I don't know if we ever needed a word for it. There would just be some strangled shouting about crumbs, and it would be clear what needed to happen next.We called them ‘Ewbanks’ after the manufacturers name, like Hoovers.
I don't know if we ever needed a word for it. There would just be some strangled shouting about crumbs, and it would be clear what needed to happen next.We called them ‘Ewbanks’ after the manufacturers name, like Hoovers.
How do you scrub below the waterline with toilet paper, even if you can get past the 'putting your hand in there side' of things?HaHa, you've given me a chuckle - no not what I meant. I was suggesting that an alternative method of cleaning the toilet bowl would be by using some toilet paper, after which you'd need to wash your hands properly!
I just shut my eyesYes, pretty much throughout the house.
They are vital, in combination with blackout linings on the curtains, in avoiding any ingress of light into the room at night.
I’ve just changed out a dual feed washing machine, although it was about 20 years old. IIRC the logic for dropping hot fill was that the vast majority of machines were far enough away from the stored hot water that the hot fill was effectively unused, due to the amount of cold sitting in the pipes. The latest machines use far less water usually at relatively low temperatures anyway.There must still be a fair few washing machines around which have hot and cold inlets. My current washing machine only has cold, but the previous one (which died after its extended warranty elapsed - grr) had both, and it was less than ten years ago that it was purchased.
How do you scrub below the waterline with toilet paper, even if you can get past the 'putting your hand in there side' of things?
Seriously outdated travel guides are great for rail travel because they take it as the norm and give you advice on what to look out for from the carriage window, which side to sit on etc. I toured Austria and Hungary with my 1914 Baedeker of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and have others of similar date for several other European countries.With a spare roll of Izal!
Have travel guides been mentioned? I have not bought one since 2010 or so, although I fancy reading outdated ones, sometimes seriously outdated.
That's true of some houses, and certainly became more true with the growth of combi-boilers over hot water tanks. It isn't by any means universally true though. It's a bit frustrating that they aren't available at all. The modern move of course is to washing everything at barely-above cold anyway, and then only being able to wear clothes once as a result because they fundamentally aren't clean.One problem with a hot fill washing machine is that unless you remember to run the hot tap in the sink first it just fills the machine with cold water from the pipework. By the time the hot water has worked its way through it has stopped filling.
Laundry machinery such as twin tubs, spin dryers and mangles etc was well discussed at the very start of the thread...Ebac still do dual fill washing machines.
On the subject of laundry - twin tub machines. My grandmother had one and when it broke in the early 90s bought another. Came with Formica worktop so it formed a kitchen counter when not in use.
If you use the correct detergent, clothes are just as clean at 40°C as they would have been at 60° or even 80° using traditional formulations. With the added advantage that they last longer and you use significantly less energy to wash them.The modern move of course is to washing everything at barely-above cold anyway, and then only being able to wear clothes once as a result because they fundamentally aren't clean.
The modern move of course is to washing everything at barely-above cold anyway, and then only being able to wear clothes once as a result because they fundamentally aren't clean.
We now have machines with 20° and 30° normal wash cycles with anything higher being considered niche. I'll go along with 30° but 20° seems a bit pointless - might as well just wash on the cold cycle and have done with it!If you use the correct detergent, clothes are just as clean at 40°C as they would have been at 60° or even 80° using traditional formulations. With the added advantage that they last longer and you use significantly less energy to wash them.
I agree that 20° seems a bit on the cold side, but I suppose during winter the incoming water might be down to 10° or less so it's still better than not heating the water at all.We now have machines with 20° and 30° normal wash cycles with anything higher being considered niche. I'll go along with 30° but 20° seems a bit pointless - might as well just wash on the cold cycle and have done with it!
Remember though that the old vented dryers are horrendously inefficient, iirc none got above a C energy rating and even that was rare, our Heat Pump Condenser might take a while but it's A+++ rated and only uses ~1.5kWh for a full load on it's default cottons setting.When I was caring for my elderly parents in their home back in 2002-2007 their dual fill washing machine was a godsend as a load only took about 35 minutes, likewise their tumble dryer that wasn't a condenser but had a tube that you stuck through the window and took half the time of a modern condenser dryer. I was able to do all their washing in my three hours visits. At one time cold fill only machines were pretty much unknown. Had a big shock when we tried to replace our dual fill one and could no longer get one.
Remember though that the old vented dryers are horrendously inefficient, iirc none got above a C energy rating and even that was rare, our Heat Pump Condenser might take a while but it's A+++ rated and only uses ~1.5kWh for a full load on it's default cottons setting.
Maybe I'm just showing how manky I am, but other than in the warmest of summers I'll get at least two days wear out of everything, including undergarmets. Especially in winter.Looking at the discussion on washing machines reminded me that back in the 50s and 60s most people would normally wear the same garment for several days. Now everthing that I wear next to my skin gets washed daily which means that most things never get dirty enough to need a hot wash.
I think that's a lot more common than might be indicated in surveys tbh. Now we're in lockdown I wouldn't guarantee getting dressed for more than an hour every day, and I'm not washing stuff I've only worn for an hourMaybe I'm just showing how manky I am, but other than in the warmest of summers I'll get at least two days wear out of everything, including undergarmets. Especially in winter.
I'd suggest that the habit of wearing something for several days has mostly died out (underwear, socks and shirts particularly) as people have moved on from having one bath a week to having a daily shower.Looking at the discussion on washing machines reminded me that back in the 50s and 60s most people would normally wear the same garment for several days. Now everthing that I wear next to my skin gets washed daily which means that most things never get dirty enough to need a hot wash.
My old school now mandates white shirts for boys. In my day there would have been uproar from mothers who normally put their little boys into grey shirts to avoid "showing the dirt".
I'm not convinced that's quite as prevalent as surveys would have you believe either tbh.I'd suggest that the habit of wearing something for several days has mostly died out (underwear, socks and shirts particularly) as people have moved on from having one bath a week to having a daily shower.
Thats me too, though to be honest i was like that before lockdown...With lockdown and home working intend to wear the same shirt for a week. I changed my jeans this week having worn them for 4 weeks.
Did you mean it was the practice itself or those who did it who died outI'd suggest that the habit of wearing something for several days has mostly died out
That reminds me of older cousins who were seemingly all thrown into the bath together - presumably from a time when hot water was a scarce commodity!as people have moved on from having one bath a week to having a daily shower.
My brothers and I weren't thrown in together, but the bath was only half-emptied and refilled between baths when we lived in a house where the water was heated by a coal fired back boiler. And I'm only 45 years old.That reminds me of older cousins who were seemingly all thrown into the bath together - presumably from a time when hot water was a scarce commodity!
I thought pretty much all small kids had to share baths with siblings when I was little. In many ways it still seems like the most practical way to supervise two small kids at once if you are bathing them.That reminds me of older cousins who were seemingly all thrown into the bath together - presumably from a time when hot water was a scarce commodity!