19-06-2019, 07:05 AM
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Re: Well, l Didn’t Know That!
Originally Posted by Longdogs
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I only discovered yesterday that Waitrose was originally started by Wallace Waite, Arthur Rose and David Taylor.Well, I didn't know that.
19-06-2019, 07:10 AM
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Re: Well, l Didn’t Know That!
Originally Posted by Besoeker
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We all know that water electricity don't mix. That's why you have a cord pull light switch in the bathroom.So, I was more than a little surprised to see electric motors being washed with water. This was in the Far East. The motors were dis-assembled, the parts washed, then left to dry in the hot sun, put back together again and insulation tested before being put back into service.
These were not small motors. Most were 30kW or more. To put that in context, most domestic motors are a fraction of a kW.
I read that somewhere.
I once had some Finnish lodgers and they asked if they could run an extension lead into the bathroom, so that they could use the hairdryer in there.
(I said no!
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19-06-2019, 07:12 AM
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Re: Well, l Didn’t Know That!
Originally Posted by Pyxell
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Apparently, UK household electrics are the safest in the world.I read that somewhere.
I once had some Finnish lodgers and they asked if they could run an extension lead into the bathroom, so that they could use the hairdryer in there.
(I said no!
)
19-06-2019, 10:50 AM
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Re: Well, l Didn’t Know That!
Originally Posted by Pyxell
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Why isn't it called Waitrosetay then? Poor David got written out of history.
Originally Posted by Omah
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What happened to Taylor ..... 
Originally Posted by Longdogs
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I don't know. Perhaps he started Taylor's tea of Harrogate.
Originally Posted by Omah
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I thought perhaps Waite and Rose thought "Waitaylorose" was too much of a mouthful ..... 
Originally Posted by Longdogs
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Apparently, he left and got a job.http://ealingnewsextra.co.uk/history...acton-origins/
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