On Sun, 02 Sep 2007 18:51:01 +0100, R D S wrote:

I am probably on about my 5th hob since home ownership.

I don't think I have had 2 where the knobs correspond to the plates in the
same way.

So our new hob is in and I am looking forward to cold pans and glowing hot
uncovered plates.

I know how you feel - I'm surprised that there don't seem to be any hobs
with an array of four knobs which correspond to the layout of the plates!