I don't mine it not swiveling. I never open the drapes anyway. Mine is leather, but right from day 1 I've had a sheet over it so my skin won't stick.

Mines cloth covered and I have blinds here, I'm not sure how Grace would react to drapes.

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The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's

I don't mine it not swiveling. I never open the drapes anyway. Mine is leather, but right from day 1 I've had a sheet over it so my skin won't stick.

Mines cloth covered and I have blinds here, I'm not sure how Grace would react to drapes.

My drapes are pretty well shredded thanks to previous cats and old age. I don't care, though. To me, they're nothing but light blocks and they still do that just fine.

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David
Sitting on my butt while others boldly go,
Waiting for a message from a small furry creature from Alpha Centauri.

There are some very good reasons, not related in any way to being lazy or inconvenienced, why screwcaps are increasingly gaining favour among wine producers as the closure of choice.

Which are?

This website provides an excellent summary of most of them. (Click on each item in the list for a detailed explanation.)

I have a nose that can detect cork taint from 2,4,6-Trichloroanisole in a wine at very low levels. I have encountered very many bottles of corked wine in my time, and had many an argument with ignorant waiters and sommeliers when served tainted wine in restaurants. The advent of the screwcap has greatly reduced the frequency of cork taint. I also think that cork producers have had to clean up their act in the face of the increasingly widespread adoption of the screwcap by the wine industry.

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I bought a Dyson vacuum, trust me they do not have that much suction.

I'm not going to vacuum 'til Sears makes one you can ride on.

I would like Tyson or someone to make a toaster that toasts bread evenly on both sides. The best toast I've ever seen is what they serve in Geelong hospital. The only problem with it is that it's always cold by the time it reaches the wards. I suspect they use some type of commercial conveyor belt toaster that would be totally inappropriate for home use but I dream of the perfect toast for at home.

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much suction.

We used to have all sorts of
brands but the Dyson seems to
work better than any of them.
You do have to be religious
about cleaning the filters. There
are two, one on top of
the dust cup and the other in the
engine ball. They need to be done
once a month.

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I would like Tyson or someone to make a toaster that toasts bread evenly on both sides. The best toast I've ever seen is what they serve in Geelong hospital. The only problem with it is that it's always cold by the time it reaches the wards. I suspect they use some type of commercial conveyor belt toaster that would be totally inappropriate for home use but I dream of the perfect toast for at home.

Most likely, a conveyor toaster is the most efficient type for use in a large scale operation.

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Its missing a pilot relief tube though:)

Best be careful or Misfit will post his favorite user image again ;-)))

LOL, OH no not THAT PICTURE:)

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Old James

I don't mine it not swiveling. I never open the drapes anyway. Mine is leather, but right from day 1 I've had a sheet over it so my skin won't stick.

Thats why I dont like leather for anything in the house or in the car. Ever sit on a leather car seat when its hot and the windows have been closed all day? I think thats where all the Y chromesones get damaged:) Maybe Dyson can invent something to prevent burning of the naugahide.

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Old James

LOL, OH no not THAT PICTURE:)

The real thing is so much nicer :-)

I'm not going to vacuum 'til Sears makes one you can ride on.

How tall is the grass in your back yard?

Yeah, I wonder if the forest needs a trim. ;)

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The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's

I would like Tyson or someone to make a toaster that toasts bread evenly on both sides. The best toast I've ever seen is what they serve in Geelong hospital. The only problem with it is that it's always cold by the time it reaches the wards. I suspect they use some type of commercial conveyor belt toaster that would be totally inappropriate for home use but I dream of the perfect toast for at home.

I don't think I've ever owned a toaster that was capable of doing both sides the same. Always ended up turning them around for a bit :)

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Member of the People Encouraging Niceness In Society club.

I would like Tyson or someone to make a toaster that toasts bread evenly on both sides. The best toast I've ever seen is what they serve in Geelong hospital. The only problem with it is that it's always cold by the time it reaches the wards. I suspect they use some type of commercial conveyor belt toaster that would be totally inappropriate for home use but I dream of the perfect toast for at home.

I don't think I've ever owned a toaster that was capable of doing both sides the same. Always ended up turning them around for a bit :)

I just have a 4 slice toaster, it's one that I inherited of course.

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The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's

There are some very good reasons, not related in any way to being lazy or inconvenienced, why screwcaps are increasingly gaining favour among wine producers as the closure of choice.

Which are?

This website provides an excellent summary of most of them. (Click on each item in the list for a detailed explanation.)

I have a nose that can detect cork taint from 2,4,6-Trichloroanisole in a wine at very low levels. I have encountered very many bottles of corked wine in my time, and had many an argument with ignorant waiters and sommeliers when served tainted wine in restaurants. The advent of the screwcap has greatly reduced the frequency of cork taint. I also think that cork producers have had to clean up their act in the face of the increasingly widespread adoption of the screwcap by the wine industry.

I am pro screwcap, myself. Eric and I have encountered plenty of delicious wines that are bottled that way. Many California wineries are going in that direction.

There are some very good reasons, not related in any way to being lazy or inconvenienced, why screwcaps are increasingly gaining favour among wine producers as the closure of choice.

Which are?

This website provides an excellent summary of most of them. (Click on each item in the list for a detailed explanation.)

I have a nose that can detect cork taint from 2,4,6-Trichloroanisole in a wine at very low levels. I have encountered very many bottles of corked wine in my time, and had many an argument with ignorant waiters and sommeliers when served tainted wine in restaurants. The advent of the screwcap has greatly reduced the frequency of cork taint. I also think that cork producers have had to clean up their act in the face of the increasingly widespread adoption of the screwcap by the wine industry.

I am pro screwcap, myself. Eric and I have encountered plenty of delicious wines that are bottled that way. Many California wineries are going in that direction.

New Zealand lead the way in pioneering the use of screwcap closures, with many of the New World wine-producing countries following suit. Increasingly, South African producers are also using screwcaps. I was talking to a representative from Vrede en Lust this morning, and she told me that even for some of their flagship wines, half of the production is being bottled under screwcap and half under cork.

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There will be a combined washer-dryer, housed in a 600x300x300 cabinet, on sale in European countries in about 3 years time. It uses heat pumps to warm the washing water, then, later, the dryer air. The only use of electricity is to rotate the synthetic drum (no stainless steel drum) and drive the heat pump compressor. On the drier the water is removed using the cold side of thee heat pump using a "cloud chamber" technique (like seeding clouds with ice crystals to get the air borne water to deposit.

The white good will take an 8 kg load and fully wash and dry the load in 1.5 hours (both actions), and use less than 25% of the electricity a conventional washing machine and clothes dryer will use.

Another unique feature will be the washer spin dry, done at 3,000+ rpm. This will be facilitated by accelerometers detecting where the "out of balance load" is, and pumping water in to counter balance the off centre loading. Creases in the clothes, due to excessive high speed spin drying, will be eliminated by repeated adjustments of the drum speed and rebalancing the clothes.

I look forwards to seeing this new A+++ energy rated washer-drier.

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It's good to be back amongst friends and colleagues

And I can just imagine what the price will be! The problem with a combined machine John is that if a motor or belt breaks, or other fault occurs, you have no washing or drying functions. With separate machines you can wash by hand or dry outside or on radiators as necessary. There is a lot to be said for not putting all your eggs in one basket.

We had the same problem in a large building where facilities office wanted to install one large multifunction printer/copier/scanner per floor rather than the dozens of separate machines all over the place. We pointed out that if the machine had an electrical or other fault no-one would have anything on that floor. In the end they agreed to a standby m/c in the basement with a 1 hour turn round.

Did anybody calculate the lost worker efficiency involved in running across the floor to the central machine instead of having one within feet of your desk? Or in waiting for someone else's job to finish?

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David
Sitting on my butt while others boldly go,
Waiting for a message from a small furry creature from Alpha Centauri.