On Wed, 30 Dec 2020 18:40:07 +0000, S Viemeister
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>On 30/12/2020 18:33, dsi1 wrote:
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>> 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-cr...-included.html
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>'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...

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