Author Topic: First-World Problems.  (Read 333789 times)

ElyDave

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Re: First-World Problems.
« Reply #1525 on: 24 January, 2017, 08:23:41 pm »
How about mushy peas? Proper farting tackle . . .

Love sprouts, hate mushy peas.

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Eccentrica Gallumbits

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Re: First-World Problems.
« Reply #1526 on: 24 January, 2017, 08:44:47 pm »
Also, my bottle of lemon juice is too tall to fit into the fridge door bit, and my massive jar of artichokes is too tall for the fridge unless I move all the shelves up and down.
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Kim

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Re: First-World Problems.
« Reply #1527 on: 24 January, 2017, 09:16:31 pm »
Also, my bottle of lemon juice is too tall to fit into the fridge door bit, and my massive jar of artichokes is too tall for the fridge unless I move all the shelves up and down.

There's probably some mathematical theorem pertaining to fridge shelf height.  Whatever you set them at it seems to be wrong.

ian

Re: First-World Problems.
« Reply #1528 on: 24 January, 2017, 10:06:26 pm »
I love mushy peas. The ones my gran would make by soaking marrowfat peas overnight and then boiling for a week until they were grey before resurrecting them with some benzene-based green colorant distilled from coal tar. They're glow like a uncovered nuclear pile in the dark.

One of my favorite memories is bonfire night, shovelling hot mushy peas with loads of mint sauce from a polystyrene cup into my mouth. Hot, ouchy, but so, so good. A variant of our student cowboy food was to replace the baked beans with mushy peas. That was good too. I may start a restaurant. Hoxton, prepare thyself.

meddyg

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Re: First-World Problems.
« Reply #1529 on: 29 January, 2017, 09:41:56 pm »
Glad to see Radio 4 Saturday Live going with an item on 'how to use up left over Pannetone.'

I had been troubled - or would have been if we hadn't scoffed 4 Lidl shaped ones in their entirety

(reminds me of a charity recipe book asking ' what do you do with leftover red wine after a dinner party?'
Rising to the challenge, Glenys Kinnock replied ' Why would there be any left over the next day -don't be daft!')

Zipperhead

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Re: First-World Problems.
« Reply #1530 on: 04 February, 2017, 08:43:30 pm »
There were queues to get into the V&A today. Queues I tell you. I had to go to the National Portrait Gallery to get a little culture.
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ElyDave

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Re: First-World Problems.
« Reply #1531 on: 04 February, 2017, 08:52:21 pm »
despite years of on and off searching, we can't find the right espresso cups.
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Ruthie

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Re: First-World Problems.
« Reply #1532 on: 04 February, 2017, 10:50:05 pm »
There is no milk in the house for tomorrow morning's coffee. 
Milk please, no sugar.

Vince

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Re: First-World Problems.
« Reply #1533 on: 05 February, 2017, 02:29:18 pm »
My carefully organised box of nuts, bolts and washers fell off the bench and broke. I have exited the garage until a replacement is procured and I am inspired to clear it up.
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Tigerrr

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Re: First-World Problems.
« Reply #1534 on: 05 February, 2017, 07:12:52 pm »
BOTH of the peelers are in the dishwasher.  There are potatoes, but no means of preparing them. Mrs Tiger has had to go out and buy another, otherwise we can't eat. 
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Feanor

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Re: First-World Problems.
« Reply #1535 on: 05 February, 2017, 07:17:33 pm »
BOTH of the peelers are in the dishwasher.  There are potatoes, but no means of preparing them. Mrs Tiger has had to go out and buy another, otherwise we can't eat.

Can't you simply interrupt the dishwasher by the technique of Opening The Door, and then after retrieving the desired item, close the door and re-start it?

I do this all the time.

Basil

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Re: First-World Problems.
« Reply #1536 on: 05 February, 2017, 07:32:32 pm »
I do this all the time too.  Well, not actually currently as we haven't fitted the dw yet, but Mrs B always  complains and say I will bugger the machine and I should switch it off first.   I have asked for citation,  but none is forthcoming.
Anyone else think it's harmful?
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Re: First-World Problems.
« Reply #1537 on: 05 February, 2017, 07:34:55 pm »
Peel them with a knife? Or are all the knives in the dishwasher as well?
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Feanor

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Re: First-World Problems.
« Reply #1538 on: 05 February, 2017, 07:39:29 pm »
It won't bugger the machine.
The door is interlocked so that it switches off when you open it.

If you like, you can switch it off first, but it really does not matter.
On some machines, you just can't, because the on-it and off-it buttons are hidden on the upper part of the door, which are not accessible once the door is closed.
With these machines, there's no option but to open it whilst running.
They re-start once you close them again.

Really no problem.

Mrs Pingu

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Re: First-World Problems.
« Reply #1539 on: 05 February, 2017, 07:40:27 pm »
Eat the taters with the skins on? (Life is too short for peeling taters)
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Tigerrr

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Re: First-World Problems.
« Reply #1540 on: 05 February, 2017, 08:01:18 pm »
Peel them with a knife? Or are all the knives in the dishwasher as well?
We didn't lead the world trough the industrial revolution, beat jerry in WW2 and defeat the EU to peel our potatoes with knives like johnny foreigner in places like Spain.
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hellymedic

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Re: First-World Problems.
« Reply #1541 on: 05 February, 2017, 09:03:15 pm »
Eat the taters with the skins on? (Life is too short for peeling taters)

We never peel taters.
I peel carrots cos I dislike taste & texture of their skins.
Sweet potato skins drop off after being cooked in the microwave so get peeled on the plate.

It's not dedded me yet.

Cudzoziemiec

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Re: First-World Problems.
« Reply #1542 on: 05 February, 2017, 10:27:32 pm »
Eat the taters with the skins on? (Life is too short for peeling taters)

We never peel taters.
These. But if I said that it wouldn't fit in a problem thread.
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Re: First-World Problems.
« Reply #1543 on: 05 February, 2017, 10:44:18 pm »
I do this all the time too.  Well, not actually currently as we haven't fitted the dw yet, but Mrs B always  complains and say I will bugger the machine and I should switch it off first.   I have asked for citation,  but none is forthcoming.
Anyone else think it's harmful?
No. It's probably an urban myth based on a misunderstanding or some 1950s technology that would get upset. See also:-
Needing a header tank on hot water systems
Making sure you use cross-over ethernet cables between computers
Not pushing on the glass when closing the door on a car with frameless windows
Not having more than 3 electrical appliances in one adaptor so it doesn't get overloaded
Having socket protectors for child safety
Not using full throttle on a car at low revs



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Re: First-World Problems.
« Reply #1544 on: 05 February, 2017, 10:51:12 pm »
Hang on.  A 1950s dishwasher would have a fiendishly complicated mechanical time switch thinger to control its sequence of squirting, pumping, heating and whatever, which wouldn't be fazed by the door interlock cutting the power mid-sequence, and the main risk comes from the sudden steaming-up of your glasses.  But this is The Future, and if the 20th century has taught us anything it's "moar microcontrollers, moar better".  It seems entirely plausible that a modern dishwasher, equipped with regulation Ministry Of Crap Design internet-of-shit firmware, would reset to the beginning of the cycle after opening the door.  And then blab about the resulting carbon emissions to all your friends on TwitFace.

Best to play it safe and go to the chippy.

Mrs Pingu

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Re: First-World Problems.
« Reply #1545 on: 05 February, 2017, 10:56:40 pm »
What I don't understand is, why do dishwashers take so frikking long to do the dishes?
Do not clench. It only makes it worse.

Kim

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Re: First-World Problems.
« Reply #1546 on: 05 February, 2017, 11:00:40 pm »
Have you looked inside a dishwasher?  They're mostly just empty space and wire racks.  All the imps *and* their dishcloths have to fit in the space in the bottom, along with the salt mountain, the expensive bit that goes wrong, and the wire basket of soggy pasta.

Guy

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Re: First-World Problems.
« Reply #1547 on: 06 February, 2017, 09:03:57 am »
Hang on.  A 1950s dishwasher would have a fiendishly complicated mechanical time switch thinger to control its sequence of squirting, pumping, heating and whatever, which wouldn't be fazed by the door interlock cutting the power mid-sequence, and the main risk comes from the sudden steaming-up of your glasses.  But this is The Future, and if the 20th century has taught us anything it's "moar microcontrollers, moar better".  It seems entirely plausible that a modern dishwasher, equipped with regulation Ministry Of Crap Design internet-of-shit firmware, would reset to the beginning of the cycle after opening the door.  And then blab about the resulting carbon emissions to all your friends on TwitFace.

Best to play it safe and go to the chippy.

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Vince

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Re: First-World Problems.
« Reply #1548 on: 06 February, 2017, 11:12:01 am »
I do this all the time too.  Well, not actually currently as we haven't fitted the dw yet, but Mrs B always  complains and say I will bugger the machine and I should switch it off first.   I have asked for citation,  but none is forthcoming.
Anyone else think it's harmful?

RTFM
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Forgot to Add a Dish?
A forgotten dish can be added at any time before the detergent cup opens
1. Open the door a little to stop the washing
2. After the spray arms stop working you can open the door
3. Load the forgotten dishes.
4. Close the door, the dish washer will start running again after 10 seconds
It also refers the to DW 'mooing' if the door is left open!
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Tim Hall

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Re: First-World Problems.
« Reply #1549 on: 06 February, 2017, 11:34:30 am »
What I don't understand is, why do dishwashers take so frikking long to do the dishes?

I stayed at a lovely camping barn (tending towards the luxurious end of the scale) in Sedbergh last Easter. The dishwasher there took something daft, like two, yes two, count 'em, minutes. Or maybe five. Quick, really quick, whatever the number was.
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