Annoying little things for some odd reason you put up with!
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BigBen said:
I used to have a bin annoyance in that neither of us like emptying the bin so would keep compressing the contents until it was approximately as dense as the Earth's core. What this meant was when removing the bin bag you were effectively trying to create a vacuum under the bag making removal tricky.
One day I could stand it no more and drilled a few air holes close to the base of the bin and problem solved, therefore making my anecdote irrelevant to the thread
Why have I never thought of doing this? You sir are my new hero One day I could stand it no more and drilled a few air holes close to the base of the bin and problem solved, therefore making my anecdote irrelevant to the thread
Halmyre said:
A waste of time. No set of wipers has *ever* had an intermittent setting that actually matches the weather conditions, ever.
I beg to differ. I used to drive a MAN truck that had an infinitely variable intermittent setting. To activate it you'd switch it on then back off, then when the screen needed wiping again you'd switch it back on. It would then remember that interval between wipes. Obviously you'd need to do it all again if the conditions changed but I thought it was great.I am sure some VW's (vans possibly) of the same era (late 90's/early 2000's) had it too. Maybe the chap above's BMW has this system.
Super Slo Mo said:
Halmyre said:
A waste of time. No set of wipers has *ever* had an intermittent setting that actually matches the weather conditions, ever.
I beg to differ. I used to drive a MAN truck that had an infinitely variable intermittent setting. To activate it you'd switch it on then back off, then when the screen needed wiping again you'd switch it back on. It would then remember that interval between wipes. Obviously you'd need to do it all again if the conditions changed but I thought it was great.I am sure some VW's (vans possibly) of the same era (late 90's/early 2000's) had it too. Maybe the chap above's BMW has this system.
essayer said:
fttm said:
Who fed you that fountain of bulls
t ? 
I think for us it's a bit simpler - guessing the plumber got the pipes mixed up when doing the fitting, then after the wet room was tiled nobody wanted to rip things apart to fix it
geeks said:
BigBen said:
I used to have a bin annoyance in that neither of us like emptying the bin so would keep compressing the contents until it was approximately as dense as the Earth's core. What this meant was when removing the bin bag you were effectively trying to create a vacuum under the bag making removal tricky.
One day I could stand it no more and drilled a few air holes close to the base of the bin and problem solved, therefore making my anecdote irrelevant to the thread
Why have I never thought of doing this? You sir are my new hero One day I could stand it no more and drilled a few air holes close to the base of the bin and problem solved, therefore making my anecdote irrelevant to the thread
Bit of a weird thread revival, but bear with me...
This PH thread, and you fine folk on here, inspired a buddy of mine to solve the sliding kitchen bins issues mentioned on the first page of this thread!
Basically after reading this thread my buddy went away and trialled a range of designs and possible solutions. He'd been suffering with the same annoyance and a whole heap of people he spoke with were all hacked off with their expensive kitchen bins sliding around, scratching floors and marking walls behind the bins. Probably also meant their better halves forcing them to paint and redecorate... imagine that, awful.
The final solution is made of high friction rubber, a bit like one of our super sticky track tyres, I've been using one for 2 months and the problem is gone. It's blinking refreshing not to keep bending down and re-positioning my blasted Brabantia and not having to continually touch up the paint on the wall behind.
Take a look a www.goodboyinnovations.com if you fancy reading about how he solved the issue.
Now I'm starting to wonder what other annoying things you lot might need solving, so I can come up with a decent idea myself!
What do people think? My buddy is going to join this thread at some point so go easy on him haha!
This PH thread, and you fine folk on here, inspired a buddy of mine to solve the sliding kitchen bins issues mentioned on the first page of this thread!
Basically after reading this thread my buddy went away and trialled a range of designs and possible solutions. He'd been suffering with the same annoyance and a whole heap of people he spoke with were all hacked off with their expensive kitchen bins sliding around, scratching floors and marking walls behind the bins. Probably also meant their better halves forcing them to paint and redecorate... imagine that, awful.
The final solution is made of high friction rubber, a bit like one of our super sticky track tyres, I've been using one for 2 months and the problem is gone. It's blinking refreshing not to keep bending down and re-positioning my blasted Brabantia and not having to continually touch up the paint on the wall behind.
Take a look a www.goodboyinnovations.com if you fancy reading about how he solved the issue.
Now I'm starting to wonder what other annoying things you lot might need solving, so I can come up with a decent idea myself!
What do people think? My buddy is going to join this thread at some point so go easy on him haha!
Edited by KMB on Saturday 11th November 22:28
Y'all need the Costco automatic sensor bin. The sensor is 'just right' - it doesn't open when you so much as fart in the vicinity, and it opens without fail when you wave your hand over it. Easy to change the bin liner, too, and the batteries last a good time. Oh and it doesn't slide across the floor and ruin your lovely emulsion
dazwalsh said:
Again its the feckin bin at the source of fustration.
Mrs Walsh in her glorious wisdom decided an automatic bin would be "more hygenic" so we purchased one from Amazon and hey presto, no hands.
Problem 1, if you walk within 40 feet of this bd it opens the lid
Problem 2, battery cover and batteries once fell into the bin as I was emptying the bag, so I used selotape to keep the new batteries in place. Lasted about 4 minutes. I then had to take the entire lid off, press the batteries back in and replace lid to use it properly every few days
After losing several more batteries in the bin I decided I was going to aradite a peice of plastic as a new battery cover. Happy days, well a happy 5 or so days until the batteries die and so new batteries in and more araldite to put the cover back on. The new batteries somehow became dislodged in the compartment and at this point I dropped to the ground, a deflated mess, finally beaten by some cheap peice of st made in China junk.
So I regroup, have a think and at the weekend I turned it off, drilled a hole in the lid and fit a small knob so I can manually operate it, saving me billions of pounds in batteries.
Daz-1, bd bin -0
Pretty much this, except my kitchen bin came with a handle so haven't bothered looking for a way to secure the batteries so just use it in "manual" mode.Mrs Walsh in her glorious wisdom decided an automatic bin would be "more hygenic" so we purchased one from Amazon and hey presto, no hands.
Problem 1, if you walk within 40 feet of this b
d it opens the lidProblem 2, battery cover and batteries once fell into the bin as I was emptying the bag, so I used selotape to keep the new batteries in place. Lasted about 4 minutes. I then had to take the entire lid off, press the batteries back in and replace lid to use it properly every few days
After losing several more batteries in the bin I decided I was going to aradite a peice of plastic as a new battery cover. Happy days, well a happy 5 or so days until the batteries die and so new batteries in and more araldite to put the cover back on. The new batteries somehow became dislodged in the compartment and at this point I dropped to the ground, a deflated mess, finally beaten by some cheap peice of s
t made in China junk.So I regroup, have a think and at the weekend I turned it off, drilled a hole in the lid and fit a small knob so I can manually operate it, saving me billions of pounds in batteries.
Daz-1, b
d bin -0Have also thought about drilling the base for a long time, but as I only ever empty the bin on bin morning, I have forgotten by the weekend so have never gotten round to doing it.
Howard- said:
Y'all need the Costco automatic sensor bin. The sensor is 'just right' - it doesn't open when you so much as fart in the vicinity, and it opens without fail when you wave your hand over it. Easy to change the bin liner, too, and the batteries last a good time. Oh and it doesn't slide across the floor and ruin your lovely emulsion
Careful - You'll put my buddy out of business if there's no sliding or damage going on When we moved into our current house it had one of those awful bins inside the kitchen cupboard. It was removed promptly as any bin in the home is just a germ farm and many smell awful. So it's stick it in a bag and dispose outside ASAP for us, rather than let it fester in a warm home.
Edited by forest07 on Tuesday 14th November 22:15
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