Random Rants VI: See, this is why we can't have nice things!

[Desmond Hawkins]

Why the hell does Australian licorice cost so damned much! I am addicted to the stuff. Not the real licorice, but the strawberry/mango/green apple/blueberry/raspberry stuff.

Surely someone can find a cheaper way to make it or at least sell it closer to cost! Capitalism is failing me.

 

[salty mud]

Why the hell does Australian licorice cost so damned much! I am addicted to the stuff. Not the real licorice, but the strawberry/mango/green apple/blueberry/raspberry stuff.

Surely someone can find a cheaper way to make it or at least sell it closer to cost! Capitalism is failing me.

Licorice is revolting. It's your own fault.

 

[LucyDuke]

My knees hurt, and I haven't got any good chemistry left, and the puppy ate my sneakers, so I haven't been running in a few days. And my knees hurt.

And the paperback version of it is like one of those small books where its like they tried to cram as many words as possible onto one of those tiny pages, so I don't have room to write (false) insight and genius thoughts like I did with Alas, Babylon.

Post-it notes.

Bonus tip: if you use a lot of them and leave them poking out the sides of the book, it'll look like you've done a lot more than you actually have.

 

[Masquerouge]

Can someone explain to me why these

are thought to be a good idea when you can have these instead?

I'm not talking about the actual design on the head, I'm talking about the fact that one is stuck at a fixed height on the wall while the other, through the clever use of a hose, has a much wider range.

I really don't understand how you can think it's a good idea to have your shower head attached to the wall and unable to move.
First, more often than not, my head is ABOVE said shower head, making for incredibly awkward moments when I need to wash my hair and face. I have to squat but just so, or bend over backwards, and it's incredibly annoying.
Second, it makes washing body parts that are at ground level (read: feet) needlessly more complicated. The water pressure at floor level is non existent, and the water has been so dispersed in the air it's like trying to wash in a mist. Trying to get your feet at a level where the water is still pressured enough to actually clean stuff and remove the soap requires even more awkward gymnastics.
Third, by the time the water reaches the ground, it's a good few degrees colder.

Now let's look at the second design. Because you have a hose, you can freely move the head around. Like, for instance, ABOVE your head! Or DOWN on your feet! No gymnastics, no misty pressure, no changes in temperature! And the best part? You can still attach the head on the wall if you want too! I know, it's incredible.

And yet, 100% (Seriously... I mean it, 100%) of the showers I've had in the US have been with type A shower heads. In my previous place I went and bought a type B, and it's one of the first thing I'm gonna change in my new place.

So, a couple of questions:
- Do you actually think type A shower heads are better, and why?
- Do you know why type B shower heads are not equipping 100% of the showers?

 

[LucyDuke]

The movable ones are generally not as durable in my experience.

Also, apparently the movable ones are "popular with the ladies". I don't personally understand the appeal. I've got a movable one and pretty much the only time it comes out of its holdy thing is when the dog needs a bath. The thing I don't like about moving it around is that whatever level it's at, the part of my body above that level gets cold. But I guess someone that shared a bathroom with a lot of ladies that liked the movable shower head would like to rush those ladies along a bit if possible.

And I don't think this is the right thread for this, mister, because it sounds like you are going to have a nice thing!

 

[Trajan12]

I have type B. Amazing how much difference a shower head can make. I can't understand why we bought A in the first place. Washing my hair now is so much easier.

 

[Mirc]

[long post]

I have absolutely no idea!!!! I hate those fixed heads with a passion. I'm also often taller than the head, although you're significantly taller than me (I'm a few cm over 180, but AFAIK you are at least 10 cm taller than me). And I don't know about you, but there are certain parts of my body (and I don't mean feet) that are much harder to wash with those. Maybe I'm just not using the proper technique, but I don't think so. Apart from that, all showers I've seen in the US with the exception of one can't change the pressure! You basically just have an on and off position, and by turning the button you only get to change the temperature, and not the pressure. How can people actually survive more than a few days with those showers?

 

[Bigfoot3814]

Bonus tip: if you use a lot of them and leave them poking out the sides of the book, it'll look like you've done a lot more than you actually have.

Definitley.

 

[LucyDuke]

Apart from that, all showers I've seen in the US with the exception of one can't change the pressure! You basically just have an on and off position, and by turning the button you only get to change the temperature, and not the pressure.

Spoiler :

Pressure control on the bottom.

 

[Mirc]

^ Didn't have that... (seriously)

And I even stayed in a Marriot hotel for a few days, in the US.

 

[Bigfoot3814]

Some hotel showers just suck.

 

[Masquerouge]

The movable ones are generally not as durable in my experience.

Mmmh. Tis not my experience, but I can understand why they would not last as long, they have more pieces and stsuff.

The thing I don't like about moving it around is that whatever level it's at, the part of my body above that level gets cold.

That makes sense. My method is to leave the head on its peg for quite a while until the entire bathroom is misty and hot, then I move it around

And I don't think this is the right thread for this, mister, because it sounds like you are going to have a nice thing!

Watch my upcoming post in Raves as soon as I find a wrench big enough to remove the current #$%^& head!

I have type B. Amazing how much difference a shower head can make. I can't understand why we bought A in the first place. Washing my hair now is so much easier.

yup yup.

And I don't know about you, but there are certain parts of my body (and I don't mean feet) that are much harder to wash with those.

Oh yeah. I tried to remain general in my examples, but there are some body parts I just don't understand how you can wash them properly with a fixed head.

 

[Trajan12]

If you don't have the decency to wash out your pots and pans after you use them, the very least you can do is throw the leftover food away so that it doesn't sit there festering into a nice little surprise for the person who will use the pot next-and invariably have to clean it.

There's something wrong when, in a house full of women, I'm by far the cleanest most organized person.

 

[salty mud]

If you don't have the decency to wash out your pots and pans after you use them, the very least you can do is throw the leftover food away so that it doesn't sit there festering into a nice little surprise for the person who will use the pot next-and invariably have to clean it.

There's something wrong when, in a house full of women, I'm by far the cleanest most organized person.

Why are you in a house full of women?

 

[Nylan]

I like type A shower heads because I'm always under the water. If I move a shower head, it feels like getting out of the bath.

 

[Trajan12]

Why are you in a house full of women?

Because I have no brothers.

 

[Masquerouge]

I like type A shower heads because I'm always under the water. If I move a shower head, it feels like getting out of the bath.

But you can have that with a type B shower too! Just don't move it!

EDIT: I guess that's my main point. Given two types, A and B, and a type, B, that can do anything A can do, and more! why not always choose B?

 

[GinandTonic]

rant

Also how are you supposed to clean the shower without unhooking the shower head. I like to shave in the shower and people generally dont like to have my stubble all over the cubicle.

If you don't have the decency to wash out your pots and pans after you use them, the very least you can do is throw the leftover food away so that it doesn't sit there festering into a nice little surprise for the person who will use the pot next-and invariably have to clean it.

There's something wrong when, in a house full of women, I'm by far the cleanest most organized person.

Thats nothing. Ive been away all week and have had to come back to look after the bloody cats (everyone else gets to go away for the weekend, grr) and last sundays roast is sitting on the side, crawling with maggots. They had even had another roast and put new roast next to the old one? How in gods name can you cook and eat a meal in a room with a maggoty chicken in it and not throw it out. Or up.

So while everyone else has a long weekend I'll be disinfecting the kitchen, alone. Great. Fan-bloody-tastic.

 

[Masquerouge]

Also how are you supposed to clean the shower without unhooking the shower head. I like to shave in the shower and people generally dont like to have my stubble all over the cubicle.

YES! I knew I had forgotten another strong point for type B!

 

[Grisu]

^ Didn't have that... (seriously)

And I even stayed in a Marriot hotel for a few days, in the US.

yeah, most showers I had in the states didn't have that either, but since I only stayed in hotels/motels it's not really a accurate sample. I guess private households in the states have pressure control too.

Also how are you supposed to clean the shower without unhooking the shower head. I like to shave in the shower and people generally dont like to have my stubble all over the cubicle.

funnily enough, this is the only time when I actually remove the head from its hooking...