I have made first contact with a marvelous piece of Earth technology: the electric towel warmer. Until recently, I didn't even know such a thing existed. I stumbled upon them during my trip to the UK to visit Alex. Two of the hotels I stayed at had them. At first I thought it was just a fancy rack for posh people. Then I realized the truth: this humble device is nothing short of life-changing.
Back here in the sweltering tropics of southwest Florida, you'd think I'd have no use for something that warms towels. But here's the thing: my wife likes to keep the house at 72 degrees, and I prefer it closer to 76 or 78, so we compromised and set it to 72. That means my bathroom, especially the towel hanging right under the AC vent, might as well be hanging with penguins in Antarctica. There's nothing worse than stepping out of a hot shower and wrapping yourself in what feels like a cold, damp rag. Not anymore. With this towel warmer, every shower now ends with a glorious, toasty towel.
Installation was easier than replacing a warp core relay - took about ten minutes. And y'all know I'm not a hardware guy - I'm a software guy. My rule for working on computers is simple: if it involves a screwdriver, I'm out. But somehow I managed to mount this thing right under my existing towel bar without breaking anything. Yeah, under it - I'm not about to rip the old one out and patch drywall. Who do you think I am? Scotty?
For now I'm running it off an extension cord that's snaked around the corner to the nearest outlet like a Ferengi on a budget, but I'll have an electrician come in soon and put a proper outlet in. House electrical is one thing I don't mess with - I leave that to people who own actual tool belts. It's a small price to pay for pure post-shower bliss. Turn it on five minutes before you hop in, and by the time you're done, your towel feels like you're being hugged by a Wookiee.
I'm including an Amazon affiliate link to the Electric Towel Warmer that I bought - not because I'm trying to sell you something, but because I genuinely love this thing. If one of you buys it, I'll probably make about 30 cents. If enough of you buy one, maybe I'll have enough to finally afford a second towel so I can rotate them like a civilized adult.
My wife doesn't like my blue towels. I think they're awesome.
Kevin Yip
@Reply 6 months ago
One UK product I use all the time is McVities Digestives. It's a household name in the UK, but is quite unknown in the US. It's a sort of plain-tasting, mostly wheat biscuit. It's the least unhealthy junk food and snack you can have when you really need a snack. In America, you have to find a store with an international section, or buy it online. There are many plain crackers made in the US too, but none satisfies me like the ones from McVities.
Kevin Yip
@Reply 6 months ago
Kevin Robertson
@Reply 6 months ago
Kevin Yip
@Reply 6 months ago
I've seen the chocolate versions in US stores too, but I'm not too keen on them. One only tried them once. They are less healthy and don't necessary taste better than the original plain-wheat version.
Interesting. I see a bunch of different ones on Amazon. I'll have to try some.
Thomas Gonder
@Reply 6 months ago
I don't know guys. It's the name I can't quite get past. In my small town in Colombia, there are panaderias (bread stores) on every other corner. They have only one kind of flour, and they make every horrible kind of manteca (hydrogenated fake butter) filled bread you can imagine from it, that all taste the same. Bad. And bad for you. To make it palatable to the average Colombian the sugar to flour ratio is 2:1.
Maybe I'll have to get past the name of Digestives. It sounds like an IBS remedy.
Back to the original topic, 72 F; that's a cold "winter" day here where you'll find the Colombians all dressed in Alaska ready, puffy jackets. My old business partner was like your wife; I had to wear a sweater the whole time in the office and rub my hands constantly to warm them so I could type. Ah, here? No A/C, no heaters. Yes!
Michael Olgren
@Reply 6 months ago
My towel warmer is a long hot shower with the heat lamp running. 🤣
Kevin Yip
@Reply 6 months ago
Thomas They call it "digestive" probably because of the fiber from wheat. But it only has half of gram of fiber per biscuit. And you can't eat too much of it because of the chemicals (which all junk food has). I eat fiber cereal for breakfast, which has more fiber and is healthier. This is still junk food snack after all, but it is definitely (a lot) less unhealthy than many of the American junk food like Oreo or Chips Ahoy. I eat only about 2 Digestive biscuits per day, usually after dinner.
Michael That kind of report is dangerous, obviously. It's like asking a 100-year-old person what he did, and he says he smokes two packs a day, and poor saps follow what he does. Sometimes, things happen in spite of what we do, not because of it.
Michael Olgren
@Reply 6 months ago
Kevin Yes, that is what I referred to in the other post-- a case report. The nutritionist did it to emphasize a point. He clearly was NOT trying to get people started on a Twinkie diet. He was trying to stimulate discussion, which is what case reports are meant to do. From the article:
"Despite his temporary success, Haub does not recommend replicating his snack-centric diet. I'm not geared to say this is a good thing to do," he said. "I'm stuck in the middle. I guess that's the frustrating part. I can't give a concrete answer. There's not enough information to do that."
Thomas Gonder
@Reply 6 months ago
Kevin Then shouldn't we call those crackers "Not Digestive"?
Sam Domino
@Reply 6 months ago
I had a boss that ate a Twinkie and drank a diet coke for breakfast. He said that they cancelled each other out! LOL!!!
Thomas Gonder
@Reply 6 months ago
Sam Canceled each other out in ways that no molecular biologist ever wants to discover.
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