It takes ten thousand hours to become an expert at something, according to Gladwell.
-
It takes ten thousand hours to become an expert at something, according to Gladwell. And at this stage I have *easily* achieved that in The Fucking Washing
. Which is why I get so cross when Trish constantly tells me I've done it wrong. I HAVE NOT DONE IT WRONG I AM AN EXPERT. It is exactly the same as disagreement within the scientific community about a thing. Her theory is that you should allow washing to pile up, creating an enormous backlog, then wash it in small batches so that when you put it out (spaced out across an airer literally designed to hold two or three times the volume of washing) it dries quicker. My theory, which is correct, is that any loss in drying time from doing all of the washing and then hanging it out, is mitigated by the fact it's done and in the process of drying. Critically, clean, and not festering in a disgusting contaminated pile. My way - sure - the house is always damp and there is washing everywhere - but it smells nice and we have clothes to wear. Her way....... barbaric. Literally what would happen in caveman times. Have we not evolved?! Yet another symptom of Broken Britain. -
It takes ten thousand hours to become an expert at something, according to Gladwell. And at this stage I have *easily* achieved that in The Fucking Washing
. Which is why I get so cross when Trish constantly tells me I've done it wrong. I HAVE NOT DONE IT WRONG I AM AN EXPERT. It is exactly the same as disagreement within the scientific community about a thing. Her theory is that you should allow washing to pile up, creating an enormous backlog, then wash it in small batches so that when you put it out (spaced out across an airer literally designed to hold two or three times the volume of washing) it dries quicker. My theory, which is correct, is that any loss in drying time from doing all of the washing and then hanging it out, is mitigated by the fact it's done and in the process of drying. Critically, clean, and not festering in a disgusting contaminated pile. My way - sure - the house is always damp and there is washing everywhere - but it smells nice and we have clothes to wear. Her way....... barbaric. Literally what would happen in caveman times. Have we not evolved?! Yet another symptom of Broken Britain.@TheBreadmonkey See also: loading the dishwasher.
-
@TheBreadmonkey See also: loading the dishwasher.
@BenCotterill @TheBreadmonkey ah. The dishwasher. My wife now mostly leaves this to me, but I still have to stick my hand into a fetid washing up bowl soup to fish out the cutlery that’s lurking in there amongst the sharp knives. That and teabags left in cups by the dishwasher are extremely triggering for my processes.
-
J jwcph@helvede.net shared this topic
-
@BenCotterill @TheBreadmonkey ah. The dishwasher. My wife now mostly leaves this to me, but I still have to stick my hand into a fetid washing up bowl soup to fish out the cutlery that’s lurking in there amongst the sharp knives. That and teabags left in cups by the dishwasher are extremely triggering for my processes.
@swisslet @BenCotterill @TheBreadmonkey it’s not worth me even trying to touch the dishwasher, Tom is absolutely anal about it and has rules about the angle of forks and the gap between plates. Just one of the reasons I sometimes wonder if he is on the spectrum
-
@swisslet @BenCotterill @TheBreadmonkey it’s not worth me even trying to touch the dishwasher, Tom is absolutely anal about it and has rules about the angle of forks and the gap between plates. Just one of the reasons I sometimes wonder if he is on the spectrum
-
@TheBreadmonkey @purplepadma @swisslet Forks and knives. Handle up or down?
-
@TheBreadmonkey @purplepadma @swisslet Forks and knives. Handle up or down?
@BenCotterill @TheBreadmonkey @purplepadma sharp knives don’t go in as it blunts them with the scouring. Forks and knives handle down. That’s not a maverick choice, surely? They won’t go in the thing the other way around. My fork handles only fit a few of the slots as it is!
-
@BenCotterill @TheBreadmonkey @purplepadma sharp knives don’t go in as it blunts them with the scouring. Forks and knives handle down. That’s not a maverick choice, surely? They won’t go in the thing the other way around. My fork handles only fit a few of the slots as it is!
@swisslet @TheBreadmonkey @purplepadma Hang on, it’s mid-day on a Monday. I’m in bed with stomach pain. Talking about dishwasher etiquette.
Mastodon is great.
-
@swisslet @TheBreadmonkey @purplepadma Hang on, it’s mid-day on a Monday. I’m in bed with stomach pain. Talking about dishwasher etiquette.
Mastodon is great.
