Vagueness and the Aftermath - A sporadic diary

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I waste loads of things in life but 1 thing I always go mad about to the wife is when she fills the kettle up to make 1 cup of tea. Don't know why it gets my goat but it does.

I will now show her this.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-23175220

I read that one too. The figures are astounding.

Just get one of these



http://www.ecokettle.co.uk/

Lol, I bet people will buy that too.


We don't waste water because we have had to carry it home with us for generations and old habit's die hard.

It's the same with energy. A small amount of water boils quicker and uses less. It might only make 1 minute difference to the boiling time in an electric kettle, but it makes 10 minutes difference over an open fire.

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People in the gym I periodically frequent do my absolute nut in, texting on steppers, chatting on treadmills and tweeting while wandering about.

Text everyone or update your FriendFace profile as you get to the gym with "OMG Megalolz! Am at gym #pushitrealgood #sweatlikeabawse" and put the 'phone in the locker.

Seb Coe said people who jogged to music were missing the point of running and that it was important to concentrate. That's an extreme, but you can't possibly be having good exercise if you are on a treadmill and having a conversation about the latest gossip.

It's not a safety issue in a supermarket; it's just blooming rude. If the wife is about to give birth, you shouldn't be in the queue buying brocolli and Cif.

Why not? New mothers still have to cook and do the cleaning.

[technolog]

Remember where you heard it first

I have a similarly 'anal' routine for making tea at work.

Rinse cups.

Scrub each cup clean with a clean paper towel.

Decant any water remaining in the kettle into the clean cups.

Top the water up in each cup to a level which allows for the addition of milk and 'stirring room'.

Pour water from each cup into kettle, checking after each cupful to see if the element is covered, if so, switch kettle on then continue to empty remaining cups into it.

Put tea bag, milk and sugar (as required) into each cup.

Go for a wee.

Wash hands.

If more than one cup is being made, warm now cold hands on radiator (seasonal adjustment may be required).

When water starts to boil, as seen through 'level' window, click kettle off before it clicks itself off.

Immediately pour all of the water into cups.

Using three clean cups of identical size, refill kettle with exact amount of water for next mashing to transfer remaining heat in element into the water.

Give each cup a gentle stir.

Go back to work for between 5 and 10 minutes.

Stir each cup again.

Remove each tea bag and gently squeeze tea from it into its cup.

Give each cup a good stir.

Place clean paper towel on worktop.

Draw the bottom of each cup across the towel.

Deliver tea to recipients.

Enjoy top-notch cup of tea.

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Remember where you heard it first

I have a similarly 'anal' routine for making tea at work.

Rinse cups.

Scrub each cup clean with a clean paper towel.

Decant any water remaining in the kettle into the clean cups.

Top the water up in each cup to a level which allows for the addition of milk and 'stirring room'.

Pour water from each cup into kettle, checking after each cupful to see if the element is covered, if so, switch kettle on then continue to empty remaining cups into it.

Put tea bag, milk and sugar (as required) into each cup.

Go for a wee.

Wash hands.

If more than one cup is being made, warm now cold hands on radiator (seasonal adjustment may be required).

When water starts to boil, as seen through 'level' window, click kettle off before it clicks itself off.

Immediately pour all of the water into cups.

Using three clean cups of identical size, refill kettle with exact amount of water for next mashing to transfer remaining heat in element into the water.

Give each cup a gentle stir.

Go back to work for between 5 and 10 minutes.

Stir each cup again.

Remove each tea bag and gently squeeze tea from it into its cup.

Give each cup a good stir.

Place clean paper towel on worktop.

Draw the bottom of each cup across the towel.

Deliver tea to recipients.

Enjoy top-notch cup of tea.

Lol. I thought of this post this morning.

We have so much in common.

[kinboshi]

Sure we've had this conversation on here before. As there are only two of us in the house, and I rarely have a hot drink, we have one of these:

http://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/household-appliances/small-kitchen-appliances/kettles/breville-vkj142-hot-cup-one-cup-hot-water-dispenser-black-stainless-steel-01601281-pdt.html?gclid=CIW55_TrlbgCFWbJtAodtwYAZA&srcid=198&cmpid=ppc%7egg%7eHousehold+Appliances%7e01601281&istCompanyId=bec25c7e-cbcd-460d-81d5-a25372d2e3d7&istItemId=mrqmlrl&istBid=t&ef_id=UF7e9wAAAQD2ejPY:201307041230

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Sure we've had this conversation on here before. As there are only two of us in the house, and I rarely have a hot drink, we have one of these:

http://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/household-appliances/small-kitchen-appliances/kettles/breville-vkj142-hot-cup-one-cup-hot-water-dispenser-black-stainless-steel-01601281-pdt.html?gclid=CIW55_TrlbgCFWbJtAodtwYAZA&srcid=198&cmpid=ppc%7egg%7eHousehold+Appliances%7e01601281&istCompanyId=bec25c7e-cbcd-460d-81d5-a25372d2e3d7&istItemId=mrqmlrl&istBid=t&ef_id=UF7e9wAAAQD2ejPY:201307041230

Crap!

Now I have to test to see how long it takes to boil one cup in our kettle, and work out how long it would take to save £44.

Not that making one cup of tea is an option here, I'm just incurably curious.

[kinboshi]

I don't know if it saves money over the lifetime of ownership, but it's definitely convenient.  It holds 2-litres, but only heats enough for one cup at a time, so you're not having to keep on filling it (such a laborious task that takes hours, obviously) and as soon as it boils it disperses it into the mug with the amount you preset. 

That's assuming you haven't forgotten to place a mug underneath the spout...

[david3103]

I don't know if it saves money over the lifetime of ownership, but it's definitely convenient.  It holds 2-litres, but only heats enough for one cup at a time, so you're not having to keep on filling it (such a laborious task that takes hours, obviously) and as soon as it boils it disperses it into the mug with the amount you preset. 

That's assuming you haven't forgotten to place a mug underneath the spout...

My wife insisted on relegating our 'one-cup' to the garage on the grounds that it didn't get the water hot enough to make tea.
Hence our acquisition of the Wahl ecokettle jobby I posted about earlier.

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I don't know if it saves money over the lifetime of ownership, but it's definitely convenient.  It holds 2-litres, but only heats enough for one cup at a time, so you're not having to keep on filling it (such a laborious task that takes hours, obviously) and as soon as it boils it disperses it into the mug with the amount you preset. 

That's assuming you haven't forgotten to place a mug underneath the spout...

My wife insisted on relegating our 'one-cup' to the garage on the grounds that it didn't get the water hot enough to make tea.
Hence our acquisition of the Wahl ecokettle jobby I posted about earlier.

If you'd told me you've bought one, I could have said what a great idea they are.

[kinboshi]

I don't know if it saves money over the lifetime of ownership, but it's definitely convenient.  It holds 2-litres, but only heats enough for one cup at a time, so you're not having to keep on filling it (such a laborious task that takes hours, obviously) and as soon as it boils it disperses it into the mug with the amount you preset. 

That's assuming you haven't forgotten to place a mug underneath the spout...

My wife insisted on relegating our 'one-cup' to the garage on the grounds that it didn't get the water hot enough to make tea.
Hence our acquisition of the Wahl ecokettle jobby I posted about earlier.

Sounds like you might have had a dodgy one, as ours is definitely hot enough to make tea.  You don't live at the top of Mt Everest do you?

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I don't know if it saves money over the lifetime of ownership, but it's definitely convenient.  It holds 2-litres, but only heats enough for one cup at a time, so you're not having to keep on filling it (such a laborious task that takes hours, obviously) and as soon as it boils it disperses it into the mug with the amount you preset. 

That's assuming you haven't forgotten to place a mug underneath the spout...

My wife insisted on relegating our 'one-cup' to the garage on the grounds that it didn't get the water hot enough to make tea.
Hence our acquisition of the Wahl ecokettle jobby I posted about earlier.

Sounds like you might have had a dodgy one, as ours is definitely hot enough to make tea.  You don't live at the top of Mt Everest do you?

How do you know? You don't drink tea.

You do realise that the water has to be actually boiling?

[Laxie]

Was going to start a thread about this but, seeing as you're doing topical stuff, what do you make of the Sainsbury's mobile 'phone story?

Cliffs: checkout person refuses to serve a woman who is talking on her mobile until she ends the call. The supermarket has apologised to her since.

Checkout person was right imo.  I've seen customers get snippy with the clerk because they dared interrupt the customer's chat.  All the clerk was doing was asking questions relative to their shopping.  Wait until you're off the phone to get in the line or plan to hang up when it's your turn to check out.  Rude and ignorant not to.

Getting annoyed with with the clerk interrupting you is clearly rude and stupid as they're almost certainly helping you - but, if you go shopping with someone do you stop talking to them when you're in the checkout queue and only re-start the conversation after you've paid? Why should the fact that the other person isn't physically present make any difference?

Surely you know me well enough by now to know I'd just include the clerk in the conversation?!    

[kinboshi]

I don't know if it saves money over the lifetime of ownership, but it's definitely convenient.  It holds 2-litres, but only heats enough for one cup at a time, so you're not having to keep on filling it (such a laborious task that takes hours, obviously) and as soon as it boils it disperses it into the mug with the amount you preset. 

That's assuming you haven't forgotten to place a mug underneath the spout...

My wife insisted on relegating our 'one-cup' to the garage on the grounds that it didn't get the water hot enough to make tea.
Hence our acquisition of the Wahl ecokettle jobby I posted about earlier.

Sounds like you might have had a dodgy one, as ours is definitely hot enough to make tea.  You don't live at the top of Mt Everest do you?

How do you know? You don't drink tea.

You do realise that the water has to be actually boiling?

I do drink tea, just not that often.  Also, it doesn't have to be boiling, it has to be at the right temperature (which I think is over 85°C or something like that).  That's why you can't make a cuppa up Everest, as the water boils at too low a temperature and doesn't get hot enough to make a brew (think it only reaches 60°C before it starts to boil).

[kinboshi]

My figures were slightly out:

http://www.physics.org/facts/air-tea.asp

[Tal]

I don't know if it saves money over the lifetime of ownership, but it's definitely convenient.  It holds 2-litres, but only heats enough for one cup at a time, so you're not having to keep on filling it (such a laborious task that takes hours, obviously) and as soon as it boils it disperses it into the mug with the amount you preset. 

That's assuming you haven't forgotten to place a mug underneath the spout...

My wife insisted on relegating our 'one-cup' to the garage on the grounds that it didn't get the water hot enough to make tea.
Hence our acquisition of the Wahl ecokettle jobby I posted about earlier.

Sounds like you might have had a dodgy one, as ours is definitely hot enough to make tea.  You don't live at the top of Mt Everest do you?

How do you know? You don't drink tea.

You do realise that the water has to be actually boiling?

I do drink tea, just not that often.  Also, it doesn't have to be boiling, it has to be at the right temperature (which I think is over 85°C or something like that).  That's why you can't make a cuppa up Everest, as the water boils at too low a temperature and doesn't get hot enough to make a brew (think it only reaches 60°C before it starts to boil).

More relevantly, at that altitude, it's so cold you are likely to end up with frozen hobnobs.