to think sleeping with open windows in January is only Right And Proper?

[RevoltingPeasant]

Seriously, surely this is normal? DH just made his 'pained face' when I popped up to air the bedroom prior to retiring. Over Christmas I opened all the windows in my mum's and PILs' insanely overheated windows before going to sleep. I almost always have open windows to get fresh air whilst we sleep.

I don't know how anyone can sleep in a stuffy room with the windows shut all day and all night! DH keeps saying 'But it's December'. Apart from the fact that it's now January, isn't he BU??

I dunno...I am imagining, closing the plug, filling the sink.

Then, soaping up and plunging hands in the sink.

Well at that point the water gets all soapy and manky.

Don't you have to unplug, drain, wash sink, refill and then plunge hands again?

Repeat till your hands are soap free and clean.

OR, do what normal people do, turn the mixer to a hot but not burny temperature, wash hands in hot water till soap is gone and you are done!

you'd hate to have a bath.

Or, how about, you don't actually need hot water to wash hands. So instead of waiting for the water to run hot (which takes time and wastes water, regardless of your tap), you run water and wash hands quickly under it. Done.

But in the plug scenario, why is the water so soapy after one hand wash that you need clean water. OK if you have been gardening and are covered in mud or something. But in normal life, how much soap does one need?

It is more things like washing face, or my MILs habit of washing up under a running tap which I think wastes water.

I don't hate mixer taps or anything (that's my grandma), but nor do I think they are particularly superior. They're just taps . I did like the lever one we had in our bathroom which you could do with your elbow when you'd just dealt with a nappy explosion or something though!

Mixer taps are OK.

But then sometimes someone has had hot/warm & you want cold, so end up wasting some.

Piglet, lol. I thought everyone has a shower after a bath, or is it just me?

Amanda, not sure about the 'quick hand wash' method. That is dh's preferred style and he managed to get orange stains on the towel because he did a quickie wash after putting marinated meat in the oven.

My hand wash routine- Rinse hands first. Then put soap. Massage nicely. Rinse again with hot water to kill any left-over germs. Close mixer with elbow, if possible. Or pour hot water over tap during final rinse and close using minimal contact.

Well yes, but you don't need to wash your hands that thoroughly every time. Obviously if I had hands covered in oily marinade I'd fill a basin. You'd use masses of water washing something like that off under a running tap.

You have a shower after a bath? Really

It's also a bit of a myth that hot water kills bacteria in hand washing isn't it - given the temperature your hands can manage? I am sure I have read that it is the soap that does the job and you'd actually need scalding water to make any impact.

I actually think bathing is gross. I moved out of a flat because the landlord wouldn't fix a shower and think baths are fine. Not to me, sorry.

I mean bathing to clean yourself. Not bathing for the sake of sitting in a tub of hot water.

"I thought everyone has a shower after a bath, or is it just me?"

Do you really bath and then shower? How wasteful!

I bath or shower every day so never get really dirty in the first place.

"I actually think bathing is gross."

Do you have OCD?

I am not very hygienic at all. I am quite relaxed (aka very lazy) about cleanliness in general.

I just thought you had to shower after a bath, to get the soapy water off. Is there a trick I never learnt? Did my mum lead me down the wrong path?

Surely if you wash your hands in water,whether it be in a basin or from the taps ,your hands are clean for most purposes (except performing a quadruple heart bypass).

Unless you bathe in baked bean juice, I'm sure,equally,that a bath renders most of us fit to face the world.

Hmm, well it's usual in Japan to shower and rinse before a bath!

Never heard of showering after a bath. How did we manage before showers were commonplace?

Bunbaker exactly what flatbread says. Do you rinse your dishes? Do you empty your bath and then refill it to rinse? How about your hair, how do you wash it properly? I can't seem to get the shampoo out when I was stuck with a bath.

lottiegarbanzo people don't used to bath often. They used to have a potty under the bed. We are now a lot nicer smelling than our ancestors.

And outhouses shared by many families. The horror

Ancestors! The house I grew up in didn't have a shower installed until I was seventeen - having only a bath was completely normal in the 70s and 80s - we bathed frequently, were quite fragrant and I'm not that ancient!

yes, as long as the heating is off. One or the other.

I can live without a bath . It takes up space and we never use ours, until DD. Now we bath her in it.

Really people don't have showers in the 70s and 80s? I was born in the 70s and have always had showers. (I assume I was bathed as a baby ofc).

And I wash my hair every morning. So obviously I'd ave to use a shower if I were you zukiecat. I used to shampoo everyday, but now at my older age my hair doesn't go lanky so quickly.

Loads of houses in the 70's only had baths.
And in my new built HA house they didn't put showers in, I had to install mine myself.
In fact everybody in the street has done it now, why they didn't put them in automatically is beyond me.

I always shower after a bath, don't feel clean otherwise... And wash dishes without plug in which i know is naughty - same principle as bathing tho, don't want me/things wallowing in 'dirty' water..

Our HA property only has a bath. Drives me nuts, much prefer showers.

Our last property only had a shower. At the time I vaguely missed having a long luxurious soak in the bath, but looking back now I prefer it that way round.

Try dying and then rinsing your hair when you only have a bath and no shower! I have to use a damn jug!

When the shower broke down in our rented flat, we were told showers aren't part of being inhabitable. The bath is. I'm not 100% surprised HA doesn't include them. But they should though.