I believe the Government has to accept cash for any charges, but private companies have to accept cash for debts. Like if your car gets towed, the tow company must accept cash, even if it's all pennies.
QuinceDaPence
If I ever have a house with something weird like this I want to get some RC train sets and put a bunch of Inglenook Sidings/shunting puzzles there that you can control from where the photo was taken.
It's sort of like gridlock but you have to get train cars moved to the right places with limited room.
Microwave is going to be just as fast for quickly heating up a small amount of water, stove is plenty quick for larger amounts but I have an induction stove so it's extremely quick. If you look away, it WILL boil over. I don't see how a kettle could be quicker than my stove for the same quantity even if I had a 240v kettle, the stove is 240v but has a 50 Amp connection, compared to the 15 or 20 that a kettle would get.
Having a kettle would be one more item to clean, store and have counterspace for.
Also if someone really wanted (and it made much of a difference) you can get 240v outlets put in here. Like I said, the stove has 240v so you could probably tap into that circuit to retro-fit. But I'm not convinced it's any quicker, or easier than just microwaving it or using the stove, so nobody puts those in.
Also, like the other person I've never had a pyrex handle heat up, and even with regular mugs put in there it only heats up from the food being in it, not being heated my the microwave.
You were surprised by 5 but even my 800sqft house has more