Now I look at this another way. What a superb unit, preferably obtained from otherwise-dead kettles, to fit onto a "diesel" , electric, or even perhaps steam, locomotive. http://www.alanstepney.info Alan Stepney's Model Engineering, steam, and workshop pages. ----- Original Message ----- From: <clif.gwr@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, November 24, 2007 5:04 PM Subject: [modeleng] Kettle Hi All, I think that the latest item that we have purchased shows just how modern technology has gone barmy. Our new Electric Cordless Kettle that we have just purchased has an electronic whistle sound unit to tell you when it has boiled. MODEL ENGINEERING DISCUSSION LIST. To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, send a blank email to, modeleng-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject line.