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The drought: we are all going to die
« on: April 05, 2012, 09:01:48 AM »
They had some guy from the Water Board on Today this morning. At one point he said , "Yes, you can wash your car with buckets of water, but we suggest you use that water to put on your flowers and vegetables afterwards."

How? Shrugs:
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Re: The drought: we are all going to die
« Reply #1 on: April 05, 2012, 09:02:54 AM »
You park the car on them first ....simples  :thumbsup:
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Re: The drought: we are all going to die
« Reply #2 on: April 05, 2012, 09:39:15 AM »
Loadsa water in Wales  angel1
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Re: The drought: we are all going to die
« Reply #3 on: April 05, 2012, 09:43:29 AM »
Quote from: Nick (GC First Class) on April 05, 2012, 09:01:48 AM
They had some guy from the Water Board on Today this morning. At one point he said , "Yes, you can wash your car with buckets of water, but we suggest you use that water to put on your flowers and vegetables afterwards."

How? Shrugs:

Yeah ,        when was the last time you washed your car.......... rubschin:
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Re: The drought: we are all going to die
« Reply #4 on: April 05, 2012, 10:23:44 AM »
Does accidentally driving it off a pier/into a river etc count?  rubschin:
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Re: The drought: we are all going to die
« Reply #5 on: April 05, 2012, 10:40:43 AM »
Quote from: Grumpmeister on April 05, 2012, 10:23:44 AM
Does accidentally driving it off a pier/into a river etc count?  rubschin:

 lol: lol: lol:

The last time it was 'washed' was when the fire brigade put it out prolly...  whistle:
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Re: The drought: we are all going to die
« Reply #6 on: April 05, 2012, 10:42:31 AM »
Was there a hosepipe ban then as well? Nick may have had a cunning plan at the time....  rubschin:
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Re: The drought: we are all going to die
« Reply #7 on: May 08, 2012, 04:42:46 PM »
If you collected all of Earth’s water into a sphere, how big would it be?



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Re: The drought: we are all going to die
« Reply #8 on: May 08, 2012, 04:45:15 PM »
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Meanwhile...

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2141059/Hosepipe-ban-worst-drought-25-years--water-companies-told-new-crackdown-leaks-till-2015.html?ito=feeds-newsxml

....almost a quarter of the entire country’s water supply – around 3.4 billion litres – is still disappearing from the system every day because companies have failed to stop leaks

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Re: The drought: we are all going to die
« Reply #9 on: May 08, 2012, 07:36:54 PM »
Well of course they have failed to fix the leaks, they are too busy using the extortionate water rates to fund the bonuses to the senior management.  cussing:

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Re: The drought: we are all going to die
« Reply #10 on: May 08, 2012, 07:40:04 PM »
My water rates are about 10 euros a month now ..... cussing:
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Re: The drought: we are all going to die
« Reply #11 on: May 08, 2012, 09:40:46 PM »
10 Euros a month?  eeek


You lucky lucky lucky bastard.  cussing:
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Re: The drought: we are all going to die
« Reply #12 on: May 09, 2012, 06:20:43 AM »
Quote from: Miss Demeanour on May 08, 2012, 04:45:15 PM
eeek:

Meanwhile...

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2141059/Hosepipe-ban-worst-drought-25-years--water-companies-told-new-crackdown-leaks-till-2015.html?ito=feeds-newsxml

....almost a quarter of the entire country’s water supply – around 3.4 billion litres – is still disappearing from the system every day because companies have failed to stop leaks

What about the water cycle? Surely even the Daily Fail reporters did that at school.


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Re: The drought: we are all going to die
« Reply #13 on: May 09, 2012, 06:34:01 AM »
Poor english rather than poor science I'd say.

It's still in the water cycle, just not in the bit that includes us.
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Re: The drought: we are all going to die
« Reply #14 on: May 09, 2012, 09:21:16 PM »
Quote from: Snoopy on May 09, 2012, 06:20:43 AM
Quote from: Miss Demeanour on May 08, 2012, 04:45:15 PM
eeek:

Meanwhile...

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2141059/Hosepipe-ban-worst-drought-25-years--water-companies-told-new-crackdown-leaks-till-2015.html?ito=feeds-newsxml

....almost a quarter of the entire country’s water supply – around 3.4 billion litres – is still disappearing from the system every day because companies have failed to stop leaks

What about the water cycle? Surely even the Daily Fail reporters did that at school.


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