[Massachusetts-NFB] FW: [NFB-Seniors-Discussion] Tired of boiling over kettles and how about cleaning up cat and dog hair!! read this

Wed Nov 5 15:44:24 UTC 2025

Hi Al,

I agree with you, none of what this person is saying makes any sense to me , especially the one about the boiling kettle.

Have a great day.

ElizabethAnn

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Subject: Re: [Massachusetts-NFB] FW: [NFB-Seniors-Discussion] Tired of boiling over kettles and how about cleaning up cat and dog hair!! read this

Greetings!

I can't tell from this what putting the spoon on top of the mouth of the kettle has to do with knowing when the thing boils.  What am I missing?

Thanks for any info.

Al

On 11/4/25 19:55, sharawinton at gmail.com <mailto:sharawinton at gmail.com>  wrote:

Hi You All

(Some of you may already know both of these techniques.) 

Yes, here are to common sense alternatives… and these work for sighted people too! Bet you have the items needed are already in your kitchen.

--Preventing a kettle from boiling over. it works every time:;this works on all sizes of kettles

-Step1- fill the kettle with water: as full as you want; you will not be using the kettles lid. Note- this may work for any liquid; I’ve not needed to try.

-Step2- Place the kettle on the burner and turn up the heat to “HOT”; as high as it goes.

-Step3 Right after turning up the heat, place a wooden spoon across the mouth of the kettle; position the spoon so that it is basically dividing the kettle in two equal halves. Note: you can add in your food item at whatever time which is recommended for the dish you are preparing; before it starts to boil or any time later. If you take the spoon off to add in your food stuff, and/or to stir, remember to replace it to finish the boiling

-Step4- Set a timer. For example- I love hard boiled eggs. And so I set my timer for 15 minutes. And hey, the timer needs to be your signal to come and pull the kettle off the burner , remove the spoon and drain your kettle. And if you space off the timing, your water will all boil away and your food stuff will start to burn!

--Easy and very complete removal of Pet hair: 

-Step1- Put on a pair of rubber gloves! The type people use to wash dishes. 

-Step2- Figuring out your method for cleaning the area you want to make free from hair: for Example: a couch- Think about this… you are going to use your hands which now are covered with a rubbery glove which has a techture that when dragged across the fabric of your couch, it will catch hair and drag it to whereever it is that you are wanting to collect a pile of hair, prior to when it is that you wish to pick up that stack, and drop it into a paper sack or some container. 

Another tactic I will employ, is to have a  glove on one had and as I swipe my gloved hand through an area, I’ll clean the hair off that gloved hand with the bare hand. 

Respectfully Yours,

Robert Leslie Newman

Friends of Nebraska Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired, President  

Website- https://friendsofncbvi.org <https://friendsofncbvi.org/>  

Phone- 402-660-1743

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