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Chatty Cathy wrote:
> Denise in NH wrote:
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>> I bought a new little digital timer from a Pampered Chef party and I
>> really like it a lot, except I wish the magnet was a little stronger. I
>> found the timer floating in a pot of boiling gravy one day. It had
>> fallen off of the hood where I had placed it. It still works great
>> though. It has a clip in the back for wearing it when I'm outside
>> gardening. It's very slim and portable. I've seen similar ones in
>> stores.
>>

> Mine is just one of those "old fashioned" wind-up ones that you park off
> wherever its convenient in the kitchen... luckily it rings loud enough
> for me to hear it from almost anywhere in the house. If I do go out into
> the back yard to do something, I just take it with me (its literally the
> size of a large egg) and stick it on the garden table... However, one of
> those "hang around your neck" things might be handy too.


Yeah, mine's a little 60-minute "wind up" jobbie, too, the shape (and
color) of an eggplant. It rings loud and long, and that's just what I need.

<damn that color, though... clashes with everything else in the kitchen!>