On Dec 2, 1:50�pm, Goomba > wrote:
> TammyM wrote:
> > Mine too. �I grew up with gas (ohhh, that sounds both wrong and PAINFUL!).
> > Next 2 places I lived had electric. �Hated it! �Next had gas. �Next
> > electric. �When I was looking for a house to buy, the gas v. electric issue
> > was one of the top items on my list. I have an ancient O'Keefe and Merritt
> > cooktop that looks rattier than hell but I wouldn't trade it for electric or
> > anything else. Having said that, when I remodel the kitchen and widen the
> > counters (they are VERY narrow, circa 1958), a new gas cooktop is in that
> > picture too.
>
> > TammyM
>
> Do it! Do it! Do it! You won't regret it. Life is too short to suffer
> with small annoyances like that.

I'd have the old retro O'Keefe and Merritt cook top refurbished.
There are companies that will make it like new for not much money,
even change the color if desired. On the east coast O'Keefe and
Merritt is Tappen. That 50 year old cook top could be worth quite a
bit of money, I wouldn't be too quick to toss it.