Mundane News

[PeteXXX]

We have a Bosch dishwasher. After about a year I thought " I wonder what that button does " when I pressed it the timer dropped from over two hours to 1:05.

The most economical cycle in my dishwasher was 3 hrs 10 minutes. Looking through the bumpfh it uses less water and less leccy but, I guess, soaks stuff for longer.

 

[biggs682]

First cuppa went down well
Skies are more grey than any other colour

 

[Mike_P]

Pouring down, was to be a day on the office but not now, as the lunchtime escape in the form of a stroll to Asda would be horrible with 40+ mph winds along with the rain.

 

[oldwheels]

More like “cruise ship menace” grows

There are certainly more of them and also much larger ones than in previous years. The cyclist menace is a new manifestation but the entitled pedestrians are also a local nuisance. Some walking along the street yesterday seemed to expect cars and vans to fly over them and reacted with annoyance when they did not.

 

[Illaveago]

I'm not sure anything like that will happen. We've found things left by retirees from several years ago in the packing process.


I'm not sure they'll track it, or be too bothered. Basically we're a growing subject so have more desks. Other subject areas have less.

Currently there's about 16 full-time, 8 fractional and 6 hourly-paid colleagues and many work from home unless teaching. We'll use some of the desks for now, then hopefully grow into the rest.

In addition to hot-desks there's meeting pods and other spaces available for use.

Are they playing musical chairs ?

 

[oldwheels]

Looks to be another wet day with gales later.
My hearing aid seems to have dried out after getting hosed down yesterday when fuelling the car.
Today I need to wait around for a new washing machine to be delivered. Some furniture has to be shifted out of my galley kitchen to give enough space to get it in and the old one out.
I am leaving the removal of the failed one to a plumber as the isolating valve seems to be stuck and if it breaks I certainly cannot fix it.
The only dishwasher I have is myself and it is not worth bothering about for one person.

 

[Illaveago]

How can a dishwasher thats been going for over 90 minutes be more economical than physically doing it by hand in about 15 minutes from start to finish

It's the way they weight the test in their favour !

 

[Illaveago]

Morning.
Grey and a bit chilly here this morning.
I was thinking about this "Hot Desking" problem! Why haven't the management just come up with a simple board which each person could wear like usherettes used to have in cinemas ? They don't need to sell ice-cream and have a light but they could have a receptacle for their phone and laptop.

 

[Andy in Germany]

How can a dishwasher thats been going for over 90 minutes be more economical than physically doing it by hand in about 15 minutes from start to finish

I am highly sceptical of this too. I have to 'rent' my kitchen with the rest of my apartment and it came with a dishwasher which I've never used. Last month my landlord came by with the years utility costs, and expressed surprise that I use so little electricity...

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

I was a bit cold - well, not comfortably snug - when I woke up this morning. It's not cold enough to close the window and nowhere near needing to turn the heating on. But I fear we may have now gone beyond the duvet cover and light blanket stage.

I have to take my cousin to London City Airport this morning. She might have a nervous take off - gusty cross-headwinds of 40mph+. For the record, it's a narrow runway with water on both sides.

 

[Tenkaykev]

The most economical cycle in my dishwasher was 3 hrs 10 minutes. Looking through the bumpfh it uses less water and less leccy but, I guess, soaks stuff for longer.

That's interesting. I think our machine came with something called a " Manual " but being a bloke I don't know what that is 😉

 

[PeteXXX]

We put our dishwasher on timer to start at 04:00 so it runs it's cycle on nighttime leccy.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

That's interesting. I think our machine came with something called a " Manual " but being a bloke I don't know what that is 😉

I'm actually pretty good at reading manuals. Noticeably less good at retaining the information though.

 

[Illaveago]

We put our dishwasher on timer to start at 04:00 so it runs it's cycle on nighttime leccy.

Ah! You have Lunar panels then ?

 

[Illaveago]

I've just been looking through my old Spitting Image book and came across Subbuteo Table Swimming and had to laugh!