Speaking of faucets

[Ed Pawlowski]

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-apr-20-me-53360-story.html

Mr. Moen's scare led to a faucet.

[jmcquown]

On 12/30/2020 10:05 AM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>
> https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-apr-20-me-53360-story.html
>
> Mr. Moen's scare led to a faucet.

Interesting! I have to wonder why the Moen faucet in my second bathroom
is the old fashioned type with separate handles for hot and cold. (The
ones in the main bathroom sinks are single handle faucets.) The two
handle faucet looks nice but it's not nearly as easy to get the right
combo of hot and cold water.

Jill

[itsjoan...@webtv.net]

Yes, that was interesting! I'd never given it a thought of who invented the single
handle faucet but I'm glad they did.

As to why your second bathroom has the separate handles is maybe the main
bathroom had been updated to the single handle faucet? If the second bathroom
was not used that much they probably didn't see the need to upgrade or spend
the extra cash.

[Ed Pawlowski]

I like the single handle in the kitchen but the bathrooms are separate.
Mostly is is style driven I guess and Moen will make what sells.

[dsi1]

Our bathroom has the separate hot and cold valves. The British used to have separate hot and cold faucets in their bathrooms and they liked it that way! To get warm water, you have to move your hands quickly between the water streams. It's a lot of fun.
https://www.kbauthority.com/water-creation-f1-0003-px-vintage-classic-basin-cocks-lavatory-faucets-with-porcelain-cross-handles-hot-and-cold-labels-included.html

[S Viemeister]

On 30/12/2020 18:33, dsi1 wrote:

> Our bathroom has the separate hot and cold valves. The British used to have separate hot and cold faucets in their bathrooms and they liked it that way! To get warm water, you have to move your hands quickly between the water streams. It's a lot of fun.
> https://www.kbauthority.com/water-creation-f1-0003-px-vintage-classic-basin-cocks-lavatory-faucets-with-porcelain-cross-handles-hot-and-cold-labels-included.html
>

'Used to'? They are still far too common. Our new bathroom/shower room
has single lever taps, but the original bathroom has the two separate
ones, widely spaced.

Next time you visit the UK, take note of the fact that sink stoppers are
provided. The idea is that you put the stopper in place, then turn on
the taps to wash your hands in the the water in the basin, rather than
flipflopping your hands between the taps...

[jmcquown]

My parents built the house in 1987 and I doubt they gave it a second
thought. Neither bathroom has ever been updated.

Jill

[Master Bruce]

Lol, I'd never have thought of that (seriously).

[dsi1]

My guess is that double faucets are still common in the UK but these days the single mixer has pretty much taken over on new builds. You tip about filling the basin is a good one but I'm in too much of a hurry to do something like that.

[Sheldon Martin]

On Wed, 30 Dec 2020 11:33:27 -0500, Ed Pawlowski <e...@snet.xxx> wrote:

>On 12/30/2020 10:32 AM, jmcquown wrote:
>> On 12/30/2020 10:05 AM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>>>
>>> https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-apr-20-me-53360-story.html
>>>
>>> Mr. Moen's scare led to a faucet.
>>
>> Interesting!  I have to wonder why the Moen faucet in my second bathroom
>> is the old fashioned type with separate handles for hot and cold.  (The
>> ones in the main bathroom sinks are single handle faucets.)  The two
>> handle faucet looks nice but it's not nearly as easy to get the right
>> combo of hot and cold water.
>>
>> Jill

Companies that make faucets make many styles and still make the old
fashioned styles but with modern technology. The one my plumber said
to stay away from is American Standard, used to be the best America
offered but now made in China and is a hunka junk. He recommended
Kohler so thats what we bought, been going strong for nearly 20 years
now. We put one in each bathroom, one all chrome, the other with
brass trim. It's single lever and very easy to obtain the desired
water temperature.

>I like the single handle in the kitchen but the bathrooms are separate.
>Mostly is is style driven I guess and Moen will make what sells.

They all make what sells. Some like the old fashioned look of
seperate faucets... I find them a pain to adjust water temperture.

[Ed Pawlowski]

On 12/30/2020 1:33 PM, dsi1 wrote:

>> I like the single handle in the kitchen but the bathrooms are separate.
>> Mostly is is style driven I guess and Moen will make what sells.
> Our bathroom has the separate hot and cold valves. The British used to have separate hot and cold faucets in their bathrooms and they liked it that way! To get warm water, you have to move your hands quickly between the water streams. It's a lot of fun.
> https://www.kbauthority.com/water-creation-f1-0003-px-vintage-classic-basin-cocks-lavatory-faucets-with-porcelain-cross-handles-hot-and-cold-labels-included.html
>

My grandparents was like that until a remodel in the 1960s. It was
quite common years ago. it was mostly a PITA using them unless you just
wanted cold water. The hot was too hot to be used alone to wash.

[Dave Smith]

On 2020-12-30 1:33 p.m., dsi1 wrote:
> On Wednesday, December 30, 2020 at 6:33:35 AM UTC-10, Ed Pawlowski

Moen's scare led to a faucet.
>>>
>>> Interesting! I have to wonder why the Moen faucet in my second
>>> bathroom is the old fashioned type with separate handles for hot
>>> and cold. (The ones in the main bathroom sinks are single handle
>>> faucets.) The two handle faucet looks nice but it's not nearly as
>>> easy to get the right combo of hot and cold water.
>>>
>>> Jill
>> I like the single handle in the kitchen but the bathrooms are
>> separate. Mostly is is style driven I guess and Moen will make what
>> sells.
> Our bathroom has the separate hot and cold valves. The British used
> to have separate hot and cold faucets in their bathrooms and they
> liked it that way! To get warm water, you have to move your hands
> quickly between the water streams. It's a lot of fun.
> https://www.kbauthority.com/water-creation-f1-0003-px-vintage-classic-basin-cocks-lavatory-faucets-with-porcelain-cross-handles-hot-and-cold-labels-included.html
>

I don't mind the faucets with separate knobs for hot and cold. What I
don't like at the basins where there is a hot tap and a separate cold tap.

[dsi1]

The cold water on the mainland gets pretty cold. I thought it was great that people got really cold water out of their taps. We have to add ice to our water to get water that cold. If you wanted to wash your face with separate hot and cold faucets, you'd pretty have to use the basin to mix up the hot and cold. Well, that's what I figure anyway.

[dsi1]

Modern plumbing is totally awesome!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATjMxH3-e4Y&t=127

[itsjoan...@webtv.net]

When I was a kid our bathroom faucet was the two-handle version. But like
S Viemeister stated, we just put the stopper in the sink instead of flip-flopping
between the two faucets.

[Hank Rogers]

Sheldon Martin wrote:
> On Wed, 30 Dec 2020 11:33:27 -0500, Ed Pawlowski <e...@snet.xxx> wrote:
>
>> On 12/30/2020 10:32 AM, jmcquown wrote:
>>> On 12/30/2020 10:05 AM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>>>>
>>>> https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-apr-20-me-53360-story.html
>>>>
>>>> Mr. Moen's scare led to a faucet.
>>>
>>> Interesting!  I have to wonder why the Moen faucet in my second bathroom
>>> is the old fashioned type with separate handles for hot and cold.  (The
>>> ones in the main bathroom sinks are single handle faucets.)  The two
>>> handle faucet looks nice but it's not nearly as easy to get the right
>>> combo of hot and cold water.
>>>
>>> Jill
>
> Companies that make faucets make many styles and still make the old
> fashioned styles but with modern technology. The one my plumber said
> to stay away from is American Standard, used to be the best America
> offered but now made in China and is a hunka junk. He recommended
> Kohler so thats what we bought, been going strong for nearly 20 years
> now. We put one in each bathroom, one all chrome, the other with
> brass trim. It's single lever and very easy to obtain the desired
> water temperature.
>

Ahh yes Popeye. Kohler is the finest in the universe! And yoose
plumber is almost as smart as yoose.

[Hank Rogers]

Yoose an idiot. Yoose been washing yoose face in a bidet!

Yoose supposed to wash yoose ass, but it's about the same I guess.

[Ophelia]

"Master Bruce" wrote in message
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lol

[Ophelia]

"dsi1" wrote in message
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Modern plumbing is totally awesome!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATjMxH3-e4Y&t=127

===

<g> thanks:)) Loads of accents in there too:)) Love it:))

[Gary]

dsi1 wrote:

> The cold water on the mainland gets pretty cold

> I thought it was great that people got really cold water
> out of their taps. We have to add ice to our water to get water that cold.

In my area of the mainland. Cold water out of the tap is good during the
winter but no summer. In summer, add an ice cube or two to make it right.

[Dave Smith]

It depends on the source. I grew up near Toronto and our drinking water
came from a pipe way out into Lake Ontario and the cold water was not
much colder in the winter than it was in summer.

[Sheldon Martin]

I installed a laundry sink in the basement, has hot and cold valves
but a single spigot so is easy to adjust for temperature. It's a deep
fiberglass sink, the faucets and spigot is a heavy duty solid brass
unit, not gorgeous, no chrome plating, heavy commercial, but made to
last forever... and cost very little, about $40 at Lowes. The long
spigot swivels making it easy to wash litter pans during winter when
it's too frigid to use a hose outdoors. I like that the end of the
spigot is threaded to accept a garden hose... good for occasionally
washing the basement floor. Everything in the basement is up off the
floor and there's a French drain that goes out to the creek. During
warm weather we open the basement windows -screened- and turn on an
occilating floor fan so it dries fast.

[Leo]

On 2020 Dec 30, , itsjoan...@webtv.net wrote
(in article<07c65818-f1e4-490c...@googlegroups.com>):

> When I was a kid our bathroom faucet was the two-handle version. But like
> S Viemeister stated, we just put the stopper in the sink instead of
> flip-flopping
> between the two faucets.

Every water outlet inside my house minus the toilets are the two-handle
variety. Is that not a "thing" anymore?

[itsjoan...@webtv.net]

It's whatever type of faucet you prefer.

I see video tours of brand spanking new houses and half have the two-handle
faucets in all the bathrooms and the other half have the single-handle version.

For bathtubs I do prefer the two-handle type.

[Ed Pawlowski]

Comes down to style. We could have picked anything. No tub here, just
two showers. Guest bathroom has the typical one handle. Master bath is
large shower and controls on the side. Single handle to turn the water
on with a pull and turn for temperature. Once set you just have to pull
to repeat. Then there is a diverter valve since there is a regular rain
head and a separate hand held so you can choose how much water goes to
each or shut one off. No door, it is just a walk in with opening at one
end, glass topped half wall on one side.

[songbird]

our water is from a pretty deep well and it is cold and
refreshing to me, but it does have some iron and calcium in
it so some people don't like to drink it. i'm used to the
flavor and prefer it over "City Water" which has been
processed.


songbird

[songbird]

itsjoan...@webtv.net wrote:
...

> It's whatever type of faucet you prefer.

it's hard to find white!


songbird

[Dave Smith]

When we first moved here we had a water purifier installed. It was a
Culligan system with a filter, chlorinater and holding tank. We had a
visitor from the city who carried on about how great our water tasted,
unlike the city water that stinks of chlorine. There was probably twice
as much chlorine in my water as there was in his city water. I
occasionally dump some chlorine into the well and cistern. I now have a
distiller for drinking water so there is no chlorine smell or taste.
When I drink city water I definitely notice the chlorine.

[Master Bruce]

On Thu, 31 Dec 2020 21:14:39 -0500, songbird <song...@anthive.com>
wrote:

Just like I prefer our rain water over the chlorinated city water of
nearby towns.

[Graham]

I find it varies through the seasons, presumably due to the varying
run-off. When I go on cycle rides I have often had to buy a drink during
the ride beacuse although it tastes fine from the tap, the chlorine taste
seems to intensify in the bottles.

[Cindy Hamilton]

We've been talking about two different things, and I believe we've gotten muddled.

Sheila and Joan are talking about sinks with separate faucets for hot and
cold. Some others have also been talking about a single faucet with a
mixing valve between the hot and cold supplies, controlled by either
two individual hot and cold valves or a single-handle cartridge.

The latter is a matter of taste and--if retrofitting--what the sink is set
up for.

We have separate hot and cold valves in our kitchen because the sink
was already drilled with three holes and because my husband likes it that way.
In the bathroom we have a single-handle valve because I only
wanted one hole in the vanity top.

Cindy Hamilton

[Cindy Hamilton]

I grew up on municipal water and to me chlorinated water tastes just fine.
That said, I also like a good well water. Sadly, the well that came with
this house was sulfurous (and the septic system was at the end of its days)
so we connected to municipal water and sewerage at our first opportunity.

Our water has a fairly long trip from the plant to our tap, so it's colder
in the winter than the summer. We use a lot more ice in the summer.

Cindy Hamilton

[Ophelia]

"Leo" wrote in message
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Not here:) We just had a new kitchen and bathroom fitted and they are all
single:))

[Ophelia]

"songbird" wrote in message news:f5d2ch-...@anthive.com...

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I am not sure where our water comes from but it tastes better then we
lived near the big city:)

We are in a tiny village and it is good stuff:)

[jmcquown]

On 12/31/2020 8:11 PM, itsjoan...@webtv.net wrote:

I see that on episodes of House Hunters in bathrooms with the *trendy*
pedestal sinks. I like the asthetics of a pedestal sink but the (mostly
really young buyers) don't take storage into account. No place to stash
extra towels or TP.

> For bathtubs I do prefer the two-handle type.
>

Single handle faucets in both tubs here. I don't mind. :)

Jill

[Gary]

Sheldon Martin wrote:
> Everything in the basement is up off the
> floor and there's a French drain that goes out to the creek.

A French drain is gravity fed. You have fairly flat land by your house
so how does a basement French drain, 7-8 feet underground, drain uphill
to your creek?

Or maybe your French drain is outside around the perimeter of your
house. That's the typical setup.

[Gary]

Graham wrote:
> I find it varies through the seasons, presumably due to the varying
> run-off. When I go on cycle rides I have often had to buy a drink during
> the ride beacuse although it tastes fine from the tap, the chlorine taste
> seems to intensify in the bottles.

Just fill your water bottle with chlorinated tap water the night before
and leave the cap off. It evaporates out overnight. Or you could boil
tap water to get rid of the chlorine very quickly. Then cap it and cool it.

[Master Bruce]

The better you can smell the chlorine, the harder it has to work to
make your water drinkable. Eew.

[Sheldon Martin]

Yes, and the creek is normally some 12 feet lower than the basement,
but during heavy rain and snow melt water rises. Our neighbor is
going to build us a platform in the basement so the cats can get to
their litter pans from a plank on the the lowest step of the basement
stairs.

[itsjoan...@webtv.net]

On Friday, January 1, 2021 at 7:24:19 AM UTC-6, j_mc...@comcast.net wrote:
>
> On 12/31/2020 8:11 PM, itsjoan...@webtv.net wrote:
> >
> > I see video tours of brand spanking new houses and half have the two-handle
> > faucets in all the bathrooms and the other half have the single-handle version.
> >
> I see that on episodes of House Hunters in bathrooms with the *trendy*
> pedestal sinks. I like the asthetics of a pedestal sink but the (mostly
> really young buyers) don't take storage into account. No place to stash
> extra towels or TP.
>

Thank you, thank you, thank you!! They've gained no more square footage to
that bathroom or powder room. They've lost valuable storage space as you
mentioned. Also, countertop real estate as well.

[songbird]

Ophelia wrote:
...

> I am not sure where our water comes from but it tastes better then we
> lived near the big city:)
>
> We are in a tiny village and it is good stuff:)

the best water i've had in my life was from the place i
rented in eastern TN, it was so clean you could run the
shower and let it air dry and there wouldn't be any
marks on the wall. here if i let things air dry there
are spots from the calcium/iron. after many uses the
glass will start to look yellow from the iron. a bit
of chemicals removes that and then they look ok again
for a while.

the next best water i had was up north where the local
municipality sourced their water from an old abandoned
copper mine. after some years they switched over to
wells sited in a rather rotten place and the water was
much worse. progress... heh, nope, not that time...


songbird

[Ed Pawlowski]

Style over substance. Just as those silly bowl sinks were all the rage.
Looked nifty but not at all practical.

[jmcquown]

On 1/1/2021 5:12 PM, itsjoan...@webtv.net wrote:

I'm waiting for people without the ability to use a search engine to ask
what a "powder room" is. ;) I'll save them the trouble. It's a room
with a toilet, a sink and a mirror. No shower, no bathtub. Some of
those pedestal sinks, pretty though they might be, don't appear to have
much room for a bar of soap or a soap dispenser.

Jill

[itsjoan...@webtv.net]

I am NOT fan of those vessel sinks. Beautiful to look at but I'm like a splashing
duck in puddle when I use the bathroom sink. I need and want a one-piece
countertop with intergrated sink so I can scrape that water right back into it.

[Dave Smith]

When my brother and his wife spent way too much remodelling their
bathroom she insisted on a rectangular sink with a flat bottom. It
looks nice. I was helping him with a dirty job and washed up in that
sink. All the dirt and grime came off and sat there. It took way too
much effort and water to get it to go down the drain.

[jmcquown]

I love to watch House Hunters and shows of that ilk because most of the
buyers on the show don't seem to take "practical" into consideration. I
still see those bowl type sinks. While they're oohing and ahhing over
how trendy the bathroom looks I'm thinking what a PITA to clean
underneath and around them.

I did see a "new" episode of House Hunters in the last month where the
husband was the one doing the oohing and aahing over a grand entryway in
a 2 story house with soaring ceilings, a light fixture suspended from
20-something feet up and huge windows above the door that reached up to
the second floor. (They hadn't seen the rest of the house yet.) I'm
paraphrasing the wife's response which was pretty much "Who's going to
get up there and change that light bulb when it burns out? Who's going
to wash those windows?" His response: "Oh, I didn't think about that."
That's one of the things that makes those shows entertaining. :)

Jill

[itsjoan...@webtv.net]

On Friday, January 1, 2021 at 4:56:28 PM UTC-6, j_mc...@comcast.net wrote:
>
> I'm waiting for people without the ability to use a search engine to ask
> what a "powder room" is. ;) I'll save them the trouble. It's a room
> with a toilet, a sink and a mirror. No shower, no bathtub. Some of
> those pedestal sinks, pretty though they might be, don't appear to have
> much room for a bar of soap or a soap dispenser.
>
> Jill
>

I went to my niece's brand spanking new house for Thanksgiving. Her powder
room had a large 4-legged sink with a shelf underneath. The shelf had a large
basket overflowing with toilet paper. It was very nice, but even though that
sink was oversized, it still would not have been my choice. Just give me a
vanity cabinet with doors so I can store TP and cleaning products out of
sight.

She had a beautiful oval silver mirror just like this hanging in the powder
room. I did not ask how she plans on cleaning the glass as I was afraid
she'd ask me to do it. :o)

https://i.postimg.cc/W3Pp49tk/Silver-Mirror.jpg

[Master Bruce]

On Fri, 1 Jan 2021 18:15:48 -0500, Dave Smith
<adavid...@sympatico.ca> wrote:

>On 2021-01-01 5:36 p.m., Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>> On 1/1/2021 5:12 PM, itsjoan...@webtv.net wrote:
>>
>>> Thank you, thank you, thank you!!  They've gained no more square
>>> footage to
>>> that bathroom or powder room.  They've lost valuable storage space as you
>>> mentioned.  Also, countertop real estate as well.
>>>
>> Style over substance.  Just as those silly bowl sinks were all the rage.
>>  Looked nifty but not at all practical.
>
>
>When my brother and his wife spent way too much remodelling their
>bathroom

The things you bitch about are limitless.

[Master Bruce]

On Fri, 1 Jan 2021 18:21:22 -0500, jmcquown <j_mc...@comcast.net>
wrote:

>I did see a "new" episode of House Hunters in the last month where the
>husband was the one doing the oohing and aahing over a grand entryway in
>a 2 story house with soaring ceilings, a light fixture suspended from
>20-something feet up and huge windows above the door that reached up to
>the second floor. (They hadn't seen the rest of the house yet.) I'm
>paraphrasing the wife's response which was pretty much "Who's going to
>get up there and change that light bulb when it burns out?

One thing's for sure: not the wife.

[Ed Pawlowski]

I'd take it outside and pressure wash it when I do the driveway.

[jmcquown]

On 1/1/2021 6:22 PM, itsjoan...@webtv.net wrote:

> On Friday, January 1, 2021 at 4:56:28 PM UTC-6, j_mc...@comcast.net wrote:
>>
>> I'm waiting for people without the ability to use a search engine to ask
>> what a "powder room" is. ;) I'll save them the trouble. It's a room
>> with a toilet, a sink and a mirror. No shower, no bathtub. Some of
>> those pedestal sinks, pretty though they might be, don't appear to have
>> much room for a bar of soap or a soap dispenser.
>>
>> Jill
>>
> I went to my niece's brand spanking new house for Thanksgiving. Her powder
> room had a large 4-legged sink with a shelf underneath. The shelf had a large
> basket overflowing with toilet paper. It was very nice, but even though that
> sink was oversized, it still would not have been my choice. Just give me a
> vanity cabinet with doors so I can store TP and cleaning products out of
> sight.
>

I almost mentioned baskets! I, too, prefer a bathroom vanity cabinet
where I can store those things out of sight. Don't want to have to
schlep them in from being stored another part of the house, either.

> She had a beautiful oval silver mirror just like this hanging in the powder
> room. I did not ask how she plans on cleaning the glass as I was afraid
> she'd ask me to do it. :o)
>
> https://i.postimg.cc/W3Pp49tk/Silver-Mirror.jpg
>

That's one heck of a mirror!

Jill

[jmcquown]

Have you ever tasted boiled tap water? There's something just not right
about it.

Jill

[itsjoan...@webtv.net]

Good idea! But I'm sure that would be my last, forever, invitation to her house.

[Sheldon Martin]

On Fri, 1 Jan 2021 09:09:41 -0500, Gary <g.ma...@att.net> wrote:

Or install a reverse osmosis filter, and enjoy the purest water
possible... costs maybe $150 for top of the line, and water costs a
nickle a gallon. But most are too cheap and stupid so rather buy
pricy bottled water that comes from a rubber hose in some strange
garage... only imbeciles buy and drink pricy bottled water because it
has a shiney label but pollutes all waterways with plastic bottles.
We use plastic bottles that we refill with RO water, the Camelback
bottles we use are good for a lifetime.

[songbird]

jmcquown wrote:
...

> Have you ever tasted boiled tap water? There's something just not right
> about it.

flat, lack of oxygen.


songbird

[jmcquown]

LOL I'm glad you had a good time and I wouldn't worry about it. One of
these days she's likely to get tired of dusting that mirror.

Jill

[Ophelia]

"songbird" wrote in message news:epj4ch-...@anthive.com...

Ophelia wrote:
...
> I am not sure where our water comes from but it tastes better then we
> lived near the big city:)
>
> We are in a tiny village and it is good stuff:)

the best water i've had in my life was from the place i
rented in eastern TN, it was so clean you could run the
shower and let it air dry and there wouldn't be any
marks on the wall. here if i let things air dry there
are spots from the calcium/iron. after many uses the
glass will start to look yellow from the iron. a bit
of chemicals removes that and then they look ok again
for a while.

Oh dear ... I would hate that, but I suppose you make the best of what
you have!

the next best water i had was up north where the local
municipality sourced their water from an old abandoned
copper mine. after some years they switched over to
wells sited in a rather rotten place and the water was
much worse. progress... heh, nope, not that time...

Oh dear:(

songbird

[Gary]

On 1/1/2021 5:36 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:

I still have the old sink attached to the wall setup. They've offered to
upgrade it to a single sink vaniety but I turned it down. I liked the
open floor space, used for ferret litter papers in the corner.

I do have a small closet in the bathroom for plenty of storage. TP on
the top shelf, then other shelves for anything else for the bathroom or
cleaning supplies.

The closet floor was for the cat litter box and an empty 5-gallon bucket
that I keep for many uses.

[Gary]

jmcquown wrote:
> I did see a "new" episode of House Hunters in the last month where the
> husband was the one doing the oohing and aahing over a grand entryway in
> a 2 story house with soaring ceilings, a light fixture suspended from
> 20-something feet up and huge windows above the door that reached up to
> the second floor. (They hadn't seen the rest of the house yet.) I'm
> paraphrasing the wife's response which was pretty much "Who's going to
> get up there and change that light bulb when it burns out? Who's going
> to wash those windows?" His response: "Oh, I didn't think about that."
> That's one of the things that makes those shows entertaining. :)

I was often asked to replace the high light bulbs while painting a
house. Never asked to wash a high window though. Those people hire
window washers occasionally.

You have a high window, Jill. Who cleans that?

[Gary]

And if that is the problem, easy to aerate again.
I've never boiled water to remove chlorine. I've just filled something
up and let it sit unopened overnight.

[GM]

Her married "SO", Gary...

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Best
Greg

[Sheldon Martin]

Lights that burn out especially those that require me climbing a
ladder I replace with LEDs, they can last longer than me. Even the
outside lighting is now all LED, and the two nice brass lighting
fixtures on both side of our front door are now LED bulbs that come on
at dusk and go off at dawn, there are individual bulbs like that. Each
time an incandescent bulb burns out I replace it with an LED. All the
LED lighting we now have has cut our electric bill by more than half
and we have five times as much light... outside LED lights can light
up a ball field but use 10 times less Wattage than incandecents. LED
light bulbs cost about 10% more than incandescents but last 15 years.
I installed an LED fixture over our bathroom mirror because that's the
one my wife uses the most and never remembers to turn it off, has ten
LED lamps but uses only 10 Watts total, the old ugly one had six
inandescents, 60 Watts each, now I'm no longer bothered when I get up
at 2AM and that lamp is on. I switched all our night lights to LED, 6
of them, were 8 Watts each... those tiny incandescent bulbs are about
79¢ each and rarely last more than 4-5 months, now .5 Watt each, give
more light and have a 15 year life. Outdoor LED lighting is
wonderful, far more light at far lower
wattage... flood/spot light incandescents were double 100 watt bulbs,
now a single 15 watt LED, brighter light and lasts 10 times longer. We
had our electrician install the fixtures because he said that with
LEDs polarity matters.

[Sheldon Martin]

Our water contains no chlorine, we have our own well and our drinking
water is Reverse Osmosis filtered, purest water possible at 5¢ a
gallon. Truth is that the bottled water one buys is the filthiest
sludge, comes from some gas station rubber hose, they put it in a
plastic bottle with a fancy label and charge like it's the best water
on planet earth, NOT. And then there are billions of polluting
plastic bottles. It's very easy to install an RO filter in ones home
and costs very little to buy at Lowes. We each have two refillable
plastic bottles that we use over and over... we contribute zero to
plastic bottle pollution. And it's as stupid as stupid gets to be
drinking chlorinated water, especially for ones children. Anyone who
has a bottle of chlorine laundry bleach at home is the worst kind of
pinheaded imbecile... should be illegal to sell laundry bleach...
would yoose gals bleach your vaginas? I for one greatly appreciates
that a vagina smells and tastes like a healthy woman. I wouldn't fuck
any woman who's pussy smells like Clorox