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Auntie Helen

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Re: what I have learned today.
« Reply #2050 on: 06 November, 2017, 10:59:01 am »
I find myself irresistibly drawn to removing 'frost' accumulation about once a week.   It's such a cathartic job and keeping on top of it makes life easier methinks.

I'm wondering how my computer illiterate father has managed to take control of your account PB. He insists on cleaning (using a squeegee to remove any water and then a soft cloth to polish) their shower after every use.

I know that he's been retired for many years and therefore has fuck all to do, but there are limits.

Tell him to get his own computer but not to call me for support.
is he German?

Cleaning showers after every use is a German thing.

When I moved into this holiday apartment (now my long-term flat) there was a sign on the shower door saying please clean after every use. There is a rubber wiper blade thing you use to push the water down into the tray (like a window cleaner has). Of course, if the shower doors weren’t curved that would be a bit easier.

Anyway, I am so used to doing this now that it is almost impossible not to, even if I know my GerMan is showering straight afterwards.

When my GerMan moved in he said ‘we need shower cleaner spray’.  Fair enough, I thought, as after 3 years’ use there is a bit of limescale here and there. We bought some spray cleaner and it did a fab job, everything clean and sparkly.

Two weeks later, when discussing the shopping list, my GerMan said ‘we need more shower cleanner’. I asked how this is possible so soon - he explained that he uses it every day like a good German. I pointed out that this is adding chemicals to the water supply etc, and perhaps just once a week would be OK. He has agreed to this. This is most impressive for a German as they are so interested in cleaning and hygiene.
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citoyen

  • Occasionally rides a bike
Re: what I have learned today.
« Reply #2051 on: 06 November, 2017, 11:27:23 am »
My wife is keen on cleaning the shower after every use but she's not German. I do use the window cleaner tool when I remember but that's not very often. We have extremely hard water round here so it does make a difference.
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Kim

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Re: what I have learned today.
« Reply #2052 on: 06 November, 2017, 12:42:03 pm »
I thought cleaning the shower after every use was a hard water thing.

Mr Larrington

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Re: what I have learned today.
« Reply #2053 on: 06 November, 2017, 01:01:11 pm »
My (German) former in-laws are the same as wot AH describes, including the rubber wiper gadget.
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T42

  • Apprentice geezer
Re: what I have learned today.
« Reply #2054 on: 06 November, 2017, 04:10:21 pm »
I always make a point of showering first in the morning.
I've dusted off all those old bottles and set them up straight

Re: what I have learned today.
« Reply #2055 on: 06 November, 2017, 04:16:31 pm »
That the castillian spanish verb coger - to take, grab - has a very different meaning in South American spanish, viz, in Shirley Valentine-ese, making fuck.

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ian

Re: what I have learned today.
« Reply #2056 on: 06 November, 2017, 04:46:35 pm »
I spray the inside of the cubical with 'daily shower spray' when I'm done. I'm a satisfied customer, there's no limescale or mildew as a result (other than some mank in the seal at the bottom of the door which needs replacing when I get around to ordering). I hate clungy showers.

Re: what I have learned today.
« Reply #2057 on: 07 November, 2017, 11:39:36 am »
There is rather a good video on the tube regarding removing mould growth on sealant by the application of bleach whilst using rolled up loo paper to maintain the contact. You need to be persistent/patient but it works a treat and is very easy to do.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXDFPkMKef0
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Cudzoziemiec

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Re: what I have learned today.
« Reply #2058 on: 07 November, 2017, 12:12:08 pm »
That Mounts Kosciuszko and Townsend in New South Wales had their names swapped in 1892. Kosciuszko was supposed to be the highest peak in Australia but more accurate measurements showed its neighbour was slightly higher, so they swapped the names to keep Kosciuszko the highest! And that the reason it's named after an 18th century Polish general (who also fought in the French and American revolutions) is not due to some lofty aspirations to liberation or that it was named by a homesick Polish explorer, it was simply reckoned to look similar to the "Kopciuszko Mound" in Krakow.
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Re: what I have learned today.
« Reply #2059 on: 08 November, 2017, 10:29:50 am »
That Google maps streetview lets you walk all about the inside of the British museum, it even has a lift between floors. Awesome, and perfect backdrop to boring conference calls

Torslanda

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Re: what I have learned today.
« Reply #2060 on: 08 November, 2017, 11:06:20 am »
Cat snot is almost impossible to remove from a laptop screen. Don't ask...
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Well that's the more blunt way of putting it but as usual he's dead right.

Pingu

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Re: what I have learned today.
« Reply #2061 on: 09 November, 2017, 08:18:36 pm »
Stringfellows the Board Game.



 :sick:

Andrij

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Re: what I have learned today.
« Reply #2062 on: 10 November, 2017, 09:59:20 am »
;D  Andrij.  I pronounce you Complete and Utter GIT   :thumbsup:

Re: what I have learned today.
« Reply #2063 on: 12 November, 2017, 08:02:15 pm »
That some toucans have black and white beaks.

ElyDave

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Re: what I have learned today.
« Reply #2064 on: 12 November, 2017, 08:28:02 pm »
puffin's multicoloured beaks drop off after the mating season apparently.  Pretty drab otherwise
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barakta

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Re: what I have learned today.
« Reply #2065 on: 12 November, 2017, 10:17:12 pm »
The meaning of the word metanoia.

David Martin

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Re: what I have learned today.
« Reply #2066 on: 12 November, 2017, 10:32:36 pm »
I was wondering whether it was related to paranoia, and whether there is a definition for orthonoia. This shows a background in organic chemistry.
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noisycrank

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Re: what I have learned today.
« Reply #2067 on: 12 November, 2017, 10:33:17 pm »
There are probably descendants of Strelka the space dog somewhere in the US
http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20171027-the-stray-dogs-that-paved-the-way-to-the-stars
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Kim

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Re: what I have learned today.
« Reply #2068 on: 12 November, 2017, 10:58:44 pm »
I was wondering whether it was related to paranoia, and whether there is a definition for orthonoia. This shows a background in organic chemistry.

  ;D

Basil

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Re: what I have learned today.
« Reply #2069 on: 13 November, 2017, 08:06:16 am »
That if I continue with this morning's plan and catch the early morning bus to Lampeter, I will be exactly 7 days early for my dental appointment.  Phew.  I had wondered why they hadn't sent the usual reminder SMS.
Oh well, the dog got a nice early walk.

This, I only discovered a few minutes ago.  Any later and this post would have had have gone into the 'fecking div' thread.
Admission.  I'm actually not that fussed about cake.

barakta

  • Bastard lovechild of Yomiko Readman and Johnny 5
Re: what I have learned today.
« Reply #2070 on: 13 November, 2017, 08:29:05 am »
I was wondering whether it was related to paranoia, and whether there is a definition for orthonoia. This shows a background in organic chemistry.

Googling suggests you're not the first to get to this... :D

Re: what I have learned today.
« Reply #2071 on: 13 November, 2017, 11:23:55 am »
Yesterday I learned the true meaning of insult added to injury. Getting a flat tyre. On the b*stard turbo.

Cudzoziemiec

  • Ride adventurously and stop for a brew.
Re: what I have learned today.
« Reply #2072 on: 13 November, 2017, 11:29:28 am »
There are probably descendants of Strelka the space dog somewhere in the US
http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20171027-the-stray-dogs-that-paved-the-way-to-the-stars
I'd not heard of Strelka but oddly I do recognize the graffiti.
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T42

  • Apprentice geezer
Re: what I have learned today.
« Reply #2073 on: 17 November, 2017, 02:46:44 pm »
There is a village in the Lozère called St.-Pierre-des-Tripiers - St. Peter of the Tripe-Makers.
I've dusted off all those old bottles and set them up straight

Cudzoziemiec

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Re: what I have learned today.
« Reply #2074 on: 17 November, 2017, 04:03:42 pm »
That Alaska and Louisiana are the only US states not divided into counties.
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