The General Chat Thread (2023)

TastyReuben said:
Saints be praised, I’ve finally…finally convinced MrsT to get rid of the multisystem TV and VCR that we bought just after arriving in the UK…in 1992.

That’s right, she’s finally agreed to get rid of a large, clunky, no-longer-used TV and VCR that’s over 30 years old, along with our PAL VCR tapes that we bought while there.

Here are some of the titles going away:

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Those are single tapes just to show some of what we have - we have full collections of all of those.
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You can't get rid of Blakes's 7.... nooooooooo

<err, then again I think we got rid of all of ours back 12 years ago when we cleared out, we'll you all know that story!>
 
SatNavSaysStraightOn said:
My washing up bowl is 11L full to the brim. It is used once a day. I fail to see how any dishwasher can be more economical and those ads saying I could save 200litres of water a week must be based on some very dubious stats given that 7×10 (allowing for space at the top) is only 70 litres of water. We don't rinse after washing stuff, we just use very little washing up liquid.

As for our dishwasher (not the human one) it doesn't use less than 10 litres per wash and usually errors needing a reset because of low water pressure. You can't shower, flush the toilet, fill the kettle or use the washing machine, wash you hands etc, whilst the dishwasher is on.

I'll stick to hand washing. We only use 1 small bottle of liquid every 2 months.
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Well thats the variables I mention. The average dishwasher uses 9.5 litres of water, mine uses 8.9

I’m sure some of the stats are dubious but given it’s an off repeated claim in the UK trading standards would be all over them like a hot rash if it were untrue.

I couldn’t handle not rinsing the dishes or the low water pressure, a weedy shower does my head in, takes so long to rinse the soap from your hair, I’d have to move, you‘re a braver man than I 😆
 
SandwichShortOfAPicnic said:
Well thats the variables I mention. The average dishwasher uses 9.5 litres of water, mine uses 8.9

I’m sure some of the stats are dubious but given it’s an off repeated claim in the UK trading standards would be all over them like a hot rash if it were untrue.

I couldn’t handle not rinsing the dishes or the low water pressure, a weedy shower does my head in, takes so long to rinse the soap from your hair, I’d have to move, you‘re a braver man than I 😆
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Over here, they claim that you could save 200 and something litres a week by using the dishwasher. I'm left scratching my head... to save that much means people must use a considerable amount of water!
I know our tank is 22,000 litres full, but that is everything (excluding garden) and if it doesn't rain, we don't have water. So we are very conservative with our use.

Most water getting recycled onto the garden, including the washing machine, but I can't do that with the dishwasher and ours definitely uses more than 10 litres per cycle.
 
You have to smile. Hubby was meant to buy food to eat on the plane home. He didn't. So he was going to go off into the city to find something to eat before driving home...
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SatNavSaysStraightOn said:
You can't get rid of Blakes's 7.... nooooooooo

<err, then again I think we got rid of all of ours back 12 years ago when we cleared out, we'll you all know that story!>
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Fortunately, we can stream (and are doing so) Blake’s 7 on BritBox (and The Champions as well)!
 
caseydog said:
One of my ex-wife's favorite phrases, "But we might need that someday."
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I've a feeling that's what girls were taught at school in "Home Economics" classes. My wife repeats it constantly, my mum had a boatload of old junk in her bedroom, the garage and the summer house, and my aunt came over when we were cleaning the bungalow out asking me to "save" this and that. These days, if I see something hasn't been used in a year or so, it's out. IF (and it's highly unlikely) the wife ever asks the answer is to plead ignorance or blame it on the gardener, the cleaner, the plumber, etc. :laugh: :laugh:
 
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TastyReuben said:
Fortunately, we can stream (and are doing so) Blake’s 7 on BritBox (and The Champions as well)!
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Is Britbox any good? We've been considering subscribing to it for a while. (Do they offer a referrer any credit or reward? If they do, you could DM me a link and if we subscribe you'd benefit).
 
SatNavSaysStraightOn said:
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Is Britbox any good? We've been considering subscribing to it for a while. (Do they offer a referrer any credit or reward? If they do, you could DM me a link and if we subscribe you'd benefit).
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We like it quite a bit. We also have Acorn (another Brit streaming service), and we think BB has programming that’s more suited to us, and I think a larger library, plus a larger “live” broadcast. They showed the coronation in real time, for example.

Acorn is good as well, and they have a fair amount of Australian programming as well. I’m not sure if that’s available to you (I don’t think so), but we seem to watch more on BB.

I don’t think they have a referral reward, thanks though. Also, you can order it through other streamers, like Amazon Prime and Apple. We originally ordered it through Apple, but it was such a pain managing the account that we cancelled it after a couple of months and signed up again direct with BB.

I think they also offer a free week trialing period.
 
TastyReuben said:
We like it quite a bit. We also have Acorn (another Brit streaming service), and we think BB has programming that’s more suited to us, and I think a larger library, plus a larger “live” broadcast. They showed the coronation in real time, for example.

Acorn is good as well, and they have a fair amount of Australian programming as well. I’m not sure if that’s available to you (I don’t think so), but we seem to watch more on BB.

I don’t think they have a referral reward, thanks though. Also, you can order it through other streamers, like Amazon Prime and Apple. We originally ordered it through Apple, but it was such a pain managing the account that we cancelled it after a couple of months and signed up again direct with BB.

I think they also offer a free week trialing period.
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I had Acorn for a while, but once I had watched all of Poirot, I cancelled it. :laugh:

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SandwichShortOfAPicnic said:
I’ve tried the one year or out method and the Marie Kondo method where you only keep things that give “spark joy” and neither work..
I get absolutely no spark joy from the drain cleaning rods but I am thrilled I’ve not used them for over a year! 😂
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We are having a huge clear out as we decorate room by room. I halved my clothes on the grounds that I heven't worn thrm for ages, and this afternoon I discarded a huge pile of CDs by simply looking at them in my hand and asking myself if I am ever likely to play them again.
 
The Velvet Curtain said:
We are having a huge clear out as we decorate room by room. I halved my clothes on the grounds that I heven't worn thrm for ages, and this afternoon I discarded a huge pile of CDs by simply looking at them in my hand and asking myself if I am ever likely to play them again.
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You still have music CD’s?
I last saw one in 2003 😂
 
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