Poms are a funny lot...someone help..Please
Aug 31st 2002, 8:24 pm
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Re: Poms are a funny lot...someone help..Please
Originally posted by Ok Thats Me:
Hi all
I spent 12 months Living in the UK....trying to get used to it all was a bit of a
struggle.....
I have a question to all UK folk...
Why is it that you wash your dishes in a plastic tub that sits in the kitchen sink
??????.....The rest of the world just puts a plug in the sink.....not one UK dweller
that I asked could answer this question.......Does any one know ??????
Muzza
Hi all
I spent 12 months Living in the UK....trying to get used to it all was a bit of a
struggle.....
I have a question to all UK folk...
Why is it that you wash your dishes in a plastic tub that sits in the kitchen sink
??????.....The rest of the world just puts a plug in the sink.....not one UK dweller
that I asked could answer this question.......Does any one know ??????
Muzza
Sep 1st 2002, 6:49 am
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Re: Poms are a funny lot...someone help..Please
Now that's really disturbed me when I have lived in the UK too ... Underneath the
platic bowl is invariably really slimey and yucky and I think the whole concept is
really quite revolting - plus there's always a plastic bowl in the way somewhere in
the kitchen! Apparently it's also bad because you have less water than you might if
you used the whole sink plus it doesn't stay as hot, so there is more chance of
things not being cleaned properly and people subsequently getting food poisoning.
Nobody has been able to tell me why it is either, apart from one person who said it
was because he'd lost the plug for the sink, but that doesn't account for all the
other people who do it, unless they all just copied him!
bug x
"Ok thats me" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
> Hi all
> I spent 12 months Living in the UK....trying to get used to it all was a
bit
> of a struggle.....
> I have a question to all UK folk...
> Why is it that you wash your dishes in a plastic tub that sits in the kitchen sink
> ??????.....The rest of the world just puts a plug in the sink.....not one UK
> dweller that I asked could answer this question.......Does any one know ??????
> Muzza
platic bowl is invariably really slimey and yucky and I think the whole concept is
really quite revolting - plus there's always a plastic bowl in the way somewhere in
the kitchen! Apparently it's also bad because you have less water than you might if
you used the whole sink plus it doesn't stay as hot, so there is more chance of
things not being cleaned properly and people subsequently getting food poisoning.
Nobody has been able to tell me why it is either, apart from one person who said it
was because he'd lost the plug for the sink, but that doesn't account for all the
other people who do it, unless they all just copied him!
bug x
"Ok thats me" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
> Hi all
> I spent 12 months Living in the UK....trying to get used to it all was a
bit
> of a struggle.....
> I have a question to all UK folk...
> Why is it that you wash your dishes in a plastic tub that sits in the kitchen sink
> ??????.....The rest of the world just puts a plug in the sink.....not one UK
> dweller that I asked could answer this question.......Does any one know ??????
> Muzza
Sep 1st 2002, 10:16 am
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Re: Poms are a funny lot...someone help..Please
Originally posted by Ianha77:
I have to use a bowl cause i have no plug for my hole !
I have to use a bowl cause i have no plug for my hole !
Sep 1st 2002, 10:41 am
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Re: Poms are a funny lot...someone help..Please
This was what my girlfriend and I argued about when I moved in to her flat in England. She says its so she can pour tea away in the sink when the dishes are in the bowl.
Since we got to Oz she seems to have accepted that we don't need one here in Oz ( as we only drink beer and wine now)but there's still an underlying tension between us about it. Otherwise life's great.
Since we got to Oz she seems to have accepted that we don't need one here in Oz ( as we only drink beer and wine now)but there's still an underlying tension between us about it. Otherwise life's great.
Sep 2nd 2002, 4:14 am
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Re: Poms are a funny lot...someone help..Please
Originally posted by etlniwd:
Not everyone uses a washing up bowl. Seems a stupid idea to me too. I've lived in UK all my life and have never used a bowl.
More importantly ....
... Why do you Australians use top loader washing machines and then fill them with cold water ????? We used to use top loaders in the UK in the 1950s and 1960s before modern washing machines were invented. But even then we used HOT water !!!
Oh, and don't tell me that cold filled top loaders are better because I've had my clothes washed in them when in Oz and they smell just the same when they come out as when they go in.
Not everyone uses a washing up bowl. Seems a stupid idea to me too. I've lived in UK all my life and have never used a bowl.
More importantly ....
... Why do you Australians use top loader washing machines and then fill them with cold water ????? We used to use top loaders in the UK in the 1950s and 1960s before modern washing machines were invented. But even then we used HOT water !!!
Oh, and don't tell me that cold filled top loaders are better because I've had my clothes washed in them when in Oz and they smell just the same when they come out as when they go in.
I think it's only britain, and maybe some other european countries (?) which uses front loaders. I think it's for the reason because most houses in Britain have the washing machine in the kitchen, so the washing machine is fitted into the kitchen (fitted kitchen) - giving it a flush look.
Australia and asia have laundry rooms - we do not put a washing machine in the kitchen (un -hygenic practice to have a washing machine in a food place) - hence we do not need a front loading washing machine. As for cold water, my top loader is connected to the hot water.
P.S - I'm a Brit in Aus.. But I do think it's because of the difference in having a Laundry room and not having one.
Cheers.
P.S - plastic bowls - stops the sink being scratched, also use less water. I thought that was the obvious reason
Sep 2nd 2002, 4:37 am
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Re: Poms are a funny lot...someone help..Please
Originally posted by Ok Thats Me:
Hi all
I spent 12 months Living in the UK....trying to get used to it all was a bit of a
struggle.....
I have a question to all UK folk...
Why is it that you wash your dishes in a plastic tub that sits in the kitchen sink
??????.....The rest of the world just puts a plug in the sink.....not one UK dweller
that I asked could answer this question.......Does any one know ??????
Muzza
Hi all
I spent 12 months Living in the UK....trying to get used to it all was a bit of a
struggle.....
I have a question to all UK folk...
Why is it that you wash your dishes in a plastic tub that sits in the kitchen sink
??????.....The rest of the world just puts a plug in the sink.....not one UK dweller
that I asked could answer this question.......Does any one know ??????
Muzza
Sep 2nd 2002, 4:41 am
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Re: Poms are a funny lot...someone help..Please
Originally posted by etlniwd:
Not everyone uses a washing up bowl. Seems a stupid idea to me too. I've lived in UK all my life and have never used a bowl.
More importantly ....
... Why do you Australians use top loader washing machines and then fill them with cold water ????? We used to use top loaders in the UK in the 1950s and 1960s before modern washing machines were invented. But even then we used HOT water !!!
Oh, and don't tell me that cold filled top loaders are better because I've had my clothes washed in them when in Oz and they smell just the same when they come out as when they go in.
Not everyone uses a washing up bowl. Seems a stupid idea to me too. I've lived in UK all my life and have never used a bowl.
More importantly ....
... Why do you Australians use top loader washing machines and then fill them with cold water ????? We used to use top loaders in the UK in the 1950s and 1960s before modern washing machines were invented. But even then we used HOT water !!!
Oh, and don't tell me that cold filled top loaders are better because I've had my clothes washed in them when in Oz and they smell just the same when they come out as when they go in.
Sep 2nd 2002, 4:54 am
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Re: Poms are a funny lot...someone help..Please
Ok... here's one that really gets me... Why do Australians water their lawns all the time only to have to mow it again? especially in the summer... mowing the lawn in 30 odd degree heat! Creating work for themselves.
And not only that... I've seen people standing with a hose pipe watering their gardens in the rain! seriously... There's a "grass" problem here... I just don't get it .
Cheers
And not only that... I've seen people standing with a hose pipe watering their gardens in the rain! seriously... There's a "grass" problem here... I just don't get it .
Cheers
Sep 2nd 2002, 5:29 am
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Re: Poms are a funny lot...someone help..Please
Originally posted by Ceri:
Ok... here's one that really gets me... Why do Australians water their lawns all the time only to have to mow it again? especially in the summer... mowing the lawn in 30 odd degree heat! Creating work for themselves.
And not only that... I've seen people standing with a hose pipe watering their gardens in the rain! seriously... There's a "grass" problem here... I just don't get it .
Cheers
Ok... here's one that really gets me... Why do Australians water their lawns all the time only to have to mow it again? especially in the summer... mowing the lawn in 30 odd degree heat! Creating work for themselves.
And not only that... I've seen people standing with a hose pipe watering their gardens in the rain! seriously... There's a "grass" problem here... I just don't get it .
Cheers
Green grass has snob value , brick pavers are the way to go then again watering the lawn is the only enjoyment some get here.
Last edited by pommie bastard; Sep 2nd 2002 at 6:53 am.
Sep 2nd 2002, 11:22 am
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"etlniwd" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
> Not everyone uses a washing up bowl. Seems a stupid idea to me too. I've lived in
> UK all my life and have never used a bowl.
> More importantly ....
> ... Why do you Australians use top loader washing machines and then fill them with
> cold water ????? We used to use top loaders in the UK in the 1950s and 1960s before
> modern washing machines were invented. But even then we used HOT water !!!
a) Top loaders are cheaper,
b) Cold water is just as good, and saves a heap on electricity.
But hang on... a lot of Aussies I know use HOT water... I thought I was a bit of an
odd-ball for using cold???
> Oh, and don't tell me that cold filled top loaders are better because I've had my
> clothes washed in them when in Oz and they smell just the same when they come out
> as when they go in.
Hang them in the sun.
Chris
> --
> nick
> Posted via http://britishexpats.com
> Not everyone uses a washing up bowl. Seems a stupid idea to me too. I've lived in
> UK all my life and have never used a bowl.
> More importantly ....
> ... Why do you Australians use top loader washing machines and then fill them with
> cold water ????? We used to use top loaders in the UK in the 1950s and 1960s before
> modern washing machines were invented. But even then we used HOT water !!!
a) Top loaders are cheaper,
b) Cold water is just as good, and saves a heap on electricity.
But hang on... a lot of Aussies I know use HOT water... I thought I was a bit of an
odd-ball for using cold???
> Oh, and don't tell me that cold filled top loaders are better because I've had my
> clothes washed in them when in Oz and they smell just the same when they come out
> as when they go in.
Hang them in the sun.
Chris
> --
> nick
> Posted via http://britishexpats.com
Sep 2nd 2002, 11:25 am
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"dotty" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
> Here we have a dishwasher, which nobody can bother to load properly so they usually
> come out smashed anyway.
Sounds like a cheapo dishwasher. If you buy a decent one they clean much better than
a hand and sponge does.
> My question. Lots of the English ladies here are looking forward to sitting
> outside on the Ausralian evenings looking at their gardens, while sipping wine.
> Now as its dark here at 5pm ish in winter and 7pm ish in summer how will they
> do this?
That's easy. In winter, sit out at 5pm. In summer sit out at 7pm. In spring and
autumn, sit out at 6pm.
> All I do at 7pm here is run like hell inside to stop the mozzies from
> attacking me.
Yeah, though that depends on where you live. I've lived on ex-swamp
developments, and mozzies are everywhere. We now live on a hill and only a few
are round in summer.
Chris
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> Here we have a dishwasher, which nobody can bother to load properly so they usually
> come out smashed anyway.
Sounds like a cheapo dishwasher. If you buy a decent one they clean much better than
a hand and sponge does.
> My question. Lots of the English ladies here are looking forward to sitting
> outside on the Ausralian evenings looking at their gardens, while sipping wine.
> Now as its dark here at 5pm ish in winter and 7pm ish in summer how will they
> do this?
That's easy. In winter, sit out at 5pm. In summer sit out at 7pm. In spring and
autumn, sit out at 6pm.
> All I do at 7pm here is run like hell inside to stop the mozzies from
> attacking me.
Yeah, though that depends on where you live. I've lived on ex-swamp
developments, and mozzies are everywhere. We now live on a hill and only a few
are round in summer.
Chris
> --
> Posted via http://britishexpats.com
Sep 2nd 2002, 12:10 pm
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"Sparklebug" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:<[email protected]>. ..
> Now that's really disturbed me when I have lived in the UK too ... Underneath the
> platic bowl is invariably really slimey and yucky and I think the whole concept is
> really quite revolting - plus there's always a plastic bowl in the way somewhere in
> the kitchen! Apparently it's also bad because you have less water than you might
> if you used the whole sink plus it doesn't stay as hot, so there is more chance of
> things not being cleaned properly and people subsequently getting food poisoning.
> Nobody has been able to tell me why it is either, apart from one person who said it
> was because he'd lost the plug for the sink, but that doesn't account for all the
> other people who do it, unless they all just copied him!
> bug x
Okay, having no plug is one very good reason, top marks there but get this. In my
house we have a dishwasher and double sink so no reason whatever for a plastic bowl.
There is however this wire tray thing that came with the sink. It's got four little
legs that raise it about an inch above the bottom of the sink so you have to put in
extra water if you leave it in when washing up the saucepans that the missus won't
let you put in the dishwasher. I used to take the frame out to save water but my wife
insists I leave it in 'cos it makes the worktop look untidy. It's got to be the most
useless accessory I've ever seen in a Kitchen. Why the Hell is it there? And what's
more while I'm at it, if I'm willing to wash the suacepans, why can't I just be left
to do it without the ritual humiliation of being directed by the wife. Same goes when
I do the ironing, I'm sick of it I tell you, when I get to Oz there'll be big
changes, you just wait and see!
Thunder Ace
news:<[email protected]>. ..
> Now that's really disturbed me when I have lived in the UK too ... Underneath the
> platic bowl is invariably really slimey and yucky and I think the whole concept is
> really quite revolting - plus there's always a plastic bowl in the way somewhere in
> the kitchen! Apparently it's also bad because you have less water than you might
> if you used the whole sink plus it doesn't stay as hot, so there is more chance of
> things not being cleaned properly and people subsequently getting food poisoning.
> Nobody has been able to tell me why it is either, apart from one person who said it
> was because he'd lost the plug for the sink, but that doesn't account for all the
> other people who do it, unless they all just copied him!
> bug x
Okay, having no plug is one very good reason, top marks there but get this. In my
house we have a dishwasher and double sink so no reason whatever for a plastic bowl.
There is however this wire tray thing that came with the sink. It's got four little
legs that raise it about an inch above the bottom of the sink so you have to put in
extra water if you leave it in when washing up the saucepans that the missus won't
let you put in the dishwasher. I used to take the frame out to save water but my wife
insists I leave it in 'cos it makes the worktop look untidy. It's got to be the most
useless accessory I've ever seen in a Kitchen. Why the Hell is it there? And what's
more while I'm at it, if I'm willing to wash the suacepans, why can't I just be left
to do it without the ritual humiliation of being directed by the wife. Same goes when
I do the ironing, I'm sick of it I tell you, when I get to Oz there'll be big
changes, you just wait and see!
Thunder Ace
Sep 2nd 2002, 1:49 pm
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Re: Poms are a funny lot...someone help..Please
Thunder Ace,
So the wife doesn't read your posts then ?
Cheers,
Paul.
22 days to go, Melbourne here we come.
So the wife doesn't read your posts then ?
Cheers,
Paul.
22 days to go, Melbourne here we come.
Originally posted by Thunder Ace:
And what's
more while I'm at it, if I'm willing to wash the suacepans, why can't I just be left
to do it without the ritual humiliation of being directed by the wife. Same goes when
I do the ironing, I'm sick of it I tell you, when I get to Oz there'll be big
changes, you just wait and see!
Thunder Ace
And what's
more while I'm at it, if I'm willing to wash the suacepans, why can't I just be left
to do it without the ritual humiliation of being directed by the wife. Same goes when
I do the ironing, I'm sick of it I tell you, when I get to Oz there'll be big
changes, you just wait and see!
Thunder Ace
Sep 2nd 2002, 5:47 pm
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Re: Poms are a funny lot...someone help..Please
HAHAHHAHA I think there would be hell to pay if she does!!!!!
22 days huh.. try 12 and pooping miself!
Yvonne
12
days til we leave, 14 til we arrive. WATCH OUT MELBOURNE
22 days huh.. try 12 and pooping miself!
Yvonne
12
days til we leave, 14 til we arrive. WATCH OUT MELBOURNE
Originally posted by pread:
Thunder Ace,
So the wife doesn't read your posts then ?
Cheers,
Paul.
22 days to go, Melbourne here we come.
Thunder Ace,
So the wife doesn't read your posts then ?
Cheers,
Paul.
22 days to go, Melbourne here we come.
Sep 3rd 2002, 4:06 pm
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Re: Poms are a funny lot...someone help..Please
I,m a chippy trying to "do up" my place before we go..... I've got no sink!!!!
Has anyone seen the four yorkshire men sketch by Monty Python 'cos I reckon this is
heading that way!!
"Ianha77" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
> Originally posted by Ok Thats Me:
> > Hi all
> >
> > I spent 12 months Living in the UK....trying to get used to it all was a bit of a
> > struggle.....
> >
> > I have a question to all UK folk...
> >
> > Why is it that you wash your dishes in a plastic tub that sits in the kitchen
> > sink ??????.....The rest of the world just puts a plug in the sink.....not one UK
> > dweller that I asked could answer this question.......Does any one know ??????
> >
> > Muzza
> >
> I have to use a bowl cause i have no plug for my hole !
> --
> Posted via http://britishexpats.com
Has anyone seen the four yorkshire men sketch by Monty Python 'cos I reckon this is
heading that way!!
"Ianha77" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
> Originally posted by Ok Thats Me:
> > Hi all
> >
> > I spent 12 months Living in the UK....trying to get used to it all was a bit of a
> > struggle.....
> >
> > I have a question to all UK folk...
> >
> > Why is it that you wash your dishes in a plastic tub that sits in the kitchen
> > sink ??????.....The rest of the world just puts a plug in the sink.....not one UK
> > dweller that I asked could answer this question.......Does any one know ??????
> >
> > Muzza
> >
> I have to use a bowl cause i have no plug for my hole !
> --
> Posted via http://britishexpats.com
