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Nice People Thread Number 11 - A Treasury of Nice People
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Interesting. Thanks. What's the deal with the battery? Do you have to keep recharging it? Or can you use it plugged in if you're not on the stairs?
You have to keep recharging it.
It's great as an occasional 'dustbuster', but you'd only get a couple of rooms worth of window ledges, cornices, skirting boards, mantels, etc from a charge.
Or about three quarters of a big (35 stairs) staircase.“The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie – deliberate, contrived, and dishonest – but the myth, persistent, persuasive, and unrealistic.
Belief in myths allows the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.”
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I was reading reviews about these steam cleaners. I still can't decide, having managed all my life without one, do I need one now?
They're good for kitchens and bathrooms. We have a cheap one bought off ebay for about £20, and it really does make cleaning some hard surfaces a lot easier.“The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie – deliberate, contrived, and dishonest – but the myth, persistent, persuasive, and unrealistic.
Belief in myths allows the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.”
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lostinrates wrote: »So this week, I could start painting the garden fence. This seems less appealing. Its not short, and I'll probably break it down in to chunks of a panel a day, which seems a little silly. But it won't break my body that way.
Doing it in a way that doesn't break you is NOT silly.
HAMISH_MCTAVISH wrote: »You have to keep recharging it.
It's great as an occasional 'dustbuster', but you'd only get a couple of rooms worth of window ledges, cornices, skirting boards, mantels, etc from a charge.
Or about three quarters of a big (35 stairs) staircase.
Thanks. That's useless for me then - so it's helpful to know that. I need my cleaner to be able to vacuum the entire house without having to stop to wait for the thing to recharge.Do you know anyone who's bereaved? Point them to https://www.AtaLoss.org which does for bereavement support what MSE does for financial services, providing links to support organisations relevant to the circumstances of the loss & the local area. (Link permitted by forum team)
Tyre performance in the wet deteriorates rapidly below about 3mm tread - change yours when they get dangerous, not just when they are nearly illegal (1.6mm).
Oh, and wear your seatbelt. My kids are only alive because they were wearing theirs when somebody else was driving in wet weather with worn tyres.0 -
Just thought i'd repost this from another thread. It'll sort out the seniors from the juniors.There is no honour to be had in not knowing a thing that can be known - Danny Baker0
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Thanks. That's useless for me then - so it's helpful to know that. I need my cleaner to be able to vacuum the entire house without having to stop to wait for the thing to recharge.
Yep, they're definitely not designed for that. Maybe a tiny studio flat, but not a big flat or house.
Really good as a 'dustbuster', for quick cleans of spills, hard to reach areas, stairs, ledges, etc. But nowhere near as good as a proper wired cleaner for everything else.“The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie – deliberate, contrived, and dishonest – but the myth, persistent, persuasive, and unrealistic.
Belief in myths allows the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.”
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A glorious, warm spring day in mid-Kent - I've watched sister #1 hosing down kit, sister #2 setting out for a ride in the school, sisters' friend mucking out, and Bruv and Isaac playing football.
All this effort by other people is exhausting, so I'm now listening to my parents talking about the glittering history of New Brighton (near where they were both born and brought up) and its current dereliction....much enquiry having been made concerning a gentleman, who had quitted a company where Johnson was, and no information being obtained; at last Johnson observed, that 'he did not care to speak ill of any man behind his back, but he believed the gentleman was an attorney'.0 -
Aaaaannnnd..... I've just realised I spent the last half an hour discussing the merits of various cleaning appliances on a web forum during a bank holiday weekend.
Somebody shoot me now.
“The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie – deliberate, contrived, and dishonest – but the myth, persistent, persuasive, and unrealistic.
Belief in myths allows the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.”
-- President John F. Kennedy”0 -
Just thought i'd repost this from another thread. It'll sort out the seniors from the juniors.
Loved it...no wonder we could all save up house deposits in those days, what else was there to spend money on?!I think....0 -
Loved it...no wonder we could all save up house deposits in those days, what else was there to spend money on?!
There was plenty to spend money on because what there was then was correspondingly more expensive. For example, I spend just a fraction more now for a digital album than I did back then for a physical one - and I was earning a lot less. Phone calls... if they weren't to a local number they cost a fortune. Cars - less reliable - spent all their time in the garage (damn that deLorean)... and as for food, you could buy a little McD's cheeseburger for 99p in 1979. How much more are they now? I had my first McD's in 1979, hence remembering the year. I went in there again recently (I've been a veggie for 30 years) and was surprised to see that a lot of the prices haven't changed much.Please stay safe in the sun and learn the A-E of melanoma: A = asymmetry, B = irregular borders, C= different colours, D= diameter, larger than 6mm, E = evolving, is your mole changing? Most moles are not cancerous, any doubts, please check next time you visit your GP.
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HAMISH_MCTAVISH wrote: »Aaaaannnnd..... I've just realised I spent the last half an hour discussing the merits of various cleaning appliances on a web forum during a bank holiday weekend.
Somebody shoot me now.
Just goes to show how much you love us Hamish:D.
What better reward for all those 100 hours weeks?Please stay safe in the sun and learn the A-E of melanoma: A = asymmetry, B = irregular borders, C= different colours, D= diameter, larger than 6mm, E = evolving, is your mole changing? Most moles are not cancerous, any doubts, please check next time you visit your GP.
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