Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: common house kitchen stove

[Elizabeth Magill (pastorlizm]

On Mar 20, 2013, at 2:02 PM, Mariana Almeida wrote:
> Here's my philosophy: For common use, purchase the most foolproof, 
> easy-to-use, commonly- found version of any item. 
> 
> Here's why: In a shared environment where most people use the item 
> infrequently and without looking at directions, you will want to pick the 
> item carefully to be the easiest to use. So, I think that would be gas or 
> electric stoves. 

YES>!!!

-Liz
In Berlin MA where I made sugar on snow for the kids (of all ages) on a snow 
day and almost had to give up and go home because I couldn't get the common 
house stove on...

(Turns out there are FOUR switches that need to be on for the stove to work. 
I'd only found three of those.)

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