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Hank Rogers[_2_]

wrote:
> On Sat, 9 Feb 2019 21:31:01 -0800, "Julie Bove"
> > wrote:
>
>>
>> "Worker" > wrote in message
>> news:2019020915314314716-worker@workworkworkcom...
>>> I have a vintage Revereware kettle inherited from a relative and I use it
>>> because we had one like it when I was a kid.
>>>
>>> However, it sounds like a banshee when it whistles and it's getting on my
>>> nerves.
>>>
>>> Can anyone recommend one that actually sounds pleasant (or at least not
>>> awful)? Obviously, it's hard to tell what a kettle sounds like from a
>>> listing on the Internet or in a box on a shelf in a store. So, you know,
>>> people instead of ads.
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>
>> I've had a variety of them over the years. All sound pretty much the same. I
>> bought an electric kettle. It's faster and it shuts off.
>
> We use an electric tea kettle too, shuts off soon as the water boils,
> no more boiled dry burnt kettles, If you miss hearing the water boil
> and shut off just hit the button and it's boiling again in like 15
> seconds. An electric tea kettle is about twice as fast as a stove
> top. I don't like using a microwave to boil a cup of water. Can't
> tell yoose how many times even though I hear the timer's dings I
> forget to retrieve the cup, sometimes the next morning I'm looking for
> my cup and finally find it in the microwave, still contains the half
> cup of coffee I was reheating.
>

Yoose need a hearing aid Popeye.