A friend of ours recently told us that he was staying in a London hotel
on Friday night, prior to taking part in the Marathon. On arriving, he
decided to make himself a cup of hot chocolate, using the kettle in his
room. As the kettle was still full, he simply switched it on and made
the drink. After taking one swig, his mouth and gullet felt as if they
were on fire. It turned out that the staff had descaled all the
kettles and someone had forgotten to empty and rinse out this one. He
had horrible stomach upsets all night but recovered to do the Marathon
and was offered £100 compensation by the hotel. He put this towards his
charity and told them it would not indemnify them against repercussions
if he developed any further illnesses as a result. But as he said to
me "do you empty bedroom kettles and refill them?" and I said "always".
His reply was that was a 'woman thing' and men normally just boil up
what's still in there. Don't!!
--

Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
www.helpforheroes.org.uk

On 25/04/2013 10:28, Sacha wrote:
A friend of ours recently told us that he was staying in a London hotel
on Friday night, prior to taking part in the Marathon. On arriving, he
decided to make himself a cup of hot chocolate, using the kettle in his
room. As the kettle was still full, he simply switched it on and made
the drink. After taking one swig, his mouth and gullet felt as if they
were on fire. It turned out that the staff had descaled all the kettles
and someone had forgotten to empty and rinse out this one. He had
horrible stomach upsets all night but recovered to do the Marathon and
was offered £100 compensation by the hotel. He put this towards his
charity and told them it would not indemnify them against repercussions
if he developed any further illnesses as a result. But as he said to me
"do you empty bedroom kettles and refill them?" and I said "always". His
reply was that was a 'woman thing' and men normally just boil up what's
still in there. Don't!!
It has been something I have always done. You have no way of knowing
what liquid is in the kettle, the previous occupant may have a sick
sense of humour!

On 4/25/2013 4:28 AM, Sacha wrote:
A friend of ours recently told us that he was staying in a London hotel
on Friday night, prior to taking part in the Marathon. On arriving, he
decided to make himself a cup of hot chocolate, using the kettle in his
room. As the kettle was still full, he simply switched it on and made
the drink. After taking one swig, his mouth and gullet felt as if they
were on fire. It turned out that the staff had descaled all the kettles
and someone had forgotten to empty and rinse out this one. He had
horrible stomach upsets all night but recovered to do the Marathon and
was offered £100 compensation by the hotel. He put this towards his
charity and told them it would not indemnify them against repercussions
if he developed any further illnesses as a result. But as he said to me
"do you empty bedroom kettles and refill them?" and I said "always". His
reply was that was a 'woman thing' and men normally just boil up what's
still in there. Don't!!

I'm here in the Southern U.S. where we drink (horrors) ice tea. I have a
wonderful little electric kettle that I use for things that require
small amounts of boiling water but I'm the only one using it and I
always empty it after each use. It helps mitigate the buildup of lime
scale in the cute little kettle. ^_^

TDD

On Thu, 25 Apr 2013 10:54:06 +0100, Broadback wrote:

But as he said to me "do you empty bedroom kettles and refill them?"
and I said "always". His reply was that was a 'woman thing' and men
normally just boil up what's still in there. Don't!!

It has been something I have always done. You have no way of knowing
what liquid is in the kettle, ...

Quite, I always pour out, rinse, and refill.

--
Cheers
Dave.

On Thu, 25 Apr 2013 10:28:10 +0100, Sacha wrote:

A friend of ours recently told us that he was staying in a London hotel
on Friday night, prior to taking part in the Marathon. On arriving, he
decided to make himself a cup of hot chocolate, using the kettle in his
room. As the kettle was still full, he simply switched it on and made
the drink. After taking one swig, his mouth and gullet felt as if they
were on fire. It turned out that the staff had descaled all the
kettles and someone had forgotten to empty and rinse out this one. He
had horrible stomach upsets all night but recovered to do the Marathon
and was offered £100 compensation by the hotel. He put this towards his
charity and told them it would not indemnify them against repercussions
if he developed any further illnesses as a result. But as he said to
me "do you empty bedroom kettles and refill them?" and I said "always".
His reply was that was a 'woman thing' and men normally just boil up
what's still in there. Don't!!

Fresh water always makes a better brew, even if boiled. Man thing.

Steve

--
EasyNN-plus. Neural Networks plus. http://www.easynn.com
SwingNN. Forecast with Neural Networks. http://www.swingnn.com
JustNN. Just Neural Networks. http://www.justnn.com

On 2013-04-25 12:20:24 +0100, Stephen Wolstenholme said:

On Thu, 25 Apr 2013 10:28:10 +0100, Sacha wrote:

A friend of ours recently told us that he was staying in a London hotel
on Friday night, prior to taking part in the Marathon. On arriving, he
decided to make himself a cup of hot chocolate, using the kettle in his
room. As the kettle was still full, he simply switched it on and made
the drink. After taking one swig, his mouth and gullet felt as if they
were on fire. It turned out that the staff had descaled all the
kettles and someone had forgotten to empty and rinse out this one. He
had horrible stomach upsets all night but recovered to do the Marathon
and was offered £100 compensation by the hotel. He put this towards his
charity and told them it would not indemnify them against repercussions
if he developed any further illnesses as a result. But as he said to
me "do you empty bedroom kettles and refill them?" and I said "always".
His reply was that was a 'woman thing' and men normally just boil up
what's still in there. Don't!!

Fresh water always makes a better brew, even if boiled. Man thing.

Steve

Yes, I remember being told that years ago. That water boiled more than
once goes 'stale'! My stepfather always used leaves, not tea bags and
he routinely turned the pot 3 times to release the flavour and
encourage the brewing!
--

Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
www.helpforheroes.org.uk

On 4/25/2013 5:41 AM, Chris Hogg wrote:
On Thu, 25 Apr 2013 05:08:54 -0500, The Daring Dufas
wrote:


I'm here in the Southern U.S. where we drink (horrors) ice tea.

From experience in Georgia, iced tea is very pleasant and refreshing.
IIRC every time you went into a restaurant, especially at lunchtime, a
large jug of iced tea would be brought to the table before your order
was taken.


Yea, it's a Southern tradition and when I was a kid we had it by the
gallon at home and it was sweetened. When I got older I drank it by the
gallon until sugar became a problem. I then switched to unsweetened ice
tea and diet soft drinks so I can watch my figure. Most of my British
cousins have convulsions and/or hyperventilate whenever I mention iced
tea. ^_^

TDD

On Thursday, April 25, 2013 10:28:10 AM UTC+1, Sacha wrote:
A friend of ours recently told us that he was staying in a London hotel

on Friday night, prior to taking part in the Marathon. On arriving, he

decided to make himself a cup of hot chocolate, using the kettle in his

room. As the kettle was still full, he simply switched it on and made

the drink. After taking one swig, his mouth and gullet felt as if they

were on fire. It turned out that the staff had descaled all the

kettles and someone had forgotten to empty and rinse out this one. He

had horrible stomach upsets all night but recovered to do the Marathon

and was offered �100 compensation by the hotel. He put this towards his

charity and told them it would not indemnify them against repercussions

if he developed any further illnesses as a result. But as he said to

me "do you empty bedroom kettles and refill them?" and I said "always".

His reply was that was a 'woman thing' and men normally just boil up

what's still in there. Don't!!

--



Sacha

www.hillhousenursery.com

South Devon

www.helpforheroes.org.uk

I am like you Sacha, look, empty, fill, (rinse sometimes) then boil.
Thanks for the warning though. I hoped I wasn't paranoid!

Jenny

Jake wrote in
:

On Thu, 25 Apr 2013 12:08:11 +0200, Martin wrote:


It's best to empty them refill them and empty them again, before
refilling and using the kettle.

I routinely empty and refill twice, boil the water from the second
refilling and tip it away. Then refill and boil to make a drink,
rinsing out the cup and spoon with boiling water first.

In years of traveling for work, I have seen:

- rinsing cups out in a sink of water that had been used to wipe over
the toilet seat
-wiping out a dirty cup with a dry cloth and putting it back on the
tray
- wiping a toilet seat, drying it with a towel and placing that towel
back on the rail
- remaking a bed using the same sheets on a day I was checking out;
mentioned this and was told they only changed sheets once a week (this
being the most expensive hotel in the area, not a cheap one)
- even repackaging of out-of-date individual boxes of cereal into
in-date marked boxes

I have a fairly long list of hotels I will not stay at a second time!
I beggars belief that people will do this when a guest is in the room
and can see them. Reception staff give the impression that they're not
going to do anything about it and local tourist offices say they can't
respond to single complaints.

I tend to use small B+Bs now, usually run by residents. They're
cleaner, friendlier and quieter.


I feel sick now.
Baz

On 25/04/13 12:27, Martin wrote:

....


One expensive hotel in Toulouse rented guests' rooms to hookers by the
hour whilst the guests were out.


Many hotels in France do this. They are usually referred to as 'hotels
de passe'.

Hugh

--

Hugh Newbury

www.evershot-weather.org

"Sacha" wrote in message
...
A friend of ours recently told us that he was staying in a London hotel on
Friday night, prior to taking part in the Marathon. On arriving, he decided
to make himself a cup of hot chocolate, using the kettle in his room. As
the kettle was still full, he simply switched it on and made the drink.
After taking one swig, his mouth and gullet felt as if they were on fire.
It turned out that the staff had descaled all the kettles and someone had
forgotten to empty and rinse out this one. He had horrible stomach upsets
all night but recovered to do the Marathon and was offered £100
compensation by the hotel. He put this towards his charity and told them it
would not indemnify them against repercussions if he developed any further
illnesses as a result. But as he said to me "do you empty bedroom kettles
and refill them?" and I said "always". His reply was that was a 'woman
thing' and men normally just boil up what's still in there. Don't!!
--

Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
www.helpforheroes.org.uk

Because we have a well our water is not chlorinated and we often find the
tea made from mains water tastes disgusting so we take water from home - how
sad is that!

It never occurred to me that anything worse than a rubbish cup of tea could
happen though


--
Charlie, Gardening in Cornwall
Holders of National Collections of Clematis viticella
and Lapageria rosea cvs
http://www.roselandhouse.co.uk

Because we have a well our water is not chlorinated and we often find
the tea made from mains water tastes disgusting so we take water from
home - how sad is that!

It never occurred to me that anything worse than a rubbish cup of tea
could happen though


When I worked for social services, one of the people I trained had a
brother living in London, he used to come down to Swansea about every 3
months and when he went home he would take 10 gallons of water home with him

On 2013-04-25 13:11:03 +0100, said:

On Thursday, April 25, 2013 10:28:10 AM UTC+1, Sacha wrote:
A friend of ours recently told us that he was staying in a London
hotel on Friday night, prior to taking part in the Marathon. On
arriving, he decided to make himself a cup of hot chocolate, using
the kettle in his room. As the kettle was still full, he simply
switched it on and made the drink. After taking one swig, his mouth
and gullet felt as if they were on fire. It turned out that the
staff had descaled all the kettles and someone had forgotten to empty
and rinse out this one. He had horrible stomach upsets all night but
recovered to do the Marathon and was offered �100 compensation by
the hotel. He put this towards his charity and told them it would not
indemnify them against repercussions if he developed any further
illnesses as a result. But as he said to me "do you empty bedroom
kettles and refill them?" and I said "always". His reply was that was
a 'woman thing' and men normally just boil up what's still in there.
Don't!!

--



Sacha

www.hillhousenursery.com

South Devon

www.helpforheroes.org.uk

I am like you Sacha, look, empty, fill, (rinse sometimes) then boil.
Thanks for the warning though. I hoped I wasn't paranoid!

Jenny

I don't think so, Jenny. Heaven knows what some weird person may do
before the kettle is used by the less weird! ;-)
--

Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
www.helpforheroes.org.uk

On 2013-04-25 19:05:13 +0100, Charlie Pridham said:

"Sacha" wrote in message
...
A friend of ours recently told us that he was staying in a London hotel
on Friday night, prior to taking part in the Marathon. On arriving, he
decided to make himself a cup of hot chocolate, using the kettle in his
room. As the kettle was still full, he simply switched it on and made
the drink. After taking one swig, his mouth and gullet felt as if they
were on fire. It turned out that the staff had descaled all the kettles
and someone had forgotten to empty and rinse out this one. He had
horrible stomach upsets all night but recovered to do the Marathon and
was offered £100 compensation by the hotel. He put this towards his
charity and told them it would not indemnify them against repercussions
if he developed any further illnesses as a result. But as he said to
me "do you empty bedroom kettles and refill them?" and I said "always".
His reply was that was a 'woman thing' and men normally just boil up
what's still in there. Don't!!
--

Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
www.helpforheroes.org.uk

Because we have a well our water is not chlorinated and we often find
the tea made from mains water tastes disgusting so we take water from
home - how sad is that!

It never occurred to me that anything worse than a rubbish cup of tea
could happen though

Our mains water is chlorinated so we have a filter on the kitchen tap.
I can tell without tasting the tea if someone has filled the kettle
from the 'wrong' tap!
--

Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
www.helpforheroes.org.uk

"Sacha" wrote in message
...
On 2013-04-25 19:05:13 +0100, Charlie Pridham said:

"Sacha" wrote in message
...
--

Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
www.helpforheroes.org.uk

Because we have a well our water is not chlorinated and we often find the
tea made from mains water tastes disgusting so we take water from home -
how sad is that!

It never occurred to me that anything worse than a rubbish cup of tea
could happen though

Our mains water is chlorinated so we have a filter on the kitchen tap. I
can tell without tasting the tea if someone has filled the kettle from the
'wrong' tap!
--

Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
www.helpforheroes.org.uk

Your tea tastes fine, no trace of Chorine, I seem to remember disscussing
how bad some cups of tea can be in your Kitchen! I think we both wondered
why some people bother drinking theirs and concluded you must get used to it
after time

--
Charlie, Gardening in Cornwall
Holders of National Collections of Clematis viticella
and Lapageria rosea cvs
http://www.roselandhouse.co.uk