Water Water everywhere but not on your garden - Page 2

garinda · 30-06-2010, 08:15

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Originally Posted by lancsdave

We need to boil the spuds first, will they turn yellow

I'd forget having spuds until the water's back on.

You might be better having a savoury rice.

(Hope they sort it for you soon.)

lancsdave · 30-06-2010, 08:26

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Originally Posted by garinda

You might be better having a savoury rice.

That would absorb all the liquid and we wouldn't be able to wash the dishes

jaysay · 30-06-2010, 08:46

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Originally Posted by accyman

what will putting your russian internet bride in the fridge achieve ?

Cool Running

jaysay · 30-06-2010, 08:49

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Originally Posted by garinda

He should also make sure Stella gets no more than four inches in the bathroom.

Supplying her with a ruler should help.

Ha four inches

, she should be so lucky, would take ages to fill as the taps only a drible these days

garinda · 30-06-2010, 09:52

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Originally Posted by jaysay

Ha four inches

, she should be so lucky, would take ages to fill as the taps only a drible these days

Taps?

You might find she has more joy from one mixer tap.

jaysay · 30-06-2010, 10:30

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Originally Posted by garinda

Taps?

You might find she has more joy from one mixer tap.

You speak for yourself

Stanleymad · 07-07-2010, 07:39

Water ban in place from friday confirmed. Me im fuming with UU telling us sob stories on it being dry and conserving our usage, certainly as our household has been victim to cuts in supply due to burst water mains 5 times this year so far, so begs the question which Uu wouldn't answer on the news skirting around it, as to how much has uu lost thro its faulty or bad pipe system?? Yet the customers suffer and i sure bet we wont get reduction in our bills either!

garinda · 07-07-2010, 07:53

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Originally Posted by Stanleymad

Water ban in place from friday confirmed. Me im fuming with UU telling us sob stories on it being dry and conserving our usage, certainly as our household has been victim to cuts in supply due to burst water mains 5 times this year so far, so begs the question which Uu wouldn't answer on the news skirting around it, as to how much has uu lost thro its faulty or bad pipe system?? Yet the customers suffer and i sure bet we wont get reduction in our bills either!

UU, which made a £500m pre-tax profit last year and whose chief executive Philip Green was awarded a £924,000 bonus
Liverpool Daily Post - News - Liverpool News - United Utilities bans hosepipes in Merseyside – despite leaking 460m litres of water every day

Write to him.

He might have enough of his bonus left to send you a crate of bottled water.

Boeing Guy · 07-07-2010, 08:11

I live (mostly) in a third world country with less rain than the UK and yet we don't have any bans on water.
The internet going down, well that is another story.....

cashman · 07-07-2010, 08:20

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Originally Posted by Boeing Guy

I live (mostly) in a third world country with less rain than the UK and yet we don't have any bans on water.
The internet going down, well that is another story.....

thats the thing thats always puzzled me, lived in southern spain fer few years n never a water ban,

just convinces me more that our water leaders are incompetent *******.

Boeing Guy · 07-07-2010, 08:25

Could not agree more Cashy, I can understand privatization of companies that can have competition, the Electric, Gas and Telephone companies, but why they ever did Water is beyond me. Its not as if you can get piped water from anyone else.

jaysay · 07-07-2010, 09:20

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Originally Posted by Boeing Guy

Could not agree more Cashy, I can understand privatization of companies that can have competition, the Electric, Gas and Telephone companies, but why they ever did Water is beyond me. Its not as if you can get piped water from anyone else.

I agree BG I'm all for free enterprise but water, I thought it at the time and ain't changed my mind since a mistake

derekgas · 07-07-2010, 18:03

I am not trying to influence anybody in any way here, but, if you have a water metre, then you pay for all use of water, therefore you would expect that they should supply it by any means necessary, how could they charge you for every drip, and then have you fined for using a hose pipe when you would be paying (up front in most cases) for the water used... Is like going to the garage, filling your car, getting a burst tank, and being fined for wasting the petrol? Only in this country!!

esteemedjuju · 07-07-2010, 18:23

Read in Lancs Telegraph can do when ban comes in can fill swimming pool can fill hot tub hose down dog spray water into concrete mixer its so important to be able to fill your pool and hot tub

katex · 07-07-2010, 18:53

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Originally Posted by Boeing Guy

I live (mostly) in a third world country with less rain than the UK and yet we don't have any bans on water.
The internet going down, well that is another story.....

Would their usage not be less though BG ? Showers, dishwashers, washers, hose pipes to wash cars, watering gardens, etc ?