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LorraineS Dec 2020 4:58pm, 9 Dec 2020 34,374 posts	Quote Pin LorraineS is that the one with Jamie Cullum?
Winter WAnderland Dec 2020 5:09pm, 9 Dec 2020 7,942 posts	Quote Pin Winter WAnderland Although I don't like the Stop crying your heart out cover, it has resolved a long misheard lyric for me I always thought it was "you'll never change my spinnaker" which I thought was a bit odd, but I couldn't hear anything else. Apparently it's "you'll never change what's been and gone". So there you go.
Surrey Phil Dec 2020 6:57pm, 9 Dec 2020 5,353 posts	Quote Pin Surrey Phil During lockdown, I've watched a few of the Brighton Marathon videos that Channel 4 did from 2013-2015. I couldn't believe the number of runners who elected to start in the fastest (red) corral that were finishing well over 4 hours. I think that red is sub-3:30. OK, we all have our off days and pick up sprains but the number of runners who were clearly out of their depth was ridiculous. No wonder marathons like London and Brighton get course congestion when you get stuck behind these sorts of people.
ChrisHB Dec 2020 1:43pm, 10 Dec 2020 20,217 posts	Quote Pin ChrisHB Kitchen designers. Months into thinking about our new kitchen, it struck me that the new sink has to be big enough to wash a large frying pan or pressure cooker easily. Why has no designer pointed that out? How many other things have we not considered that will prove to be quite important?
macca 53 Dec 2020 2:25pm, 10 Dec 2020 28,392 posts	Quote Pin macca 53 ....and deep enough (our son’s kitchen has twin sinks that are neither big enough nor deep enough). One sink of the right size is perfect (with a drainer of course).....
JKrampus chameleon Dec 2020 2:33pm, 10 Dec 2020 12,996 posts	Quote Pin JKrampus chameleon Online training packages. Don't offer a mute option & subtitles if the option doesn't work : I've now had to shut off my music, and listen to a training package that won't actually help me do my job, rather than reading (which would at least mean I absorb the info better) Grr.
elfinrose Dec 2020 8:59am, 11 Dec 2020 47,888 posts	Quote Pin elfinrose Kitchen designers are not "designers". They are sales people who want to cram in every accessory they can without any thought of workable layout, miles walked up and down between fridge, sink and cooker etc. or how things are actually used.
Salty Dog Dec 2020 10:16am, 11 Dec 2020 1,510 posts	Quote Pin Salty Dog Exactly. Whatever kitchen design drawing package they're using doesn't seem to show them what happens when the cupboard doors open! Okay yes, the look lovely when they're closed, but open that corner door and the handle's just going to take a chunk out of the door next to it!!
ChrisHB Dec 2020 10:38am, 11 Dec 2020 20,222 posts	Quote Pin ChrisHB I have designed and built a couple of perfectly good kitchens with IKEA. Perhaps I'm better at this task. The first question I want to ask is, how much stuff do we need to store and how easy must it be to access? The answers are 'lots' and 'very' but I need to quantify that a bit. When it comes to cupboards vs. shelves, 'out of sight, out of mind' seems to be the driving principle, so we need shelves.
Eynsham the Red Knows Rain Dear Dec 2020 10:40am, 11 Dec 2020 6,874 posts	Quote Pin Eynsham the Red Knows Rain Dear Our kitchen “designer” actually did a good job for us and made some good suggestions which we took up at not much extra expense. Maybe he is an exception.