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Cake day: June 9th, 2023

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  • I looked up what that is,

    It moves hot water from your water heater through your pipes and back again, keeping the water in the pipes hot and ready for use

    While that sounds great from an end point perspective - my water would be hot straight from the tap - this would necessitate keeping the water in the pipes hot 24/7 so that it’d be ready at a moments notice at any time.

    That would be SOOO much more expensive! Just imagine! So much energy/money lost keeping some pipes hot for the few times a day you need to use the hot tap.

    Sounds like a great system for places like a hospital where on demand, correctly heated water throughout the building complex is a must, but those places have £££ to burn.

    I do agree this is a problem though, I’ve sometimes wondered if there’s an instant electric heating system one can install under the sink (I know these exist), but rather than only heating water that way (which would use electricity and be WAY more expensive than the gas boiler), if it heated the water only when needed - and when it detects the incoming water is hot (as the boiler’s caught up) it can stop heating the water itself, you know?

    A little initial heat burst for the first 15 seconds basically until the boiler catches up, that’d be great and not too big of an additional cost to run :-D


  • After your turn the water off in the shower but before you get out, use your hands to wipe off any standing water on your body. Maybe even give your legs a bit of a shake. This way, you won’t drip nearly as much when you get out, keeping the floor and your towel drier.

    Are there people that don’t do this? Wouldn’t they absolutely soak their bathroom floor?

    Heck, I do this and then use a small towel to get the rest of the initial water off while I’m stood in the shower, that way when I step out I’m no longer dripping wet, and my big main towel can do the rest of the work without needing to get soaked itself.

    It can just be thrown on the bed to dry, no need to unfold it, and the smaller very wet towel is easier to find somewhere to hang up.

    Anyway that’s my system, a little addition to your tip :-)





  • It’s good to have a positive outlook, but it’s also important to be realistic, and know when to move your energies elsewhere, I think.

    I could set my mind to becoming a good orchestral composer, but all I’d be doing is wasting years of my life and a lot of money and effort, because I know I’m not at all creative in that way. My creative strengths lie elsewhere.

    I could stick with it, and become at best a very derivative boring composer, but I wouldn’t reach my dream or being a good one.

    And I’d miss out on other dreams I could have been following that were more realistic and would bring me more happiness in the end, you know?

    But yeah, you also have to weigh that against pushing yourself past your limits, because maybe you’ll be great at something you wouldn’t have expected!

    I think in the end as with most things in life, it’s about finding a balance between idealism and realism that works best for you :-)