What is the current fascination with recreating the 60' public
convenience look in the home...?

You try buy tiles, and everyone is trying to flog these fugly things!


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On 19/09/17 10:33, John Rumm wrote:
What is the current fascination with recreating the 60' public
convenience look in the home...?

fashion drives opportunity sales.

By making last years bathroom look 'dated' you encourage revamps.

You try buy tiles, and everyone is trying to flog these fugly things!


I know. I have a friend who is rebuilding at enormous cost a millenial
BMW estate, because he says 'I dont like the new ones'

I keep a 12 year old freelander going, because frankly I have not seen a
modern car that suits me better.

Resist the trend. Insist on safety razors and throw your multiblade crap
away. (I have finally got myself an old fashonbed safety razor, and
packs of blades simply because having tried everything else, I find that
it actually shaves better and costs less).

Go back to simple stuff that you understand, can live with, and works.


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Its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery.

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The Natural Philosopher wrote:
On 19/09/17 10:33, John Rumm wrote:
What is the current fascination with recreating the 60' public
convenience look in the home...?

fashion drives opportunity sales.

By making last years bathroom look 'dated' you encourage revamps.

You try buy tiles, and everyone is trying to flog these fugly things!


I know. I have a friend who is rebuilding at enormous cost a millenial
BMW estate, because he says 'I dont like the new ones'

I keep a 12 year old freelander going, because frankly I have not seen a
modern car that suits me better.

Resist the trend. Insist on safety razors and throw your multiblade crap
away. (I have finally got myself an old fashonbed safety razor, and
packs of blades simply because having tried everything else, I find that
it actually shaves better and costs less).

Surely you should be using a cut throat razor?

Go back to simple stuff that you understand, can live with, and works.

Pen and paper?

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from KT24 in Surrey, England

Go back to simple stuff that you understand, can live with, and works.

Pen and paper?

Yes, when the need arises. I have the same tech in my shirt pocket as
everyone else, but at the end of each year I buy a new A5 page-per-day
diary for the really important stuff.

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Graham.
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On 19/09/17 10:33, John Rumm wrote:
What is the current fascination with recreating the 60' public
convenience look in the home...?

You try buy tiles, and everyone is trying to flog these fugly things!



Have you ever wondered how to get a socket/accessory plate to sit on those?

On 19/09/17 14:45, Huge wrote:
On 2017-09-19, Tim Watts wrote:
On 19/09/17 10:33, John Rumm wrote:
What is the current fascination with recreating the 60' public
convenience look in the home...?

You try buy tiles, and everyone is trying to flog these fugly things!



Have you ever wondered how to get a socket/accessory plate to sit on those?

I didn't get as far as that. I just thought "How the f**k are you supposed
to grout those?" and told SWMBO we weren't having them.


And they're not even "metro" tiles as any of that format I've ever seen
in public places (tube, old bogs) have always been flat.

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Tim Streater wrote:
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On 2017-09-19, charles wrote:
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The Natural Philosopher wrote:

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Go back to simple stuff that you understand, can live with, and works.

Pen and paper?

I recently rediscovered the joy of fountain pens. Indeed, I just this
minute ordered a third one from eBay.

I still have my Parker and a bottle of Quink Royal Blue washable from
when I was a student.

Isn't it easier to simply write on the computer and print it out? Chances
are the recipient will be able to read it too.

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No idea but when I first saw this thread I thought it was an old windows
thread about vista and Windows 8 as progressive attempts to turn windows
into tablets seemed to fall on deaf eyes so to speak.
as for real tiles, well nothing is ever new is it, everything comes around
again. I bet Flared trousers will be next.
Brian

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What is the current fascination with recreating the 60' public convenience
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You try buy tiles, and everyone is trying to flog these fugly things!


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On Tuesday, 19 September 2017 10:33:43 UTC+1, John Rumm wrote:
What is the current fascination with recreating the 60' public
convenience look in the home...?

I'm going to paint my white bath 1970s avocado as that must be due for coming back in soon, and I'll be ahead of the crowd.

Owain

On Tue, 19 Sep 2017 10:33:43 +0100, John Rumm
wrote:

What is the current fascination with recreating the 60' public
convenience look in the home...?


My Uncles house has them in a bathroom , it was his Mothers and she
purchased it as a sitting tenant in the 30's and due to her Husband
being semi disabled from WW1 and only able to do simple low paid work
and she just being a char lady they never had much money after paying
the mortgage and the bills so the place was never really modernised
though the Luftwaffe did make some repairs necessary.
It was fairly upmarket when built , indeed she moved in as a servant
and the bathroom which still has the original tiles from when the
house was built circa 1880 would have been quite a feature.
They actually predate the Paris Metro which is where I think the
present modern tiles get their name, The London tube has some
interesting tiles but the white tiled look has been image of the
earlier Paris Metro stations since they were built in the 1900's,
unlike London the tiling usually goes over the ceiling.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped..._France_02.jpg

G.Harman

On 19/09/2017 10:50, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
I keep a 12 year old freelander going, because frankly I have not seen a
modern car that suits me better.

Modern cars eh?

Mine was built in '99. I'm worried one day it will die - I like it, and
there is no modern equivalent.

I'm with John on those tiles though. And so is SWMBO...

Andy