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What happened?FUCK.
Is there a cheap gym like Planet Fitness near you? Here the cheapest membership is/was $10/month, so at least you could shower and fill up a water bottle or twoFor some reason the failed pipe was buried in concrete and that's the earliest it can be done because it'll take at least another full day.
That's going to be the strategy I think.Is there a cheap gym like Planet Fitness near you? Here the cheapest membership is/was $10/month, so at least you could shower and fill up a water bottle or two
From what I've heard over here it can be a bit cheaper overall unless it breaks and suddenly it isn't.It's great until it's not. Our town had water issues in the main lines a few times, but I'm on a well and septic where the water has generally tested fine.
Problem is if any of the system goes down it's all on me to fix and gets expensive. Everyone is always jealous of me not having a water bill monthly, but I have to have the septic pumped every 2 years at $400 a pop and replace filters often, so am I really saving money?
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No. I get that idea though - one of my mum's neighbours did that during our 2022 heatwave since we don't have AC. And props to my fellow deadzoner!you don't happen to have rewards points for a hotel chain by any chance? First time I ever used my points was when I lost my internet at my house and wanted to watch the ALCS (my home is a cellphone deadzone).
Look at Mr functional toilets who's never had to give it the ol dump'n'dump.TIL you can flush a toilet by just dumping a bucket of water down it.
Seriously, why didn't I think that was a thing?
Forbidden chocolate milkWe had plenty of water delivered out this way... I'll send you a bucket.
This was about an hour west of where we are:
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Benzine staying up to drop pearls of wisdom.because you never thought about it
Funnily enough for all our reputation of being a rainy country, it's so dry here. We've had the all time driest April ever.We had plenty of water delivered out this way... I'll send you a bucket.
This was about an hour west of where we are:
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Benzine staying up to drop pearls of wisdom.
Funnily enough for all our reputation of being a rainy country, it's so dry here. We've had the all time driest April ever.
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Benzine staying up to drop pearls of wisdom.
Funnily enough for all our reputation of being a rainy country, it's so dry here. We've had the all time driest April ever.
We had a heatwave in July 2022. It hit 40C here which was more than 4C over the record and there was basically no humidity. It felt like Las Vegas.
We're not quite in drought quite yet. There was an attempt at a storm the other day but it was a bit pathetic. We sometimes get convective storms here (the ones that end a heatwave by dumping a flood) but it's too cool right now.Not as forbidden as if the rain fell closer to Baltimore. That's how you catch super AIDs.
Is that what we're calling it now?
For real, we were, and still might be in a drought in the western part of the state. That last system that came through here dumped a fuckton of rain on the whole tristate region. Most of the low-lying areas got flooded, and today... Sunny with dark gray skies. Make it make sense.
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I mean technically I can have water, it just wouldn't come out of the pipes in the manner it's supposed to!My English senses are tingling, so we're going to get some rain here today.
Sorry dim, keeping it for myself.
We're not quite in drought quite yet. There was an attempt at a storm the other day but it was a bit pathetic. We sometimes get convective storms here (the ones that end a heatwave by dumping a flood) but it's too cool right now.
The weather in that picture you posted looks very Singaporean. Storm on one end, sunshine on the other. It was common over there for it to be sunny, a storm roll through for 30-45 minutes and then just return to sunshine as if nothing happened.
I mean technically I can have water, it just wouldn't come out of the pipes in the manner it's supposed to!
Weather typically moves from West to east. You just cannot afford the tariffs on the rain.Benzine staying up to drop pearls of wisdom.
Funnily enough for all our reputation of being a rainy country, it's so dry here. We've had the all time driest April ever.
No, luckily it's just a failure in the cold supply at a joint. The pipe issue is minor, but the problem is getting to the problem area because the idiots who built this place decided to bury them in concrete under a wall.Y'all dealing with the issue where sewage got into the freshwater supply? Or has it just disrupted the pressure?
No, luckily it's just a failure in the cold supply at a joint. The pipe issue is minor, but the problem is getting to the problem area because the idiots who built this place decided to bury them in concrete under a wall.
Neat. I feel I could use one of those for my office, so that I drink any amount of water throughout the day.I've had to deal with life with no water multiple times. The toilet thing was already mentioned, but I'll mention one of the things that have been a game changer for me (and we honestly still use it even when we have water now).
We have those giant 20L jugs of water up here, I only assume you have access to them, they're typically associated with water coolers (which can be costly), there are more affordable ways to use them like a water pump you can slap on the top of the jug, they're less than twenty bucks... these can basically function as a makeshift faucet and can be used for dishes, brewing coffees, drinkable water, and a plethora of other options.
They look like this:
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Put it on a dolly and wheel it around so you can track people down to talk toNeat. I feel I could use one of those for my office, so that I drink any amount of water throughout the day.
I'd thought of getting a full ass water cooler for that purpose, but have no one to stand around it and talk to.
Put it on a dolly and wheel it around so you can track people down to talk to
"So much rain that the fence sunk holding all that water back!"For real, we were, and still might be in a drought in the western part of the state. That last system that came through here dumped a fuckton of rain on the whole tristate region. Most of the low-lying areas got flooded, and today... Sunny with dark gray skies. Make it make sense.
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"So much rain that the fence sunk holding all that water back!"
- a dad somewhere driving by this
It's almost certainly the concrete. It was just embedded straight in with no protection. You can get corrosive acids when the concrete breaks down.
You can see on the right side where the pipe has been crushed in, again caused by the concrete.
All of the water for your entire domicile comes through this one small pipe?!
It's an internal 15mm branch pipe, but really most domestic plumbing is not that big. A supply pipe is going to be 25mm/1 inch for a typical house, which at 3 bar can supply a little over 12 litres a second.All of the water for your entire domicile comes through this one small pipe?!
incoming water pipes are pretty small. lots of pressure.All of the water for your entire domicile comes through this one small pipe?!