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Hunkyteddy Aug 2022 10:39pm, 18 Aug 2022 7,499 posts	Quote Pin Hunkyteddy Also, A Level results is not headline news.
Sigh Aug 2022 12:36pm, 22 Aug 2022 16,197 posts	Quote Pin Sigh Typerventilating:
Fitz Aug 2022 5:21pm, 22 Aug 2022 2,856 posts	Quote Pin Fitz Complicated basin stoppers, especially in hotel bathrooms, that fail in their sole simple job of keeping water in the basin. A rubbery bung thing on a chain works. How exactly has your pop-up chrome and plastic contraption improved matters?
Eynsham Red Aug 2022 5:41pm, 22 Aug 2022 8,934 posts	Quote Pin Eynsham Red Complicated basin stoppers, especially in hotel bathrooms, that fail in their sole simple job of keeping water in the basin. A rubbery bung thing on a chain works. How exactly has your pop-up chrome and plastic contraption improved matters? We stayed in a pub for a night in Loddon which had a leaky sink plug and reported it to the staff. We returned twelve months later and asked for the same room as (other than the plug) it was very nice. The plug was still leaking, only faster this time! We reported it again but won’t have need to return as the people we were visiting have moved away.
Carpathius Aug 2022 8:51pm, 22 Aug 2022 21,778 posts	Quote Pin Carpathius Complicated basin stoppers are utterly trounced by schoolkids and a wad of paper towels.
macca 53 Aug 2022 11:03pm, 22 Aug 2022 30,353 posts	Quote Pin macca 53 Complicated basin stoppers, especially in hotel bathrooms, that fail in their sole simple job of keeping water in the basin. A rubbery bung thing on a chain works. How exactly has your pop-up chrome and plastic contraption improved matters? We stayed in a pub for a night in Loddon which had a leaky sink plug and reported it to the staff. We returned twelve months later and asked for the same room as (other than the plug) it was very nice. The plug was still leaking, only faster this time! We reported it again but won’t have need to return as the people we were visiting have moved away. Hotels that have fancy greenwashing notices about thinking how much water we’ll save if you don’t change your towels every day. Change your popup wastes to a rubber bung and save twice as much and pay 90% less for a functioning piece of kit!
JK chameleon Aug 2022 5:55pm, 23 Aug 2022 16,861 posts	Quote Pin JK chameleon Typerventilating: Oh my god yes. This seems quite prevalent amongst younger folk - I see it in my gaming chat groups and some of my colleagues. Nothing irritates me more than someone sending me a query over Teams with an initial message of "hi", then "sorry", then a 5 minute gap before their actual question.
ChrisHB Aug 2022 6:09pm, 23 Aug 2022 21,879 posts	Quote Pin ChrisHB Myself, when I read in a recipe "Preparation time: 30 minutes" and I believe it.
macca 53 Aug 2022 3:38pm, 24 Aug 2022 30,362 posts	Quote Pin macca 53 [usually when recipes say preparation time 30 minutes, they should say cooking time 30 minutes (i.e. after you’ve peeled, chopped, grated, washed or whatever all the ingredients)]
ChrisHB Aug 2022 4:15pm, 24 Aug 2022 21,880 posts	Quote Pin ChrisHB this one was 'preparation time 30 mins, cooking 4 hours'. I think they mean, 30 minutes from when you have a spotless kitchen with all the ingredients and utensils lined up ready to use, and there are no small children in the house to help or distract. (those two verbs having the children and myself as their implied objects).