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[fox]

I suspect it won't be long before I regret not having an electric kettle. Anyone care to recommend one I can easily get stateside? Crucially, it must not -- like the one at work -- boil and boil and boil but never click. Cordless is a bonus feature (unless it's a bonus feature on kettles these days the way it's a bonus feature on phones, in which case stop looking at me like that.)

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[jacquez.livejournal.com]

I have this guy:

http://www.amazon.com/Bodum-5500-01USA-Cordless-Electric-Kettle/dp/B00006F2M6/ref=pd_bbs_sr_5?ie=UTF8&s=home-garden&qid=1233506262&sr=8-5

by "cordless" they mean "only the base has a cord"; the kettle itself does not have a cord attached to it.