Did you find these strange when you arrived in the US? :)
Jul 24th 2015, 5:39 pm
#31
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Re: Did you find these strange when you arrived in the US? :)
You know what I don't understand?
Why people move to another country thousands of miles away, and expect everything to be the same and define any differences are "strange".
People make this mistake with the US and the UK all the time, because we speak almost the same language, ostensibly. But the culture and country are quite different.
Why people move to another country thousands of miles away, and expect everything to be the same and define any differences are "strange".
People make this mistake with the US and the UK all the time, because we speak almost the same language, ostensibly. But the culture and country are quite different.
Jul 24th 2015, 6:02 pm
#32
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Re: Did you find these strange when you arrived in the US? :)
In Britain, yes they are. 
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.
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.
Jul 24th 2015, 6:33 pm
#34
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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?
Jul 24th 2015, 6:39 pm
#36
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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.
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.
Jul 24th 2015, 6:46 pm
#37
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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.
Jul 24th 2015, 7:03 pm
#38
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Re: Did you find these strange when you arrived in the US? :)
That said, the mechanism might just need a good cleaning as it is likely clogged with hair and soap scum.
Jul 24th 2015, 7:04 pm
#39
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Re: Did you find these strange when you arrived in the US? :)
This whole electricity thing is overrated.
Jul 24th 2015, 7:06 pm
#40
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Jul 24th 2015, 7:12 pm
#43
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Jul 24th 2015, 7:20 pm
#44
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Re: Did you find these strange when you arrived in the US? :)
I include batteries in the 'electricity' list, for completion 
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.
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.
Jul 24th 2015, 7:39 pm
#45
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Re: Did you find these strange when you arrived in the US? :)