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Why do sinks in England have 2 taps?
    #14612288 - 06/14/11 01:38 PM (12 years, 7 months ago)

I can't figure this one out.. Basically in Britain there are two taps in the sink. One is for hot water and one for cold.

I suck at using it. Its either too damn hot or cold so I just go with the cold tap.

Why is it like that? To save water or sumtin? Someone told me its because people plug the sink, fill it with water (using the 2 taps to regulate temperature) and then rinse their face. But who in the right mind would wanna do that in a public sink where everyone spits the snot and bodily secretions :awedisgust:


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Re: Why do sinks in England have 2 taps? [Re: mellowparty]
    #14612295 - 06/14/11 01:39 PM (12 years, 7 months ago)

My sink has two taps. :confused:

I'm in California.


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Re: Why do sinks in England have 2 taps? [Re: Moronicus]
    #14612318 - 06/14/11 01:44 PM (12 years, 7 months ago)

mine has 10 taps for a full temperature range.


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Re: Why do sinks in England have 2 taps? [Re: sam420]
    #14612377 - 06/14/11 01:57 PM (12 years, 7 months ago)

I'm pretty sure a 2 tap system is common all the world over....our house has mostly 2 taps, the 1 tap versions usually suck out way sooner than the 2 tap versions.


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Re: Why do sinks in England have 2 taps? [Re: atayia]
    #14612388 - 06/14/11 01:58 PM (12 years, 7 months ago)

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I'm pretty sure a 2 tap system is common all the world over....our house has mostly 2 taps, the 1 tap versions usually suck out way sooner than the 2 tap versions.




yeah I have never seen anything but 2 tap system in bathrooms.
My kitchen sink has one, that you swivel left and right to control temperature, but in the bathroom I mainly just use the hot water


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Re: Why do sinks in England have 2 taps? [Re: Anthony917]
    #14612390 - 06/14/11 02:00 PM (12 years, 7 months ago)

weird, I've never seen any 2 tap systems in Germany, Spain, France, Italy and others across Europe.


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Re: Why do sinks in England have 2 taps? [Re: sam420]
    #14612393 - 06/14/11 02:00 PM (12 years, 7 months ago)

I'm confused.  Do you mean there's two spouts or just two things that you turn to make the water come out?  Cause if it's the latter that's very common - it just depends on the faucet manufacturer, they can be made a myriad of different ways.


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Re: Why do sinks in England have 2 taps? [Re: pwnasaurus]
    #14612397 - 06/14/11 02:01 PM (12 years, 7 months ago)

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I'm confused.  Do you mean there's two spouts or just two things that you turn to make the water come out?  Cause if it's the latter that's very common - it just depends on the faucet manufacturer, they can be made a myriad of different ways.




I was wondering this myself.


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Re: Why do sinks in England have 2 taps? [Re: mellowparty]
    #14612401 - 06/14/11 02:01 PM (12 years, 7 months ago)

I don't think I've ever seen a two-tap system in the U.S.

*EDIT:  I thought the OP meant two separate spouts, not just a cold and hot handle.


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Re: Why do sinks in England have 2 taps? [Re: propensity]
    #14612407 - 06/14/11 02:03 PM (12 years, 7 months ago)


it just doesnt make any sense to me :confused:


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Re: Why do sinks in England have 2 taps? [Re: badchad]
    #14612409 - 06/14/11 02:04 PM (12 years, 7 months ago)

OP do you mean like this?



on second thought I have never seen one of these. Usually there's 2 handles, but the water comes out of the same spout...

this looks like a nightmare to use


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Re: Why do sinks in England have 2 taps? [Re: Anthony917] * 2
    #14612414 - 06/14/11 02:04 PM (12 years, 7 months ago)

Yeah wtf?  :lol: that's the most retarded system I've ever seen!


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Re: Why do sinks in England have 2 taps? [Re: mellowparty]
    #14612416 - 06/14/11 02:05 PM (12 years, 7 months ago)

Yahoo answers gives a variety of interesting responses.


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Re: Why do sinks in England have 2 taps? [Re: mellowparty]
    #14612418 - 06/14/11 02:05 PM (12 years, 7 months ago)

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it just doesnt make any sense to me :confused:




Yeah that's fuckin retarded.

Never seen that before. Seems pointless. How you ever gonna get a good temperature?


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Re: Why do sinks in England have 2 taps? [Re: pwnasaurus]
    #14612426 - 06/14/11 02:07 PM (12 years, 7 months ago)

You cant get warm water unless you're a pro and can transfer a handful under the hot stream quickly without losing cold water and burning yourself at the same time.

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Re: Why do sinks in England have 2 taps? [Re: mellowparty]
    #14612546 - 06/14/11 02:33 PM (12 years, 7 months ago)

I would rip that sink out. i don't think I have ever seen something like that in all my life. Maybe in some movie or something where I wasn't paying attention... but that just looks like a nightmare to use.

1 handle 1 faucet, now that is doing it right.


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Re: Why do sinks in England have 2 taps? [Re: 4runner]
    #14612555 - 06/14/11 02:36 PM (12 years, 7 months ago)

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Maybe in some movie or something where I wasn't paying attention...



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As long it has one faucet its good in my book.

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Re: Why do sinks in England have 2 taps? [Re: mellowparty]
    #14612558 - 06/14/11 02:36 PM (12 years, 7 months ago)

Yea dude I agree, that doesn't make sense what so ever....



What's the point?....:confused:





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Re: Why do sinks in England have 2 taps? [Re: openmind]
    #14612578 - 06/14/11 02:40 PM (12 years, 7 months ago)

There must be a point in making it that way. Otherwise :wtf:


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Re: Why do sinks in England have 2 taps? [Re: mellowparty]
    #14612607 - 06/14/11 02:46 PM (12 years, 7 months ago)

I have this in my house, it suck when you say like washing your face.


I have to turn the hot on, and then let it fill up and then move it under the cold and then splash my face.

Its hard at first but easy when your used to it. im in south carolina


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Re: Why do sinks in England have 2 taps? [Re: DjDroof]
    #14612616 - 06/14/11 02:47 PM (12 years, 7 months ago)

I'm just grateful we have a regular faucet in the kitchen. Otherwise washing dishes would be utterly :wtfsonic::crankynoweed:


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Re: Why do sinks in England have 2 taps? [Re: mellowparty]
    #14612619 - 06/14/11 02:48 PM (12 years, 7 months ago)



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Re: Why do sinks in England have 2 taps? [Re: Dosile Kouki]
    #14612653 - 06/14/11 02:57 PM (12 years, 7 months ago)

When I was an elementary school student, I had a sleepover at a friend's house that had 2 taps.
I couldn't see the top of the second tap and figured it must be soap. (Didn't see any other soap on the counter, so...)
Needless to say, I got horribly burned.

That is the ONLY two-tap system I've EVER seen in the U.S.

BTW, what happens if you want warm water from a two-tap system? :confused2: This system seems archaic.


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Re: Why do sinks in England have 2 taps? [Re: ifoundwaldo]
    #14612704 - 06/14/11 03:08 PM (12 years, 7 months ago)

My guess is it's just old plumbing and they're too lazy to fix the since to put a single spout on the thing. Regardless, that's fucking retarded.


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Re: Why do sinks in England have 2 taps? [Re: ifoundwaldo]
    #14612708 - 06/14/11 03:08 PM (12 years, 7 months ago)

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This system seems archaic.




The best that I could come up with is that it is archaic. The first water to be piped into a house was cold. Later on when hot water was invented :wink: they just added another faucet to the sink.

Just a relic of the past that apparently has not gone away. I guess there are some old parts of the U.S. that still have those sinks also.

An abomination I say!


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Re: Why do sinks in England have 2 taps? [Re: 4runner] * 1
    #14612728 - 06/14/11 03:11 PM (12 years, 7 months ago)

HEY I SAID THAT!


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Re: Why do sinks in England have 2 taps? [Re: 4runner]
    #14612738 - 06/14/11 03:13 PM (12 years, 7 months ago)

just hook a hose up in between them, and cut a hole in the center of it.

ghetto, but at least your face wont melt off.


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Re: Why do sinks in England have 2 taps? [Re: Gumby]
    #14612754 - 06/14/11 03:18 PM (12 years, 7 months ago)

Just giving you back up :grin:

And I respond slowly.... so technically I was first.


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Re: Why do sinks in England have 2 taps? [Re: 4runner]
    #14612763 - 06/14/11 03:22 PM (12 years, 7 months ago)

It's easy to get a decent temperature. All you need to do is run them at the same time, with one faster than the other :shrug: It's a simple system that only a mongoloid wouldn't be able to comprehend.
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Re: Why do sinks in England have 2 taps? [Re: Shroom_i]
    #14612778 - 06/14/11 03:26 PM (12 years, 7 months ago)

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just hook a hose up in between them, and cut a hole in the center of it.

ghetto, but at least your face wont melt off.




That's what I'd do. People would come in and see my sink and be like "WTF IS THIS?" and I'd be all like "INNOVATION, MOTHERFUCKER!"  :billnye:


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Re: Why do sinks in England have 2 taps? [Re: atayia]
    #14612779 - 06/14/11 03:26 PM (12 years, 7 months ago)

I didn't even know such a thing existed! :lolsy:

How the fuck could it possibly be better! With 2 valves on a single tap, you use less material- and the fundamental design is the same. The only difference is that it conveniently joins to water for you.


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Re: Why do sinks in England have 2 taps? [Re: Anthony917]
    #14612782 - 06/14/11 03:27 PM (12 years, 7 months ago)

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Re: Why do sinks in England have 2 taps? [Re: mongo lloyd]
    #14612783 - 06/14/11 03:27 PM (12 years, 7 months ago)

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It's easy to get a decent temperature. All you need to do is run them at the same time, with one faster than the other :shrug: It's a simple system that only a mongoloid wouldn't be able to comprehend.
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wut?

They're so far apart.

Do you like fill up the sink every time you wash your hands or something?


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Re: Why do sinks in England have 2 taps? [Re: 4runner]
    #14612796 - 06/14/11 03:32 PM (12 years, 7 months ago)

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I would rip that sink out. i don't think I have ever seen something like that in all my life. Maybe in some movie or something where I wasn't paying attention... but that just looks like a nightmare to use.

1 handle 1 faucet, now that is doing it right.





And yet I despise these, they always fail eventually as calcium builds up.

An interesting point, to really sanitize your hands you want them run under as hot of water as you can stand for at least 20 seconds. If you filla  basin with water you lose quite a bit of sterility, and the 2-tap design makes properly washing your hands effectively impossible.


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Re: Why do sinks in England have 2 taps? [Re: mellowparty]
    #14612821 - 06/14/11 03:36 PM (12 years, 7 months ago)

If you want warm water you put the plug in the sink and mix it yourself.

The appearance of two taps is aesthetically pleasing. Keeping those water lines separate and pure, right to the end of the line.

It means you get to have twice the amount of metal - shiny stuff is great. You can also see the beauty of two columns of water flowing in parallel, falling to the ceramic basin.

Scalding hot on the left and cool on the right. = The Hot/Cold Tap Convention


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Re: Why do sinks in England have 2 taps? [Re: Asht0n]
    #14612833 - 06/14/11 03:38 PM (12 years, 7 months ago)

That's just stupid. You have to deal with other people's butt germs that stuck to the basin of the sink.


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Re: Why do sinks in England have 2 taps? [Re: Asht0n]
    #14612835 - 06/14/11 03:39 PM (12 years, 7 months ago)

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Keeping those water lines separate and pure, right to the end of the line.





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Re: Why do sinks in England have 2 taps? [Re: Asht0n]
    #14612837 - 06/14/11 03:39 PM (12 years, 7 months ago)

i like duel taps because my left hand hates hot water and

likewise my right hand hates cold water

so it worx out

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Re: Why do sinks in England have 2 taps? [Re: Coaster]
    #14612845 - 06/14/11 03:42 PM (12 years, 7 months ago)

Many showers in Greece don't have a tub or a shower curtain. It's just a shower head in the corner of the bathroom, so after washing yourself the whole floor is wet. There's just one drain, and occasionally it's in the center of the bathroom. I think this is why they are really protesting in Greece.


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Re: Why do sinks in England have 2 taps? [Re: The Whale]
    #14612848 - 06/14/11 03:43 PM (12 years, 7 months ago)

no wonder greek people always smell...


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Re: Why do sinks in England have 2 taps? [Re: propensity]
    #14612856 - 06/14/11 03:44 PM (12 years, 7 months ago)

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It's easy to get a decent temperature. All you need to do is run them at the same time, with one faster than the other :shrug: It's a simple system that only a mongoloid wouldn't be able to comprehend.
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wut?

They're so far apart.

Do you like fill up the sink every time you wash your hands or something?



No, you just use the cold or the hot. But if you want to shave, or wash in the sink, then you fill it up with both. It's seriously really simple. Typical American 'if it ain't our way, it don't make no sense' logic :lol:


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Re: Why do sinks in England have 2 taps? [Re: mongo lloyd] * 2
    #14612868 - 06/14/11 03:47 PM (12 years, 7 months ago)

its simple but not practical


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Re: Why do sinks in England have 2 taps? [Re: Coaster]
    #14612869 - 06/14/11 03:47 PM (12 years, 7 months ago)

just like having 12 inches in a foot


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Re: Why do sinks in England have 2 taps? [Re: mongo lloyd] * 3
    #14612880 - 06/14/11 03:49 PM (12 years, 7 months ago)

That's seriously pretty stupid.

It makes no sense at all to have two faucets when you could just have one. Why should I have to either burn myself or freeze?

Typical "defend my archaic and stupid old way of doing things for no reason" attitude

And this thread wasn't even made by an American.

Typical jealousy of my American way of life :usa:


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Re: Why do sinks in England have 2 taps? [Re: blujay]
    #14612881 - 06/14/11 03:49 PM (12 years, 7 months ago)

I think that maybe it has to do with the pressure of the water, maybe cold water is at a higher pressure or something?

Also it's better to have instant cold water for things like drinking rather than having to wait ages for the water to go cold using a mixer tap (many houses do use mixer taps).


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Re: Why do sinks in England have 2 taps? [Re: propensity]
    #14612906 - 06/14/11 03:53 PM (12 years, 7 months ago)

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That's seriously pretty stupid.

It makes no sense at all to have two faucets when you could just have one. Why should I have to either burn myself or freeze?

Typical "defend my archaic and stupid old way of doing things for no reason" attitude

And this thread wasn't even made by an American.

Typical jealousy of my American way of life :usa:



Yeah man, taps are archaic! I just absorb the water out of the air to wash my hands :crazy2: There's nothing simpler than using a fucking tap. The concept is simple, using it is simple.


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Re: Why do sinks in England have 2 taps? [Re: mongo lloyd]
    #14612919 - 06/14/11 03:55 PM (12 years, 7 months ago)

They should at least put the two taps closer together.

I expected this from Australia but not Britain.


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Re: Why do sinks in England have 2 taps? [Re: mongo lloyd] * 1
    #14612931 - 06/14/11 03:58 PM (12 years, 7 months ago)

What are you even saying?

It's obviously simple but inefficient and stupid


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Re: Why do sinks in England have 2 taps? [Re: propensity]
    #14612967 - 06/14/11 04:03 PM (12 years, 7 months ago)

Can't be arsed to argue our taps any longer. If you can't even handle the concept of separate taps, I'm not going to bother getting you to.


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Re: Why do sinks in England have 2 taps? [Re: mongo lloyd] * 1
    #14613000 - 06/14/11 04:08 PM (12 years, 7 months ago)

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Can't be arsed to argue our taps any longer. If you can't even handle the concept of separate taps, I'm not going to bother getting you to.




Why are you tripping on this so much?


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Re: Why do sinks in England have 2 taps? [Re: Gumby]
    #14613032 - 06/14/11 04:15 PM (12 years, 7 months ago)

First I can't believe no one lol'd at this. I feel it deserves one, so:

LOL.

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That's just stupid. You have to deal with other people's butt germs that stuck to the basin of the sink.




Secondly, I have a few questions for the british dude who's name I didn't care to get.

1. What do you do if you need warm water for culinary purposes?
Just fill up the whole cruddy scum butt basin, or heat it on the stove?

Both of which are a waste of resources, which I really don't see how you can argue with.

2. How you gonna talk shit on America?


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Re: Why do sinks in England have 2 taps? [Re: propensity]
    #14613045 - 06/14/11 04:16 PM (12 years, 7 months ago)

WWIII

We must stop the advancement of the double tap non-believers.

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Re: Why do sinks in England have 2 taps? [Re: mellowparty]
    #14613099 - 06/14/11 04:30 PM (12 years, 7 months ago)

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You cant get warm water unless you're a pro and can transfer a handful under the hot stream quickly without losing cold water and burning yourself at the same time.

:dudewtf::crankynoweed:





:lol::lol::lol::lol:

I honestly have no idea.  When I first saw the all in one tap though I was amazed  :lol:  It was like "genius now I can wash my hands at ambient temperature without burning them". :lol:

I don't think theres any specific reason for the 2 tap.  The best answer I can think of this its just been kept the same for all this time and not enough people have caught on to the advantages and asked the plumbers to install a all in 1 tap instead when making a bathroom. :shrug:

Things just tend to stay the same here, nothing much ever changes and no one complains.  People in Britain only complain when you do change something.  Even if it is more logical.

A few years ago they made the high street here into 1 lane instead of 2 lanes.  Now its just a constant traffic jam :lol:  They spent millions on that project :confused: :wtf:  I still have no idea what the point of it was or why they didn't expect it to make traffic worse or why they spent money to do that. :lol: :confused2:


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Re: Why do sinks in England have 2 taps? [Re: Shroom_i]
    #14613131 - 06/14/11 04:35 PM (12 years, 7 months ago)

You can find these two-spout taps all over the US and Canada, its just that they are mostly found in older houses that have been built in the 1960's and earlier.

I think the only reason why they are more common in England than in the US and Canada is probably because a larger percentage of homes in England have been built prior to the 1960's.  I think you will have a hard time finding a two-spout sink in any home built post-1960's in England, Canada or the US.


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Re: Why do sinks in England have 2 taps? [Re: Shroom_i]
    #14613147 - 06/14/11 04:37 PM (12 years, 7 months ago)

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Secondly, I have a few questions for the british dude who's name I didn't care to get.

1. What do you do if you need warm water for culinary purposes?
Just fill up the whole cruddy scum butt basin, or heat it on the stove?

Both of which are a waste of resources, which I really don't see how you can argue with.





Um... I don't know... Use the hot tap? Or boil the fucking kettle? We do have hot water in England. Are you seriously retarded? I'm stopping now else I'll get a ban.


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Re: Why do sinks in England have 2 taps? [Re: mongo lloyd]
    #14613162 - 06/14/11 04:40 PM (12 years, 7 months ago)

Faucets is serious business...


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Re: Why do sinks in England have 2 taps? [Re: blujay]
    #14613163 - 06/14/11 04:41 PM (12 years, 7 months ago)

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I would rip that sink out. i don't think I have ever seen something like that in all my life. Maybe in some movie or something where I wasn't paying attention... but that just looks like a nightmare to use.

1 handle 1 faucet, now that is doing it right.





And yet I despise these, they always fail eventually as calcium builds up.






True, we bought one for the kitchen and it started to fail. I emailed the company with some pics and they sent me all the parts to fix it for free. Gotta love a good warranty. Of course I have had 2 handles knobby ones fail just the same. The water probably has something to do with it also, soft/hard water, calcium ,iron etc...

But yeah the single handle ones have lots of parts to fail. I still prefer them.


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Re: Why do sinks in England have 2 taps? [Re: mongo lloyd]
    #14613184 - 06/14/11 04:45 PM (12 years, 7 months ago)

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Secondly, I have a few questions for the british dude who's name I didn't care to get.

1. What do you do if you need warm water for culinary purposes?
Just fill up the whole cruddy scum butt basin, or heat it on the stove?

Both of which are a waste of resources, which I really don't see how you can argue with.





Um... I don't know... Use the hot tap? Or boil the fucking kettle? We do have hot water in England. Are you seriously retarded? I'm stopping now else I'll get a ban.




I don't get what you're tripping on here.

Do you really think the 2 tap system is superior? That's the only reason I can see for your insistence on arguing this


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Re: Why do sinks in England have 2 taps? [Re: propensity] * 1
    #14613197 - 06/14/11 04:48 PM (12 years, 7 months ago)

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Shroom_i said:
Secondly, I have a few questions for the british dude who's name I didn't care to get.

1. What do you do if you need warm water for culinary purposes?
Just fill up the whole cruddy scum butt basin, or heat it on the stove?

Both of which are a waste of resources, which I really don't see how you can argue with.




Um... I don't know... Use the hot tap? Or boil the fucking kettle? We do have hot water in England. Are you seriously retarded? I'm stopping now else I'll get a ban.



I don't get what you're tripping on here.

Do you really think the 2 tap system is superior? That's the only reason I can see for your insistence on arguing this



I'm saying it's hardly a confusing system, and you're acting like cavemen with a tv remote.


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Re: Why do sinks in England have 2 taps? [Re: propensity]
    #14613199 - 06/14/11 04:48 PM (12 years, 7 months ago)

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Re: Why do sinks in England have 2 taps? [Re: mongo lloyd]
    #14613205 - 06/14/11 04:49 PM (12 years, 7 months ago)

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mongo lloyd said:
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Shroom_i said:
Secondly, I have a few questions for the british dude who's name I didn't care to get.

1. What do you do if you need warm water for culinary purposes?
Just fill up the whole cruddy scum butt basin, or heat it on the stove?

Both of which are a waste of resources, which I really don't see how you can argue with.




Um... I don't know... Use the hot tap? Or boil the fucking kettle? We do have hot water in England. Are you seriously retarded? I'm stopping now else I'll get a ban.



I don't get what you're tripping on here.

Do you really think the 2 tap system is superior? That's the only reason I can see for your insistence on arguing this



I'm saying it's hardly a confusing system, and you're acting like cavemen with a tv remote.





Or acting like a homo sapiens with a termite stick.  :shrug:


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Re: Why do sinks in England have 2 taps? [Re: mongo lloyd]
    #14613226 - 06/14/11 04:52 PM (12 years, 7 months ago)

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Quote:

mongo lloyd said:
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Shroom_i said:
Secondly, I have a few questions for the british dude who's name I didn't care to get.

1. What do you do if you need warm water for culinary purposes?
Just fill up the whole cruddy scum butt basin, or heat it on the stove?

Both of which are a waste of resources, which I really don't see how you can argue with.




Um... I don't know... Use the hot tap? Or boil the fucking kettle? We do have hot water in England. Are you seriously retarded? I'm stopping now else I'll get a ban.



I don't get what you're tripping on here.

Do you really think the 2 tap system is superior? That's the only reason I can see for your insistence on arguing this



I'm saying it's hardly a confusing system, and you're acting like cavemen with a tv remote.




It's confusing when you live your entire life dealing only with single taps.. Only to run into a way less efficient system that you've never seen before.

And you're acting like you're the only intelligent person in the world for "understanding" dual taps.

How do you wash your hands without either burning yourself or not attaining a good enough temperature to properly clean your hands?


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Re: Why do sinks in England have 2 taps? [Re: aNeway2sayHooray]
    #14613233 - 06/14/11 04:54 PM (12 years, 7 months ago)

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Re: Why do sinks in England have 2 taps? [Re: mongo lloyd]
    #14613240 - 06/14/11 04:55 PM (12 years, 7 months ago)

Some of the ones in my house have one, some have two.

I don't think it has much to do with the country.


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Re: Why do sinks in England have 2 taps? [Re: mongo lloyd]
    #14613243 - 06/14/11 04:56 PM (12 years, 7 months ago)

wouldn't you just only use the hot water? I mean when you turn on the hot water is it instantly boiling hot?

When I was my hands I never even turn the cold water on...it doesn't take long to clean your hands...


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Re: Why do sinks in England have 2 taps? [Re: propensity]
    #14613246 - 06/14/11 04:56 PM (12 years, 7 months ago)

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Um... I don't know... Use the hot tap? Or boil the fucking kettle? We do have hot water in England. Are you seriously retarded? I'm stopping now else I'll get a ban.



I don't get what you're tripping on here.

Do you really think the 2 tap system is superior? That's the only reason I can see for your insistence on arguing this



I'm saying it's hardly a confusing system, and you're acting like cavemen with a tv remote.




It's confusing when you live your entire life dealing only with single taps.. Only to run into a way less efficient system that you've never seen before.

And you're acting like you're the only intelligent person in the world for "understanding" dual taps.

How do you wash your hands without either burning yourself or not attaining a good enough temperature to properly clean your hands?



The cold tap is fine. It needs a bit to get properly cold because the building warms the pipes up. Or just use the hot tap up until it gets too hot.


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Re: Why do sinks in England have 2 taps? [Re: Anthony917]
    #14613250 - 06/14/11 04:57 PM (12 years, 7 months ago)

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wouldn't you just only use the hot water? I mean when you turn on the hot water is it instantly boiling hot?




That's not even possible unless your taps are coming out of your water heater.


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Re: Why do sinks in England have 2 taps? [Re: mongo lloyd]
    #14613255 - 06/14/11 04:58 PM (12 years, 7 months ago)

Glad to see people spend their time argueing over a tap. :lol:


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Re: Why do sinks in England have 2 taps? [Re: Anthony917]
    #14613260 - 06/14/11 04:59 PM (12 years, 7 months ago)

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wouldn't you just only use the hot water? I mean when you turn on the hot water is it instantly boiling hot?

When I was my hands I never even turn the cold water on...it doesn't take long to clean your hands...





This is what I do in my house usually. Most of the time it is a race to get my hands clean before the water gets too hot. Sometimes I fail and have to turn on some cold water to even it out.


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Re: Why do sinks in England have 2 taps? [Re: aNeway2sayHooray]
    #14613288 - 06/14/11 05:04 PM (12 years, 7 months ago)

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I would rip that sink out. i don't think I have ever seen something like that in all my life. Maybe in some movie or something where I wasn't paying attention... but that just looks like a nightmare to use.

1 handle 1 faucet, now that is doing it right.





And yet I despise these, they always fail eventually as calcium builds up.

An interesting point, to really sanitize your hands you want them run under as hot of water as you can stand for at least 20 seconds. If you filla  basin with water you lose quite a bit of sterility, and the 2-tap design makes properly washing your hands effectively impossible.




I would have thought washing your hands under cold water would be the best way to wash hands, but

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They should at least put the two taps closer together.

I expected this from Australia but not Britain.




We have them here too. I have always thought it was retarded. It only seems to be in older style houses, shitty rental places and maybe even some public toilets? Maybe it's a cheaper setup? It's definitely not just in houses that were built pre hot water systems, unless hot water systems only came in in the last 30 years or less?


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Re: Why do sinks in England have 2 taps? [Re: nice1]
    #14613291 - 06/14/11 05:05 PM (12 years, 7 months ago)

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Glad to see people spend their time argueing over a tap. :lol:





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Re: Why do sinks in England have 2 taps? [Re: Artnotwar]
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intense_cutn said:It's definitely not just in houses that were built pre hot water systems, unless hot water systems only came in in the last 30 years or less?




Well if people still buy them, why change the production line.

It's probably people not wanting to update a rental and not giving a fuck and people that like the nostalgia. there is always a market for people that like old crap.


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Re: Why do sinks in England have 2 taps? [Re: mongo lloyd]
    #14613370 - 06/14/11 05:20 PM (12 years, 7 months ago)

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Secondly, I have a few questions for the british dude who's name I didn't care to get.

1. What do you do if you need warm water for culinary purposes?
Just fill up the whole cruddy scum butt basin, or heat it on the stove?

Both of which are a waste of resources, which I really don't see how you can argue with.







Um... I don't know... Use the hot tap? Or boil the fucking kettle? We do have hot water in England. Are you seriously retarded? I'm stopping now else I'll get a ban.





I believe I said warm water, not hot?

Some things do call for warm as opposed to hot.

And I'm pretty sure that you missed a few points in my post.

admit defeat troll.


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Re: Why do sinks in England have 2 taps? [Re: mongo lloyd]
    #14613393 - 06/14/11 05:23 PM (12 years, 7 months ago)

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Secondly, I have a few questions for the british dude who's name I didn't care to get.

1. What do you do if you need warm water for culinary purposes?
Just fill up the whole cruddy scum butt basin, or heat it on the stove?

Both of which are a waste of resources, which I really don't see how you can argue with.




Um... I don't know... Use the hot tap? Or boil the fucking kettle? We do have hot water in England. Are you seriously retarded? I'm stopping now else I'll get a ban.



I don't get what you're tripping on here.

Do you really think the 2 tap system is superior? That's the only reason I can see for your insistence on arguing this



I'm saying it's hardly a confusing system, and you're acting like cavemen with a tv remote.




It's not confusing, it's nonsense.


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Re: Why do sinks in England have 2 taps? [Re: Anthony917]
    #14613403 - 06/14/11 05:25 PM (12 years, 7 months ago)

This was really interesting; I learned something today.


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Re: Why do sinks in England have 2 taps? [Re: Shroom_i]
    #14613425 - 06/14/11 05:28 PM (12 years, 7 months ago)

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I believe I said warm water, not hot?

Some things do call for warm as opposed to hot.

And I'm pretty sure that you missed a few points in my post.

admit defeat troll.




Warm water into a vessel from two taps. 50% hot, 50% cold.

Maybe I missed your previous post but from this one, I figured out the equation.


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Re: Why do sinks in England have 2 taps? [Re: 4runner]
    #14613488 - 06/14/11 05:39 PM (12 years, 7 months ago)

I believe my point was that unless you clean your sink before preparing water that's going into something you consume, shit's nasty.

Factor in that variable.


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Re: Why do sinks in England have 2 taps? [Re: aNeway2sayHooray]
    #14613512 - 06/14/11 05:43 PM (12 years, 7 months ago)

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wouldn't you just only use the hot water? I mean when you turn on the hot water is it instantly boiling hot?

When I was my hands I never even turn the cold water on...it doesn't take long to clean your hands...





This is what I do in my house usually. Most of the time it is a race to get my hands clean before the water gets too hot. Sometimes I fail and have to turn on some cold water to even it out.




exactly. I turn on the hot, get my hands wet, get some soap, soap'em up, and by the time I rinse off the water is usually nice and hot :thumbup:

lol it's totally a race to beat water before it gets too hot!!

:lol: mongo lloyd I didn't literally mean does it come out BOILING hot. Haha I was agree with you and what I meant was since the water isn't ultra hot from the get go, you can wash your hands JUST using the hot.

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Re: Why do sinks in England have 2 taps? [Re: Shroom_i]
    #14613514 - 06/14/11 05:44 PM (12 years, 7 months ago)

Ahh the finer qualities of technical sink semantics.  Where did you get your degree?



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Re: Why do sinks in England have 2 taps? [Re: Shroom_i]
    #14613690 - 06/14/11 06:33 PM (12 years, 7 months ago)

Roger that.


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Re: Why do sinks in England have 2 taps? [Re: 4runner]
    #14613788 - 06/14/11 06:55 PM (12 years, 7 months ago)

I was just rinsing my mouth with some mouth wash, and went to rinse it out afterwards with water, not realizing someone else had just used it, turned the hot water on, and it was scalding.

Just found it kind of ironic, which prompted me to think...

If you're hating on the single tap so much, what do your showers look like?

I can picture it now, jumping back and forth between streams, first scalding your balls, then trying to get them to pop back out.


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Re: Why do sinks in England have 2 taps? [Re: Shroom_i]
    #14613837 - 06/14/11 07:05 PM (12 years, 7 months ago)

I've only ever seen a two tap sing once. My aunt had one, but she lived in this weird log cabin with a buncha random "antique" appliances. The sink in the upstairs guest bathroom was copper, and it folded down from the wall.


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Re: Why do sinks in England have 2 taps? [Re: atayia]
    #14614087 - 06/14/11 07:52 PM (12 years, 7 months ago)

I live in Canada, I have never seen a "2 tap system" in my life. :bubbles:


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Re: Why do sinks in England have 2 taps? [Re: cdnshroom]
    #14614196 - 06/14/11 08:12 PM (12 years, 7 months ago)

stupid. :ifyoucanawe:


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Re: Why do sinks in England have 2 taps? [Re: cdnshroom]
    #14614414 - 06/14/11 08:56 PM (12 years, 7 months ago)

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I live in Canada, I have never seen a "2 tap system" in my life. :bubbles:




Trust me, they are in Canada.  If you and nearly all your friends that you normally visit live in the suburbs that been built in 1970's or later, you aren't going to find one.  Visit some homes in the older parts of your city, you will come across one eventually.


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Re: Why do sinks in England have 2 taps? [Re: mellowparty]
    #14615592 - 06/15/11 02:03 AM (12 years, 7 months ago)

All these arguments for the two tap system I find pretty hilarious.
It's archaic. It's inefficient. It's nowhere near as effective as a single tap.
Yeah we get it, you want warm water you fill the basin with hot and cold from each tap.

I want warm water, I turn the hot knob and cold knob to equal parts. Bam, warm water comes out of the tap, like magic.  :Awemazing:

And hey, I can fill the basin with it too if I want.. which I don't.
I want hot water... I only turn the hot knob. I want cold water, I only turn the cold knob. Best of both worlds. 

Two taps isn't confusing at all, it's just a vastly inferior form of optimal temperature water delivery.
That's why almost all new plumbing is just a single tap, because it's better and we evolve from older less efficient ways of doing things.


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Re: Why do sinks in England have 2 taps? [Re: Shroomism]
    #14615598 - 06/15/11 02:05 AM (12 years, 7 months ago)

I drink PBR and run a two tap system bro, what of it?

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Re: Why do sinks in England have 2 taps? [Re: aNeway2sayHooray]
    #14615602 - 06/15/11 02:07 AM (12 years, 7 months ago)

I've seen a sink like that before, and I live in the US. It was in a very old house.

Arguing about faucets is :facepalm: to say the least.


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Re: Why do sinks in England have 2 taps? [Re: sam420]
    #14615610 - 06/15/11 02:10 AM (12 years, 7 months ago)

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mine has 10 taps for a full temperature range.



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Re: Why do sinks in England have 2 taps? [Re: NetDiver]
    #14615612 - 06/15/11 02:10 AM (12 years, 7 months ago)

This thread was a mind fuck. I didn't even know this exists. Why? Why two? IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY FUCKING SENSE.


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Re: Why do sinks in England have 2 taps? [Re: Shroom_i]
    #14615622 - 06/15/11 02:13 AM (12 years, 7 months ago)

Have you ever seen one with three taps?


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Re: Why do sinks in England have 2 taps? [Re: starfire_xes]
    #14615716 - 06/15/11 03:02 AM (12 years, 7 months ago)

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Have you ever seen one with three taps?





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Re: Why do sinks in England have 2 taps? [Re: aNeway2sayHooray]
    #14615796 - 06/15/11 04:09 AM (12 years, 7 months ago)

i have solved the riddle. it is not shrooms that make you gay. it is being english. they have 2-3 taps because they just like knobs. the more knobs they can surround themselves with the better. a british mans natural habitat is in a bukkake scene.



i would not be saying this if australia did not lose the ashes series (cricket for you non imperialists).

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Re: Why do sinks in England have 2 taps? [Re: Dosile Kouki]
    #14615841 - 06/15/11 04:58 AM (12 years, 7 months ago)

I think it may be because British folks like old traditional thangs. For example an old shitty house covered in mold and whatever will cost significantly more than a newly build house. Its a socio-cultural phenomenon characteristic of Britain I spose :shrug:


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Re: Why do sinks in England have 2 taps? [Re: mellowparty]
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I think it may be because British folks like old traditional thangs. For example an old shitty house covered in mold and whatever will cost significantly more than a newly build house. Its a socio-cultural phenomenon characteristic of Britain I spose :shrug:




We also only like ze old pussy. That's why the age of consent is 65 here.


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Re: Why do sinks in England have 2 taps? [Re: mellowparty]
    #14615855 - 06/15/11 05:07 AM (12 years, 7 months ago)

My Uncle's Manhattan apartment has a sink like that. It's truly retarded.


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Re: Why do sinks in England have 2 taps? [Re: mellowparty]
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I think it may be because British folks like old traditional thangs. For example an old shitty house covered in mold and whatever will cost significantly more than a newly build house. Its a socio-cultural phenomenon characteristic of Britain I spose :shrug:




:lol:  Yeah pretty much.  The rich folk are eccentric like that.

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    #14615996 - 06/15/11 06:35 AM (12 years, 7 months ago)

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Re: Why do sinks in England have 2 taps? [Re: mongo lloyd]
    #14616724 - 06/15/11 10:22 AM (12 years, 7 months ago)

/butt hurt

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Re: Why do sinks in England have 2 taps? [Re: Shroom_i]
    #14616741 - 06/15/11 10:25 AM (12 years, 7 months ago)

I have 3 taps. One for cold water, one for hot water and one for warm water. 2 taps is an inferior system.


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