I happen to live in a very dry area in terms of rainfall, and we have just gone to stage 3 water restrictions: that is - no watering of lawn at all, drippers on gardens only twice a week at certain times (between 10.pm and 6am), no washing of cars on the lawn, unless using a trigger nozzle (bizarre when this morning Torville and Dean could‘ve had a set on my windscreen).
Chatting with friends over coffee. Nice. Talk turns to the restrictions - one of my friends tells how happy she is she showers with a bucket in the bath to conserve water. I roll my eyes saying that if I showered with a bucket, chances are I would go arse up.
Well, didn’t that invite a vitriolic stream of abuse! I was told how I wasn’t doing my bit, and we have to conserve and blah blah blah. At this point I felt justified in pointing out the following things to said ‘friend’ - a) I don’t own a dishwasher b) I don’t have a garden reliant on water - it’s all Australian natives, c) I don’t own a swimming pool. Good Golly Miss Molly!
Said insulter (now tenuous friend) has only 2 children, and yet does 2 loads of washing a day, uses the dishwasher twice a day and owns a pool without a cover (which would save evaporation rates). I don’t know what she does with the water from the shower. Maybe she tops up the pool, after lugging a full bucket from bathroom to backyard (through 3 living areas)? I was robbed of the chance to ask; she had to go, the plumbers were installing her SPA. Grrrrrr. :mad:
I’ve never heard of anyone taking a bucket into the shower with them – and, although I do live in NZ and we’re not as bad-off with water restrictions as you guys, I do know some fairly economically-minded and environmentally-conscious friends.
Sounds like you’re on the right track, DellieM, and the so-called friend had better keep watching out for that bucket in case of an a-over-t moment. Most odd.
The bucket thing happens a lot at swimming pools here - the idea is, you let the water flow into the bucket while you’re getting it to the right temperature, then you move the bucket away and have your shower. You’re not supposed to stand in the thing while washing!
Doesn’t seem to do much at the pool TBH, since nobody ever seems to empty the damn things - they just stand there full to the brim all day as far as I can see (or…not so full to the brim if my daughters get hold of them :eek: ). But I guess it makes some people feel better.
Your friend sounds mighty insecure there Dellie. Not to mention an ass.
My mother-in-law does the bucket thing. She uses the water to water her plants (she doesn’t really have a yard, but she has some plants in containers). She also times her showers to 2 minutes. I have no idea how she gets clean. When we stayed with her, she freaked out when my husband’s shower went over the time limit. I have no idea what she said when I was in there; I didn’t really try too hard to rush.