I'm so old I Remember when:

[R2elk]

I remember when I could get scalding hot water from a kitchen sink faucet.

 

[BDutch]

Is that a zero tolerance for drinking? Or for drinking and driving?

Zero tolerance for drinking and driving.

Fyi: I went to Norway 5 years ago and we knew all alcoholic drinks are really very expensive. So we took some drinks with us and didn’t drink much the whole time. Prices of beer and wine are about 3x what we normally pay in the Netherlands, mainly bc of very high taxes. And there restrictions on where and at what time you can buy it too.
They have high taxes on sweets too, to protect the children.

All together is Norway a rather expensive country to go to, but it’s worth it, bc the country/ landscapes are incredibly beautiful.

 

[Evadig]

I remember when I could get scalding hot water from a kitchen sink faucet.

Did water heaters work better back then?

Our water is hardly even hot. I personally think the heater is broken, but who knows!

 

[BDutch]

Ya I used to give tons away. I'd just put them in a cooler at my drive. I didn't even care to know who took them. Seems weird to expect anything in return for something I'm giving away.

I have about as many chickens as I can eat eggs. But unfortunately the lay more than I need in spring/summer. And no eggs in winter.

Last years we had 6 old bantam chickens. Nevertheless we had a small surplus in spring/summer. My daughter and son are very happy if they get a carton with small eggs. Sometimes we took a few eggs instead of another gift when we visited friends or family.

But during winter we had no eggs at all and bought supermarket eggs. A good time to get a few fresh cartons.

This year the oldies get even older. Thats why we expanded a bit. We have two young pullets and very pleased I dont have to buy any eggs in the supermarket right now. I expect we can make a few more people happy with small organic eggs upcoming spring

 

[BDutch]

Did water heaters work better back then?

Our water is hardly even hot. I personally think the heater is broken, but who knows!

Making /keeping very hot water costs more energy than making/keeping moderate temperatures. So most warm water systems/ combined kettle's in my country don’t make hot tap-water anymore.
Some people buy cookers nowadays , to have instant boiling water in the kitchen. We use a simple electric kettle that takes just 2 minutes for a cup with hot water.

But I remember we had had a kettle to put on our gas stove to make tea.

 

[notabitail]

Making /keeping very hot water costs more energy than making/keeping moderate temperatures. So most warm water systems/ combined kettle's in my country don’t make hot tap-water anymore.
Some people buy cookers nowadays , to have instant boiling water in the kitchen. We use a simple electric kettle that takes just 2 minutes for a cup with hot water.

But I remember we had had a kettle to put on our gas stove to make tea.

Kettles over here are a bit slower. We run on 120V instead of 240V so everything takes twice the amount of time. The kettle was worth it though. Hated at first by my siblings, and then they loved it after getting used to it.

 

[tripletfeb]

I have about as many chickens as I can eat eggs. But unfortunately the lay more than I need in spring/summer. And no eggs in winter.

Last years we had 6 old bantam chickens. Nevertheless we had a small surplus in spring/summer. My daughter and son are very happy if they get a carton with small eggs. Sometimes we took a few eggs instead of another gift when we visited friends or family.

But during winter we had no eggs at all and bought supermarket eggs. A good time to get a few fresh cartons.

This year the oldies get even older. Thats why we expanded a bit. We have two young pullets and very pleased I dont have to buy any eggs in the supermarket right now. I expect we can make a few more people happy with small organic eggs upcoming spring

If you have a surplus of eggs, look into water glassing them. It's a preservation method that keeps eggs fresh for up to two years. I've been doing it for quite awhile now. The eggs are best used in baking, as scrambled, or as omelets but it sure beats having to get eggs at the store

 

[Rick589]

But during winter we had no eggs at all

Brings up a question. We have BO pullets, about 8-9 months old and they started to lay mid December and have been laying consistently ever since. We are actually being overrun, so to speak, with eggs and it’s the dead of winter. Does this seem unusual to anyone?

 

[Sally PB]

@Rick589, that is quite usual for the first year of laying for chickens. These are a hen's (pullet right now) glory days.

 

[R2elk]

Did water heaters work better back then?

Water heaters came preset at higher temperatures than they do now.

The biggest difference is that the faucets now come with flow restrictors and temperature controllers in the mixing valve to prevent water getting hot enough to scald.