Get hacked by a toaster!

[Rik]

I always find I get fed up with the jugs after a while - too long winded to use.

[Gary]

I always find I get fed up with the jugs after a while - too long winded to use.

The new ones are much better, you don't have to soak them, we have a kettle with one in and the one in the fridge, it does make the water taste better 

[Rik]

None of that rinsing through? Sounds a big step forward...

[john]

I always find I get fed up with the jugs after a while - too long winded to use.

I presume that's not the American meaning of 'jugs' Rik 

Our kitchens only about 3m x 3m and we've managed to get one of these in with plenty of space for the other usual appliances too : Samsung fridge-freezer

[Simon]

No pun intended, but that looks cool, John. 

[john]

Hi Simon, we bought ours over three years ago now so the one in the link may have been updated. At the time we bought it there was a lot of discounting on it, we got ours from Comet and it was only slightly more expensive than an ordinary Fridge-Freezer.

We did fit new kitchen cupboard units at the time and I built the fridge-freezer in between two tall units with a bridging cupboard above.

[Simon]

My kitchen was designed before I moved in, with a space behind the door, next to the units, for an upright Fridge Freezer.  If I was to hanker for an American job, it would mean a complete kitchen refit.  Something for future years, perhaps. 

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I want to know where these huge great kitchens in MFI etc. adverts are, cat and swing spring to mind for my kitchen.

[Rik]

Not to mention bedrooms and lounges... Most houses couldn't take the stuff they show - all part of the insidious aspiration creep that advertisers use.

[john]

It's the same with most furniture stores In, particularly the ones that sell sofas. They seem to have display areas greater than 20' x 20' with no other furniture but the sofas and chairs. They don't have windows or doors to worry about either.

[Rik]

We'll all have to start living in warehouses and showrooms! 

[john]

We'll all have to start living in warehouses and showrooms! 

That sounds like a voyeurs paradise 

[Rik]

Or a scary place to bring recalcitrant kids.  8)

[Inactive]

 

Oh and I am convinced that they use small stature individuals for their Sofa Adverts as well..

[Rik]

There's probably a specialist casting agency. 

[Inactive]

With close links to a Circus .. I suspect.. 

[Rik]

Advertising is a circus. 

[Inactive]

Sofa...so good. 

I am convinced all of these Sofa companies must belong to the same owners, their tacky not very nice looking stuff, all looks the same to me.

[Rik]

I suspect that the factories which supply them go round with a catalogue, and they pick what they want from it, In. Shades or exact features may change, but the shell is a constant.

[Inactive]

You are probably right Rik, most are sourced from China now, according to my mate that works for DFS.

I had mine made at a local factory, I rejected the first one, as it had visible signs of poor workmanship, so the Manager agreed that I could go to the factory and oversee the replacement one being made, which I did, that I have had for over 15 years now.

[Rik]

It's the best way, In. With upholstery, too much is hidden from us when we buy.

[john]

There's probably a specialist casting agency. 

And they probably have a 'casting couch' 

[Inactive]

And they probably have a 'casting couch' 

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[john]

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What do you expect at this time of night, Billy Connolly ?   

[Inactive]

Still laughing at the " casting couch " John.