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  • PlantmindedPlantminded Posts: 3,580
    Some people know neither!
    Wirral. Sandy, free draining soil.


  • ErgatesErgates Posts: 2,953
    I thought I might be bordering on OCD with the number of times I wash my hands during food preparation, but I’m feeling a bit reassured now. No such thing as too often in my opinion!
  • punkdocpunkdoc Posts: 15,039
    One of the many things that the pandemic should have taught us, is the importance of hand hygiene.
    Many years ago, we conducted a study on my ICU, where we cultured the hands of all visiting medical staff, and some of the results were really frightening.
    How can you lie there and think of England
    When you don't even know who's in the team

    S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
  • KT53KT53 Posts: 9,016
    B3 said:
    @KT53. I've been  thinking about your experience and wondering about the boundaries between hygiene and good manners. 

    I didn't mention in the previous post that they also had a parrot flying free around the room too.  I did't think anybody would believe me!
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Would it have been beyond the bounds of good manners to request the use of a stomach pump to follow the petit fours and coffee?
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • Allotment BoyAllotment Boy Posts: 6,774
    When we were house hunting, (22 years ago!) one of the properties we looked at,  was full of animal cages of many shapes and sizes.  The whole place stank needless to say we didn't put in an offer .
    AB Still learning

  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    We looked at one. The owner was proud to show us his,then state of the art security system. We decided we really didn't want to live in a house that needed it.
    And then there was the chap who refused to turn the light on.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • Allotment BoyAllotment Boy Posts: 6,774
    Oh don't start me on the rest of our house hunting saga. I could fill another 10 pages with posts. We had a property each to sell, buying one  in a rising market.  We had just about every scenario,  including a buyer and a seller dying, very inconsiderate.  I won't go on now promise.  
    AB Still learning

  • ErgatesErgates Posts: 2,953
    Sounds like you could kick off a very interesting thread, @Allotment Boy
    Bet a lot of us could contribute some bizarre stories! Go on!
  • raisingirlraisingirl Posts: 7,093
    edited November 2022
    When our current next door neighbours viewed the house, the seller told them they should not speak to us. What amazes me is that they didn't. It would have been the very next thing I'd have done, certainly before putting an offer in
    Gardening on the edge of Exmoor, in Devon

    “It's still magic even if you know how it's done.” 
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