Yes, we can say faggot and tit with a straight face and without being banned from national media.

The most powerful weapon ever made was made not long before this. The basic designs were perfected so long ago that age doesn't matter. A 1000 year old knife will still kill you!

Lazy summary, poorly written, linking to a thin article.

Try http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-fisa13feb13,0,6684959.story

Definitely a cat involved. A fox would have eaten the bones too.

Unless I'm making a lot at once (in which case it's loose leaf tea in a pot): straight from the kettle over a teabag in a mug. Leave it to brew for a minute, add a dash of milk, and drink without removing the teabag so it gets stronger as I drink it.

That last part is probably anathema but I've been doing it for as long as I can remember. Recently found a few other people who like their tea that way too. :)

I wouldn't say bad, just risky. If there's nothing to "seed" the boiling process - smooth, clean mug and no particles in the water - the water can become superheated.

In that state it can boil very suddenly when you add the tea/coffee, or even just knock the mug slightly when picking it up. (Like the old prank of hitting the underside of a bottle of beer to make it spray all over your drinking buddy).

Squality, I was asking about Monopole's hot water dispenser, which keeps water hot indefinitely.

The two things most likely to create a bad cup of tea are water that isn't hot enough - for black tea it should be nearly at boiling point - and water that's gone stale by being kept hot for too long.

Are those things pressurized? The water's going to lose its dissolved gases and go "stale" pretty quickly otherwise.

Coffee may be different, but tea brews best in freshly boiled water.

Lower voltage = higher current for the same power. The most powerful British kettles are around 3kW, which would be a hefty 25 amps at US voltage.

I've been unable to find one in the US higher than about 1.75kW, but that's still tolerably fast when you're in need of a cuppa.