nettles...again

[limbomonkey]

Thank you everyone for helping me better identify nettles. I've gotten better at spotting them, and so has Monkey. Unfortunately, getting better at spotting them didn't stop be from tripping into a nettle plant. It just let me know what I was tripping over. So, I can report after my first nettle sting, that yes, it sting and burns. I also found a

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[inglevine]

Oh man. My daughter fell into a nettle cluster when she was really little and it was kind of horrible. I'm glad you've gotten the experience over with and hopefully won't have to have it again. :)

You know... I can't remember the last time I saw a stove type tea kettle in a shop.

[limbomonkey]

Thinking of little, little kids getting stung by nettles makes me sad because they wouldn't be able to understand what happened and that it will feel better, but not for a little while. Poor kid! :(

I feel like getting stung by nettles was a like a rite of passage for me. I don't think I can say I'm English now, but maybe now I'm an ex-pat.

I finally found one in a local (I think?) department store. They had some on Debenham's website, but they were pretty expensive.

[redqueenmeg]

Check an antiques shop for the kettle?

[limbomonkey]

Thanks. I looked at a couple thrift stores but with no luck there. I didn't think of antique stores (my next stop would have been a camping store. I was thinking that English people would still want tea when camping, so they might sell something to put on portable stoves), but I was finally able to find one in a department store that has a pretty big kitchen section.