British Expats - Pet Peeves?

Why do American hand basins have those mechanisms inside them that make drainage very inefficient. Kind of defeats the purpose.

Rubber plug and chain anyone?

Beaverstate

Mar 8th 2014 11:39 am

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Originally Posted by hotscot (Post 11164574)

Why do American hand basins have those mechanisms inside them that make drainage very inefficient. Kind of defeats the purpose.

Rubber plug and chain anyone?

It keeps things like rings, toothpaste caps etc from going down the drain.

Hotscot

Mar 8th 2014 11:50 am

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Yes, but instead they could have the flange with the holes..

Pulaski

Mar 8th 2014 12:45 pm

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Originally Posted by hotscot (Post 11164574)

Why do American hand basins have those mechanisms inside them that make drainage very inefficient. Kind of defeats the purpose. ....

Do you spend much time waiting for the water to drain? :rolleyes: .... I pop the plug up, then dry my hands, and honestly it makes no difference to me whether it takes 30 seconds or 30 minutes to drain.

Steerpike

Mar 8th 2014 6:46 pm

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Originally Posted by Pulaski (Post 11164611)

I don't remember the last time I used a plug (hand-washing some clothing, perhaps?), but sometimes a sink is just not draining too well, and I like to see it fully drain so I can give it a quick blast of water to flush down any soap residue or toothpaste residue ... helps prevent a grimy sink ...

cindyabs

Mar 8th 2014 11:36 pm

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Personally, I dont care for two tap sinks.

Boomhauer

Mar 9th 2014 4:13 am

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Pet Peeve

Those bloody automatic faucets in restrooms. You have to wave your hand in a certain spot for the sensor, and if that isn't annoying enough, the water cuts out too dam quick.

And if that wasn't bad enough, the facet spout is too dam close to the basin sides. Being germophobic I do not want my hands to touch the basin.

Hotscot

Mar 9th 2014 5:22 am

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Originally Posted by Pulaski (Post 11164611)

Sometimes, especially hotels, if you're running the water for some purpose, it fills up faster than it drains.

Nutek

Mar 9th 2014 6:03 am

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Originally Posted by hotscot (Post 11165340)

Sometimes, especially hotels, if you're running the water for some purpose, it fills up faster than it drains.

Like if you are cutting something up in the tub...

SultanOfSwing

Mar 9th 2014 7:05 am

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Originally Posted by hotscot (Post 11164582)

Yes, but instead they could have the flange with the holes..

Flange ... (immature laughter) :lol:

Pulaski

Mar 9th 2014 7:13 am

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Originally Posted by Boomhauer (Post 11165259)

"Germophobic" doesn't begin to describe you if an automatic no-touch tap causes you concerns about too much contact with the hardware. :rolleyes:

Nutek

Mar 9th 2014 7:15 am

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Originally Posted by Pulaski (Post 11165446)

"Germophobic" doesn't begin to describe you if an automatic no-touch tap causes you concerns about too much contact with the hardware. :rolleyes:

I'd be more worried about what all the people who didn't use it had left on the door handle on the way out. :sneaky:

Hotscot

Mar 9th 2014 7:26 am

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Originally Posted by SultanOfSwing (Post 11165438)

Flange ... (immature laughter) :lol:

I suspected it was wrong and I welcome a correction. Couldn't be bothered with the old Googling this morning.:o
(And if someone could explain to me how a bloody sowing machine works...looping a thread through another one and all that gubbins.)

steveq

Mar 9th 2014 7:41 am

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Originally Posted by hotscot (Post 11165454)

(And if someone could explain to me how a bloody sowing machine works...looping a thread through another one and all that gubbins.)

No thread on a sowing machine, the seeds just drop out.