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Do you have a hard water issue in the States at all?
My parents and my landlady have electric (power!) showers. Half the holes don't work, and those that do squirt in unexpected directions. In defence of my country, the best showers I've ever been in have been in the UK. Sadly, the worst have been too. |
I can't believe you all take such long showers. As Zen said, we are all expected to take short showers over here which we do in our household. Even washing my hair I only take a few minutes in the shower. My dad always made us take short showers when we were kids though, so I've pretty much always been in the habit of taking quick showers. Probably because Australia is the driest country on earth and some of us are actually conscious of that (ZEN!!!) it makes it easier to do it.
That being said, I do like to have a bath on Saturday arvos and relax. With this in mind, I try and take super quick showers during the week to 'save up' my own personal water allowance. Also, now that we've moved, we're on tank water anyway, so if we run out, we have to buy it. I'd rather not run out of water, so being frugal is just part of our lifestyle. |
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Some places have hard water, some soft. it's a BIG place :lol: And many people don't have mains water. That surprised me when I first moved here. |
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I'll wash it as fast as I want. |
I only ever shower at the gym, for up to 20 minutes. I take baths at home.
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wash, lather, rinse, repeat...wash, lather, rinse, repeat...wash, lather, rinse, repeat...wash, lather, rinse, repeat...
I can't stop~~It doesn't say when to stop!! wash, lather, rinse, repeat...wash, lather, rinse, repeat...wash, lather, rinse, repeat... |
Pico--not sure what is bothering you about this. Are you worried about conserving water? Using up all the hot water? Having the bathroom available for other people?
Your remedy or course of action may be dictated by your reasoning. E.g., if other people need the bathroom in the morning, you can ask them to shower in the evening; if it's water conservation you're concerned about, teach them to soap and rinse a la japonese. If it just bugs you they're in there that long and it's not inconveniencing any one else--let it go. |
About 3 minutes at a low temp, my skin can't take any more than that.
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anywhere from five minutes (alarm didnt go off and i need to get to school!) to half an hour (tired and really just wanna rest and chill in the soothing hot water).
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Thanx Bruce~I keep looking for them and I don't see them and I ask myself, WTF??
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I introduced my husband to the "indian" shower method back when we were camping last year.
Put ~3 gallons of whatever-temp water you get from the pump in a bucket. Add one smallish pot of boiling water, heated on your camp stove. Using a plastic measuring cup (or your tin coffee cup, or whatever is handy) pour enough tepid water over your person to get wet enough to lather. Soap and shampoo (biosoap, please!) then rinse with tepid water. If you have long hair, condition and rinse again. All in a 3'x3' tarp enclosure hung up in the woods back behind your tent.. Oh yeah, and do this wearing flip-flops standing on a plastic milk crate or suchlike so you don't end up standing in the mud. Fun! :ivy: |
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We take at least 4 showers everyday but often (sometimes 4 times a week) that number goes up to six because D and my husband often take two showers a day. When those showers are long it just adds up. Maybe not a whole lot...but I'm pinching wherever I can. |
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