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Boris Galerkin posted:And people who don't flush the toilets to save water costs. A friend in college made a comment about "if it's yellow, let it mellow" so for years I never flushed my pee at his house which I thought was weird but whatever. He was on septic out in the sticks so who knows One night he asks me candidly why I never flush and we are both just horrified that his stoned joke one night was misunderstood and taken to heart 
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KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:many places do not in fact have any kind of restrictions on water use because fresh water is abundant in much of the world I understand this intellectually but as an Australian the concept will never seem quite right in my heart. Water is a precious resource!
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Organza Quiz posted:I understand this intellectually but as an Australian the concept will never seem quite right in my heart. Water is a precious resource! My local water district has a program encouraging rain barrel use so I looked into putting one in and estimated that it would cost $150 in materials, half a Saturday of time, and hold 11 cents worth of water when full.
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What goes into a "rain barrel", beyond a $20 PVC barrel and sawzalling off the bottom half of a downspout?
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the barrel is nicer-looking, the pvc textured and painted, and it costs $130 there may also be a filter somewhere for leaves
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Volmarias posted:If you have your own home, and you're willing / able to renovate, Bathtubs That Fit Tall Persons do exist, although they're not common. I had one for several glorious days in a hotel once, and some day I hope to again. Man, I thought the tub in this house was way bigger than normal, but I *still* can't get my legs under water without sitting all the way up. Disappointment. Gotta normalize a quick pop in the tub to trial it out during the house hunt.
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Baddog posted:Man, I thought the tub in this house was way bigger than normal, but I *still* can't get my legs under water without sitting all the way up. Disappointment. As we all know from Pat Finnerty, all you have to do is fold up. Or buy a hot tub that goes in your garage.
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Apr 18, 2024 15:36
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I am the mutant who had to stand in showers when looking at houses to see if I fit. There was more than one master bath that had a horribly small shower that would have been miserable for me to use for any significant duration. I didn’t even bother with tubs.
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Orvin posted:I am the mutant who had to stand in showers when looking at houses to see if I fit. There was more than one master bath that had a horribly small shower that would have been miserable for me to use for any significant duration. I didn’t even bother with tubs.
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Organza Quiz posted:I understand this intellectually but as an Australian the concept will never seem quite right in my heart. Water is a precious resource!
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Ham Equity posted:I bet if you looked at the numbers, residential water use in Australia is fairly trivial. I'm sure almond farmers : personal water conservation :: trans-Atlantic shipping vessels : personal energy saving.
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Jabor posted:What goes into a "rain barrel", beyond a $20 PVC barrel and sawzalling off the bottom half of a downspout? empty dumb question but how is this not a mosquito farm, like immediately Boris Galerkin posted:That show is called Extreme Cheapskates. It's about people going to extremes to save a dollar. There are "normal" stuff like people taking leftovers home to eat, and "wtf" stuff like people walking up to complete strangers who look like they're waiting for their leftovers to be cleared and asking them if they could take it home. And people who don't flush the toilets to save water costs. That woman in the video makes her husband turn off the electricity every time there's a commercial break, when they've got 20+ people at their get together. Should have just been called First-Generation Immigrants: The Show Growing up I always marveled at American homes where the lights were always on in multiple rooms, it always looked so warm and inviting. Our house was pitch black except for whatever room was directly occupied. Failure to comply would result in physical beatings. God forbid you leave a light on before leaving the house, lol My grandma used to dry paper towels to reuse them, which is what I thought was the norm until I started hanging out at other kids' house. But hey, it's all good, 30 years later and many therapy sessions I now happily throw away my paper towels
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BigHead posted:I'm sure almond farmers : personal water conservation :: trans-Atlantic shipping vessels : personal energy saving. amortized over the sheer amount of poo poo they ship, no. but if you consider why theres so much poo poo to ship...
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adnam posted:empty dumb question but how is this not a mosquito farm, like immediately No you don't understand. The people in the show didn't just turn the lights out in rooms they weren't in. They turned the lights out during thanksgiving dinner because you don't need lights to eat. And they cooked the food in the dishwasher to double up on cleaning and cooking. And nobody in the entire family was allowed to flush the toilet unless they pooped.
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adnam posted:empty dumb question but how is this not a mosquito farm, like immediately They are, but you just throw a mosquito dunk into it once a month and it's fine.
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Boris Galerkin posted:No you don't understand. The people in the show didn't just turn the lights out in rooms they weren't in. They turned the lights out during thanksgiving dinner because you don't need lights to eat. And they cooked the food in the dishwasher to double up on cleaning and cooking. And nobody in the entire family was allowed to flush the toilet unless they pooped. Cooking food in the dishwasher while you're also washing dishes in there feels like a good way to guarantee that everyone's going to need to poop more often
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YggiDee posted:anyone who wants to go to Disney should be made to watch this before they decide to buy a fast pass or not Sorry for the necro My kids were watching this and I told them it's why we're not going to Disney. I'm not fuckin min Maxing the fast pass process and looking at the policy and f5 ing the whole process like it's a black Friday price mistake just to pay 1000s to ride 8 cool rides.
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Jokes on you: none of the rides are particularly cool
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Jabor posted:What goes into a "rain barrel", beyond a $20 PVC barrel and sawzalling off the bottom half of a downspout? Nothing if you don't care how it looks or how annoying it is to use, except good luck finding a barrel for less than $80. Then add an enclosure and paint and a hose and booster pump.
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Scratch Monkey posted:Jokes on you: none of the rides are particularly cool adnam posted:empty dumb question but how is this not a mosquito farm, like immediately Our city offers discounted rain barrels but we have a ton of water at pretty cheap rates so yeah it's mostly a feel-good thing than a practical benefit.
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Get in the habit now so when the water wars begin on the west coast in the 2050s you're ready to go.
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Boris Galerkin posted:
I try to limit myself to two per arm but sometimes I like to treat myself to three or four swipes. You know in that situation that person is hiding a stick at work or in the car and swiping as many times as they want at least that's what I would loving do.
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adnam posted:empty dumb question but how is this not a mosquito farm, like immediately If you can guarantee your rain barrel will always have a certain amount of water in it, you stock it with fish that eat mosquito larvae. If not, you chuck insecticide in there whenever you start getting bitten and remember that's a thing you're supposed to do.
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With a toilet costing a nickel per flush on the west coast and a 5 min shower blowing past a dollar, I get wanting to save the water. Spend long enough paying $8.55 per ccf and $0.53 per kWh and you'll go into frugal mode too. 
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Boris Galerkin posted:No you don't understand. The people in the show didn't just turn the lights out in rooms they weren't in. They turned the lights out during thanksgiving dinner because you don't need lights to eat. And they cooked the food in the dishwasher to double up on cleaning and cooking. And nobody in the entire family was allowed to flush the toilet unless they pooped. haha I really need to watch this now. That's insane.
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Sundae posted:With a toilet costing a nickel per flush on the west coast and a 5 min shower blowing past a dollar, I get wanting to save the water. Spend long enough paying $8.55 per ccf and $0.53 per kWh and you'll go into frugal mode too. Got drat! Here on the water lands of the Great lakes my water and sewer is like 95-110 a quarter for essentially a 3 person family with laundry and the like all done in home.
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Fil5000 posted:As we all know from Pat Finnerty, all you have to do is fold up. Or buy a hot tub that goes in your garage. (speaking into a dictaphone) Idea: a bath that folds down, like those beds in 1930s 'zany hotel' comedies.
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so I could say that I finally figured out what this god damned cube is doing. Get well Lowtax.
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tater_salad posted:Got drat! Here on the water lands of the Great lakes my water and sewer is like 95-110 a quarter for essentially a 3 person family with laundry and the like all done in home. I was off by a dollar, actually. $7.55, not $8.55 per CCF. A low-flow toilet will run you about 2 cents, not a nickel; my mistake.  But yeah, the billing rates on this side of the country are just crazy compared to when I was back in New England.  
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Sundae posted:I was off by a dollar, actually. $7.55, not $8.55 per CCF. A low-flow toilet will run you about 2 cents, not a nickel; my mistake. That's a California thing not a West Coast thing. Seattle area $2.10/CCF and $0.11/kWh.
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Cerekk posted:That's a California thing not a West Coast thing. Seattle area $2.10/CCF and $0.11/kWh. Seattle itself is $5.76/ccf off peak and then it’s tiered May 16- Sept. 15. Sewer is where they get you anyway.
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dont watch the show. it's all probably made up.
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My wife sometimes watches terrible reality shows and there's one she likes called "Buying Alaska". It's sometimes hilarious because it's main gimmick is people like "I hate everyone I hate all people I just want to be in the great open wilds" and then they get excited about finding a house whose main selling point is an indoor flush toilet. Anyway one episode this couple bought a house except it had no water. No city water no well nothing, everything had to be trucked in. The said the price of the water delivery was $.05/gallon and I almost died. In that situation I think a rain barrel and grey water system is actually justified. Except these were random boomers from like Indiana who just "liked fishing" so I assume they died shortly after moving in.
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Getting a well put in isn't cheap but it's not THAT expensive. Most of the reasons you wouldn't be able to put in a well are related to other reasons you would not want that property (environmental contamination etc)
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Baddog posted:Gotta normalize a quick poop in the tub to trial it out during the house hunt. Fixed with a better suggestion.
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spincube posted:(speaking into a dictaphone) Idea: a bath that folds down, like those beds in 1930s 'zany hotel' comedies. Murphy beds, those still exist.
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tumblr hype man posted:Sewer is where they get you anyway. Yep, my sewer costs are almost $100/month.
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Under water on my car loanquote:Hi all,
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Yeah the asserted fact pattern is so wildly unrealistic that that one is transparently fiction. Just picking the two most obvious lols, no Mercedes S class is worth that little if it runs at all--and might be worth more than $3K just to strip for parts even if it doesn't--and a broke-rear end college student isn't getting a $25,000 car loan without his parents co-signing. Like 98% of reddit posts are fiction, and I don't mind a little kayfabe, but this one's not even got any effort put into it. Eric the Mauve fucked around with this message at 17:19 on Apr 20, 2024 |
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Eh, it rings more true to me because my brother’s friend did the same thing in college. He had bought an older Audi A8 and had to sell it at a huge loss when he learned after a year of ownership that some necessary service was $5k.
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Eric the Mauve posted:Yeah the asserted fact pattern is so wildly unrealistic that that one is transparently fiction. I agree that this is probably fiction, but to devil's advocate a bit I'll note that they say they financed for $25k. If it's a buy here pay here lot with usurious rates I could easily see some idiot college kid getting a "nice" car and the dealership being willing to extend them that kind of credit, as their entire business model is extending credit to people who can't get it through normal means and then making money off the loan until they repro and sell it to the next sucker. edit: point being those dealerships also really over value their junk cars. A $15k car at a normal used lot could easily be a $25k one after a detailing at one of those BHPH places.
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