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Bob's avatar

For a long time the hot water in English houses was not guaranteed potable.

I first read the Solitaire solution to getting lost in “Tunnel in the Sky” by RAH.

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Leon Clark's avatar

They still have those sinks in the UK and you are faced with a choice of freezing cold or scalding hot water. The solution consists of furiously waving your hands from one stream to the other before your body can register pain.

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