NOSUMO - No Sudden Movement
Self-Portrait Challenge 9-11-07

I’m a week late starting this month’s SPC theme of “bathrooms,” but better late than never I suppose.

Here I’m showcasing my 80+ year old useless sink. There are seperate taps for the cold and hot water so you either freeze your face off or melt it into oblivion. If your particularly skillful and have asbestos hands you can sometimes blend them together really fast and make a nice temperature or if you’re lucky to be the first one to use the bathroom, the hot water hasn’t gotten that hot yet and you can just use that tap and do pretty well (I usually shoot for this option).

I suppose if I was feeling old fashioned I could stop up the drain and fill up the sink to blend the hot and cold together, but that just seems so wasteful and then you’d just be rinsing your face with soapy water, that never made any sense to me and my skin couldn’t tolerate it anyway. There are probably smarter solutions, but I’m lazy and usually just want to get to bed.

Well, I guess it’s quaint, and it is, of course, better than nothing.

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September 11th, 2007 6:15 am     

Separate taps are still de rigueur in the UK, and you can’t even blame it on the sinks’ age. And this is despite the fact that the British pride themselves on having invented the mixer tap. The are a stubborn, backwards bunch in a lot of ways, but you gotta love ‘em.

Nice shot, and I’m liking your hair (it’s getting long).

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September 11th, 2007 7:18 am     

it’s a beautiful sink though and a gorgeous picture. watch that little boys little fingers in there…sorry that’s the grandmother in me coming out! i love your longer hair too!

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September 11th, 2007 7:55 am     

The tile work is quaint & pretty, too!

I like the b&w timelessness of this shot.

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September 11th, 2007 11:13 am     

Better than nothing? It’s beautiful

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September 11th, 2007 11:21 am     

I love old stuff, so I think the sink is great.

Beautiful picture too!

Amelia

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September 11th, 2007 3:12 pm     

Vintage is in don’tcha know…nice shot missy.

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September 11th, 2007 7:48 pm     

I feel your pain. My bathroom sink is just like yours. I gave up a long time ago; now I use the tub to wash my face and hands. Nice photo!

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September 12th, 2007 1:39 am     

For some reason, the plumbing in my 70 year old bathroom is backwards. So the hot is on the right and cold on the left. Sometimes i forget to warn guests. Whoops!

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September 13th, 2007 10:42 am     

Love the darkness in this shot. Great use of the vertical wide angle. Awesome work.

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September 13th, 2007 10:22 pm     

i love the contrast of dark and light in this image. beautiful!

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March 21st, 2008 12:54 pm     

Prejudice will always be a part of society