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Toronto is striving to out-April April with rain for the past two? three? days and consequent April levels of Ow. Sweet vermouth finally arrived but didn't iron the aches out. Also got email from the province reminding me of my shot appointment tomorrow, the one I cancelled by phone on the 17th. Of course I can cancel again by going to this website and entering my registration number, which was in the confirmation email that I deleted ten days ago, foolishly trusting in the efficiency of bureaucrats.

Early morning dream of having my 'house' renovated and insisting to the guy installing my stove that I absolutely had to have a broiler for my grilled cheese sandwiches and also why were there locks on tne oven- four of them, requiring keys I believe- and why was the toilet in the living room, could something be done about that? And then I acquired another! house, possibly in a lottery, a bijou residence once owned by yuppies whose very yuppie messages to each other were still in place on the kitchen blackboard. And it had a composting toilet, once again in the living room, but fortunately there was another tiny bathroom upstairs even though it was only a few feet wide, rathr like the house itself. Was considering renting the place out and consulting my securities advisor when I woke up.

Rest of the day was a continuation of thei grey weather in my dream, but I finally went and sat on the porch in the not-cold that smelled of woodsmoke somehow, and observed birds hopping in and out of the linden. Linden was pruned a mere two years ago but has now spread to cover half of next door's yard. Could lop a lot of it off if I had an extendicutter which I no longer do, and hiring a company to do it involves a lot of red tape because front yard trees are city trees, as I well recall.

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I do miss the old Parkinson-Cowan cookers that had an open grill conveniently at my eye level, so I could keep an eye on my cheese toast, peaches, tomatoes etc as they were grilling.

I keep hearing about stoves that have grills above the oven but I can't imagine how they work-- even if, if I'm remembering correctly, that's where my dream stove grill was. My ancient stove has its grill below the oven with a rickety pull-out contraption that always threatens to come loose.

I had a very similar one in London in the late 80s.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Parkinson-Cowan-Lyric-55M1-Cooker/dp/B0000YB708

Is the grill the thing at the very top?

My stove has its grill where this has storage.

Yes. This picture makes it a bit clearer.

https://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/MTAyNFg3Njg=/z/soMAAOSw9Clcg~-d/$_86.JPG

Oh yes. That looks lovely.

Sadly no longer legal in these parts, even if they were still being made, which I think they aren't. They were absolutely perfect; because it was open, it was easier to clean, too. You just needed a bit more ventilation and area cleaning. The only thing close now is a salamander, which is far too much for a normal household.

? Why not legal? And where do they put grills now that are considered safer?

I had never heard of the utensil salamander, only the lizard thingie. Learn something new every day.

Not sure. Might simply not have passed the local fire safety standard. Usually grills now are inside the ovens, and electrical.

Edited 2021-07-03 10:12 (UTC)