Randy Cornhole wrote:Tea that isnt hot isnt tea. When Mrs C makes me a cup I often end up having to zing it in the microwave. Kinda stews it though...
Yes my wife could not get used to using boiling water and warming pot first, so ended up with warm brown water.
Reminds me when I introduced her dad (one of the BIB) to red wine, I made sure that it was at room temp, then served him a large class, he took one sip and went to the fridge and wacked in some ice.
I laughed and so did he when I explained that ice and expensive red wine don't go together.
I've lost my mind and I am making no effort to find it.
2 Weeks ago my sister arrived with a suitcase of Typhoo Tetley and PG Tips tea bags 2,400 of them to be exact 23 kilos the suitcase weighed
But no kettle so of to Tescos we go and Sister purchased a kettle
points
1..... The tea tastes awzzzuuum
2..... Mrs Sarge has taken to it like a duck to water
3..... We know already we are saving money on the electric bill
conclusion what the hell was i thinking for 11 years
just come back from the u.k. every trip bring back a kettle, this one from Asda, £3.00. also each time bring back 2,400 tea bags, price on special £1.19p for box 160. compare that with Liptons yellow label, 220 baht for 100. saving of about £80, plus the u.k. ones are twice as strong.
i try and not buy anything electrical made in Thailand as i want it to last for more than 2 weeks.
miked
My mother has a house worth kettle .Used several times a day 18 months old and still going strong .I gave up with kettles years ago as where I lived the power fluctuated so much everything had a shortened lifespan or took an age to work .Small saucepan for me a 300 bt gas fill last us about 10 months .BTW anuone know where I can get Yorkshire tea ? JD used to have but didn't see any last visit,same with villa .
I must be the lone voice here, as a coffee drinker I've fetched a Sharp Asian style kettle back to England. The regular kettle stayed out as well for several weeks, but is now consigned to the back of a cupboard.
OK - granted, we don't drink tea. And make maybe 20 coffees a day between us. But its so good not to have to wait for the damn kettle to boil every time! And very handy when you need hot water for sauces, stuffing mix, mushy peas etc.
Beats me why you can't buy them here, because I'm sure they would be much easier for many disabled people to cope with as well.
i bought 5 gang "surge protector" trailing sockets from Makro at a cost of 250 baht each. they have a 3 pin thai plug that connects into a normal plug socket and come with 3 yards of good quality cable 1.25 round, 3 core.
the 5 gang socket has been made in such a way that it will accept U.K. plugs as well of course 2 and 3 pin thai plugs, so no more changing U.K. plugs.
miked
JimmyGreaves wrote:So you can just whip the UK style plug off a UK bought kettle and put a thai style plug on without any danger to man nor beast can you?
If it’s a metal bodied kettle, and your house isn’t earthed, it won’t be as safe as it would be in the UK, but apart from that it will be as safe as any similar kettle you buy in Thailand.
If it’s a plastic one you would have no problems at all.
Quote Takiap " I have switched from the standard Thai style kettle to a regular kettle and noticed a drop of about 300 baht a month in the electric bill."
I just got my bill for this month and even with my sis and BinL using the upstairs pumped water for shower and an extra couple of fans for 2 weeks plus the extra tea boiling
MY BILL IS ........300 BHT .......LOWER THAN LAST MONTH
Quote ME "conclusion what the hell was i thinking for 11 years "
Yes my wife could not get used to using boiling water and warming pot first, so ended up with warm brown water.
