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Wednesday, June 15, 2022

Psychedelic kettle

 Good morning dear Blogger friends. For those who grew up in the 60's the term psychedelic will be reminiscent of flower power, hippies etc. I grew up in a very conservative home and society but I KNEW about these things. In fact, I remember writing an essay in my language class, describing the hippie scene so realistically which caused my equally conservative teacher's plucked eyebrows to rise into her hairline. Nevertheless, I received an  A+ for my work. 

However, this post is about my new kettle, some 54 years later.

  What happened was that the kettle at The Bunker finally gave up the ghost. It has been in constant use for the past four years. So without further ado, I took my one-month-old kettle up to the accommodation. 

That meant that I now needed ANOTHER kettle for home use. I popped into our hardware store where a friend and goal weight member in my Weigh-Less group, is the owner. Harold spotted me in the aisle; I told him I wanted a decent kettle and he pointed to one by Salton. I blanched slightly at the price. However it was either that or the cheaper plastic jug kettles, which I did not want, so I put it in my basket. 

At the same time I managed to convince Harold to be a guest speaker at an open Weigh-Less meeting later this month (there will be a post about this!) 

Back home I half-filled the new kettle with water and plugged it in. 


It starts off with a blue light
As it warms a little, the light turns purple
Much hotter now, it shows a pink light
Strangely, it becomes almost transparent just before it boils
And bright red as it boils! 

HAPPY WEDNESDAY TO YOU ALL! 

8 comments:

  1. What fun. Our (I now see very boring) kettle shows a blue light when from when it starts to when it boils.

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  2. That is one fascinating kettle.

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  3. I've seen those kettles in the shops but never paid much attention since I prefer a stainless steel kettle. But seeing your light show I now think I like them. Maybe when mine gives up the ghost :-)

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  4. Hello,
    The various colored lights are unique to me, I have never seen a kettle like this.
    Take care, have a happy day!

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  5. I have never even seen a kettle like this, its beautiful and fun.. I have a kettle to boil water but it sits on the burner to the stove.

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  6. It entertains you with a nice colour show. Hi-tech for todays humans. :)

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  7. Not what one expects from a kettle.

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