Epic WTF

My old man was stopped by a couple of squaddies in the vicinity of the Limestone Rd when he was a kid. " 'ere — spell hat" came the challenge. Turns to the other after the response and says "Told you.".

/csd

I learnt more about what went on back home after I moved away than I ever did living there. Who knew growing up in a protestant family (grandfather in the TA, grandmother an orange woman, uncles in flute bands), going to school in a protestant town (Newtownards) meant you only got one side of the story. And when we were ever stopped, my Dad's very handy protestant surname meant we just got merrily waved on our way, so I saw none of what others had to put up with.

Making friends since with ex-squaddies was eye opening, and stomach churning. And you usually get one of two types; either they loved it as they had free reign to fuck with anyone they thought was remotely catholic (an ex-colleague laughed when he told me a story of when their rural post was being pinged by what was clearly kids with air rifles or BB guns, so they just emptied their machine guns in the vague direction it was coming from), or they can't stand that they had any part in it. I also met someone (through work I was doing with the Met) who used to be high up in counter intelligence and is now (or was when I met him) head of security for a large museum group. To say he liked a drink would be an understatement, and the stories he would tell after said drinks made that all the more understandable.

I am watching a documentary about the energy crisis, how people try to save on energy bills
and a woman said that not only do her kids share a bath but they keep the towel for the next bath.
Are there really people who use their bath towel only once?

Are there really people who use their bath towel only once?

Never heard of that. Does this lady wash her bedsheets every day too?

My mum. Her washing machine is never off.

I towel off after a shower, the water is clean, therefor towels are perpetually clean.

(n.b. I don't have a bath in my home)

therefor towels are perpetually clean

Roughly my undergrad logic - I like it.

The woman in the documentary said she can't afford to put the washing machine on all the time which means she probably did before.

Reminded me of my hair dresser who told me he turned off his outdoor jacuzzi (this is sweden, in winter) to save on electricity bills. After two weeks though he missed it enough to turn it back on. Apparently, a smooth £150 to get it up to base heat and then another fair chunk of change daily to keep it warm + the extra needed for when you actually used it. He insured me it wasn't too expensive to run though, just a "few hundred" kwh per month...

wow, how much was a haircut ?

I use a flannel first and get off all the loose water ringing it out a few times in the process. Leaves less for my towel to do and less water evaporating away from the towel later - I live in an old stone wall terrace house so reducing damp air is a serious consideration.

spendy

Are there really people who use their bath towel only once?

Idiots?

I used to go out with somebody who used towels once, changed bed sheets daily and used to peel mushrooms before cooking with them because somebody once told her they were fertilised with human shit. Some people are weird.

I use a flannel first and get off all the loose water ringing it out a few times in the process.

Sorry, wait, you have to ring out your towel multiple times after a bath/shower? Are you a wookie?

There are plenty of those around.

put the washing machine on all the time

TBF we do probably do 0.75 washes a day on average.

Washing machine costs ~25p/hr. People are looking in the wrong places for savings.

You miss-read. It was a flannel.

Mate has a washing machine with an eco setting. Takes 4.5 hours to do a load. Better be bloody economical

It’ll heat the water less but soak for longer.

The Harry Hill washing up method. The machines will never find a better way of cleaning a lasagne dish than leaving it in to soak.

I'd imagine it just covers everything in water every x minutes as a long soak, then a quick program at the end

Saw this in the kitchen of a local business centre

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I like that. Time-consuming and ultimately pointless, but it looks great.