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From: crn on 7 Jul 2010 08:59 Switters <me(a)privacy.net> wrote: > > "It is not a decision we have taken lightly, but a hosepipe can use as > much water in an hour as a family of four would use in one day." > > Who the hell runs a hosepipe at full blat for an hour? The cnuts with sprinklers -- 03 GS500K2 76 Honda 400/4 project 78 Honda 400/4 in black 06 Sukida SK50QT (Slanty eyed shopping trolley)
From: steve auvache on 7 Jul 2010 10:24 On Wed, 7 Jul 2010 12:11:58 +0000 (UTC), Switters <me(a)privacy.net> wrote: >On Wed, 07 Jul 2010 09:23:49 GMT, CT wrote: > >> Ace wrote: >> >>> Huh? Oh, don't tell me, the UK's already in the grip of hosepipe bans >>> and drought warnings, is it? >> >> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/10533376.stm > >"It is not a decision we have taken lightly, but a hosepipe can use as >much water in an hour as a family of four would use in one day." > >Who the hell runs a hosepipe at full blat for an hour? The idiots who insist on using them. It takes about 15mins per square meter to get the same amount of water on your whole garden as a ten minute summer shower. -- steve auvache
From: DozynSleepy on 7 Jul 2010 10:42 On 07/07/2010 13:27, Krusty wrote: > Switters wrote: > >> On Wed, 07 Jul 2010 09:23:49 GMT, CT wrote: >> >>> Ace wrote: >>> >>>> Huh? Oh, don't tell me, the UK's already in the grip of hosepipe >> bans>> and drought warnings, is it? >>> >>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/10533376.stm >> >> "It is not a decision we have taken lightly, but a hosepipe can use >> as much water in an hour as a family of four would use in one day." >> >> Who the hell runs a hosepipe at full blat for an hour? > > <waves> > > Well quite a bit longer than an hour. Only when I'm changing the water > in the pond though. > I was sitting in the front room watching the TV when it occurred to me that I'd been hearing my combi boiler whirring away for the last hour. My daughter was filling an 8 foot Bestway fast set paddling pool using the hot water tap. -- DozynSleepy
From: wessie on 7 Jul 2010 11:03 "CT" <me(a)christrollen.co.uk> wrote in news:89ivd4FugdU1(a)mid.individual.net: > Ace wrote: > >> Huh? Oh, don't tell me, the UK's already in the grip of hosepipe bans >> and drought warnings, is it? > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/10533376.stm > you think that water in your pipe is rusty, well it's ginger consecutive posts, too -- wessie at tesco dot net BMW R1150GS
From: CT on 7 Jul 2010 11:18
wessie wrote: > "CT" <me(a)christrollen.co.uk> wrote in > news:89ivd4FugdU1(a)mid.individual.net: > > > Ace wrote: > > > >> Huh? Oh, don't tell me, the UK's already in the grip of hosepipe > bans >> and drought warnings, is it? > > > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/10533376.stm > > > > you think that water in your pipe is rusty, well it's ginger > > consecutive posts, too D'oh! Although people obviously read mine :o) -- Chris |