Early Risers.

[Tony_S]

When we were looking at estate agent leaflets for our first house purchase I noticed that the house we eventually viewed and bought had a primrose coloued bathroom. I mentioned to Aditi that I didn’t really like pink bathrooms. She quickly made me aware of my error. The main bathroom in this house is a classic early nineties colour “misty pink”. Sometimes known as whisper pink, probably in Germany. 
Tony

[PhilJ W]

When I purchased this house the bathroom suite was a colour known as ox-blood. I had it changed about 10 years ago not long after I retired and the current suite is a light cream colour. 

[Tony_S]

Our “champagne” colour en-suite started to fall through the floor into the garage so it all got replaced with white (once the floor was replaced). 
Tony

Edited February 6, 2020 by Tony_S

[Tony_S]

51 minutes ago, New Haven Neil said:

I don't mean mum was Rosie the Rivetter though...... 

My mother said she spent the war years really worried she would be called up to the Women’s Land Army. Her unpleasant older brother used to taunt her by telling her the conscription people were coming for her. In fact she wouldn’t have been 20 until December 1945 and so would not have been called up. The brother thought he was medically unfit but got called up into the Pioneer Corps.

Tony

[Ozexpatriate]

1 hour ago, Tony_S said:

I used Google to see what were popular colours for bathrooms in the US. Yellow is apparently “on trend”. Aditi told me that avocado green is making a return in the UK.

I can assure you that the walls of my downstairs bathroom (like much of the house) are a boring beige with white trim.

 

Canary yellow with white trim was a big kitchen trend some years back. One of biggest trends is ceramics printed in faux wood grain on walls as well as floors. Shiplap walls were big.  Subway tile is probably on the way out. I looked at the websites for a couple of big US paint manufacturers and didn't see a lot of yellow though the Sherwin-Williams website had a wide yellow and white stripe.

 

After all the "mid-century modern" furniture of the last few years, inevitably the 1970s will have their revenge in the form of the return of avocado green, harvest gold, burnt orange and burnt sienna. When we once more see hessian wall weave and macramé planter hangers their victory will be complete.

 

Do Britons say mah-crah-may (like I knew in Australia) or mack-ram-eh (like I hear in the US)?

 

EDIT:
We did have an avocado coloured rotary telephone, but thankfully no avocado or harvest gold major appliances.

 

Edited February 6, 2020 by Ozexpatriate

[Ozexpatriate]

1 hour ago, TheQ said:

.Getting to him was a right pain a lot of it caused by a cyclist at the front at the lights slowing the traffic so you missed the next set of green,  so while you waited he went up the front , for the next set,  the next,  the next... 

 

51 minutes ago, PhilJ W said:

I had a similar experience with a cyclist as Q did. What is more he was obviously doing it deliberately because he gave the two finger salute to a few drivers and looked very pleased with himself. Then we came to a set of lights with a high kerb topped with railings on the n/s. There I deliberately pulled as far to the left as I could and stopped. There was not enough room for him to squeeze by on the left and he found that the driver behind me had cottoned on to what I was doing and had pulled up close behind me so that the cyclist couldn't get through. 

What you need is the Idaho Stop rule. In this case, a bicyclist can treat a red light as it were a stop sign and a stop sign as a "yield" / "give way" sign.  It's pragmatic in so far as in low traffic they do this anyway an it encourages cyclists to get out of the way of motor traffic. 

[Ozexpatriate]

1 hour ago, JohnDMJ said:

The bathroom in my flat in Chingford was Avocado Green ...

The appliances (like the tub, basin and toilet) or the wall or (dare I ask) all of the above?

 

57 minutes ago, Tony_S said:

I noticed that the house we eventually viewed and bought had a primrose coloued bathroom. ... The main bathroom in this house is a classic early nineties colour “misty pink”.

 

51 minutes ago, PhilJ W said:

When I purchased this house the bathroom suite was a colour known as ox-blood.

Yikes!

 

A friend was a fan of purple. She painted an accent wall of her dining room imperial purple and was very proud of it. I hadn't the heart to tell her what I really thought.

[New Haven Neil]

I hope Rick's ping arrives, or I'm in for it!  Pestilience, fires, plagues.....sheesh!

[New Haven Neil]

PS.  Our bog's white, and always will be.

 

A girlfriend's parents once has a royal blue bathroom suite with pink walls.....you can't unsee these things.....

[J. S. Bach]

 Late afternoon/almost evening owl from a very pi$$ingly wet Piedmont; oh, and my river is back!

 

 I got back from the income tax preparation folks and will get some modeling tokens, more than I expected! At first the refund showed $1900!!!; I knew that was very wrong and upon review, she found a number entered in the wrong box. After correction, the refund amount dropped quite a bit to a level that I expected. Oh well, electronically filed and now I will just sit back and wait for the direct deposit to show up.

 

 Yesterday was even better, my mortgage company called with an offer that will save me about a hundred buck each month, the offer is legitimate and I will go for it.

 

 

 

[Tony_S]

24 minutes ago, New Haven Neil said:

PS.  Our bog's white, and always will be.

 

A girlfriend's parents once has a royal blue bathroom suite with pink walls.....you can't unsee these things.....

The primrose bathroom had a half tiled primrose wall. The top half was white emulsion. Aditi saw something in a magazine and thought the white should be green. It looked awful. It took many coats of white to cover the green.  She hasn’t suggested paint colours since. 

[polybear]

4 hours ago, BoD said:

...... but how did you manage to divide it up between all of your new admirers?

 

....and how the hell does 81C remember all their names?  He'll slip up one day, and then he'll be in deep, deep sh1t......

Edited February 6, 2020 by polybear

[JohnDMJ]

1 hour ago, Ozexpatriate said:

The appliances (like the tub, basin and toilet) or the wall or (dare I ask) all of the above?

 

All of the above and wall tiles to match! I even found an appropriately coloured toilet paper to match!! IIRC, even the carpet was 'in keeping'!

[Dave Hunt]

Greetings from a now lurgy riddled Hunt Mansions where the only interruption of the constant coughing is the odd sneeze. SWMBO reckons that we probably caught it at 'that model railway thing we went to last Sunday' (AKA the Stafford show) rather than, say, a crowded supermarket, the bus into Shrewsbury etc. How do they reach these random conclusions?

 

Time for a max strength Lemsip and bed methinks.

 

Night night all.

 

Dave

[Ozexpatriate]

11 minutes ago, JohnDMJ said:

All of the above and wall tiles to match! I even found an appropriately coloured toilet paper to match!! IIRC, even the carpet was 'in keeping'!

I am quite speechless.   While I am glad you found it soothing, I cannot help but be reminded of The Great Green Arkleseizure.

[BSW01]

Good evening everyone 

 

Well it’s been another busy day,  it I’ve managed to get some circuit boards built, I’m just waiting for a few more components to delivered. This afternoon I made a huge pan of corned beef hash, we had some for tea, the rest (6 pots, each with 2 servings each) are now in the freezer. 

 

Time for bed now, goodnight all 

[Andrew P]

9 minutes ago, Dave Hunt said:

Greetings from a now lurgy riddled Hunt Mansions where the only interruption of the constant coughing is the odd sneeze. SWMBO reckons that we probably caught it at 'that model railway thing we went to last Sunday' (AKA the Stafford show) rather than, say, a crowded supermarket, the bus into Shrewsbury etc. How do they reach these random conclusions?

 

Time for a max strength Lemsip and bed methinks.

 

Night night all.

 

Dave

In that case Dave, I wish I hadn't shaken your hand at Stafford, haha.

[tigerburnie]

G'night all

[Kingzance]

At least I can settle down with a smile on my face after reading your recent posts - even if SWMBO is snoring like a good’un! I am also mildly happy as the two images I submitted to the photographic contest were judged somewhat better than the lowest scoring ones and I know now what would have raised one to a higher plane. In order to compete better in the next comp, I shall visit the Didcot Railway Centre a week on Wednesday for a series of steam related images whilst I shall take some of a saxophone (a case of “all the gear and no idea” I’m afraid) for the other entry.

Bon soirée mes amies.

[laurenceb]

Night awl

[AndyID]

3 hours ago, Ozexpatriate said:

 

What you need is the Idaho Stop rule. In this case, a bicyclist can treat a red light as it were a stop sign and a stop sign as a "yield" / "give way" sign.  It's pragmatic in so far as in low traffic they do this anyway an it encourages cyclists to get out of the way of motor traffic. 

 

You might think I would know that but it's a new one on me.

 

 

Edited February 7, 2020 by AndyID
Yet another typographical error.

[PhilJ W]

Goodnight all.

[J. S. Bach]

Night owl from slightly drier Piedmont.

[AndyID]

5 hours ago, Tony_S said:

I used Google to see what were popular colours for bathrooms in the US. Yellow is apparently “on trend”. Aditi told me that avocado green is making a return in the UK. This did surprise me.

Tony

 

My mum was partial to jonquil. A little went a very long way.

 

The kitchen cabinets in our house in New Jersey were a similar colour. They were made entirely of steel and I imagine they must have been pretty expensive. There was also a built-in, colour matched "Sub Zero" fridge/freezer. The kitchen must have been the height of fashion when it was installed.

[The Stationmaster]

G'night all