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Tenkaykev

Guru
Location
Poole
OK spill the Beans ^_^. What is the favourite coffee in TenKay Towers ?
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PaulSB

Squire
Show him the "Toast Scale" and call by number!
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6 for me though I'd accept 5 everything else isn't toast.
 

ColinJ

Puzzle game procrastinator!
We use Aldi washing powder and have never noticed any strong smell.
Senses vary a lot from person to person. The smell of that powder is still bothering me from the next room and when I went in the kitchen just now to make a mug of tea, I seriously thought about slinging the box of powder in the wheelie bin outside!

Those wall socket plugin air fragrance thingies make me feel sick. I don't think 'ooh, lovely flowers' when I walk into a house with one of those wafting away; I feel as if I have been transported back 50 years to my A-level chemistry lab after somebody had just dropped a bottle of some pungent chemical on the tiled floor! :laugh:

My sense of taste is the opposite though. I can eat raw chillies no problem, and have my curries much hotter than most of my family and friends. I just don't have the same number of receptors in my mouth for heat/spiciness.

Show him the "Toast Scale" and call by number!
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I don't normally buy bread because I have a weakness for it. Mind you, I wouldn't have a problem with that stuff because it doesn't actually look like bread to me, more like pieces of cardboard! :laugh:

If I had to choose one of those in terms of toastiness though, probably 7.

If buying bread, I would buy something darker and heavier, probably with seeds in it. Something that needs chewing and which actually has some roughage, flavour, and serious nutritional value.

You can divvy up my share of the sliced white 'bread' - I won't be needing it... :whistle:
 

classic33

Leg End Member
Senses vary a lot from person to person. The smell of that powder is still bothering me from the next room and when I went in the kitchen just now to make a mug of tea, I seriously thought about slinging the box of powder in the wheelie bin outside!

Those wall socket plugin air fragrance thingies make me feel sick. I don't think 'ooh, lovely flowers' when I walk into a house with one of those wafting away; I feel as if I have been transported back 50 years to my A-level chemistry lab after somebody had just dropped a bottle of some pungent chemical on the tiled floor! :laugh:

My sense of taste is the opposite though. I can eat raw chillies no problem, and have my curries much hotter than most of my family and friends. I just don't have the same number of receptors in my mouth for heat/spiciness.


I don't normally buy bread because I have a weakness for it. Mind you, I wouldn't have a problem with that stuff because it doesn't actually look like bread to me, more like pieces of cardboard! :laugh:

If I had to choose one of those in terms of toastiness though, probably 7.

If buying bread, I would buy something darker and heavier, probably with seeds in it. Something that needs chewing and which actually has some roughage, flavour, and serious nutritional value.

You can divvy up my share of the sliced white 'bread' - I won't be needing it... :whistle:
Put it in a bin liner and seal the bag. Should keep some of the smell away, your only trouble will be when you undo it.
 

ColinJ

Puzzle game procrastinator!
If the smell is that strong, how good is it at actually getting things clean.
I don't intend to find out! :laugh:

Getting things clean enough is not really an issue for me. I don't work in a garage getting clothes covered in oil, or wear pristine white cotton shirts to an office.

I just want to freshen up what I am washing, maybe get a curry stain off a t-shirt, that kind of thing. A quick cool wash with any type of powder is usually enough.
 
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