Most every time I buy an aerosol can of eg oil, cleaner, wd40, I forget to check if the little tube is taped to the tin. Not only is it wasteful to spray the contents over a wider area that need be, switching the tube to some other (different contents) can, means squirting some through to clear it first! There has got to be a better way (???). [Ed remember the tube in the first place!] Any better solution(s)?
Do the little tubes end up with odd socks?
I have an elderly relative who always uses aerosols upside down and then complains that the last bit wont come out. She has all sorts of products (polish, cleaners, etc) which she believes were faulty - but when you see her in action she is just spraying gas as the dip tube in the can isn't in the liquid. Been trying to tell her for years!
How odd! I imagine she is spraying with the bottle horizontal? Funny how some people have such unusual habits. I once observed someone washing pots in a sink and then turning on the hot tap to rinse each item then turn it off again. Shame was that each time it caused the combi to fire up- I was thinking wear and tear on it but I doubt they had such a grasp of such things. They also managed to get most of the water onto the worktop and flood it :( Now on another subject do most people really rinse plates if they hand wash items? I've never done that, but then maybe im the odd one.
people really rinse plates if they hand wash items? I've never done that, but then maybe im the odd one.
We do. We don't like the flavour of washing up liquid, to say nothing of washing up water. We even - which I know is silly* - rinse saucers - but it's become such a habit to rinse everything that we don't think about it.
Does your dishwasher rinse everything? If it didn't, would you be happy? What DO you rinse - and why?
Mary
*because we're not refined enough to drink fom saucers.
Mary - Very true. I guess most of the residue is wiped off with a tea towel but if they are left to drip dry then its on there. Question is could it make you ill or would you become immune to such a small quantities of the stuff. I'm off to spain on hols and still continue to use bottled water for most stuff including teeth brushing, however the locals don't have such issues. Unless you've got an iron constitution you always end up with spanish tummy no matter how careful you are.
lol. Don't you pour the saucer contents back into the cup?
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Probably. There must be some alien life form at the other end of that black hole philosophising on where all those odd socks, short lengths of tubing containing remnants of assorted liquids, biros, small screwdrivers, scissors, CD cases, and pieces of paper with vital notes on them come from. Possibly they themselves have a dearth of fish, frogs, and the various other things that get reported here as freak "rain"storms.
But I digress ... My WD40 can currently has a bit of electrical sleeving, having lost the tube (if I ever had it) long ago. Being flexible comes in handy WDing hard to reach places. Maybe not as suitable for paint.
Chris
I do, don't like the idea of ingesting washing upliquid and, worse, washing up water with the next meal...
Ice in your drinks, salads? Both made from or washed in the local water... I occasionally find moving from one place in the UK to another can have an interesting, but short term effect, on my lower intestinal tract.
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At the mo' I'm using wd40, release oil and switch cleaner (not at exactly the same time and not on the same things :-) )
Had to smile - I went to the local car bits place for some release oil. The owner was away and a lad in charge.
"Hello - have you got any Duck oil" (Swafega sell it - v. good stuff imho.)
"No!"
"Oh. Well, any release oil then"?
(He walks 30 feet to where he usually sits at the counter) "These"
Thats a fair point. I always say 'no ice in drinks' even in this country - not least for quantity of the drink itself. The fresh juice seller in the local mall always lob in a few ice cubes even if you say no! It must be worth it to save them a few quid in raw materials when making hundreds of drinks!
To the original poster, you can buy WD40 with a built on straw/spray adapter - not all outlets sell them so you do have to look around.
Or it's smeared around - and added to with the next item if the towel isn't changed. We rinse and drain, easy :-)
could it make you ill or would you become immune to such a small quantities of the stuff.
I doubt that the Fisher constitutions would be affected but I put a lot of care in the preparation of our food and simply don't want it contaminated. I never claimed it was a rational view :-)
most stuff including teeth brushing, however the locals don't have such issues. Unless you've got an iron constitution you always end up with spanish tummy no matter how careful you are.
We've never been but I doubt that we'd buy bottled water. However, on the recent cruise we were provided with masses of bottled water for drinking in our cabins. In the restaurant the water taken on in various (Arctic - not Mediterranean) ports was frozen then boiled and served with ice. Very interesting.
If there's enough.
But in the past it was de rigueur to drink from saucers.
Mary
In message , Dave Liquorice writes
Bugger that - when abroad, I eat and drink like the locals, I always have, I rarely get ill
funnily enough, my wife gets sick
Off to Indonesia next friday - lets see what happens
So have I in small places that the locals eat and drink not the commercial tourist hotel restraunts. Though I do avoid unsealed bottled water or glasses of water with a meal, as an excuse to drink the beer. B-)
Which bit? I've only been to Bali, lovely island but I don't think it is particulary representative of the rest of Indonesia.
Actually an exception and a word of warning, in Egypt, they very cleverly reseal water bottles in some small kiosks and you don't notice
Was bad for a couple of days after that
Well, heading initially for Bandung for Idul Fitri (the end of Ramadan) to be with the M-i-L, meet up with long lost friends and to see the house I bought last year
then fly to Bali for a few days, back to Yogya and Solo, finishing up with a couple of days in Pangandaran or Pelabuhan Ratu
absolutely, Bali is very different, being basically Hindu
I don't really like it, well, Denpasar / Kuta anyway - too many people trying to sell you tat for tourists and overrun with antipodeans, which makes it a pain in the arse when you're actually working there and have things to do
Batur should be avoided at all costs - they are nought but thieves and vagabonds in that area
Other than that Bali's OK, but I prefer somewhere less touristy - try Lombok next time and don't forget an underwater camera for the spectacular reefs off the Gili islands
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Hmmm. We have a Third World eating regime which has served me well in China (before it opened up to the West), Egypt, Kenya and assorted other places associated with "losing your stomach" (as the guide in China put it). No salads, no ice, nothing not cooked and so on.
And then we went to India. Hoo boy. It took about 10 weeks and antibiotics before some normalcy in bowel function returned. If I never go there again, it'll be too soon. Mind you, a friend who really loves the place says the trick is to eat nothing that you didn't see deep fried in front of you.
Yeah, you do have to be a bit sensible in India (and Nepal)
however, on trains etc, it's not always possible to see things cooked in front of you. If there is a trick, it's to observe where and what locals are eating
Agreed. People every where don't like getting food poisoning. If there are people about you can find everything you need as well, everyone needs the same basic things of water, food & shelter.
I was a bit cagey about eating the "street food" in China but when I saw that the bowls and chopsticks where fished out of a large pan full of nicely boiling water I decided that, even though the water was grey, it wasn't going to have much living in it. In 3 months of back packing around China and the Far east I only had one minor incidence of "bottom trouble" and that was in Thailand. I put that down to rather too much chilli than a bug. I now can't eat chilli without getting rather powerful hicoughs.
Saw next door neighbour yesterday. They went to India around Easter time.
Even now all he can eat is banana sandwiches.
While they were their his wife got Di-hooria and the hospital called a doctor in. He just said it happens all the time and gave her one single injection (of what ??) . 8-|
Derek
Partner always knows when the curry/other hot dish was hot enough - I go hic, hic, hic. :-)
Have no idea why. I can take things hotter - but just hic more!
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