How to Wash Your Hands! ....
Andy
was in the Gents toilet today in the Sligo General Hospital and there was a
proper printed poster up on the wall by the sink with diagrams of how to
wash and dry your hands! 'put some soap into your hands and rub your hands
together and use warm water and then put your hands under the drier and rub
your hands together'
For Jeysus sake do people now have to be shown how to wash their hands
now? - I am blasterflaggered.
Good job they didn't have a poster up saying how to pee as well ;-)
Tony
> If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes today I would not have believed it! - I
> was in the Gents toilet today in the Sligo General Hospital and there was a
> proper printed poster up on the wall by the sink with diagrams of how to
> wash and dry your hands! 'put some soap into your hands and rub your hands
> together and use warm water and then put your hands under the drier and rub
> your hands together'
>
> For Jeysus sake do people now have to be shown how to wash their hands
> now? - I am blasterflaggered.
Well Andy, the Irish and Uk taps are very dumb... in all fairness.
You go for the hot water and you get burnt, you go for the cold and you
freeze. Why on eart, don't you have a normal tap where you get a unique
stream of mixed water? Something like this:
http://www.geminibkp.com/photos/29502.jpg
Andy
"Andy" <an...@indigo.ie> wrote in message
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On a similar kind of topic I was over in the UK the other week and in some
of the public toilets I went to (don't worry I wasn't just hanging around
public toilets!) they seem to have adopted new types of taps now that you
don't have to touch any more you just put your hand near the spouts and a
little sensor in the spout starts the water and when you take your hand away
the water flow stops. A very neat and modern idea I thought it was. It was
in some shopping centre I went to and at the airport I think I see them.
I wonder if they have made their way to Ireland yet? I haven't seen them in
use over here - They should put them in the hospitals I reckon so you are
not touching the taps with other people germs on them. - I also hate the
thought that you can clean your hands nice and thoroughly with soap in the
public toilets and get off all those nasty germs but then you have to touch
the door handle open to get out of the toilet and get trillion more germs
when the people before you have been to the toilet and have not washed their
hands! - the toilet doors should be automatic so you don't have to touch the
handle at all.
Andy
"Tony" <nos...@2nospam.com> wrote in message
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Yeah, my lad complains about the Hot taps in the public loo's being
scalding. Surprising these days with people suing at the drop of a hat for
things I would have thought that it was stipulated that the hot taps were
warm but not boiling for safety's sake with the general public. He always
uses the cold tap now when he is out but then that makes his hands chapped
in the cold weather.
In the UK they have these mixer taps like the one it the picture with warm
water just at the right temperature for washing hands and the flow is
controlled automatically with a sensor built into the tap (well some public
toilets have them).
LiamK
> On a similar kind of topic I was over in the UK the other week and
in some
> of the public toilets I went to (don't worry I wasn't just hanging around
> public toilets!) they seem to have adopted new types of taps now that you
> don't have to touch any more you just put your hand near the spouts and a
> little sensor in the spout starts the water and when you take your hand away
> the water flow stops. A very neat and modern idea I thought it was. It was
> in some shopping centre I went to and at the airport I think I see them.
i've seen them in a few pubs and shopping centres here - they've been
around for quite a while (or maybe we had them before the UK... that
couldn't be possible, could it Andy??)
Andy
"LiamK" <li...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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No, I doubt it because the UK is more superior to Ireland...... ;-)
Dualta O'Briain
I have come across these taps on several restaurants and in once
instance in a nightlcub over ten years ago. They are not widespread -
presumably due them being priceier than the alternatives.
"...more superior..."
Jesus wept.
DOB.
Andy
"Dualta O'Briain" <dua...@oceanfree.net> wrote:
> I have come across these taps on several restaurants and in once
> instance in a nightlcub over ten years ago. They are not widespread -
> presumably due them being priceier than the alternatives.
>
> "...more superior..."
>
> Jesus wept.
>
>
> DOB.
I think the Irish Health boards should get into buying these for the
hospitals and Doctors surgeries anywhere like these places. They must be
more hygienic to use. And also it would mean that if there was a blockage in
the sinks (paper towels stuffed down the plug hole etc..) because the taps
turn off automatically then it would mean less flooding in the toilets and
hence less toilets closed 'out of order'.
Des O'Donoghue
>
> Good job they didn't have a poster up saying how to pee as well ;-)
That mightn't be a bad idea at all.
Grimly Curmudgeon
drugs began to take hold. I remember "Andy" <an...@indigo.ie> saying
something like:
>In the UK they have these mixer taps like the one it the picture with warm
>water just at the right temperature for washing hands and the flow is
>controlled automatically with a sensor built into the tap (well some public
>toilets have them).
It's a requirement now for public washing facilities to have
thermostatic blenders to limit the hot tap supply temp to something
around 50degC, afair. A regulation more honoured in the breach than the
observance, I think.
Retirement homes, creches, health centres and hospitals certainly have
them, or all should, by now.
--
Dave
GS850x2 SE6a
I demand nothing of you except that you amuse me.
Anthony
> now? - I am blasterflaggered.
Says Andy... who's from a country renowned for not washing their hands after
using the toilets!
Andy
"Anthony" <anthon...@eircom.net> wrote in message
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Yeah, sure. I put a question out. I am not going to let on what I think and
get into any arguments or upset anyone but out of the English and the Irish
who honestly on the whole would you think is the cleanest and most
hygienic? - all I will say is that I personally have been in some right
filthy houses over here!
JohnC
>Yeah, sure. I put a question out. I am not going to let on what I think and
>get into any arguments or upset anyone but out of the English and the Irish
>who honestly on the whole would you think is the cleanest and most
>hygienic? - all I will say is that I personally have been in some right
>filthy houses over here!
Of course "some" houses are typical of the whole country. Just like
the late Mr Trebus is typical of the whole UK, eh?
Anthony
and
> get into any arguments or upset anyone but out of the English and the
Irish
> who honestly on the whole would you think is the cleanest and most
> hygienic?
All my (Irish) friends are clean and hygienic.
Andy
Andy
That's nice to know. What I am going to say next will annoy some people on
here I bet but I come across a lot of girls in Ireland sometimes that suffer
from the following: very bad BO problem, greasy hair, spotty faces, hairy
warts on their faces, prominent noticeable moustaches and facial hair. And I
am talking about teenagers as well as women in their 30's. With the young
teenagers do not the mothers say something to their daughters if they have a
BO problem and buy them some deodorant or tell them in a subtle way to go
and buy some? - Teenagers cant help getting spots I know but there are
things on the market now to help get rid of spots or prescriptions from
doctors.
To me now in my view its a matter of hygiene and looking after yourself and
I think its important to keep clean and take some pride in your appearance.
not saying that I am an oil painting myself, far from it but do you know
what I am getting at? I think a lot of UK teenage girls would not dream of
going out smelling of body odour with hairy warts on their faces and
terrible greasy hair they just seem to take more time on their hygiene and
appearance.
JohnC
>That's nice to know. What I am going to say next will annoy some people on
>here I bet but I come across a lot of girls in Ireland sometimes that suffer
>from the following: very bad BO problem, greasy hair, spotty faces, hairy
>warts on their faces, prominent noticeable moustaches and facial hair. And I
>am talking about teenagers as well as women in their 30's. With the young
>teenagers do not the mothers say something to their daughters if they have a
>BO problem and buy them some deodorant or tell them in a subtle way to go
>and buy some? - Teenagers cant help getting spots I know but there are
>things on the market now to help get rid of spots or prescriptions from
>doctors.
These things on the market often do not work. In some cases, even
prescriptions do not work. It simply cannot be helped. It is part of
growing up. Believe me, teenagers do not want to look like that.
Tony
> That's nice to know. What I am going to say next will annoy some people on
> here I bet but I come across a lot of girls in Ireland sometimes that suffer
> from the following: very bad BO problem, greasy hair, spotty faces, hairy
> warts on their faces, prominent noticeable moustaches and facial hair. And I
> am talking about teenagers as well as women in their 30's. With the young
> teenagers do not the mothers say something to their daughters if they have a
> BO problem and buy them some deodorant or tell them in a subtle way to go
> and buy some? - Teenagers cant help getting spots I know but there are
> things on the market now to help get rid of spots or prescriptions from
> doctors.
I am with you here Andy. The moustaches (and sometimes small beard) on a
young lady drive me insane.
That's fucked up.
Andy
Yeah, I mean there are things they could try I am sure and something should
work. I mean with hairy moles on their faces (like Mrs Doyle out of father
Ted) they could just simply get a pair of tweezers and pull the hairs out.
Or there are creams you can buy off the shelf or get from the doctors to
remove facial hair or that electrolysis or whatever it is you can have done
at beauty salons. I don't think half of them are bothered about getting
anything done about it to be honest. Maybe its some kind of turn on for a
lot of the Irish geezers :-)
Andy
A lot of the things on the market or from the doctors can help immensely but
you cant expect them to work totally on their own. I remember when I was a
teenager having terrible face full of spots an whiteheads and even though I
am male I hated them, they were sore and itchy and looked absolutely
terrible but I tried some things, I think it was Clearasil and something
from the doctor and although they didn't all go totally I persevered and
after about a month I really started to see an improvement.
Apart from the hygiene issue and the way spots make you look you start to
feel a lot better in yourself when they start to clear up.
The other key to help get rid of spots is to make sure you wash your hair
every day, keep your nails short if you are a girl and clean them with a
brush, wash your face with a non perfumed soap like simple soap and rinse
thoroughly and use your own clean towel don't share it with anyone else, cut
out the chips, burgers oily, fatty foods, cola, lemonade and sweets and wipe
your face with some kind of cleanser at night with a cotton ball (you out to
see all the black dirt that comes out of your pores even after washing your
face!)
With a little bit of care in the keeping clean and washing part it would go
a long way to getting rid of those spots. Sometimes the kids need a little
tactful encouragement and help from their parents especially their mother.
If the she feels that the spots are getting quite bad on the children's
faces then encourage them to get rid of them with the information I just
mentioned.
My little girl is not a teenager at the moment but when she does become one
and if she starts to smell of body odour we will tactfully advise her to
start washing thoroughly underneath the armpits and using some deodorant or
body spray and if she gets bad with spots we will try different stuff to see
what works with clearing them up - and if she grows a moustache under her
nose she can borrow my razor! ;-)
Ulick Magee
> That's nice to know. What I am going to say next will annoy some people on
> here I bet but I come across a lot of girls in Ireland sometimes that
suffer
> from the following: very bad BO problem, greasy hair, spotty faces, hairy
> warts on their faces, prominent noticeable moustaches and facial hair.
Jesus Andy, what sort of places are you hanging out in, and does your
wife know? ;)
> And I am talking about teenagers as well as women in their 30's.
Ah well you see it's like this:
Teenagers - No money left over after paying for booze, phone credit and
morning after pills
Twentysomethings - Decent job, decent money, and can afford the
plucking, waxing and whatnot to snare a man
Thirtysomethings - Married so don't give a damn any more!!!
> I think a lot of UK teenage girls would not dream of
> going out smelling of body odour with hairy warts on their faces and
> terrible greasy hair they just seem to take more time on their hygiene and
> appearance.
That depends.
Have you seen any of those "Chav" documentaries on Sky TV???
> I tried some things, I think it was Clearasil and something
> from the doctor and although they didn't all go totally I persevered and
> after about a month I really started to see an improvement.
You're lucky. Many teenagers have it a lot worse. I used to have
terrible acne on my back, sometimes the boils were the size of golf
balls and I couldn't sit in a hard chair! I was taking prescription
antibiotics for several years and it only improved very gradually.
> The other key to help get rid of spots is to make sure you wash your hair
> every day, keep your nails short if you are a girl
Ah Andy there's nothing the girls like more than painting their nails,
they'll all look like student nurses or something.
> your face with some kind of cleanser at night with a cotton ball (you out to
> see all the black dirt that comes out of your pores even after washing your
> face!)
I'm convinced they put stuff in Clearasil that reacts with normal skin
flakes and turns black to make you think it's doing a great job!
U
Grimly Curmudgeon
something like:
>I am with you here Andy. The moustaches (and sometimes small beard) on a
>young lady drive me insane.
Nowt wrong wi' a bit o' muff.
Andy
"Grimly Curmudgeon" <grimlycurmud...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
> drugs began to take hold. I remember Tony <nos...@2nospam.com> saying
> something like:
>
> >I am with you here Andy. The moustaches (and sometimes small beard) on a
> >young lady drive me insane.
>
> Nowt wrong wi' a bit o' muff.
If its in the correct place! ;-)