Pistonheaders and their First World Problems.
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It is entirely normal for one person to prepare a meal for another and serve it up for them, ready prepared on a plate, with all the varying constituent parts and ratios determined by the person doing the serving.
Except when it comes to breakfast cereal. I would consider it very odd if someone else poured a bowl of cereal and added milk on my behalf, making their own decision about the ratio of milk, the quantity of cereal in the bowl etc.
Even worse is that my wife, does not think this is odd at all. This morning, in her effort to save me some time because I had to deal with a minor cat-based clean up, she thought it would be helpful to pour out the cereal for me and add the milk, a full 5 minutes before I was close to being ready to eat my cereal. So instead of a refreshing, crunchy mix of cereal and milk, I got a gloopy, soggy poor affair with the wrong amount of cereal, wrong amount of milk, and no crunch at all, and of course not actually saving any time.
Fastdruid said:
The knobs on our sink mixer turn the wrong way to how you'd expect (I think the tap is in backwards).
The problem isn't turning it on, it's turning it off, when you're used to a normal tap instead of turning the tap off you turn it full blast and as we have decent mains pressure *and* mains pressure hot that means spray everywhere. We've obviously got used to it but it took a while and after being away for a time it happens again.
I suffered exactly the same problem in my old flat. The problem isn't turning it on, it's turning it off, when you're used to a normal tap instead of turning the tap off you turn it full blast and as we have decent mains pressure *and* mains pressure hot that means spray everywhere. We've obviously got used to it but it took a while and after being away for a time it happens again.
Go away for a few days, come back, water everywhere the first time I tried to use the taps.
Oh, and all of the light switches were fitted upside down, the joys of rentals...
Shakermaker said:
It is entirely normal for one person to prepare a meal for another and serve it up for them, ready prepared on a plate, with all the varying constituent parts and ratios determined by the person doing the serving.
Except when it comes to breakfast cereal. I would consider it very odd if someone else poured a bowl of cereal and added milk on my behalf, making their own decision about the ratio of milk, the quantity of cereal in the bowl etc.
Even worse is that my wife, does not think this is odd at all. This morning, in her effort to save me some time because I had to deal with a minor cat-based clean up, she thought it would be helpful to pour out the cereal for me and add the milk, a full 5 minutes before I was close to being ready to eat my cereal. So instead of a refreshing, crunchy mix of cereal and milk, I got a gloopy, soggy poor affair with the wrong amount of cereal, wrong amount of milk, and no crunch at all, and of course not actually saving any time.
I would completely agree hereExcept when it comes to breakfast cereal. I would consider it very odd if someone else poured a bowl of cereal and added milk on my behalf, making their own decision about the ratio of milk, the quantity of cereal in the bowl etc.
Even worse is that my wife, does not think this is odd at all. This morning, in her effort to save me some time because I had to deal with a minor cat-based clean up, she thought it would be helpful to pour out the cereal for me and add the milk, a full 5 minutes before I was close to being ready to eat my cereal. So instead of a refreshing, crunchy mix of cereal and milk, I got a gloopy, soggy poor affair with the wrong amount of cereal, wrong amount of milk, and no crunch at all, and of course not actually saving any time.
Mrs X5 does the same for me on occasion and insists on totally overfilling the cereal receptacle (especially if I am having cereal for my evening meal - council I know but sometimes it's just nice) and then adding copious amounts of milk so it invariably spills over and goes everywhere and is a nightmare to try and eat and not get everywhere too!
Monkeylegend said:
I have had to move from the settee to the armchair, the sun was shining on my screen and I have left my coffee by the settee.
May I suggest a first world solution?Edited by Monkeylegend on Tuesday 27th September 12:36
SpudLink said:
Monkeylegend said:
I have had to move from the settee to the armchair, the sun was shining on my screen and I have left my coffee by the settee.
May I suggest a first world solution?Edited by Monkeylegend on Tuesday 27th September 12:36
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-aliXxhFmd8
Had a bit of a close call Sunday night; poured myself a Grolsch, (glass on worktop) but, rather too enthusiastically and it looked like the head was going to spill over. So I leaned forward and slurped it up, however on straitening up I nearly banged my head on the wall cupboard. I'm not afraid to say a cold chill ran through me at the thought of what could have happened and how close we are to everything falling apart.: It took the edge right off my drink.
I do realize the above is quite laden with innuendo, so help yourselves
I do realize the above is quite laden with innuendo, so help yourselves
Guvernator said:
SpudLink said:
Monkeylegend said:
I have had to move from the settee to the armchair, the sun was shining on my screen and I have left my coffee by the settee.
May I suggest a first world solution?Edited by Monkeylegend on Tuesday 27th September 12:36
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-aliXxhFmd8
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