[Misc] Odd habits ?

BN9 BHA said:

Imagine my horror when I was working in a house recently and the customer made me tea in a clear mug that shape
Just why?

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Sid and the Sharknados said:

Having said that, I am a sucker for tea or coffee served in a glass. I find it weirdly fascinating for some reason. As long as it's a sensible shape, obviously.

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BN9 BHA said:

Tea in a glass mug is a no no for me

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Sid and the Sharknados said:

I know modern society tends to frown on judging other people's lifestyles, but people like that definitely need to be on some sort of register.

We could turn one of the more obscure and isolated Scottish islands into a colony for them.

Having said that, I am a sucker for tea or coffee served in a glass. I find it weirdly fascinating for some reason. As long as it's a sensible shape, obviously.

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Questions said:

Coffee in a glass is so 1970’s Wimpy bar.

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Cotton Socks said:

Chopping cucumber for fajitas or tacos has to be 9 or 12 thick slices, (approx 5mm), to further chop in batches of 3 or 4. I couldn't cut 10 or 11 slices. That has meant on occasion bits of cucumber being thrown away if I can't get 12 slices out of it!

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BN9 BHA said:

When we had a new kitchen my wife bought 12 new mugs, thinking she would bin all the old random ones.
I won’t make myself tea in this type of mug because I don’t like the shape. I have my own shelf in the cupboard with normal shape mugs that include old several Albion, some builders and plumbing merchants, Newhaven FC, Mickey Mouse and England.
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TugWilson said:

I love cucumber so feel your pain

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The Clamp said:

Totally identify with that .

Have to have regular shaped mugs. And they have to be white inside.

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BN9 BHA said:

See other posts about glass mugs.

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The Clamp said:

Have to have regular shaped mugs. And they have to be white inside.

I won’t drink out of cups/ mugs that are dark inside.

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TugWilson said:

Left sock first , left shoe first , but i swear right trouser leg first and i have no idea why .

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The Clamp said:

Totally identify with that .

Have to have regular shaped mugs. And they have to be white inside.

I won’t drink out of cups/ mugs that are dark inside.

And yes they have to shelved this way with the handles to the right.


I know.
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Cotton Socks said:

The yellow one would be out of my cupboard as it's not flat at the bottom..
Handles in the same direction makes complete sense as it saves on space. Now I've just looked in my cupboard I've just realised that I never drink out of the mugs that are not white inside.

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Harry Wilson's tackle said:

Those are two autistic traits.

I am very much the same. I have learned to tolerate other people's deviance at home, to a degree, but if the missus moves books around in the book shelves, I have to move them again so I feel I know where they are. Everything has to be accessible, which means visible. Luckily she knows about my foibles and works around them. Now.

The missus has her spaces that I don't touch. For the simple reason I find them destressing. Stuff all piled up...

But a few years ago in two of the kitchen cupboards the missus was keeping stuff I don't use - baking ingredients, flour, pasta and the like. She stuffed the cupboards till they wouldn't open. One time something fell out when I was looking for something. I took all the packets out. None sealed properly. 90% of it all was out of date. Some of it 4 or 5 years out of date. I binned the lot. She just shrugged. And slowly those 2 cupboards are filling up again.

Luckily she doesn't mess with my precious things. But shared spaces....she buys vegetables and doesn't use them, and they start to rot in the fridge. So I have to keep an eye on her crap. If I chuck it out she doesn't notice.

My ex wife was always moving stuff around. It made me feel ill. And she would use something from the fridge and leave the empty packaging. I remember one time looking for something to eat and there was nothing, just empty packaging.

I enjoy family life but it comes at quite a price for me with my very low thresholds of tolerance, and sometimes it can be . . . . difficult.

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The Clamp said:

I get what you mean about the yellow one.

It gives me some anxiety too

I only ever use it for Lemsip when I am poorly. It’s designed so you can “cup” the bottom with your hand.

But yeah. I know what you’re saying.

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