Terminology

[claymore]

Just reading a post or two to pass an hour of abject boredom, here in the land of the benighted roll mop.
Does anyone have a 'bad' lady as opposed to a good one?

Also the Swmbo malarkey - must she?

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[veshengro]

Terminology​

Yep, a timely post.. A present from my son (57 years) a Hot Water Dispenser...Ah! a new modern word for an electric kettle I thought..No chance, this thing is absolutely lethal!! Fill it with water, press the button and within seconds it spews boiling water under about 1000 lbs PSI from a tiny spout. Frightened the bloody life out of me. I think it was designed for posh little coffee cups because only about half a tea mug of scalding water comes out at any one push of the button. Pressing the button again results in overflow and the kitchen work top awash...
Not a rant, just a warning to other unwary Wrinklies unfamiliar with er...progress ...

 

[greeny]

Terminology​

Yep, a timely post.. A present from my son (57 years) a Hot Water Dispenser...Ah! a new modern word for an electric kettle I thought..No chance, this thing is absolutely lethal!! Fill it with water, press the button and within seconds it spews boiling water under about 1000 lbs PSI from a tiny spout. Frightened the bloody life out of me. I think it was designed for posh little coffee cups because only about half a tea mug of scalding water comes out at any one push of the button. Pressing the button again results in overflow and the kitchen work top awash...
Not a rant, just a warning to other unwary Wrinklies unfamiliar with er...progress ...

Got one of those and love it. Mine gives out just under a mug full though so ideal for quick brew. Plus you only boil what you need.

 

[Wansworth]

While the kettle boils there is time to put order inthe kitchen ponder the great moral problems of the day

 

[johnalison]

I have misgivings about something that looks like a kitchen tap but which produces boiling water.

 

[mjcoon]

I have misgivings about something that looks like a kitchen tap but which produces boiling water.

Not to mention, from veshengro's description, its activation is binary all-or-nothing!

 

[veshengro]

This device is sized and shaped like a kettle, plugs into a wall socket, it is filled as a kettle via a pop up lid and has on/off switch. The only 'give away' is an attached tray on which to stand a cup under a downward pointing spout. Press button and stand clear.. 10-12 seconds and Whoosh! Tea time...

 

[capnsensible]

Can anyone here suggest how to translate the op into English? TIA

 

[greeny]

I have misgivings about something that looks like a kitchen tap but which produces boiling water.

 

[Wansworth]

Would the steam engine been invented?q

 

[Stemar]

Does anyone have a 'bad' lady as opposed to a good one?

As a matter of personal safety, my lady is very, very good, but I'm reminded of Mae West - "When I'm good I'm very, very good, but when I'm bad, I'm better."


As an aside, I Googled to check the identity of the lady concerned. The first site that came up was this. A virtual pint for anyone who can read it to the end

 

[veshengro]

No chance, too many long words for me to decipher...

 

[capnsensible]

No chance, too many long words for me to decipher...

I think it's an anagram of ldoasaxolob

 

[veshengro]

Nicely summed up..

 

[johnalison]

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OK for that one, but I have seen others advertised that are very tappish.

 

[Muddy32]

Kettle boils quickly on t he left hand hob of the Aga.

 

[Frank Holden]

I guess I'm just old fashioned but I just put the amount of water I require in the kettle, one cup and a bit, two cups and a bit, whatever.
By the time I have had a quick scratch , evicted the cat from the bench , and given the pup a treat ( ashore) or stuck head out hatch and decided whether to go back to bed or not ( afloat) kettle is boiled.
Nothing annoys me more than( OK that isn't quite true - I could write a rather large book on really truly annoying things ) than some drongo that fills kettle absolute full to make one or two cups.

 

[Stemar]

Nothing annoys me more than than some drongo that fills kettle absolute full to make one or two cups.

Isn't it funny how it's never the person who pays the bills

 

[capnsensible]

I guess I'm just old fashioned but I just put the amount of water I require in the kettle, one cup and a bit, two cups and a bit, whatever.
By the time I have had a quick scratch , evicted the cat from the bench , and given the pup a treat ( ashore) or stuck head out hatch and decided whether to go back to bed or not ( afloat) kettle is boiled.
Nothing annoys me more than( OK that isn't quite true - I could write a rather large book on really truly annoying things ) than some drongo that fills kettle absolute full to make one or two cups.

Try this for daft. I once took out a group of firemen for a sailing course. As one of many things in the safety brief, I talked about putting the cups in the galley sink whilst making tea for the crew. Clearly one of them wasn't quite paying attention.....made the tea in the sink.

 

[oldharry]

Terminology​

Yep, a timely post.. A present from my son (57 years) a Hot Water Dispenser...Ah! a new modern word for an electric kettle I thought..No chance, this thing is absolutely lethal!! Fill it with water, press the button and within seconds it spews boiling water under about 1000 lbs PSI from a tiny spout. Frightened the bloody life out of me. I think it was designed for posh little coffee cups because only about half a tea mug of scalding water comes out at any one push of the button. Pressing the button again results in overflow and the kitchen work top awash...
Not a rant, just a warning to other unwary Wrinklies unfamiliar with er...progress ...

I got one of those for SWM.... err Mrs OH who is having trouble lifting a kettle with her arthritic hands. The Amazon version that arrived was lethal - splashing boiling water in all directions. Really dangerous. Straight back with a strong complaint about how unsafe it is.