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Date: 23 October 2005 08:54:03
So I had a long and happy relationship with my bath tub. We got along famously. There were no complaints. Then, as I have mentioned, the time came for us to get a new bathroom. I was apprehensive about this (I think I mentioned my apprehension earlier come to think of it.... I seem to recall some comments re testing toilets and bath tubs) but as preserving my old bath in the new bathroom was not an option, resigned myself to a new tub. After all, if it was going to fill the same spot, surely there would not be much difference right? Wrong!
The new bathtub is deeper. Which does not sound like a bad thing until you think about it further. See a bath is really a parallelogram with the ends being the two sides that are not parallel to each other (Smudgie, are you impressed with my L placement in parallel?). Now if the angles between the ends and the bottom are the same in two bath tubs where one tub is deeper than the other, the deeper bathtub will have a shorter bottom (that sounds rude for some reason) thus making it feel shorter and therefore less comfortable for the taller bather. A deeper bath tub is also pointless in a land where we are only allowed to water our gardens on Wednesdays and Sundays before 10am! What do they propose we fill the extra depths with?!
I will still have to use the bath occasionally because I can't shave my legs while standing in the shower (which now has two clear glass sides and makes me feel very exposed) but it is no longer my refuge and place where I go to relax. This is very sad.