h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

I'm saying nuffin By the way, I am a woman so does it still count as sexist to imply that men should be banned from designing kitchens?

Of course. Do you think only men can be sexist?

For those with limited physical access issues, conventional units as mentioned in post 11560 can pose problems and the space a unit occupies is often not fully utilised.

I often bark on about my bad back, it is a really time issue, planning functional rooms liken to kitchens needs greater understanding of the mechanic's and functionality of use.
Hence, I in cooperated pull out larder units into my plan, they are accessible from both sides, all the space it maximised, they are easy to operate so making them very efficient and user friendly.

Maybe fords and Malabarista wound like to elaborate as to what they would consider as their priorities regarding planning a kitchen.

Please don’t say colour first

That smiley doesn't have an upper-class extended, wiggly pinkie.

I don't care what colour it is, I just want my cupboards to be within reach

My main issue is stretching up to the high shelves so it would be great to have them moved down, but I would love at least one more cupboard at ground level. We have two, but one is only about a foot across by two feet deep so it's become the bottle cupboard.

"I don't know when you last used a dishwasher, KB, but pre-rinsing the dishes is not necessary."

I don't know either. I tend not to, since they are such a waste of power.

And they smell too!

I hate opening a dishwasher and getting a blast of that hot, 'antiseptic lemon with a slightly rotten food' smell that you get. Which is why we don't have one.

DVD Menus that play automatically, as if I didn't know how to operate it. And by the way, if I want it to hang around on the menu screen then I most assuredly DON'T want it to play the movie yet. Who designs these?

>>I hate opening a dishwasher and getting a blast of that hot, 'antiseptic lemon with a slightly rotten food' smell that you get.

Mine doesn't smell at all. Maybe it's because I do actually pre-rinse, or maybe because I clean the thing with a vinegar wash every few weeks.

I suspect there are many different approaches to using a dishwasher, with all sorts of liberties being taken with the official instructions, which are...actually, what are they?

RTFM?

As a man, a cannot read the manual until I've failed to do it right in every possible way first.

That's assuming you can find the thing.
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I remember the manual that came with my first PC, it was as thick as a telephone directory. I never bothered reading it, I just worked things out myself.

Can you imagine if life came with a manual,would you read it, might skip through to some of the interesting bit

Babies should have manuals, although there need only be 3 instructions; feed, wind, change nappy.

Regular little Poo machines, but them smiles and giggles surely melt your heart

"might skip through to some of the interesting bit"

Manuals, being what they are, would make the interesting bits seem positively dull... "insert tab A into slot B. Repeat."

On the subject of DVDs - those which absolutely insist you watch the "video piracy is a crime" bit. You can't skip through. I know it's a crime, that's why I'm watching a DVD which is either a) rented or b) bought. Do people actually pirate movies then go "Oh, I didn't know it was a crime, I'd better not watch it"?

It's a bit like going into a shop and being made to stand through a lecture on how shoplifting is a crime. Or being pulled over by the police to be reminded that it's illegal to drive without a licence.

Deb

Actually, DVD-style warnings for road-users might be a good idea; certainly a lot more sensible than having them for DVD-users. Unlike dangerous driving, no lives are endangered through illegally watching a DVD.