Bev, that's an unpleasant experience and so inconsiderate. I could mention some other inconsiderate actions in public loos, but fear I would horrify people so much that they would never visit this thread again!! Suffice to say that I was with a relative in one of the aforesaid conveniences and she rinsed one hand only, briefly, under the tap, shook it a bit to dispel the water and left. My imagination boggled! Why that hand?
Well, Frank, this seems to be my day for agreeing with your every word. Mind you, I've never found any of those loos with special wipes to open the door, more's the pity! I always have a bottle of alcohol hand-cleaner in my very capacious handbag (reminiscent of the one used by Mary Poppins).
I live in a hilly country with a lot of coastline, so those blasted windmills are often seen. They don't even produce a truly significant amount of energy. I think that, before long, all new houses will be built with those hideous contraptions on the roof. (Grovelling apology to those who already have them). We do need to find ways to produce electricity and heat, but I also think that in 20 or so years' time, people will laugh at these early attempts at producing green energy.
Gardening Grandma, you really need to try a Kipling handbag. You'll never go back to an ordinary bag again. I've got the defea in several colours (bought when I was working and could afford them), they last forever, you can bung them in the washing machine and they come out new.
I have the hideous contraptions on my roof. I'm currently watching TV (or rather the kids are, eldest is off with horrendous cough/cold) for nothing, and the washing machine is only running at half cost. Or full cost when it clouds over and rains. Each time I look out of the window today, it's different, either cloudless blue sky, or overcast, or tipping it down, then back to cracking t'flags! I also get cash back from the energy company (they assume you only use 50% of what you generate, the fools!), and I get something like 23.5p per two units of energy that goes through the feed-in-tarriff meter. Index-linked for the next 25 years, so they will pay for themselves eventually and I get free electricity to boot.
Wish the weather would make it's zarking mind up what it's about to do. Weather is my rant for today. And small boys with snotty noses that are too grotty to go to school, but not too grotty to fight over toys with baby sister (she usually wins, she plays dirty).
We are at pesent fighting an aplication for 9 wind turbines on the Somerset Levels,there can be nothing worse than these intended monsters to spoil a near perfect view ,which at present allows us to see acrooss the Severn and into Wales.
We have already got a solar panel "farm"(though what it has to do with a farm I don,t know,)on the edge of the village,but this is not as bad as some of the old cottages who have sucumbed to the "hideous contraptions"on the roof.You see a charming cream cottage,roses round the door,look up and then aghh........................
MMP, kids, don't we just love them, well i do my grandchildren, they go home again. I do not knock the roof mounted panels although the next person knocking on my door trying to sell them could get a knock. Almost every house in Cyprus had them they get sunshine, here in the North East not a bright idea. G/G in tonight's paper they have allocated £12,000,000 to start mining under the North sea, a hundred years of good coal so they say and they can recycle the CO2 back underground. We had coal mines out under the sea, Maggi closed them down and put every one to work in Fish and Chip shops until the Europeans stopped us going fishing. We already have generating stations burning Canadian wood so using our own coal providing jobs and infrastructure sounds good to me. Of course the greens will object, it is OK to burn someone else's wood with the costs of cutting shredding shipping etc but using what we have plenty of "oh dear no way" and I do not hear them bleating about the open cast in the area. I am afraid folks you need expendable money to get the best loos and I was castigated roundly last time I mentioned having any so I did not say it.
Frank, with inflation it's no longer spending a penny, but spending a pound for one of those super-loos. I must have the bladder of a camel, as I can normally wait either until I get home, or get to the nearest bhs/m&s in order to go.
The idea of taking the coal from under the sea is a good one, but to we have the skills in order to do it, or are we going to be importing miners from overseas to get at the black gold. I would sooner have a coal fired powerstaion next door than nuclear, any day. The politicians are too short sighted in order to have a coherent energy plan, most of them are too selfish to look beyond the next election and how they can make the most money before they get kicked out. I reckon that all of the politicians that have to live away from 'home' ought to be housed in one of the blocks of flats in the less salubrious parts of london, they might do something about the state of them and the community then. Also, when I say 'home', I've used the quote marks as some of them have a property in the constituency they represent, then have their home down south somewhere. There ought to be a law to make them reside permanently where they represent, they might fight for their area a little harder then, instead of living comfortably well away from the problems they are meant to be sorting out. Who makes the laws, though? Judges and politicians, so there's no way that bit of common sense would go through.
Fresh rant - those two nutcases in Woolwich that ran over a serving soldier then hacked him to death with knives. Prison is too good for them. Stick them in with the chaps comrades and see how long they last. I don't agree with the backdated views of the BNP, but now I can see why some people vote for them. The guy should be safe in his own country. I also think it's very brave of them to knock him over with their car before attacking him. This makes my blood boil, if they don't like the religion of ethos of the country they live in, they always have the option to bugger off elsewhere. That chap is fresh out of options, I only hope his family get justice for him. At least if a family member is killed in action you have the consolation that they were trying to make a difference. This is just senseless violence.
I don't know how MP's justify having a second home. Many people have to live away from home all week, but they certainly can't afford to buy a second property. My own dishonoured MP had a lovely flat in London, a 30 min train ride or £25 cab hire away, a journey all commuters manage. When the 'perks' scandal was revealed, it was found that his son occupied it. All we were to him was a 'safe seat' and the means to keep him in the way he had become accustomed. Total parasite.
Quite agree about the block of flat housing MMP, especially one where the lift never works and the stairway is used as a toilet, etc.
With what happened yesterday makes our rants seem so little. That poor family.
But i will have a rant. I go to a hot pool twice a week for hydrotherapy and gentle exercise as do most people. Today there was 2 new people who insisted on swimming lengths and causing tidal waves at the same time. The pool is not large and even when told they still kept going. Not going when of my friends cannot swim and has muscle problems. Rant over
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Bev, that's an unpleasant experience and so inconsiderate. I could mention some other inconsiderate actions in public loos, but fear I would horrify people so much that they would never visit this thread again!! Suffice to say that I was with a relative in one of the aforesaid conveniences and she rinsed one hand only, briefly, under the tap, shook it a bit to dispel the water and left. My imagination boggled! Why that hand?
Well, Frank, this seems to be my day for agreeing with your every word. Mind you, I've never found any of those loos with special wipes to open the door, more's the pity! I always have a bottle of alcohol hand-cleaner in my very capacious handbag (reminiscent of the one used by Mary Poppins).
I live in a hilly country with a lot of coastline, so those blasted windmills are often seen. They don't even produce a truly significant amount of energy. I think that, before long, all new houses will be built with those hideous contraptions on the roof. (Grovelling apology to those who already have them). We do need to find ways to produce electricity and heat, but I also think that in 20 or so years' time, people will laugh at these early attempts at producing green energy.
Gardening Grandma, you really need to try a Kipling handbag. You'll never go back to an ordinary bag again. I've got the defea in several colours (bought when I was working and could afford them), they last forever, you can bung them in the washing machine and they come out new.
I have the hideous contraptions on my roof. I'm currently watching TV (or rather the kids are, eldest is off with horrendous cough/cold) for nothing, and the washing machine is only running at half cost. Or full cost when it clouds over and rains. Each time I look out of the window today, it's different, either cloudless blue sky, or overcast, or tipping it down, then back to cracking t'flags! I also get cash back from the energy company (they assume you only use 50% of what you generate, the fools!), and I get something like 23.5p per two units of energy that goes through the feed-in-tarriff meter. Index-linked for the next 25 years, so they will pay for themselves eventually and I get free electricity to boot.
Wish the weather would make it's zarking mind up what it's about to do. Weather is my rant for today. And small boys with snotty noses that are too grotty to go to school, but not too grotty to fight over toys with baby sister (she usually wins, she plays dirty).
We are at pesent fighting an aplication for 9 wind turbines on the Somerset Levels,there can be nothing worse than these intended monsters to spoil a near perfect view ,which at present allows us to see acrooss the Severn and into Wales.
We have already got a solar panel "farm"(though what it has to do with a farm I don,t know,)on the edge of the village,but this is not as bad as some of the old cottages who have sucumbed to the "hideous contraptions"on the roof.You see a charming cream cottage,roses round the door,look up and then aghh........................
MMP, kids, don't we just love them, well i do my grandchildren, they go home again.
I do not knock the roof mounted panels although the next person knocking on my door trying to sell them could get a knock. Almost every house in Cyprus had them they get sunshine, here in the North East not a bright idea.
G/G in tonight's paper they have allocated £12,000,000 to start mining under the North sea, a hundred years of good coal so they say and they can recycle the CO2 back underground. We had coal mines out under the sea, Maggi closed them down and put every one to work in Fish and Chip shops until the Europeans stopped us going fishing.
We already have generating stations burning Canadian wood so using our own coal providing jobs and infrastructure sounds good to me. Of course the greens will object, it is OK to burn someone else's wood with the costs of cutting shredding shipping etc but using what we have plenty of "oh dear no way" and I do not hear them bleating about the open cast in the area.
I am afraid folks you need expendable money to get the best loos and I was castigated roundly last time I mentioned having any so I did not say it.
Frank.
Frank, with inflation it's no longer spending a penny, but spending a pound for one of those super-loos. I must have the bladder of a camel, as I can normally wait either until I get home, or get to the nearest bhs/m&s in order to go.
The idea of taking the coal from under the sea is a good one, but to we have the skills in order to do it, or are we going to be importing miners from overseas to get at the black gold. I would sooner have a coal fired powerstaion next door than nuclear, any day. The politicians are too short sighted in order to have a coherent energy plan, most of them are too selfish to look beyond the next election and how they can make the most money before they get kicked out. I reckon that all of the politicians that have to live away from 'home' ought to be housed in one of the blocks of flats in the less salubrious parts of london, they might do something about the state of them and the community then. Also, when I say 'home', I've used the quote marks as some of them have a property in the constituency they represent, then have their home down south somewhere. There ought to be a law to make them reside permanently where they represent, they might fight for their area a little harder then, instead of living comfortably well away from the problems they are meant to be sorting out. Who makes the laws, though? Judges and politicians, so there's no way that bit of common sense would go through.
Generally all the loos round here are excellent,a lot with those "air knife "technology hand dryers,and I don,t know of any that you have to pay for.
Fresh rant - those two nutcases in Woolwich that ran over a serving soldier then hacked him to death with knives. Prison is too good for them. Stick them in with the chaps comrades and see how long they last. I don't agree with the backdated views of the BNP, but now I can see why some people vote for them. The guy should be safe in his own country. I also think it's very brave of them to knock him over with their car before attacking him. This makes my blood boil, if they don't like the religion of ethos of the country they live in, they always have the option to bugger off elsewhere. That chap is fresh out of options, I only hope his family get justice for him. At least if a family member is killed in action you have the consolation that they were trying to make a difference. This is just senseless violence.
I don't know how MP's justify having a second home. Many people have to live away from home all week, but they certainly can't afford to buy a second property. My own dishonoured MP had a lovely flat in London, a 30 min train ride or £25 cab hire away, a journey all commuters manage. When the 'perks' scandal was revealed, it was found that his son occupied it. All we were to him was a 'safe seat' and the means to keep him in the way he had become accustomed. Total parasite.
Quite agree about the block of flat housing MMP, especially one where the lift never works and the stairway is used as a toilet, etc.
With what happened yesterday makes our rants seem so little. That poor family.
But i will have a rant. I go to a hot pool twice a week for hydrotherapy and gentle exercise as do most people. Today there was 2 new people who insisted on swimming lengths and causing tidal waves at the same time. The pool is not large and even when told they still kept going. Not going when of my friends cannot swim and has muscle problems. Rant over
Show them yellow card, if they do it again a red one and ban them,seriously can,t they have different sessions for different ablilties