- Dec 9, 2009
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Like a lot of Hearthstone owners, I sometimes refer to my Heritage as the Rock (not to be confused w/Kodiak Island, aka the Rock). I can tell you that named or not, I have very kindly feelings towards what is actually an inanimate object--but our stoves do have personalities, now that you mention it.
Ironic, since the move towards a more rural, self-sufficient lifestyle tends to result in, among other things, less use of names, perhaps even forgetting of names: "the Boy and I walked down to the lower 40 today"; "the Girl found a wild blueberry patch uphill of the House". The cat that moved to our household in last summer is still The Cat around here--a few names have been proposed, but none of them stuck. Maybe I've just lost the naming knack . . .
I had a friend who maintained that a stove wouldn't draw right until you named it.
Ironic, since the move towards a more rural, self-sufficient lifestyle tends to result in, among other things, less use of names, perhaps even forgetting of names: "the Boy and I walked down to the lower 40 today"; "the Girl found a wild blueberry patch uphill of the House". The cat that moved to our household in last summer is still The Cat around here--a few names have been proposed, but none of them stuck. Maybe I've just lost the naming knack . . .
I had a friend who maintained that a stove wouldn't draw right until you named it.