I'll start with some good news - the third tap in the kitchen now dispenses water, just like it should. There was some problem with stop cocks, pipes, and the water tanks on the roof of the building which took a couple of Indian plumbers two full days of very loud conversation and banging on pipes outside Thalia's bedroom window to fix. But fixed it seems to be...we are happy!
Onto the slightly more surprising news - restaurants in India seem to be caught out by a practice, known in Australia and Great Britain, and probably in America too, as "lunchtime". For the uninitiated, at lunchtime people gather in food vending places, and try to purchase food to eat. I've done it, and it's quite good :-) . It works best when the restaurant has food ready at the appropriate time. Lunchtime can be a little flexible, but it's traditionally held sometime between 12 noon and 2pm. It seems no-one has told India this is how it works...
Today, McDonalds in Green Park had no fries ready to purchase at 1pm. Did not stop the server asking "did we want fries with that?" And this is not an isolated case. On Monday we went to Great India Place in Noida to buy longer shower curtains for the kids' bathrooms, because the current ones are about 30cm too short, and trust me, an awful lot of water can travel an awful long way in that 12 inches, especially when there's an eight year old boy involved. But I digress... Noida is fair drive away so we were going to have to eat lunch out. We opted for Kentucky Fried Chicken, because you know what you're getting - Colonel Sanders secret blend of 11 herbs and spices, same the world over, on chicken pieces. The bones of a chicken carcass are also the same the world over. This makes it a reliable meal. They also offer a seasoning mix designed for the Indian palate, "Hot and Spicy", but we're not Indian, what worked in Kentucky in 1929 is what we go to KFC for. Well, it's lunchtime, it's KFC, and there's no Original recipe chicken available. Our order will take five minutes (and we know how long five minutes is in India. Longer than on the Northern Line.). So how does it happen, that Kentucky Fried Chicken has no Kentucky Fried Chicken at lunchtime? It's not asking for much, is it, to want chicken that's finger licking good at 1.15? It's not like I asked for a Big Mac...
And as a sidenote, the longest shower curtains that were available were only 20 cms longer. We'd hoped that would be enough, but Keir can still audition for "Singing in the Rain" after his shower. I so do not relish the idea of being a stage school mother. We considered (for a very short while) lowering the pole, but decided it would be easier to cut up the old curtain and add a bit to lengthen the shower curtains. Not prettier mind, just easier.
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Have you thought about getting a tension pole? The springy kind, so it doesn't need to be attached to the wall. Then you can put it wherever you need it. I have often had 2 poles in my shower ~ the higher one with a short, decorative piece on it, and the lower one is the actually full-length curtain.
We did. I know where to find one in Britain and Australia, and I bet I could find one in the US without any trouble at all. They don't really have the right kind of shop in India. I've extended the curtains now and they actually look pretty good!
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