NC Penguin

Are you personally prepared to pay for the increase in the water bill for using a "huge washing machine"?

Ditto for the cost of a home with a walk in closet. Or, would you give up bedroom space in order to accommodate a walk in closet?

Krispy Kremes are available in the UK already (Harrods I believe).




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NC Penguin

You really want the UK to have processed candy in the form of breakast food parading as breakfast cereal? Oh dear!



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Eskimo

I only eat cereal that turns the milk purple ..

Suess

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Real Time with Bill Maher. I would like to see him shake up British politics.

Sue

Paint

Large washing machines work out cheaper and more ecologically friendly - run 3 loads in a British washing machine, or 1 load in a large American washer. When compared, the 1 load in a large American washer uses less electricity, because it only runs for about 25 minutes - it would take at least 3x that long to do 3 loads in a British washer. It probably less water too, as there is only 1 rinse, compared to 2 rinses in a British washer. You can also cram more clothes into a top-loading American washer as you don't have to leave room for the 'tumbling' action as you do in a front-loader - the paddles do the work, not the movement of the clothes so much.

Paint.

NC Penguin

Are you refering to large, top loading washing machines? If so, can you provide any links that state that large, top loading washing machines are cheaper and more ecologically friendly (than European style front loaders)?



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Pimpbot

Customer service here on a whole, is better than the U.K. in my opinion.

I always hated going into somewhere like Footlocker in the U.S. to buy shoes, only to be asked "do you want some laces for those" or a team shirt "do you want a cap to go with that". But just seeing a smile and a friendly welcome sure makes a change to the miserable people I use to deal with most of the time in the U.K. You're always going to run into bad customer service once in awhile, wherever you are. But it seems to be drilled into people here a little more.

Pimpbot

This was suppose to be light hearted responses. We all know certain things here would be tricky to have or get in the U.K., but thats not the point of the thread.

rincewind

It would seem that the European front loaders are more energy efficient:

Are front-loading washing machines more efficient than top-loaders?

Go to guides on the left hand menu and then select "Are front-loading washing machines more efficient than top-loaders?"

Brit'n'TX

but happy-chappy patrick wants to see sour-faced, cynical shop assistants, so he can feel right at home ...

sibsie

I've got an American eco friendly front loader. No law that says you have to buy a top loader just because you live in the US.

fatbrit

But I think there are two aspects to customer service in the US:

1/ You haven’t bought anything yet
There’s a superficial, insincere niceness from the US seller who’s invariably on a commission, unlike his GB counterpart.

2/ You have bought something and it’s gone wrong
You can ***** off and die because US corps do not have the wit to put proper customer service systems together that allow for the fact something may go wrong. This is because they like to blame individual people rather than admit there’s anything wrong with their service. Unfortunately the universal denial precludes any cure for the issues, and the only thing that forces change is consumer litigation.

Brit'n'TX

well you can join the queue at miseries-R-us and stand behind patrick

fatbrit

Oh no! I like to irritate the bastards, instead!

Brit'n'TX

spoken like a true Brit