Society & Culture Things you do/did that you probably think no one else does

[FRUMPY]

As much as I am a bath person first and foremost- there is not much better than a cool/cold shower on a hot day.

Baths just dont translate in that kind of weather, at all. Even cool baths.

I love the cold plunge pools at hot springs - even in middle of winter

 

[Shell]

Nah. I cbf'd boiling water, at all. I think I may have done it in the first week, but after that its like ah just have a ******* cold shower and get out quick.


Did anyone die in that explosion?? I think maybe a few??

 

[Shell]

2

Location: Longford
Date: 25 September 1998
Deaths: 2; Peter Wilson(Age:51); John Lowery(Age:49) Widowing Julie Anderson Father of: Jay Lowery Shanon Lowery Kellie Lowery

 

[phantom13]

as in only cold water or what you determine 'cold' shower?

Went for a run yesterday in 30 degree heat and had a pretty cool shower afterwards, 5 mins later was still sweating

Usually depends either a 30 second blast of just cold at the end or lactic style. If it’s a proper shower I’ll usually just do hot.

In hindsight my original post is basically a lie.

 

[bok_party]

Best thing I ever did was a sit in the nude in a geothermal bath in the middle of nowhere in Iceland as it rained. Unbelievable.

 

[Xtreme]

Wow that happened in 1998. September.

No gas for 3 weeks.

The blessing of living in a house built in the 70s, electric everything!! We had to write essays on how it impacted us.. I had three words I wasn't affected.

 

[Hawk Dork]

The blessing of living in a house built in the 70s, electric everything!! We had to write essays on how it impacted us.. I had three words I wasn't affected.

To run an all electric house would have cost a bomb until recently when connection fees out stripped usage fees
Most Victorian houses would have had gas heating gas hot water and a gas stove .....then Jeff privatised it and electricity

You just wouldn't have gas today
Connection costs for 2 utility types is a waste of money and electric reverse cycle heating is more efficient and so is induction cooking and solar hot water add a few panels and gas is finished as an affordable fuel....except in a Sqomo planphlet for the gas led recovery post Covid

 

[peternorth]

place bluetooth speaker into bathroom basin enabling amplicifcation

 

[Billy ray]

To run an all electric house would have cost a bomb until recently when connection fees out stripped usage fees
Most Victorian houses would have had gas heating gas hot water and a gas stove .....then Jeff privatised it and electricity

You just wouldn't have gas today
Connection costs for 2 utility types is a waste of money and electric reverse cycle heating is more efficient and so is induction cooking and solar hot water add a few panels and gas is finished as an affordable fuel....except in a Sqomo planphlet for the gas led recovery post Covid

ive changed to electric almost everything now. just my HWS left which when it blows up (due anytime now as its 10 years old and ive jinxed it), im moving to electric and will get my gas meter shut down and not pay monthly supply charge nor usage fees obviously.

 

[Cruyff14]

ive changed to electric almost everything now. just my HWS left which when it blows up (due anytime now as its 10 years old and ive jinxed it), im moving to electric and will get my gas meter shut down and not pay monthly supply charge nor usage fees obviously.

Yeah just a pain when the power goes out.

 

[Billy ray]

Yeah just a pain when the power goes out.

will have my bottle gas for bbq to cook/boil water. and my hws is solar (im talking solar with electric booster rather than gas booster)

 

[Hawk Dork]

Yeah just a pain when the power goes out.

charcoal barbie and rechargeable lanterns
we get a few power outages a year
Lots of solar lights outside and solar hot water

 

[Xtreme]

To run an all electric house would have cost a bomb until recently when connection fees out stripped usage fees
Most Victorian houses would have had gas heating gas hot water and a gas stove .....then Jeff privatised it and electricity

You just wouldn't have gas today
Connection costs for 2 utility types is a waste of money and electric reverse cycle heating is more efficient and so is induction cooking and solar hot water add a few panels and gas is finished as an affordable fuel....except in a Sqomo planphlet for the gas led recovery post Covid

Actually in a mostly gas house now well in terms of hot water. Still have an electric stove and oven. So polar opposite last year when most of the state was without power after that bad wind storm.... (August-ish?? I had to eat Rambo style).

 

[Chief]

place bluetooth speaker into bathroom basin enabling amplicifcation

I just put my phone in there.

 

[Kram]

ive changed to electric almost everything now. just my HWS left which when it blows up (due anytime now as its 10 years old and ive jinxed it), im moving to electric and will get my gas meter shut down and not pay monthly supply charge nor usage fees obviously.

Electric heat pump is good.

 

[the_interloper]

charcoal barbie and rechargeable lanterns
we get a few power outages a year
Lots of solar lights outside and solar hot water

Real man right here

 

[Scotland]

I have my BBQ on LNG (mains gas, not bottle which is LPG) and hot water on gas also. At my previous house I changed from electric hot water to gas.

Electric stoves suck. The old school coil ones were s**t and the induction ones are also s**t. Gas FTW.

 

[Billy ray]

induction ones are also sh*t

my induction is the absolute best thing i have ever had appliance wise in 25 years of owning kitchens/houses

 

[Shell]

my induction is the absolute best thing i have ever had appliance wise in 25 years of owning kitchens/houses

Same

 

[Hawk Dork]

my induction is the absolute best thing i have ever had appliance wise in 25 years of owning kitchens/houses

Fast controllable and easy to keep looking brand new

 

[Gough]

I like gas, I can see the heat if that makes sense.

 

[Hawk Dork]

I like gas, I can see the heat if that makes sense.

My Induction has a red H to let you see the heat

 

[Mofra]

my induction is the absolute best thing i have ever had appliance wise in 25 years of owning kitchens/houses

I'm considering changing my cooktop from electric to induction. Probably a 2022 project - it's not as expensive as I thought it would be

 

[Hawk Dork]

I'm considering changing my cooktop from electric to induction. Probably a 2022 project - it's not as expensive as I thought it would be

They have got cheaper and if its just old electric for new induction same size its pretty quick and easy a few hundred to the sparky

Then its off to Aldi to replace your fry pans
looking for this on everything

 

[craigos]

Talking about cookware, really getting that younger demographic through the door here.

Alas, gas stove or go jump in the sea imo.