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Author:  myp [ Fri Jan 26, 2018 12:22 ]
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I got the information from putting my cookware on the hobs and them not working.

I found one saucepan and one frying pan that worked, because they are cast iron and not aluminium. Anything with a coating won't work.
Author:  Mr Dave [ Fri Jan 26, 2018 12:27 ]
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asfish wrote:
Quote:
We need all-new cookware as ours don't work on the induction hob.


Where did you get the information from about this? We are planning a new kitchen and my wife was saying she wanted an electric hob. :)

I have a load of Stella pans which cost a fair bit of money so wouldn't want to chuck these out.

Electric does not necessarily mean induction. (but it is the best form of electric hob)

Basically, pans have to iron based, as its done through magnetism. Although I believe notall steel pans are usable for some reason I don't know . (alternatively you can have an in between iron plate, but that's daft)
Author:  Mr Dave [ Fri Jan 26, 2018 12:33 ]
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Lonewolves wrote:
Anything with a coating won't work.

?
Unless it somehow blocks the induction it should be fine. I've not had any problems with coated pans.
Author:  Zardoz [ Fri Jan 26, 2018 13:03 ]
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Cover the hob with a piece of iron and use your old pans.
Author:  myp [ Fri Jan 26, 2018 13:16 ]
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Mr Dave wrote:
Lonewolves wrote:
Anything with a coating won't work.

?
Unless it somehow blocks the induction it should be fine. I've not had any problems with coated pans.

Fair enough. All the ones we've got don't work.
Author:  BikNorton [ Fri Jan 26, 2018 22:54 ]
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The base of your pan has to be at least 9% iron or something.

Our previous induction-compatible pans were tefal ones where high-iron 'pads' poked through the low-iron stainless steel base; worked fine but our new cooker said that's really bad for efficiency and also can cause hot spots that can damage the glass.

Newer le creuset pans are solid high-iron bases and we can boil water in them faster than the kettle, but flecks of iron keep going rusty in the dishwasher. Ridiculous warranty will help there.

Our jam pans also work; the old one is difficult to keep boiling and can confuse the hob but the base is warped slightly so I bought a new same-model one and it's fine.
Author:  MaliA [ Sat Jan 27, 2018 9:02 ]
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I stayed up to the VERY LATE time of ten to midnight trying to catch up on Amazon TV. As I have been eating rubbish food for a week when I sat on the toilet I done a MASSIVE WHIZZPOPPER that woke up Bang and she wouldn't settle. She also woke up Crash who decided my bed was better. At one in the morning I went dowe stairs with Bang and we watched The Grand Tour until two when I pit her down again. As I had no bed space, I slept in Crash's bed until six when Bang woke up again and here we are.
Author:  Mimi [ Sun Jan 28, 2018 10:52 ]
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Today is my mother’s 60th birthday. By coincidence it’s also her brother’s wife’s birthday. They have the same name, my mother and aunt, and both turn 60 today.

Anyway, as they were both hitting a big birthday they decided to go out for a meal last night, which is quite a big occasion due to my mother’s mobility problems. My mum, her husband, my uncle and his wife, to celebrate the women both turning 60. A really nice thing. Except on Friday evening, the day before the meal that has been organised for quite some time now, it was dropped into conversation that it would not be just the four of them as had been said up until now. No. The table had been booked for 17, because my uncle’s three children, their partners, and their kids had all been invited and this has been arranged for weeks. These are my uncle’s children, not his wife’s, but it’s kind of galling that my mother did not have any of her kids or grandchildren there, nor the opportunity to invite them. She would not have assumed it just fine to invite her entire extended family when it had been planned just for four. That she only found out less than 24 hours to go before the meal, is telling.

I’m not annoyed for myself. I couldn’t have gone at the moment as my health is too poor, but I’m annoyed for my mother, and annoyed about my uncle. I don’t like the way he operates.

The kicker, however, is that they brought out a surprise cake. It was iced with my aunt’s name, and SURNAME, because you wouldn’t want to accidentally want people to think that the cake might also be celebrating the other person there with that same name.

It is making me feel sad as she said that she felt very overlooked last night and that it wasn’t really her birthday at all. :(
Author:  myp [ Sun Jan 28, 2018 11:15 ]
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Wow, that's cold.
Author:  Warhead [ Wed Jan 31, 2018 21:14 ]
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:this:
Author:  Mimi [ Wed Jan 31, 2018 22:40 ]
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I don’t think I get the picture, sorry :(
Author:  Satsuma [ Wed Jan 31, 2018 23:02 ]
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The bit on the zip that you grip has turned sideways. It’s one of those that ain’t supposed to do that.
Author:  Satsuma [ Wed Jan 31, 2018 23:02 ]
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Or he’s left his flies open.
Author:  Mimi [ Wed Jan 31, 2018 23:10 ]
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Oh! I thought it was a follow-on comment on what I had posted, afterctge :this:

D’oh.
Author:  Warhead [ Wed Jan 31, 2018 23:35 ]
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Satsuma wrote:
The bit on the zip that you grip has turned sideways. It’s one of those that ain’t supposed to do that.


That’s correct. It just works its way sideways but is very difficult to get back into the correct position. They’re like those metal puzzles you get in Christmas crackers. It happened on my several zips on my last pair of work trahziz and is a bloody nuisance. These are relatively new and this is the first time it’s happened. Why they don’t have the round loops on them, I don’t know.
Author:  TheVision [ Wed Jan 31, 2018 23:58 ]
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It's like having a twisted seat belt. Don't know how it happens, it just does.
Author:  Warhead [ Thu Feb 01, 2018 2:47 ]
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Very much so.
Author:  Kern [ Fri Feb 09, 2018 17:16 ]
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Happy Hour at a particular pub starts at 16:00. I bought my pint at 15:50. That's 45p I could have saved were I not so impatient.
Author:  Squirt [ Fri Feb 09, 2018 17:27 ]
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I think that with that info, we can work out Kern's Annualised Beer Discount rate. He'd rather have a beer now than a beer and 45p in 10 mins. Extrapolating out, Kern would rather have:

* A beer now over a beer and £2.70 in an hour.
* A beer now over a beer and £64.80 in a day.
* A beer now over a beer and £23,652 in a year.

Worth bearing in mind if you ever owe him money.
Author:  Kern [ Fri Feb 09, 2018 18:23 ]
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:D
Yeah, I'm that easy.
Author:  MaliA [ Mon Feb 12, 2018 12:21 ]
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€270 to get on register of foreign births in Ireland. So, that's €1080 in total. Then passports are €80 a pop. Bloody hell.
Author:  Doctor Glyndwr [ Mon Feb 12, 2018 12:22 ]
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MaliA wrote:
€270 to get on register of foreign births in Ireland. So, that's €1080 in total. Then passports are €80 a pop. Bloody hell.

MrsDoc’s UK visas, ILR, and citizenship cost us somewhere north of £5k.
Author:  MaliA [ Mon Feb 12, 2018 12:26 ]
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Doctor Glyndwr wrote:
MaliA wrote:
€270 to get on register of foreign births in Ireland. So, that's €1080 in total. Then passports are €80 a pop. Bloody hell.

MrsDoc’s UK visas, ILR, and citizenship cost us somewhere north of £5k.


Fuckaduck
Author:  DavPaz [ Mon Feb 12, 2018 12:39 ]
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MaliA wrote:
€270 to get on register of foreign births in Ireland. So, that's €1080 in total. Then passports are €80 a pop. Bloody hell.

On the upside, the weakened pound makes it even more expensive!
Author:  TheVision [ Mon Feb 12, 2018 17:29 ]
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I bought a cheap USB charger off eBay a few years ago and whilst I've been dubious of it, it's worked flawlessly.... Until today.

I've just plugged it in only for it to 'pop' and smell funny.

At least it didn't burn my house down with it!
Author:  Bamba [ Mon Feb 12, 2018 17:36 ]
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TheVision wrote:
I've just plugged it in only for it to 'pop' and smell funny.


Title of your etc.
Author:  Squirt [ Fri Feb 16, 2018 15:52 ]
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They've fiddled with the settings of the toilet lights at work, so that they go off after about 5 mins of inactivity. The sensors don't catch movement in the cubicles, and the office is quite empty right now as we're in the process of moving, so foot traffic isn't enough to keep them on. Therefore, even a relatively brief gaming session will result in the lights going off, leaving you in a cubicle in total darkness.
Author:  myp [ Fri Feb 16, 2018 16:02 ]
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Squirt wrote:
They've fiddled with the settings of the toilet lights at work, so that they go off after about 5 mins of inactivity. The sensors don't catch movement in the cubicles, and the office is quite empty right now as we're in the process of moving, so foot traffic isn't enough to keep them on. Therefore, even a relatively brief gaming session will result in the lights going off, leaving you in a cubicle in total darkness.

We have this problem at home. :facepalm:
Author:  Squirt [ Fri Feb 16, 2018 16:57 ]
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The really annoying thing is that the sensor is right by the door, away from the cubicles and slow to react. There;s always the chance that someone else will come in and find you walking across the toilet in the dark.
Author:  Joans [ Fri Feb 16, 2018 17:50 ]
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Lonewolves wrote:
Squirt wrote:
They've fiddled with the settings of the toilet lights at work, so that they go off after about 5 mins of inactivity. The sensors don't catch movement in the cubicles, and the office is quite empty right now as we're in the process of moving, so foot traffic isn't enough to keep them on. Therefore, even a relatively brief gaming session will result in the lights going off, leaving you in a cubicle in total darkness.

We have this problem at home. :facepalm:


You have a toilet cubicle in your bathroom?
Author:  Mr Dave [ Fri Feb 16, 2018 17:51 ]
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Squirt wrote:
The really annoying thing is that the sensor is right by the door, away from the cubicles and slow to react. There;s always the chance that someone else will come in and find you walking across the toilet in the dark.

Just so long as you've remembered to retrouser yourself, should be fine
Author:  asfish [ Fri Feb 16, 2018 17:55 ]
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Quote:
They've fiddled with the settings of the toilet lights at work, so that they go off after about 5 mins of inactivity. The sensors don't catch movement in the cubicles, and the office is quite empty right now as we're in the process of moving, so foot traffic isn't enough to keep them on. Therefore, even a relatively brief gaming session will result in the lights going off, leaving you in a cubicle in total darkness.


After we had our bathrooms and downstairs toilet redone last year my wife asked me to get rid of the string that controlled the light in the small toilet

The slight issue was she waited until all the work was done! So I had a sensor fitted that turns the light on when you go in, it lasts for 20 seconds and even when I'm sat on the toilet it won't pick me up until I wave my arm in the air.

My son refuses to use it as he rightly calls it the dark toilet :)

So waiting until I have some cash and replacing it with a heat sensor, also doing this with the lights at the front of the house as they come on all the time when the wind blows bushes and annoy our guests in the downstairs room.
Author:  Satsuma [ Fri Feb 16, 2018 18:00 ]
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asfish wrote:
They've fiddled with the settings of the toilet lights at work, so that they go off after about 5 mins of inactivity. The sensors don't catch movement in the cubicles, and the office is quite empty right now as we're in the process of moving, so foot traffic isn't enough to keep them on. Therefore, even a relatively brief gaming session will result in the lights going off, leaving you in a cubicle in total darkness.


So I’ve heard.

(He’s edited now, so this is no longer the funneeze)
Author:  Mimi [ Fri Feb 16, 2018 18:11 ]
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Lonewolves wrote:
Squirt wrote:
They've fiddled with the settings of the toilet lights at work, so that they go off after about 5 mins of inactivity. The sensors don't catch movement in the cubicles, and the office is quite empty right now as we're in the process of moving, so foot traffic isn't enough to keep them on. Therefore, even a relatively brief gaming session will result in the lights going off, leaving you in a cubicle in total darkness.

We have this problem at home. :facepalm:


I reckon that’s Sal waiting two minutes, deciding nobody needs to be on the loo that long, then flipping your through-the-wall bathroom switch off next to your racing car chair.
Author:  TheVision [ Fri Feb 16, 2018 18:20 ]
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A heat sensor for the toilet light? What's wrong with pulling the cord to turn it on?
Author:  asfish [ Fri Feb 16, 2018 18:21 ]
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MaliA wrote:
€270 to get on register of foreign births in Ireland. So, that's €1080 in total. Then passports are €80 a pop. Bloody hell.


So that means 350 euro a child for a passport even with an Irish citizen as a mother? :o
Author:  myp [ Fri Feb 16, 2018 18:22 ]
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TheVision wrote:
A heat sensor for the toilet light? What's wrong with pulling the cord to turn it on?

And that's why you'll never be the Champion of Cyrodiil.
Author:  asfish [ Fri Feb 16, 2018 18:24 ]
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TheVision wrote:
A heat sensor for the toilet light? What's wrong with pulling the cord to turn it on?


The cord has gone and I have a motion sensor that isn't very good\set up well

Really I should just get rid of the sensor and use a Hue bulb & hue sensor

Need the heat ones at the front though as they come on all the time with wind blowing bushes etc
Author:  Jem [ Fri Feb 16, 2018 18:26 ]
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We have sensors in the kitchen and the bathroom and it'll be the first thing I fit in the new house too.
Author:  asfish [ Fri Feb 16, 2018 18:30 ]
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Jem wrote:
We have sensors in the kitchen and the bathroom and it'll be the first thing I fit in the new house too.


Which sort? Hue or something else?

Have some Hue ones, just not got around to setting them up,
Author:  Cras [ Fri Feb 16, 2018 18:34 ]
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I'm as much a fan of needless tech as much as the next person, but it's pretty clear that a light that turns off when you're shitting is not any kind of a good thing. Just have a light switch, weirdos.
Author:  Grim... [ Fri Feb 16, 2018 18:38 ]
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:shrug:

Kindle's are backlit.
Author:  myp [ Fri Feb 16, 2018 18:43 ]
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Cras wrote:
I'm as much a fan of needless tech as much as the next person, but it's pretty clear that a light that turns off when you're shitting is not any kind of a good thing. Just have a light switch, weirdos.

Yeah it's annoying.
Author:  MaliA [ Fri Feb 16, 2018 18:48 ]
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asfish wrote:
MaliA wrote:
€270 to get on register of foreign births in Ireland. So, that's €1080 in total. Then passports are €80 a pop. Bloody hell.


So that means 350 euro a child for a passport even with an Irish citizen as a mother? :o


Think so. Need to go foreign births register.
Author:  BikNorton [ Fri Feb 16, 2018 19:08 ]
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Grim... wrote:
:shrug:

Kindle's are backlit.

No they're not.
Author:  DavPaz [ Fri Feb 16, 2018 19:09 ]
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Cras wrote:
I'm as much a fan of needless tech as much as the next person, but it's pretty clear that a light that turns off when you're shitting is not any kind of a good thing. Just have a light switch, weirdos.

I quite like the tranquility of a pitch black poop. Well, apart from the blinding light of my phone screen, natch
Author:  markg [ Fri Feb 16, 2018 19:25 ]
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DavPaz wrote:
I quite like the tranquility of a pitch black poop.

Too much Guinness.
Author:  Findus Fop [ Fri Feb 16, 2018 19:32 ]
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Joans wrote:
Lonewolves wrote:
Squirt wrote:
They've fiddled with the settings of the toilet lights at work, so that they go off after about 5 mins of inactivity. The sensors don't catch movement in the cubicles, and the office is quite empty right now as we're in the process of moving, so foot traffic isn't enough to keep them on. Therefore, even a relatively brief gaming session will result in the lights going off, leaving you in a cubicle in total darkness.

We have this problem at home. :facepalm:


You have a toilet cubicle in your bathroom?


And a nodder machine.
Author:  Mr Burrrrt [ Sat Feb 17, 2018 15:33 ]
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asfish wrote:
So I had a sensor fitted that turns the light on when you go in, it lasts for 20 seconds and even when I'm sat on the toilet it won't pick me up until I wave my arm in the air.

We've got one that you can set how long it stays on for and adjust the sensitivity.
Author:  myp [ Sat Feb 17, 2018 17:32 ]
Post subject:  Re: 1st world problems
Mr Burrrrt wrote:
asfish wrote:
So I had a sensor fitted that turns the light on when you go in, it lasts for 20 seconds and even when I'm sat on the toilet it won't pick me up until I wave my arm in the air.

We've got one that you can set how long it stays on for and adjust the sensitivity.

The problem with that is for 9 trips out of 10 to the loo it would be far too long.

I don't understand why you just wouldn't have a pull cord. I'm going to get it changed as soon as I can.
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