"Sheldon" > wrote in message
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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.


Really? Now THAT'S interesting!! I will look into it. I love that
cooktop. One of the burner grates is broken. The burner pans are hideous,
I long ago gave up trying to get rid of the burned in crud, it's just not
possible. There are some scratches in the porcelain of the cooktop. But I
have a great fondness for O'Keefe and Mr. M going back to my great
grandmother's stove. My ratty little cooktop is one of the reasons I
bought this house.

TammyM