Re: Did you find these strange when you arrived in the US? :)
 

The light switches are upside down. :frown:

Re: Did you find these strange when you arrived in the US? :)
 

In Britain, yes they are. :nod: Ask any engineer and he will tell you that "off" should always be "down". It was a peeve of my father, who never understood why most, but not all, British switches were installed with off in the upward position.

Re: Did you find these strange when you arrived in the US? :)
 

You shut up.

Re: Did you find these strange when you arrived in the US? :)
 

What are your views on bath plugs? You know, the British (proper) rubber ones vs the "flip a lever under the taps and it plugs invisibly somewhere inside the pipe except that it usually leaks" kind?

Re: Did you find these strange when you arrived in the US? :)
 

He's probably just typing upside down.

Re: Did you find these strange when you arrived in the US? :)
 

That's so unbelievably well put right there.

Our bathroom sink has a lever one, and it's kind of hit and miss sometimes whether it will form enough of a seal to keep the sink full. I definitely miss the good old rubber stopper on a chain there. The bath has more of a push-me-pull-you kind, a metal stopper with a rubber seal, that performs much better than the levered kind, but it would still be nice for emptying the bath to be able to remove the plug entirely.

The ones for our kitchen sink just seem way more complicated than they need to be.

Re: Did you find these strange when you arrived in the US? :)
 

I take a firm stance on topics like this. Only Proper(tm) plugs will be tolerated under the new benevolent regime of Nutopia.

Re: Did you find these strange when you arrived in the US? :)
 

Go to Lowes, Home Depot, or your local plumbers supply and get a replacement. If you unscrew the overflow cover the "plug" just pulls out. :nod:

That said, the mechanism might just need a good cleaning as it is likely clogged with hair and soap scum. :sick:

Re: Did you find these strange when you arrived in the US? :)
 

This whole electricity thing is overrated.

Re: Did you find these strange when you arrived in the US? :)
 

Now that's definitely a load of bollocks. Electricity allows me to do about 95% of my favourite things.

Re: Did you find these strange when you arrived in the US? :)
 

The other 5% run on batteries I assume?

Re: Did you find these strange when you arrived in the US? :)
 

My guess is "arm-assisted gravity flow". :drinkingbeer:

Re: Did you find these strange when you arrived in the US? :)
 

13 amp.


(oddly enough I'm wearing my four candles t shirt today)

Re: Did you find these strange when you arrived in the US? :)
 

I include batteries in the 'electricity' list, for completion :lol:

Apart from playing football or wandering around aimlessly wasting time under the guise of 'going for a walk', most of the rest of the 5% can be done in the dark.

Ah, good old arm-assisted gravity.

Re: Did you find these strange when you arrived in the US? :)
 

Watt are you talking about?

(I'm shocked that you missed the pun. Not as well grounded as I had thought.)