Comments on: Hot is cold and cold is hot http://www.on-stjohn.com/2007/12/06/hot-is-cold-and-cold-is-hot/ News, Muse and Reviews Thu, 08 Jan 2009 23:34:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5 by: kudzu http://www.on-stjohn.com/2007/12/06/hot-is-cold-and-cold-is-hot/#comment-5287 Fri, 07 Dec 2007 15:38:40 +0000 http://www.on-stjohn.com/2007/12/06/hot-is-cold-and-cold-is-hot/#comment-5287 it's more fun when the builder does the final plumbing tests and finds out that hot water is plumbed into the toilet... mmm, steamy. it’s more fun when the builder does the final plumbing tests and finds out that hot water is plumbed into the toilet… mmm, steamy.

]]> by: B&J in VA http://www.on-stjohn.com/2007/12/06/hot-is-cold-and-cold-is-hot/#comment-5277 Fri, 07 Dec 2007 03:00:20 +0000 http://www.on-stjohn.com/2007/12/06/hot-is-cold-and-cold-is-hot/#comment-5277 OK, the comments on this one are as fun as the picture. Gave me a chuckle on this cold snowy evening. Glad to know about this, since I would probably be like FF and assume there was no hot water, rather than trying it the other way. OK, the comments on this one are as fun as the picture. Gave me a chuckle on this cold snowy evening. Glad to know about this, since I would probably be like FF and assume there was no hot water, rather than trying it the other way.

]]> by: Flip-Flop http://www.on-stjohn.com/2007/12/06/hot-is-cold-and-cold-is-hot/#comment-5272 Thu, 06 Dec 2007 18:29:09 +0000 http://www.on-stjohn.com/2007/12/06/hot-is-cold-and-cold-is-hot/#comment-5272 I took cold showers all week on our recent stay until day 8 or 9 when I was whining to my hubby and he told me that it was backwards! I just thought everyone had used all the hot water. I took cold showers all week on our recent stay until day 8 or 9 when I was whining to my hubby and he told me that it was backwards! I just thought everyone had used all the hot water.

]]> by: stj_gal http://www.on-stjohn.com/2007/12/06/hot-is-cold-and-cold-is-hot/#comment-5270 Thu, 06 Dec 2007 16:40:31 +0000 http://www.on-stjohn.com/2007/12/06/hot-is-cold-and-cold-is-hot/#comment-5270 We like to call it "Island Standard." We like to call it “Island Standard.”

]]> by: Lysa http://www.on-stjohn.com/2007/12/06/hot-is-cold-and-cold-is-hot/#comment-5269 Thu, 06 Dec 2007 16:03:36 +0000 http://www.on-stjohn.com/2007/12/06/hot-is-cold-and-cold-is-hot/#comment-5269 Um, my home shower is backward too. We never even think about it. The hardware in the shower is pretty old (prob from the 70's) so the Hot/Cold labels are non-existent. Um, my home shower is backward too.

We never even think about it. The hardware in the shower is pretty old (prob from the 70’s) so the Hot/Cold labels are non-existent.

]]> by: Teresa http://www.on-stjohn.com/2007/12/06/hot-is-cold-and-cold-is-hot/#comment-5268 Thu, 06 Dec 2007 14:46:19 +0000 http://www.on-stjohn.com/2007/12/06/hot-is-cold-and-cold-is-hot/#comment-5268 Our home on island had reversed plumbing. To this day I hesitate and try to remember which one is which. I don't even know which side is supposed to be hot anymore. I am confused for life. My husband and I joke all the time about 'island sense'. If something odd happens that is not very logical, but 'is the way it is' we call it 'island sense'. Explaining to family why they drive on the left or have open signs in windows when the store is closed, we just say it makes island sense. Something odd happened the other day and I stated without even thinking, "That doesn't even make island sense" and my husband knew exactly what I meant. Our friends just think we speak a different language. :-) Our home on island had reversed plumbing. To this day I hesitate and try to remember which one is which. I don’t even know which side is supposed to be hot anymore. I am confused for life. My husband and I joke all the time about ‘island sense’. If something odd happens that is not very logical, but ‘is the way it is’ we call it ‘island sense’. Explaining to family why they drive on the left or have open signs in windows when the store is closed, we just say it makes island sense. Something odd happened the other day and I stated without even thinking, “That doesn’t even make island sense” and my husband knew exactly what I meant. Our friends just think we speak a different language. :-)

]]> by: wontongirl http://www.on-stjohn.com/2007/12/06/hot-is-cold-and-cold-is-hot/#comment-5266 Thu, 06 Dec 2007 14:05:22 +0000 http://www.on-stjohn.com/2007/12/06/hot-is-cold-and-cold-is-hot/#comment-5266 A COLD shower in ANY direction on STJ is better than a HOT shower that is in the right direction in Arkansas! I love the Bongo showers!!!! A COLD shower in ANY direction on STJ is better than a HOT shower that is in the right direction in Arkansas! I love the Bongo showers!!!!

]]> by: Debra http://www.on-stjohn.com/2007/12/06/hot-is-cold-and-cold-is-hot/#comment-5264 Thu, 06 Dec 2007 13:35:44 +0000 http://www.on-stjohn.com/2007/12/06/hot-is-cold-and-cold-is-hot/#comment-5264 Quirks are fun!! Gives the place character!! That's coming from experience...before getting in to the vacation rental business, my husband and I owned rehab properties and in every house he managed to put something backwards!! Light switch, water, etc..!! As a matter of fact the water was backwards at our villa a couple years ago on STJ!! Got a smile out of this one this morning!! It's a big joke with us! Quirks are fun!! Gives the place character!! That’s coming from experience…before getting in to the vacation rental business, my husband and I owned rehab properties and in every house he managed to put something backwards!! Light switch, water, etc..!! As a matter of fact the water was backwards at our villa a couple years ago on STJ!! Got a smile out of this one this morning!! It’s a big joke with us!

]]> by: Lynn Blaisdell http://www.on-stjohn.com/2007/12/06/hot-is-cold-and-cold-is-hot/#comment-5263 Thu, 06 Dec 2007 13:29:43 +0000 http://www.on-stjohn.com/2007/12/06/hot-is-cold-and-cold-is-hot/#comment-5263 Trust me this stuff goes on up here in the states as well!! Trust me this stuff goes on up here in the states as well!!

]]> by: Marcia http://www.on-stjohn.com/2007/12/06/hot-is-cold-and-cold-is-hot/#comment-5262 Thu, 06 Dec 2007 13:27:50 +0000 http://www.on-stjohn.com/2007/12/06/hot-is-cold-and-cold-is-hot/#comment-5262 I love the sign!! I'm still confused. I don't think we've ever stayed in a villa where the hot and cold are in the right places and, sometimes there is no hot. Sometimes there is no cold. Ahh, it's the St. John way. I love the sign!! I’m still confused.

I don’t think we’ve ever stayed in a villa where the hot and cold are in the right places and, sometimes there is no hot. Sometimes there is no cold. Ahh, it’s the St. John way.

]]> by: JT http://www.on-stjohn.com/2007/12/06/hot-is-cold-and-cold-is-hot/#comment-5261 Thu, 06 Dec 2007 13:26:14 +0000 http://www.on-stjohn.com/2007/12/06/hot-is-cold-and-cold-is-hot/#comment-5261 Hey, you know, plumbers have two very basic rules: Hot is ALWAYS on the left, and "it" doesn't flow uphill. Even on STJ, how complicated is that? Hey, you know, plumbers have two very basic rules: Hot is ALWAYS on the left, and “it” doesn’t flow uphill. Even on STJ, how complicated is that?

]]> by: captainjay http://www.on-stjohn.com/2007/12/06/hot-is-cold-and-cold-is-hot/#comment-5260 Thu, 06 Dec 2007 12:28:59 +0000 http://www.on-stjohn.com/2007/12/06/hot-is-cold-and-cold-is-hot/#comment-5260 Jeff if you have a picture of the valve emai it to me. Several brands of shower valves are desinged to reverse the water by simply removing the valvle body and turning it upside down and reinstalling it. The companies build them that way for back to back bathroom but it also helps when you plumb one backwards as well, don't ask me how I know this as I would have to deny that I actually plumbed a Delta one that way not to long ago in a high end tile bathroom :) Jay Jeff if you have a picture of the valve emai it to me. Several brands of shower valves are desinged to reverse the water by simply removing the valvle body and turning it upside down and reinstalling it. The companies build them that way for back to back bathroom but it also helps when you plumb one backwards as well, don’t ask me how I know this as I would have to deny that I actually plumbed a Delta one that way not to long ago in a high end tile bathroom :)
Jay

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