26 Sep
2010
26 Sep
'10
2:34 p.m.
On 26 Sep 2010 at 14:10, Fred Cisin wrote:
Left handed threads on flammable gases are an exercise
in Darwinism.
True story. I was installing a new faucet in the kitchen sink and
decided to do something that made sense. This is the type with
independently-mounted valves so one can swap right-to-left with no
problem.
Which is what I did--consider that the usual way has you pulling on
the vavle (toward you) to turn the water on--just what you don't want
if you're hands are full of sticky dough. With the direction
reversed, you can bump the water on with your elbow. Another benefit
is that the faucet handles don't protrude into the sink when the
water's on.
For my wife and I this worked wonderfully. But every once in a
while, we'd get a guest who'd want to get a glass of water and
(usually she) he or she would single-mindedly keep trying to turn the
cold water (right-hand side) clockwise, never thinking that it might
be set up the other way.
Eventually, I put the valves back the conventional way. It was
getting to be too funny.
--Chuck