Ping Michael -- Towel warmer

[Ed P]

Though you'd like this. Keep it quiet so Bruce does not get jealous.

https://i.postimg.cc/RZGGCXqh/TowelW.jpg

[dsi1]

On Sunday, September 24, 2023 at 5:16:54 AM UTC-10, Ed P wrote:
> Though you'd like this. Keep it quiet so Bruce does not get jealous.
>
> https://i.postimg.cc/RZGGCXqh/TowelW.jpg

I saw those in the UK. It's a pretty good idea - over there. Another good idea was 220V electric receptacles - or is it?

[Bruce]

On Sun, 24 Sep 2023 11:16:48 -0400, Ed P <e...@snet.xxx> wrote:

>Though you'd like this. Keep it quiet so Bruce does not get jealous.
>
>https://i.postimg.cc/RZGGCXqh/TowelW.jpg

:)

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Bruce
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[itsjoan...@webtv.net]

On Sunday, September 24, 2023 at 10:16:54 AM UTC-5, Ed P wrote:
>
> Though you'd like this. Keep it quiet so Bruce does not get jealous.
>
> https://i.postimg.cc/RZGGCXqh/TowelW.jpg
>

Is that a new one or you've had this since moving into your house??

My 'towel warmer' (only works during the winter months, btw) is a double
towel rack mounted to the wall and directly beneath it is a forced air vent.
Rub-a-dub-dub.

[Bruce]

Only during the winter months? You're clearly roughing it compared to
Ed.

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[S Viemeister]

The radiator in my shower room also serves as a towel warmer.

This is similar to mine -
<https://www.screwfix.com/p/blyss-curved-towel-radiator-1100mm-x-600mm-chrome-1303btu/7809v>

[Ed P]

It was a gift to my wife from a friend after we remodeled the bathroom
in the last house.

[itsjoan...@webtv.net]

On Sunday, September 24, 2023 at 3:22:02 PM UTC-5, Bruce wrote:
>
> On Sun, 24 Sep 2023 13:11:05 -0700 (PDT), "itsjoan...@webtv.net"
> <itsjoan...@webtv.net> wrote:
> >
> >My 'towel warmer' (only works during the winter months, btw) is a double
> >towel rack mounted to the wall and directly beneath it is a forced air vent.
> >
> Only during the winter months? You're clearly roughing it compared to
> Ed.
>

> Bruce
>
I certainly don't need any heat in the bathroom when I shower in the summer!
It's hot enough outdoors without me heating the bathroom when temperatures
hover in the 90's.

[Ed P]

A place we stayed in Italy had one like that. Quite nice.

[Dave Smith]

Same here. However, living in a rural area, I get my water from my well
and the cistern, and it usually sits in the water pressure tank for a
while before it gets sent to the shower so it is likely room temperature
or close to it. I jump into the shower, turn the water on a little past
centre so it will warm up. I use the cool water to wet the soap to later
up and by the time the water is warm I am ready to start rinsing off
with the warm water. I prefer warm water to hot.

In the winter I make sure the bathroom door is closed and set the
faucet more on the hot side and I leave the plug in. There is enough
heat from the water to warm up the room.

[Cindy Hamilton]

We keep the heat register in the bathroom closed; enough heat circulates
in from the rest of the house to keep the room warm. Same with the
kitchen.

--
Cindy Hamilton

[Janet]

In article <eed51aa8-7467-4fbf-aed0-
d98998...@googlegroups.com>, dsi...@hawaiiantel.net
says...

>
> On Sunday, September 24, 2023 at 5:16:54 AM UTC-10, Ed P wrote:
> > Though you'd like this. Keep it quiet so Bruce does not get jealous.
> >
> > https://i.postimg.cc/RZGGCXqh/TowelW.jpg
>
> I saw those in the UK. It's a pretty good idea -

In the UK, they are usually plumbed in to the heating
system. Mine are.

Hot water circulates through the "towel warmer" drying
the towels, warming the towels and the bathroom.

Janet UK

[Janet]

In article <knbki0...@mid.individual.net>,
firs...@lastname.oc.ku says...

snap

Janet UK

[Dave Smith]

Our downstairs two piece bathroom does not have a heat register. It can
get chilly in there.

[Cindy Hamilton]

Our basement one-piece bathroom* doesn't have one, either. It can get
a little nippy in the winter. On the other hand, I've used outhouses
in January, so it's all relative.

*Just a toilet on a platform. Not really a room, as such. You can
promenade over to the other side of the basement and use the utility
sink for hand-washing, though.

--
Cindy Hamilton

[Bruce]

Probably because the room doesn't have a heat register.

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Bruce
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[cshenk]

https://www.homedepot.com/p/SINKOLOGY-SinkPositive-GreenFlow-Toilet-Tank-Sink-in-Crisp-White-SPOSITIVE-101/205088518

We had one like this in Japan in the toilet room (separate room just
for the toilet). They make a good solution for you.

[Michael Trew]

On 9/25/2023 9:44 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>
> Our basement one-piece bathroom* doesn't have one, either. It can get
> a little nippy in the winter. On the other hand, I've used outhouses
> in January, so it's all relative.
>
> *Just a toilet on a platform. Not really a room, as such. You can
> promenade over to the other side of the basement and use the utility
> sink for hand-washing, though.

Around here, that's called a "Pittsburgh Potty". Many times, unless a
homeowner intervenes, there isn't even a curtain around the commode,
it's just randomly along a wall in the cellar, hooked up. Usually no
platform, just set into the cement floor. I've lived in at least two
different houses with one. I hear that they were popular in this region
due to dirty coal miners and mill workers who came home and went
straight into the cellar. My grandparent's house also had a
cinder-block shower down there, with only a bathtub upstairs.

[Cindy Hamilton]

On 2023-09-26, Michael Trew <michae...@att.net> wrote:
> On 9/25/2023 9:44 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>>
>> Our basement one-piece bathroom* doesn't have one, either. It can get
>> a little nippy in the winter. On the other hand, I've used outhouses
>> in January, so it's all relative.
>>
>> *Just a toilet on a platform. Not really a room, as such. You can
>> promenade over to the other side of the basement and use the utility
>> sink for hand-washing, though.
>
> Around here, that's called a "Pittsburgh Potty".

That would be unlikely in this area. I'm not sure they even have
a nickname here.

> Many times, unless a
> homeowner intervenes, there isn't even a curtain around the commode,
> it's just randomly along a wall in the cellar, hooked up. Usually no
> platform, just set into the cement floor.

None of our drains are beneath the floor. Hence the platform.

> I've lived in at least two
> different houses with one. I hear that they were popular in this region
> due to dirty coal miners and mill workers who came home and went
> straight into the cellar.

Detroit had no dearth of dirty jobs, but I never paid enough attention
to what those guys did when they came home. In Detroit proper, basement
floods and sewer backups are relatively common, because it's so flat.

> My grandparent's house also had a
> cinder-block shower down there, with only a bathtub upstairs.

I certainly would have liked a shower in the basement while we were
remodeling the bathroom. Weekdays I could shower at work, but weekends
it was a camping-style shower on the patio. I can't quite recall the
provisions we set up for privacy, but we didn't want to inflict any
gruesome sights on our neighbors.

--
Cindy Hamilton

[Michael Trew]

On 9/26/2023 5:45 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> On 2023-09-26, Michael Trew<michae...@att.net> wrote:
>
>> I've lived in at least two
>> different houses with one. I hear that they were popular in this region
>> due to dirty coal miners and mill workers who came home and went
>> straight into the cellar.
>
> Detroit had no dearth of dirty jobs, but I never paid enough attention
> to what those guys did when they came home. In Detroit proper, basement
> floods and sewer backups are relatively common, because it's so flat.

I actually looked up the "Pittsburgh Potty" after my last post.
Apparently, it's a name known somewhat nationally because of how
prominent they are around here. I was kinda wrong... The main reason
for them was so the commode in the cellar would be the one to back up in
the case of a sewer back up... Rather than the one upstairs in your
bathroom or kitchen.

Back to food (pleasant to think of now, heh): I made a pot of chili
stupidly late in the day, to be eaten later. I diced up some fresh
chili peppers into it, and my hands are on fire now. No fun!

[Cindy Hamilton]

On 2023-09-27, Michael Trew <michae...@att.net> wrote:
> On 9/26/2023 5:45 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>> On 2023-09-26, Michael Trew<michae...@att.net> wrote:
>>
>>> I've lived in at least two
>>> different houses with one. I hear that they were popular in this region
>>> due to dirty coal miners and mill workers who came home and went
>>> straight into the cellar.
>>
>> Detroit had no dearth of dirty jobs, but I never paid enough attention
>> to what those guys did when they came home. In Detroit proper, basement
>> floods and sewer backups are relatively common, because it's so flat.
>
> I actually looked up the "Pittsburgh Potty" after my last post.
> Apparently, it's a name known somewhat nationally because of how
> prominent they are around here. I was kinda wrong... The main reason
> for them was so the commode in the cellar would be the one to back up in
> the case of a sewer back up... Rather than the one upstairs in your
> bathroom or kitchen.

Any floor drain in the sink would back up before the toilet, unless
gravity works radically differently in Pittsburgh.

> Back to food (pleasant to think of now, heh): I made a pot of chili
> stupidly late in the day, to be eaten later. I diced up some fresh
> chili peppers into it, and my hands are on fire now. No fun!

We went out to lunch yesterday.

https://www.bewonannarbor.com/

I got the Tofu Ya Chae Bokeum. Damn, it was good. Bright red with
Korean hot peppers (which aren't all that hot). A vasodilator was
just what I needed. My husband got Galbi, and he said it was excellent.
The spicy banchan were kimchi and cucumber salad. The non-spicy banchan
were braised potatoes, shredded daikon, and some sort of pancake.

--
Cindy Hamilton

[Thomas]

Where are your drains? Are they in the way?

[Michael Trew]

That sounds good. You didn't try a bite of his food? When I try
something new with someone, we usually share.

In Robinson, PA, near-ish the airport, I stopped at a new Halal
restaurant the other day, as I mentioned to Bryan in a prior post. I
guess there's a fair sized middle eastern population in the area.

https://www.shahshalalfood.com/pittsburgh/

I ordered the platter with lamb/rice. It was quite good, and easily
split into two meals for me.

[Bruce]

On Wed, 27 Sep 2023 20:54:15 -0400, Michael Trew
<michae...@att.net> wrote:

>On 9/27/2023 6:23 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>> On 2023-09-27, Michael Trew<michae...@att.net> wrote:
>>
>>> Back to food (pleasant to think of now, heh): I made a pot of chili
>>> stupidly late in the day, to be eaten later. I diced up some fresh
>>> chili peppers into it, and my hands are on fire now. No fun!
>>
>> We went out to lunch yesterday.
>>
>> https://www.bewonannarbor.com/
>>
>> I got the Tofu Ya Chae Bokeum. Damn, it was good. Bright red with
>> Korean hot peppers (which aren't all that hot). A vasodilator was
>> just what I needed.

Darling, could you pass the vasodilator, please?

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Bruce
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[Cindy Hamilton]

On 2023-09-28, Michael Trew <michae...@att.net> wrote:
> On 9/27/2023 6:23 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>> On 2023-09-27, Michael Trew<michae...@att.net> wrote:
>>
>>> Back to food (pleasant to think of now, heh): I made a pot of chili
>>> stupidly late in the day, to be eaten later. I diced up some fresh
>>> chili peppers into it, and my hands are on fire now. No fun!
>>
>> We went out to lunch yesterday.
>>
>> https://www.bewonannarbor.com/
>>
>> I got the Tofu Ya Chae Bokeum. Damn, it was good. Bright red with
>> Korean hot peppers (which aren't all that hot). A vasodilator was
>> just what I needed. My husband got Galbi, and he said it was excellent.
>> The spicy banchan were kimchi and cucumber salad. The non-spicy banchan
>> were braised potatoes, shredded daikon, and some sort of pancake.
>
> That sounds good. You didn't try a bite of his food? When I try
> something new with someone, we usually share.

I know what Galbi tastes like. It wasn't new. He tried a bite of
my tofu. We eat Korean food pretty frequently.

> In Robinson, PA, near-ish the airport, I stopped at a new Halal
> restaurant the other day, as I mentioned to Bryan in a prior post. I
> guess there's a fair sized middle eastern population in the area.
>
> https://www.shahshalalfood.com/pittsburgh/
>
> I ordered the platter with lamb/rice. It was quite good, and easily
> split into two meals for me.

Some descriptions on their menu would be nice. What flavor profile
did the lamb have? Any spices?

The pictures look pretty good. I wonder why all the meat looks so red.

--
Cindy Hamilton

[Michael Trew]

It was seasoned, but I'm certainly not a connoisseur. The last time I
had lamb was years ago on a not great gyro. I'm quite glad that the
meat wasn't dry.

> The pictures look pretty good. I wonder why all the meat looks so red.

The chicken looked bright red, and I have no clue why. The lamb was not
red.

[songbird]

Michael Trew wrote:
...

> Back to food (pleasant to think of now, heh): I made a pot of chili
> stupidly late in the day, to be eaten later. I diced up some fresh
> chili peppers into it, and my hands are on fire now. No fun!

i hate wearing gloves for something like that so i
started taking a dry clean washcloth and holding the
peppers with that while i chopped them (being careful
to keep the cloth from getting cut). if there was
any tiny bit of fuzz i didn't care as it was clean -
i didn't see anything obvious.


songbird

[Michael Trew]

I don't own any gloves. I usually chop stuff up while I hold it, I
don't use a cutting board. That was quite the mistake this time. Note
to pull out a little cutting board next time I'm doing hot peppers.
Washing dishes in hot sudsy water helped the burning.

[GM]

Steve once told a story about cutting up some hot peppers whilst not wearing gloves, and then taking a piss...

The pepper oils on his hands burned his lil' weenie something terrible, lol...

--
GM

[Bruce]

I chop habanero peppers etc without gloves, but not Carolina reapers.

[Hank Rogers]

Damn, maybe that's why he started pissing on his pepper plants.

[Michael Trew]

On 9/29/2023 8:08 PM, Hank Rogers wrote:
> GM wrote:

OK, I about spit out my coffee..

[GM]

Yes, a shocking thing to ponder, lol...

BTW, here's ways to treat hot pepper burns, google it, lotsa info; rubbing alcohol will also remove
any malingering odors after you chop onions or garlic...

Does rubbing alcohol help with jalapeno burn?

Rubbing alcohol is also effective at dissolving capsaicin oil on your skin to heal your hot pepper burn.
Rub a small amount of alcohol between your hands, or if the burn is intense, dip both your hands in a
bowl of rubbing alcohol to eliminate the chili oil.

https://www.cayennediane.com/how-to-stop-hot-pepper-burn/

"The burning sensation after cutting chile peppers comes from oils that coat the skin and are very hard to wash off. Soap and water alone don’t always do the trick. Below are some solutions to neutralize the hot pepper oil.

(1) Rubbing Alcohol/Dish Soap Combo: I’ve had the most success with rubbing alcohol & dish soap. Isopropyl alcohol is a solvent, meaning it is a dissolver of dirt and OIL. What I do is douse my hands with rubbing alcohol, then wash them with dish soap. Repeat as many times as needed to stop the burn.

(2) Dish Soap or Hand Grease Cleaner: Wash your hands with dish soap or hand degreaser. Both have oil-dissolving properties above and beyond regular hand soap.

(3) Soak in Corn Starch: Starch draws the oil out of the skin and can help to neutralize it.

(4) Vinegar: Rinse your hands with vinegar, which is an acid.

(5) Aerosol Calamine Lotion: Someone wrote in that this was the only thing that stopped the burn on their hands. Two applications worked like a charm...."

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