Fun Stuff > CHATTER
There oughta be a law!
Papersatan:
Maybe less lazy than some of us. If I were only getting 4 hours of sleep I would take the 30 min more sleep and just not shower. But I am comfortable not showering everyday.
Carl-E:
When I mentioned that my tub was half full after washing up, I should point out that's with me in it. When I stand, the water's barely up to my ankles - maybe 4 inches deep (10 cm)?
In addition, the toilet (which is also from '26) used a full five gallon tank to flush when we moved in. With a few new parts and a lot of adjustment, I got that down to under 3 gal. Still a lot, but when I built the half-bath downstairs, I put in a low-flush (1.6 gal) toilet, and that cuts usage even more.
Barmymoo:
I tend to take 15 minutes to have a shower, including the time it takes me to walk over the corridor to the bathroom, go to the toilet, dry myself at the end, rewrap into a dressing gown and come back to my room. So I think all of you take longer showers than me! Except maybe Akima. I do turn the water off when I shampoo usually, as well. And the tap when I brush my teeth. Oh and another thing that I discovered might be unusual: I don't have water running constantly when I wash up. I fill a bowl/sink with soapy water, I wash the plates in it (and wipe the soap off - not usually rinse, although sometimes I might) and then dry them. I never understood why people claimed that dishwashers use less water than washing by hand until I discovered that there were many, many people who just ran the tap the whole time they washed dishes.
Akima:
--- Quote from: Redball on 08 Nov 2012, 18:04 ---Akima, the poster raises a question: You or someone here recently posted a couple of Chinese posters with slogans, with an awkward English translation that it seems to me no English speaker would take seriously.
--- End quote ---
To avoid derailing this thread too much, I decided to answer your questions over in the Political Art thread in the Discuss sub-forum.
Jace:
--- Quote from: Barmymoo on 09 Nov 2012, 01:14 ---I do turn the water off when I shampoo usually, as well.
--- End quote ---
The water turning off has always been the signal of "I am now done with the shower and will be exiting, drying off, and vacating the bathroom soon." I used to live with 3 other people (now only 2) and we have just one bathroom, so signalling that you are done means that everyone else can start getting ready to use the bathroom.
The only time this stopped working was when my housemate's ex would shower. She would shower then stand in the bathroom with the water off and air dry. None of us knew why she did that. I guess there ought to be a law against drip drying when you live with other people and share a bathroom.
Navigation
[0] Message Index
[#] Next page
[*] Previous page
Go to full version