A Conversation for Explaining Bathing In The British Isles To Americans
I hear you!
Yael Smith Started conversation Sep 8, 2005
I am from Israel, but now live in Liverpool. Do I miss showers! Especially the amazing invention of mixer taps, that actually.... BLEND the water together!
I hate the seperate taps for hot and cold water, and although the electric showers can be quite good, the stream and water pressure are always dubious.
Elly
I hear you!
fords - number 1 all over heaven Posted Sep 11, 2005
But when you have a mixer tap (as we do) you still need the hot and cold water taps separate so you can adjust the temperature 
I hear you!
Yael Smith Posted Sep 13, 2005
But then you at least get warm water and not the hot-cold-hot-cold you get at my in-laws.
I hear you!
fords - number 1 all over heaven Posted Sep 13, 2005
The mixer tap is part of our shower, but when we did it the 'old fashioned way' I would just gradually turn the taps on. I don't see the problem, to be honest!
I hear you!
Yael Smith Posted Sep 14, 2005
I guess it's just 'coz you're not used to it. After a lifetime of perfect temperature water, it's hard to re-adjust
I hear you!
fords - number 1 all over heaven Posted Sep 14, 2005
I can see your point. I have a lifetime of knowing how to tweak those taps just right 
I hear you!
fords - number 1 all over heaven Posted Sep 15, 2005
Alright, what are you doing tomorrow night? Come round and I'll show you how it's done chez Vibenstein 
I hear you!
Yael Smith Posted Sep 17, 2005
Herrm, as you could see, I was busy, and I don't know what my husband would make of this whole shower adjusting business.
Never mind my husband, as a candidate for presidency, what would this do to your reputation?
I hear you!
fords - number 1 all over heaven Posted Sep 17, 2005
What, my reputation as a mad boozy bint? It'd probably improve it! 
I hear you!
fords - number 1 all over heaven Posted Oct 3, 2005
Well, that shower would be in my house 
I hear you!
KDixonDonnelly Posted Oct 22, 2005
Me either! And what's with a mixing tap? We Yanks just call them faucets.
And when the plumber finally did come (and the shower works now) (but I still take baths sometimes) I asked what the advantage of having 2 separate faucets was. He just looked at me and said (seriously): 'What's the advantage of having them together?'
Geesh. No wonder we dominate the planet.
I hear you!
Yael Smith Posted Nov 1, 2005
It just seems to me that that's the way things ALWAYS were, so this is how we'll keep'em. Brits love their traditions.
I hear you!
fords - number 1 all over heaven Posted Nov 1, 2005
Damn right! If it ain't broke, don't fix it
I hear you!
Yael Smith Posted Nov 4, 2005
Oh, please PLEASE fix it!
At least now I have round taps and not the metal cross ones, so I can stop worrying when I try and turn off the water in cold mornings.
Key: Complain about this post
I hear you!
- 1: Yael Smith (Sep 8, 2005)
- 2: fords - number 1 all over heaven (Sep 11, 2005)
- 3: Yael Smith (Sep 13, 2005)
- 4: fords - number 1 all over heaven (Sep 13, 2005)
- 5: Yael Smith (Sep 14, 2005)
- 6: fords - number 1 all over heaven (Sep 14, 2005)
- 7: Yael Smith (Sep 15, 2005)
- 8: fords - number 1 all over heaven (Sep 15, 2005)
- 9: Yael Smith (Sep 17, 2005)
- 10: fords - number 1 all over heaven (Sep 17, 2005)
- 11: Yael Smith (Sep 27, 2005)
- 12: fords - number 1 all over heaven (Oct 1, 2005)
- 13: Yael Smith (Oct 1, 2005)
- 14: fords - number 1 all over heaven (Oct 3, 2005)
- 15: Yael Smith (Oct 4, 2005)
- 16: KDixonDonnelly (Oct 22, 2005)
- 17: Yael Smith (Nov 1, 2005)
- 18: fords - number 1 all over heaven (Nov 1, 2005)
- 19: Yael Smith (Nov 4, 2005)
More Conversations for Explaining Bathing In The British Isles To Americans
Write an Entry
"The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is a wholly remarkable book. It has been compiled and recompiled many times and under many different editorships. It contains contributions from countless numbers of travellers and researchers."