Guy King typed


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from Helen Deborah Vecht contains these words:

(The concealed element kettle I bought in 1999 failed a while ago...)

That one with the lights round the bottom that looked and sounded like a
rocket taking off?

Yup, that's the one. It started leaking and I wouldn't dare mix
electrickery with water.

It was from a set of three gadgets I bought from Tesco; the toasted
sandwich maker let off the magic blue smoke when I toasted the mains
cord, then the kettle leaked. I still use the toaster, but its pop-up
springs are rather weak.

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Helen D. Vecht:
Edgware.