Classic from the Mrs! Vol 2
Discussion
Hackney said:
There’s a certain logic to this to be fair.
Discussing what she would like for her next car and we ended up discussing Audis. My wife thought Audi model numbers were like the paper sizes.....A3 bigger than A4, A4 bigger than A5....etc
She did draw the line at thinking an A3 was double the size of an A4 though.
Decent logic given they make different sizes of the same car... Discussing what she would like for her next car and we ended up discussing Audis. My wife thought Audi model numbers were like the paper sizes.....A3 bigger than A4, A4 bigger than A5....etc
She did draw the line at thinking an A3 was double the size of an A4 though.
Gargamel said:
My wife went on a yachting course near Poole.
In Dorset ?
She would certainly recommend it to anyone.
The cat was sitting on my lap, when it suddenly scratched my groin when the woman from Strictly appeared on the telly.In Dorset ?
She would certainly recommend it to anyone.
Claudia Winkleman?
Fortunately not, but it was pretty close.
ESOG said:
Pothole said:
Mine's usually pretty sensible so I've been waiting literally years until I finally have something to post. The other day before we took the dog out I put some dirty crockery in the sink and ran some hot water on it, intending to wash it up when I got back (approx 20 minutes later, usually) She went into one, saying "you know I don't like stuff left in water in the sink". I expressed confusion at this and asked why for the umpteenth time (I do/did know, but she's always avoided telling me why in the past" The "reasons"? "Things grow in stagnant water" I questioned the idea that hot water from our domestic system would become "stagnant" in the c. 20 minutes we'd be out, to which she responded "well it'l just be sat there, that's what stagnant means isn't it?" I said "not really" So she whips out the killer: "also, mosquitoes lay their eggs in water that's left like that" I was flabbergasted.
I feel your pain brother LOL. I too will leave certain pots or pans that have alot of hardened say greasey residue upon them so much so that i too will put soap all in and around them and fill with steaming hot water and let it sit no longer usually for more than 30 minutes tops at most while i finish the other dishes or dry and put away the already washed silver ware or walk my dogs with the obvious intention to come back to the soap and water filled plates, pans etc and begin to finish washing them once they have had enough time for the soap and hot water to help penetrate the greasy fortress of residue making it as WE know to be easier and faster to remove said grease and clean, rinse, dry and replace for purpose of obvious multitasking efficiency.
te from their Mother about hot water having germs in it. Blown2CV said:
into adulthood, my wife and her brother both washed their hands in cold water only as they were fed some utter ste from their Mother about hot water having germs in it.
That's from the days of hot water immersion tanks, cold water straight out of the tap is under mains pressure so is unlikely to pick up any nasties. Water that has sat in an immersion tank has had an opportunity for bugs to start growing in it however it would make no difference to washing hands, just means you shouldn't drink from the hot water tap that's fed from a tank..te from their Mother about hot water having germs in it. jurbie said:
Blown2CV said:
into adulthood, my wife and her brother both washed their hands in cold water only as they were fed some utter ste from their Mother about hot water having germs in it.
That's from the days of hot water immersion tanks, cold water straight out of the tap is under mains pressure so is unlikely to pick up any nasties. Water that has sat in an immersion tank has had an opportunity for bugs to start growing in it however it would make no difference to washing hands, just means you shouldn't drink from the hot water tap that's fed from a tank..te from their Mother about hot water having germs in it. Bullett said:
Mine won't drink cold from any tap but the kitchen.
When my parents moved into their first farmhouse, when she was brushing her teeth my mum was convinced the water from the bathroom cold tap smelled a bit "ratty". After a few weeks of this my dad eventually checked the cold tank and sure enough, top was knocked off, dead rat floating in the tank.I'm inclined to only drink from cold taps which come directly from the main, of which, the kitchen is always one.
Evangelion said:
Yes, but if you fill the kettle from the hot tap, you'll cut 0.89 seconds off the boiling time. Think how much electricity that will save you!
(Or as my late mother used to call it, 'The Electric.')
Doesn't hot/warm water freeze more quickly than cold water? Sure i heard that somewhere(Or as my late mother used to call it, 'The Electric.')
Usget said:
My partner won’t drink hot water for that same reason, and occasionally still cautions me against using all the hot water. We’ve never lived anywhere without a combi boiler.
It's good advice. Think how wrinkly you'd be if you showered until either the combi broke or your local reservoir ran dry!Pothole said:
Old Man Fred said:
Doesn't hot/warm water freeze more quickly than cold water? Sure i heard that somewhere
You may have done. It doesn't.The molecules in hot water want to repel each other and break apart, allowing them to shed energy far quicker than cold water. this allows almost instant freezing when thrown into air at -30 degrees, causing instant temperature change and instant state change.
Bullett said:
Mine won't drink cold from any tap but the kitchen.
Only the kitchen tap in our house comes directly from the mains. All the other taps in the various bathrooms are fed from a header tank in the loft.In the summer, our loft space was at about 45 degrees during the long hot days. The 'cold' water from taps fed by the loft expansion tank was about 12 degrees warmer than the tap fed directly from the mains. yeah, I wont be drinking that any time soon. But no problem washing with it.
Pothole said:
Usget said:
My partner won’t drink hot water for that same reason, and occasionally still cautions me against using all the hot water. We’ve never lived anywhere without a combi boiler.
It's good advice. Think how wrinkly you'd be if you showered until either the combi broke or your local reservoir ran dry!jurbie said:
Blown2CV said:
into adulthood, my wife and her brother both washed their hands in cold water only as they were fed some utter ste from their Mother about hot water having germs in it.
That's from the days of hot water immersion tanks, cold water straight out of the tap is under mains pressure so is unlikely to pick up any nasties. Water that has sat in an immersion tank has had an opportunity for bugs to start growing in it however it would make no difference to washing hands, just means you shouldn't drink from the hot water tap that's fed from a tank..te from their Mother about hot water having germs in it. k would we be? Dead, that's where.Gassing Station | The Lounge | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff