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Originally posted by HairyArsedBloke View Postindeed. When I was contracting, those were the two indicators of whether the contract was going to be a duff'n.
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Originally posted by LightshipMore pointless political correctness, I guess. Bathroom, washroom, restroom..... C'mon, everyone knows you're going for a wee or a poo.
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Originally posted by LightshipPeeing in the shower? Okay.
But what if you need a poo?
I do not understand the point of referring to a room by a fitting it does not contain.
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Originally posted by Sysman View PostOne place (not in the UK) had iron water pipes in the building. It was the job of whoever got in first in the morning to run the water off until it didn't look rusty.
The water came from an "Artesian Well" ie theoretically it came out of some ancient resevoir where it had been filtered for eons and all that Tulip (like posh and expensive "Mineral" Waters).
The common thought was that it came directly from a sewage outlet into the Thames.... It started of brown and a little lumpy.... let the taps run and it got thicker and lumpier....
We used to filter it using "Brita" and it was left with just a rough yellowish colour....
Once boiled the coffee/tea tasted like pish... and the mugs if left standing grew an impermiable brownish-yellow "shell" - you could literally chip it off at the end of the week.
Being a group of blokes we obviously only rinsed out our mugs once every fortnight or so and continued to drink endless gallons of the Tulip.......
(In our defence - this was long before the Starbucks/Costas existed on every street corner.)
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Originally posted by wurzel View PostI was once offered a cup of coffee in France & the guy chucked in a spoonful of nescafe and then proceeded to fill up the cup from the hot water tap in the bathroom.
Some have had showers the staff could use.
Was it a football club? They have baths for the players, don't they? Or was it a brothel?
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Originally posted by wurzel View PostI was once offered a cup of coffee in France & the guy chucked in a spoonful of nescafe and then proceeded to fill up the cup from the hot water tap in the bathroom. Don't quite know why but that is just SO wrong.
I had to slow down on the expresso drinking as all the cafeine was making me a bit hyper.
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Originally posted by OwlHoot View PostSame as my gig, except they don't have a vending machine. The first cup of tea there in the morning tastes like ditch water as the water has been left in the encrusted old kettle all night. (The first thing I do now in the morning is refill it with fresh water.)
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Originally posted by OwlHoot View PostThe first cup of tea there in the morning tastes like ditch water as the water has been left in the encrusted old kettle all night. (The first thing I do now in the morning is refill it with fresh water.)
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Apparantly you get really crusty coffee if someone chooses to have soup before you, not that it has happened to me yet.
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Originally posted by OwlHoot View PostSame as my gig, except they don't have a vending machine. The first cup of tea there in the morning tastes like ditch water as the water has been left in the encrusted old kettle all night. (The first thing I do now in the morning is refill it with fresh water.)
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Originally posted by conned tractor View Post...the bogs are a seventies throwback and the coffee from the vending machine, although cheap at 15p, is absolute crap.
People are friendly though.
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Originally posted by conned tractor View Post...the bogs are a seventies throwback and the coffee from the vending machine, although cheap at 15p, is absolute crap.
People are friendly though.
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I hate instant coffee - wont drink the stuff, so as long as there is access to a kettle, I take in my own cafetiere and coffee and am a happy piggy. I drink it, strong and black with no sugar, so no need for milk and such.
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