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This is a perfectly nice kettle...




This is the same kettle after I ruined it...



I didn't mean too! I heated up water for tea and coffee before breakfast and decided to heat up more so I could do dishes. Usually we heat water up with charcoal, but we ran out so I was using the stove. I ended up getting distracted and completely forgot to check on the water. Three and a half hours later, Sabet tells me he found the stove on, no water in the kettle and the kettle's bottom was burned through. I was horrified. Fortunately, nothing else was damaged. I couldn't believe I did that. Actually, I could (I blame it on a terrible short term memory), but I felt really bad. Gas and kitchen utensils are precious here and we don't waste them or abuse them. This is definitely a mistake I will never make again. I plan to hang the kettle on the wall as a reminder. Maybe I should write "hey dummy, don't forget about me!"