The hell? I commute by train on a daily basis, I could hardly imagine being in a place where there's no passenger trains.
Never been in the vicinity of a tornado or affected by an earthquake.
And of course we have tacos and burritos.
The hell? I commute by train on a daily basis, I could hardly imagine being in a place where there's no passenger trains.
Never been in the vicinity of a tornado or affected by an earthquake.
And of course we have tacos and burritos.
Does anyone here live in a country where teachers are actually well-paid and respected by society? Having worked as a teacher myself, and having both my wife and my mom in the profession, I can honestly say teachers are treated like trash here by pretty much anyone, from the government through the students to the parents, and are paid a barely livable wage to the point that every teacher I know has to work at like three schools at least.
And here's a question for UK peeps - what's the deal with the separate taps for cold and hot water? Who thought this was a good idea? Is it like this everywhere?
From my not-very-informed perspective, I'd say teachers aren't treated as trash by the general public, but their concerns don't always transmit well. The Government however tends to treat teachers with mild contempt/irritation. Many a news story has been the current education secretary unveiling some new policy that is met with derision by teachers. Suffice to say, the Teacher's Union (NUT) and the Government do not see eye to eye.Originally Posted by Fynn
I always respected by teachers at school, but I do think supply or cover teachers get the short end of the stick.
I've never really thought about this. There are 'mono-tap' (one spout, two taps) designs that tend to grace kitchens in shiny metal. My current bathroom taps are separate hot and cold (two spouts, two taps). Then again, if the tap heads are to be believed they hail from 1902, so who knows.And here's a question for UK peeps - what's the deal with the separate taps for cold and hot water? Who thought this was a good idea? Is it like this everywhere?
Teachers are unfortunately a low-pay, low-prestige jog, which doesn't make much sense considering how necessary they are...
I don't really get it
that tap thing pisses me off with nonconsintecy. Sometimes hot is left cold is right and sometimes its the opposite. what the hell.
I heard that in Germany they are actually very respected and are actually paid a lot to the point that they're basically upper-middle class. I'm also certain it's a respected job in Japan. I just wonder where else is it like this.
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Tldr - In the olden days (like 60 years ago) hot and cold water came from two different sources. The hot source was potentially unsafe to drink so the two systems never met, and you had no mixer taps. In new houses all water comes from the mains and is safe to drink so you can have mixer taps.
My flat uses mixer taps for example, but my mum's house still has the separate taps.
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Separate taps are only in old buildings over in Norway, but yeah, they're still around some places.
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I didn't know that was a thing whaaat.
Wait- wh-what ? Separate taps are not a normal thing for other countries around the world ? What ?
How does that work ? Can somebody please explain how a non-separate tap works ? Do you just leave it on, till it becomes warmer water ?
Two separate taps beats the one tap and boil method.
Basically you choose how much hot water you want mixed in with the cold. You usually select this hot/cold ratio with the position of the tap. Turn it all the way in one direction and you get entirely cold water, the other way gives you hot. Depending on your system you might have to leave it short time after turning it on for the boiler to heat up your water, but in most modern systems its pretty instantaneous as you always keep a reserve of hot water.
you're forgetting the pipes between the boiler and the tap, man. The water in the pipes cools down over time when you don't use it. Depending on where you are in a building, it could take like less than 5 seconds or even more than 30.
And i really do have a hard time believing maybee hasn't seen or used a tap with a mixing chamber.
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I have seperate taps in my flat and I hate it.
Separate taps is also still a thing a thing because y'know it's a wash basin. You're meant to put the plug in and use the basin to collate a small pool of water for washing in.
Of course, this is pointless in public buildings where the thought of giving you a plug with which a juvenile delinquent could choose to flood the place with is out of the question.
I don't mind mixer taps or single taps though to be honest.
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