tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6737851275453020904.post5647804105683112522..comments2024-03-08T14:27:48.599-08:00Comments on albertnet: The British Faucet ConundrumDana Alberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13488621586586091954noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6737851275453020904.post-6461413751688524902015-12-19T07:27:18.131-08:002015-12-19T07:27:18.131-08:00The Two-Tap system is a most loved grievance of mi...The Two-Tap system is a most loved grievance of mine,yet in the kitchen.Where there is one faucet,regardless it doesn't help.It appears the hot and cold come out the faucet in discrete spots,which leads to the fascinating experience of burning your hands while freezing them in the meantime.<br /><br />Eric Franklin.Plumbing in Oxfordhttp://www.oxford-plumbing.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6737851275453020904.post-29328500058785617412015-12-19T05:06:08.193-08:002015-12-19T05:06:08.193-08:00Nice share.Nice share.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6737851275453020904.post-91118460515335847012013-08-23T02:51:00.228-07:002013-08-23T02:51:00.228-07:00WWW is not the Internet, it's a internet servi...WWW is not the Internet, it's a internet service (one of many).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6737851275453020904.post-42125222456615153002012-02-21T04:43:42.174-08:002012-02-21T04:43:42.174-08:00There is a remarkably simple solution to the '...There is a remarkably simple solution to the 'hot water tastes bad' problem - you let the cold water run for a second or two before you fill your glass. Flushes the water in the tap out, replaces it with pure cold. It's not exactly rocket surgery.<br /><br />(Tim Berners-Lee did indeed invent the world wide web, which is a system that runs atop the internet, which predates it. The Americans can quite legitimately claim the internet.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6737851275453020904.post-76205397366135209732012-01-23T12:20:58.943-08:002012-01-23T12:20:58.943-08:00Tim Berners-Lee INVENTED THE INTERNET WORLD WIDE W...Tim Berners-Lee INVENTED THE INTERNET WORLD WIDE WEB AND HE IS BRITISH <br />NOT AMERICAN... so stick that in your hat and smoke it.<br />In typical fashion of most americans you try to take credit for most when you don't have a creative bone in your bodies.. give credit where credit is due.. not to mention the fact that you stole most patents off of the Brits when you decided to pathetically decided to pitch up for the tail end of ww2. thanks.. wankers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6737851275453020904.post-54575428649983003102011-11-15T10:10:54.688-08:002011-11-15T10:10:54.688-08:00Just the other day I heard some Brits complaining ...Just the other day I heard some Brits complaining about how American taps mix the hot and cold water together. Ok for washing, but disgusting for drinking (apparently).Peter Venablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09540264240229455937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6737851275453020904.post-3895702997850194542011-11-15T09:51:11.216-08:002011-11-15T09:51:11.216-08:00"Surpassing the Jonses," that brought ba..."Surpassing the Jonses," that brought back memories--remember when Billy's parents renovated their kitchen in Yuppiedom, and how critical we were of their $200 faucet? We were critical of their fancy hinged cupboard doors, fancy drawers and so many other things, but it was the faucet that took the cake. You could buy a bike for that kind of money! Just for a faucet that you'd use a few minutes a day! We were there for the kitchen-remodel-open-house when another mom from down the hill in Yuppidom, who was considering her own remodel (to keep up, or, if possible, surpass), came to see the faucet. She was practically drooling over it. Ah, youth, we knew so much. <br /><br />Speaking of youth, it's no wonder Americas need to be told to wash their hands, it's practically impossible in most rest areas, for example, as you note--they're not making this lesson any easier. I found that the only way to do it was to balance on one foot and hold the faucet knob open with the other foot, while washing both hands, together, at the same time, under the stream of frigid (or boiling, take your pick) water. This technique doesn't help the knob be any more hygienic, but then again, was it ever? <br /><br />I remember using this amazing hand-washing machine in a McDonnald's bathroom once: it was this big box you put your arms into, reminiscent of a "glove box" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glovebox) used for handling radioactive materials. First it sprayed your hands with jets of hot, soapy water from all directions, then went through a rinse cycle and finally a dry cycle. It was amazing, the coolest thing I've ever seen at a McDonnald's, and if I had had kids at the time, I'd have considered installing one in my own bathroom. Come to think of it, it would probably have cost more than $200, though...Bryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06470419755805088234noreply@blogger.com