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PoindexterOglethorpe

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12. Modern stoves simply don't heat up even the kitchen very much.

Reply to Ohiogal (Reply #5)

Fri Jul 19, 2019, 03:37 PM

Jul 2019

And by modern I mean a stove that is less than 30, maybe even 40 years old.

Of course, if you leave the oven door open after baking, well that's really dumb. But even cooking on the stove top simply doesn't warm up the room.

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