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[richardmycroft]

The many different accents are due to the fact that in times before the industrial revolution people often didn't even leave the county they were born in for the duration of their lives. And certainly not after they were dead. Interesting London fact. Every year thousands of people would move to London, but the population was very slow in regards to population growth. Reason? Diseases. And often brutal and dangerous jobs. Mother nature's way of keeping London under control. :)

[peckelhaze]

I believe when you pass the 'Bar' you have to go catch your own, you cannot buy them in a pet shop. Wigs, can be quite elusive and nocturnal. Looking at some I would guess they have been scraped off the road as 'roadkill', poor things.

[ronniefazackerley]

Most bathrooms in UK are not large enough to have the washing machine which is why they often re in the kitchen.

[zaftra]

Before around 1830's people didn't travel, so if you know your ancestors then, you should be able to find the rest going back to around 1500 baptised, married and buried in the same church record; and in one branch of my family, I can go back to 1257 not 15 miles away from were I am sat now - hence the different accents.

[Captally]

One of the saddest things is the World becoming Americanised more especially it seems, Australia who used to have a very recognisable and celebratory "Strine". Just in the pub I remember their Schooners and midis but then they even went and changed the currency to Dollars. I only say that because the American influenced word "weird" is used a lot which to British ears means something supernatural, unearthly.
inhuman almost as opposed to just unusual.

[corneredlion]

I'm British and I don't like being criticised. However, I have to admit she's right. She's lovely and she's right. Laundry should be in the bathroom and we don't need two taps.... We can all learn from each other. I love the bit where she says that if the washing machine is in the bathroom all she needs to do is take off her clothes and throw them into the machine. I'm still picturing that scene!

[ringspanner]

I'm a Brit, been living on Oz for 25 years and still can't understand why there isn't an overflow on the sink or why the left lane ends instead of the overtaking lane or why I can't buy pie and chips in the fish and chip shop.

[grahamsmith]

If the water In the hot tap is scalding hot. The water thermostat needs to be turned down. You need a massive bathroom to put a washing machine in it. As the electric socket has to be more than 3 meters from the bath. To comply with regulations.

[mattinfullvision]

I do understand with the insults. The other day my best mate called me a "mad twat" and I was honoured. However, I would have been even more honoured if he'd come up with better than that. I suppose he doesn't like me as much as I thought

[charlestaylor]

There are lots of Cornish Pasty makers in Michigan in the USA. Cornish tin miners went there in the 1840s.

[cuthbert]

I used to attend quiz nights in 'pubs' a lot. A friend of a friend used go to Ireland a lot a bought back some speciality meats. So the receipt's of the food named their quiz team.
'Barry's tongue in Cider' if you say it out loud you will get the idea.

[dgsadgs]

Legally you still have to have separate taps in a new build as the law still states taps must be separate as the water from hot water tank can be contaminated and is therefore undrinkable while the cold water is a direct feed and is classed as drinkable. If you have a mixer legally the water is classed as undrinkable even though new builds don't have the old hot water tanks anymore this is still the law.

[lizzief]

I love separate taps because it only ever use cold water. If I’m use it a mixed tap i only use one tap. All the taps in my house are newish because the kitchen and bathroom are extensions as my house is to old to have a bathroom and the dinning room use to be the kitchen.

[mickbacon]

Mixer taps are much more common these days, even in older houses. My house was built in 1870 but as things are renovated/repaired mixer taps are being installed, In my bathroom the water is premixed before it even gets to the bath or shower - there is a mixer pump that mixes the hot and cold water and pumps it at pressure to the bath and shower. There are no taps on the bath or shower, just an on/off button and a dial to select the temperature you want. It is great as once you have set the temperature once, all you have to do is step in the shower, press the button and you instantly have a power shower at exactly the temperature you want. There are also second dials, one on the shower to select how fast you want the water to come through, and one on the bath to select how much water you want in the bath (you can set the bath 'running' and it will automatically stop went it has reached the desired level.. Note, I had this installed when my wife had a stroke and had reduced feeling on her left side - it avoids the possibility of scalding.

[stephpick]

HP, the UK's no. 1 brown sauce has been on the market since 1903. The original recipe was invented and developed in 1899 by Frederick Gibson Garton, a grocer from Nottingham. Garton sold the recipe for the sum of £150 to settle a debt with Edwin Samson Moore, the founder of the Midlands Vinegar Company, who launched what we know and love today as HP Sauce.
HP sauce is a tomato based sauce with salt, vinegar, sugar and spices.

If you didn't know, HP stands for 'Houses of Parliament' as it is rumored the sauce was used in the restaurant there, back at the turn of the 20th century.

Since then the sauce has become so popular that a whopping 28 million bottles are consumed in a year - if the bottles were stacked on top of each other, they would reach the same height as 6, 189 Houses of Parliament!

As the popularity of HP has grown, so has the range; the first newcomers being HP Fruity back in 1969. A little bit milder than the traditional HP Sauce the subtly blended fruits and spices give a bit more tang so are perfect on all your favorites plus chicken.

More recently, the Brown Sauce range has seen the addition of Reduced Salt and Sugar, with 25% less salt and 30% less sugar, for the more health conscious HP lovers., and the launch of HP BBQ and HP Pepper. It is now made in Holland under Heinz (the baked bean company we all love)

[tinaconn]

With regard to the taps. I think that you are right. Our bathroom has a mixer tap on the bath but the sink has two separate taps this isn’t too much of a problem as it has a plug and we can just get the water to the right temperature. Our downstairs sink doesn’t have a plug and it is slowly driving me insane. To be fair though, I think it is because you have made me more aware of it. 😂 I disagree about the washing machines though. We are not allowed electrical outlets in our bathrooms and I just think it would be a strange place to put it. Also most bathrooms in the U.K. are too small for that anyway. I can’t even fit any storage in my bathroom it is that small. More modern houses usually have a utility room where the washing machine would be kept. This is normally a room next to the kitchen.

[helenwood]

You have a washing machine in the bathroom? That is barbaric! How do you relax in the bath when you have a device sitting there reminding you of housework? The bathroom is for contemplation and peace, not washing your smalls.

[michaels]

How do you plug in your washing machine in the bathroom? Electric plugs are illegal in bathrooms...

[zaftra]

Because you can't get the temp you want in a mixer tap, were you can in the sink. For instance you might want it hotter for shaving or cooler for washing, with mixer getting that balance right is much more difficult.

[RoyCousins]

I think accents are caused by cultural differences. Before easy travel and mass communication, these developed over hundreds of years. But they are becoming homogeneous and some accents have almost died out completely. For example: my grandfather had a broad rural Hertfordshire accent all his life, despite spending most of it in central London. If you go to Hertfordshire now, you will only hear an Esturine (London) accent.