out by then.
>
>>
>> The other thing is, why are the spices above the stove?Â* No matter how
>> small my kitchen ever was, I never had to reach up and over a hot
>> burner to get to spices or really to anything.Â* Might be time to
>> rearrange things in the kitchen.
>
>
> I guess it is a flaw in the kitchen design. The counters are L shaped.
> The spices are not directly about the stove, they are just to the right.
> That cupboard is too narrow for anything else.
> If I had my druthers, baking supplies would be over the stove. I am not
> likely to be using the stove much when baking. She wants that space for
> coffee, tea and related stuff.
>
>
>
What a good idea! Putting baking stuff above the heat so it can spoil
quickly!