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Nikkster

lostinrates wrote: »

Exactly what I thought.

I thought I was brave planning velvet curtains in a kitchen....but silk panels on the island that 'people cannot help but touch' makes be wonder how easy that is to keep clean, along with great leather handles in a food preparation area.

There is putting aesthetics high on the list and accepting patina of wear as charm and beauty, but you need the right canvas for that too.

I adore leather, but honestly, I'm a messy cook, it wouldn't work for me as drawer handles..... I cannot imagine having to wash and dry hands before each draw opening when I realise mid manoeuvre I have the wrong spatula or whatever....

That last one doesn't look like it was designed for actually living in. It seems to me like complete form over function. I can only imagine that they eat out a lot.

At least the other two feel like real-life kitchens (incl. the pile of gubbins on top of the unit to the lhs of the pic of kitchen 2 - wouldn't you clear that up before inviting the photographer over?). Albeit severely over-priced ones.

Nikkster

Generali wrote: »

No idea. I'm asleep at British tea time. Apart from when I'm in Britain.

It would have been when you were here.

I was referring to Australia's most famous medic - Dr. Karl Kennedy

Generali

I mean Australia's most famous Dr and Physicist Dr Karl Kruszelnicki

Nikkster wrote: »

It would have been when you were here.

I was referring to Australia's most famous medic - Dr. Karl Kennedy

michaels

Doozergirl wrote: »

Where do you find a hire car for the next day at £12, please?

Dunno just search on kayak or similar. To be fair a tenner a day can only be achieved for 2+ days, one day is about 15. I think there may be a glut of cars at the moment locally as I was offered a Mondeo diesel estate for 75 for 7 days.

When we fly out I am thinking of hiring a car for one day from the airport, cheaper than a taxi for 5 plus bags.

lostinrates

PasturesNew wrote: »

There's a wrong spatula? I've got one, from a £1 shop
I've not used it yet.

For £170k I'd prefer a beach hut or holiday caravan.

I liked that the £1000 tap is an "investment" as you don't have to boil a kettle ever again. Really? Investment? No wonder I'm poor, I've misunderstood what an investment is all these years.

I really quite want one of those taps. Not as an investment, I just think it would be handy and clear clutter. I might put it in utility though.

Nikkster

Generali wrote: »

I mean Australia's most famous Dr and Physicist Dr Karl Kruszelnicki

I was joking Clearly not very funny!

lostinrates

PasturesNew wrote: »

There's a wrong spatula? I've got one, from a £1 shop
I've not used it yet..

There is if you realise you have a better one for the job in the drawer.

I have very stiff almost solid one and extremely soft ones. ( Michael, just be quiet)

The latter is good for heavy mixtures, the latter for very light batters, but sometimes I just haven't thought it through that well, or the batter mildly surprises and my 'middle' spatula is better replaced by a stouter one, or the batter is more fragile/runnier than I thought and and a more flexible spatula is quicker/easier.

A normal spatula would do just fine, but I have them , so why not use them.

lostinrates

PasturesNew wrote: »

If it's in the utility it's a pain to use as you have to go into/out of the utility every time you want hot water. e.g. with every saucepan.

I'd expect to use the tap to: make instant hot drinks, fill saucepans with water before putting them on the hob and adding veggies/etc. Of course, there are the other uses: fill a bowl with boiling water as you want to add bleach and chuck it across the patio to clear up some muck/whatever ... and the usual "hot water for cleaning jobs" requirements.

So, you end up with a tap that's never in the right place for the job as you really need two ....

ATM our only sink is in utility, so might be easier to adapt to here. Its also handy because people can come in through day and make tea /coffee without coming in all the way from outside.

lostinrates

PasturesNew wrote: »

I make up batter with a fork. Whether I'm making a cake, pancake, or stiff mixture (e.g. rock cakes), it's a fork. A regular fork - first one out of the drawer. I also use a fork for beating eggs.... and anything that needs mixing. Mashed spuds? A fork.

See, different things suit different people. .

My mixing is almost always done in the mixer now. Its just too easy not to, my joints thank me and my strength on weak days.

vivatifosi

Nikkster wrote: »

I was joking Clearly not very funny!

Made me laugh Nikks!

When I was last in Melbourne I did the Neighbours tour and went to Ramsey Street and visited the studios. I also did the Neighbours quiz night - a fixture on the backpackers circuit - at the Elephant and Wheelbarrow in St Kilda. Got to meet (then) characters Ned, Sky and Dylan. It was good fun. Neighbours is the only soap I watch.