[honeychile]

I have a strange one - gas stoves! If I walk into a house, and can smell a gas stove, I am as nervous as a long tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs until I leave! I am SO afraid that they'll explode, someone will catch on fire, or that everyone will die because of the fumes. I cannot even begin to think of trying to cook on one. A Home Ec teacher once tried to make me, and I went completely hysterical!

With all my geriatric clients, one of the first questions I'll ask a family of an Alzheimer's client is "Is there a gas stove?" and "Is the pilot light working?"