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Lisa Hardi	Dear Nicey and Wifey I just had to send in a picture of our lovely new kettle which, as well as boiling water jolly fast and filtering it for us, also has a super blue light which illuminates the water inside and some quite spiffy little red lights around the base.  These little red lights flash when the "keep warm" feature is used - something we never do as it would be fatal to a nice cup of tea!  However, we are particularly fond of the lights as they make a dark dull morning just that little bit brighter. Hurrah! Lisa, Robin and Holly the cat.
Brad Hall	Hello Nicey, I'd just like to say that whilst I've not experienced the noise levels of the Morphy Richards, my silver Breville at full boil reaches decibel levels akin to a Hawker Harrier, and renders any conversation impossible for a radius of twenty yards. This is not at all a bad thing - I see it as sort of an enforced sorbet in the conversational meal; it also gives you pause to contemplate the Coming Of The Tea. I am, however, slightly peeved at the water level meter being set behind the handle - pretty design, but tricky to guage how full the kettle is when you've got your fist in the way...Cheers, Brad Hall.
Nathan Rippon	Nicey - Apropros your kettle request. I can honestly say that my relatively new, pink plastic cordless Bodum jobbie is the best I've ever had. Not least because it's pink plastic and cordless. However, I think the bold choice of colour - paradoxiacally - affirms in me a sense of rugged carefree masculinity too. ('Pink kettle? Sure, why not!') It even leads me, atavistically, to some primal moment. Overcome as I roughly tackle a hobnob or another suitably coarse and hardy biscuit (something with oats, no doubt), is this how my ancient ancestors acted, I ask myself? Did they brew up over an open fire, chucking a few flavourful leaves into a pot, with little consideration to etiquette and appearances:to spit-coated crumbs of proto-digestives tumbling from grateful mouths? Who knows? All I know is that I and my pink kettle work together in harmony. (It has a jolly efficient little filter to stop scummy white bits getting from electric coil to cup, too.) Rgds, n
Liz Loree	Dear Nicey. With the talk of North Americans and some of the horrible tea-making habits, I thought you might enjoy taking a look at the "new Steeped Tea" at Tim Hortons.  Tim's is not normally known for its tea - more the coffee and donuts. As for the "do they or do they not have kettles" question, I don't know many people who don't have a kettle here in Canada.  I do remember being shocked with I saw a friend (kettle-less) boiling water on the stove for coffee and tea.  Soon after, this friend got a coffeemaker of the drip variety, and instead of coffee, he'd put several teabags in the basket and let the water run through.  Strong enough to trot a mouse, as Robertson Davies said. Looking forward to the book, Liz Loree - Canuck with a kettle
Rob Byatt	Dear Nicey and Wifey, We've just come back from a wet week in the lake district. One of the highlights of each day was popping into local establishments for teas or lunches. It was noted by us that on the menu in several of these places, as well as having a headed section for cakes, there were headed sections for tray-bakes which included such treats as tiffin, fruit flapjacks and caramel slices. Obviously this took on great significance to us, especially as we couldn't get out and about much due to the inclement weather and a particularly young new member of staff. Maybe if the cult of the tray bake continues to rise, the old Venn diagram will have to be updated. Keep up the good work, Rob Byatt
	Nicey replies: Oh yes the old Venn diagram is very dated now. There is a splendid big new one in our book but I fear that its too late now to amend it with this new theory of slices. Still it proves that this is a vital and expanding field of knowledge.
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