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Originally Posted by Katsunami
Old kitchens... don't get me started  I'm glad I don't have to cook at my father's house any more. It has a kitchen that was installed when it was modern to have the ventilation built into the wall, making it look like a cupboard. It swings out when you open the door. (Opened at the bottom, hinged at the top.) So, it looks like this:
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(That's me, at a the stove )
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Frack that.... it's in my line of sight!
"But we never have any problems", my parents would say.
No, that's because you're 1.60m and 1.69 tall, and I'm 1.80m; and that's just enough to raise my eyesight above the lower edge of that door  |
LOL. The upper kitchen cabinets aren't that low, luckily. However, they are low enough for my father, my sister and I to walk into the doors when they are open. My mother is short and walks underneath them. However, she's got the annoying tendency to start emptying the dishwasher and putting away stuff when one of us is preparing lunch or making a snack. Several times a week you can hear cursing coming from the kitchen when one of us bumps our head against the door of a cabinet when turning around to get something or leave the kitchen.