Nice people thread part 5 - nicely does it

sss555s

vivatifosi wrote: »

I have just checked my kitchen. I have 12 sockets. I have finally found something that I appear to have more of than anyone. Crikey...

I have the power... Mwah ha ha ha!

I have 8 and 3 are empty :j

The oven and hob have their own switches though.

I have toaster, kettle, microwave, FF and washing machine.... Oh wait! I don't think I counted where the washing machine is plugged in.

All fairly easy.

So what do you fill your sockets with viva?

Percy1983

Will say none of it is my work, there is a switch in the kitchen which I have no idea what it does.

Anyway, I win I may not have the most plug sockets but my toaster boils eggs (as well as toast of course).

I listed the chairs in the utility room for comedy effect, they don't need power.

PasturesNew

michaels wrote: »

Especially as I have just remembered another 2. However the one behind the fridge might be a single socket so either 17 or 18. I think the extractor fan may have one in the cupboard - any advances on 19?

I think my whole place here runs on less. There are 4 on the kitchen wall and 4 on another wall.... so 8 to run my whole household ... one I've run an extension lead from (TV, monitor, printer, phone charger, emergency-can't-see-a-!!!!!!!'-thing-lamp). Mostly unused are two sockets.

Used 24/7 are three sockets.
Used daily on demand are 3 sockets (microwave, kettle, toaster once a day). Those items could all run from one socket if there were room to have the 3 sitting alongside each other, Having them all plugged in all the time is a luxury.

My parents' house has 5 sockets. Fridge/freezer, kettle, toaster, microwave, electric can-opener (not a posh alert, that's a dexterity aid for the elderly ... until even that was too complex). Their living room has 2 sockets.

michaels

iron hoover wii phone battery charger energy meter microwave washing machine (now in utility) dishwasher radio tv extractor fridge

lostinrates

chewmylegoff wrote: »

. What else do you need?

breadmaker
Slowcooker (axtually, no, i hate this and keep meaning to give it to someone)
Icecream maker that drinks vodka
Kitchenaid, (in my dreams)
Hand mixer, in lieu of kitchen aid.
Stick blender
Blender
Magimix

PasturesNew

lostinrates wrote: »

Memory, i have just remembered i broke a glass on friday and went to get stuff to clear it up with. I have no idea where i broke the glass though, and think i forgot to go back to clear it up.

My mind is a bit like a hose with a kink in it, its all there, it just gets backed up, sometimes, when the kink straightens, memories and thoughts come really quickly and i cannot get them all down or out quickly enough. Really, thats when i should try playing the piano, see if that comes back, instead of me sitting at it for endless hours with nothing working right!

How do you know you're not still there clearing it up then... maybe being here is an illusion :P

vivatifosi

sss555s wrote: »

So what do you fill your sockets with viva?

Not a lot. The washing machine's in one, the microwave and kettle have their own and the other appliances have those switches that they are hard wired behind. I've never thought about how many I have until tonight. It's just a function of living in a fairly modern house that had plenty already, but in which the previous owners felt the need to install another bank.

I'm starting to wonder why for my birthday I asked for a solar-powered radio for the window sill.

Percy1983

Plugged in right now:
Fridge
Freezer
Washing Machine
Dishwasher
Toaster
Kettle
Fryer
Toastie Machine
Microwave
Radio

michaels

Are you ok this evening LR?

lostinrates wrote: »

Memory, i have just remembered i broke a glass on friday and went to get stuff to clear it up with. I have no idea where i broke the glass though, and think i forgot to go back to clear it up.

My mind is a bit like a hose with a kink in it, its all there, it just gets backed up, sometimes, when the kink straightens, memories and thoughts come really quickly and i cannot get them all down or out quickly enough. Really, thats when i should try playing the piano, see if that comes back, instead of me sitting at it for endless hours with nothing working right!

PasturesNew

lostinrates wrote: »

breadmaker
Slowcooker (axtually, no, i hate this and keep meaning to give it to someone)
Icecream maker that drinks vodka
Kitchenaid, (in my dreams)
Hand mixer, in lieu of kitchen aid.
Stick blender
Blender
Magimix

That'd take a 6' length of worktop just to have that lot always out and available - if you put them in cupboards you never use them.

As for the slowcooker - I think they're a great idea, but really should be available in a 2 pint size.

You can use them for desserts/sweet stuff... maybe it's worth some time investigating just 1-2 great things to use the slowcooker for.... 1-2 real treats.

The other issue I have with the thought of a slowcooker is people suggest you can come home to a nice hot meal - and I fail to see how - they cook in a shorter time than the time a full-time worker is usually out at work... and, once you're at work, you can never really be sure what time you can get away (invariably getting conned into free overtime or a meeting that overruns).