Admit your ignorance - things you've only just realised/learned

[Andy in Germany]

I'm Irish, but I still use a Turkish barber as they give a very good standard of haircut and service.

Indeed. Turkish shaving items tend to be very nice too. It's a culture that takes personal grooming very seriously.

 

[Chris S]

The PCs at my local library still have Microsoft office 2010 on them.

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

The PCs at my local library still have Microsoft office 2010 on them.

I used to volunteer at a local library helping people with IT stuff

The library computers didn;t have Microsoft Office of any kind
they had LibreOffice instead as it is free

but it is a bit different in some ways

but Office 2010 is better than LibrreOffice for most people - just because it is what they are used to

 

[Chris S]

Yes - they've had 15 years to get used to it!

 

[swee'pea99]

ALWAYS a good thing!
Anyone know the full history of lyrics-on-big-cards? I always thought Bob Dylan started it - but then nothing is every new in music, right?
I don't think Desmond Decker made an official video for that recording.

Did anyone else get in on the act before Maxell?

I'd completely forgotten this palindromic performance


View: https://youtu.be/eIty7RqbF9o?si=wEvlEQu1Oz0GuzdG

 

[matticus]

Trampoline is a brand name (like hoover etc)

(But I don't know how they lost the trademark - anyone else?? )

 

[ColinJ]

I bought an electric coffee grinder some time back. I like it but have been irritated by the ground coffee sticking to the plastic container that it is ground into. I normally have to faff about with a small brush to get all of the coffee into my cafetiere.

Today, I got distracted after grinding the beans. I went back 3 or 4 minutes later and carried on with making the coffee. To my surprise, hardly any of the ground coffee stuck to the container.

I just realised that the grinding process must create static electricity which makes the ground coffee sticky. That static charge leaks away if left for a while and after that the coffee is easier to deal with.

In future I will grind first then boil the kettle, rather than boiling then grinding.




PS I just realised how lucky I am for sticky coffee to be the biggest problem that I have had to deal with today!

 

[glasgowcyclist]

Trampoline is a brand name (like hoover etc)

(But I don't know how they lost the trademark - anyone else?? )

Probably in the same way as aspirin lost its trademark status: through general adoption by the public as a term for all products of the same nature.

Etymologically speaking, it derives from late 18th century Spanish trampolin meaning springboard, from a Germanic origin.

 

[Pat "5mph"]

I just realised that the grinding process must create static electricity which makes the ground coffee sticky. That static charge leaks away if left for a while and after that the coffee is easier to deal with.

Ahem ... incorrect
The freshly ground coffee is sticky because the grinding releases the oils in the beans.
Maybe you did grind a bit less than your usual, so less oils released?
If your grinder has a plastic container I guess any static electricity is ... grounded

 

[ColinJ]

Maybe you did grind a bit less than your usual, so less oils released?

No - I use a scoop to always use the same quantity. (Well, plus or minus a few beans, say +/- 5%?)

I will test my hypothesis by lining the plastic container with aluminium foil and seeing what happens.

 

[Pat "5mph"]

No - I use a scoop to always use the same quantity. (Well, plus or minus a few beans, say +/- 5%?)

Yes, but for how long did you grind the beans?
Or is it automatic?
My grinder is manual, I can grind as fine or as coarse as I like, by pushing a button.

 

[Pat "5mph"]

I will test my hypothesis by lining the plastic container with aluminium foil and seeing what happens.

You mean the grinder grinds from above, into the container below?
Mine grinds directly into a metal container that has blades attached.

 

[figbat]

Trampoline is a brand name (like hoover etc)

(But I don't know how they lost the trademark - anyone else?? )

Adrenaline is also a trademark.

 

[lazybloke]

Adrenaline is also a trademark.

They always said epinephrine on ER.

And it was cool when Doctor Romano got too close to the helicopter.

 

[ColinJ]

Yes, but for how long did you grind the beans?
Or is it automatic?

It has various settings but I just use it manually. I press a button and it grinds for about 5 seconds. I have to that about 5 times to get through the full scoop. I can see when all the beans have been done but I usually just listen. I can hear when the last of the beans have gone through.

My grinder is manual, I can grind as fine or as coarse as I like, by pushing a button.

I can rotate the feeder round a scale. I use it at the coarsest setting. I tried a finer grind but prefer the flavour when coarsely ground.

You mean the grinder grinds from above, into the container below?
Mine grinds directly into a metal container that has blades attached.

Yes. The beans are fed in from above and go through a pair of concentric slotted metal grinders. The ground coffee falls through and down into the container below.

THIS is the grinder.

Ha - I have just read this in the blurb...

• [𝗔𝗡𝗧𝗜-𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗖 𝗖𝗢𝗙𝗘𝗘 𝗚𝗥𝗜𝗡𝗗𝗘𝗥] This coffee bean grinder uses anti-static technology to minimize static cling of coffee grounds. The anti-static powder container makes less cup wall residue and clean countertop.

It ain't quite anti-static enough!