Water conservation....an idea which holds water?

DavebytheSea · Post by **DavebytheSea** » Mon Jun 26, 2006 11:52 am

No jellyfish at the mo and one very sensible 18 yr old daughter to keep an eye on things!

Great Plum · Post by **Great Plum** » Mon Jun 26, 2006 12:50 pm

sejintenej wrote:
Tim_MaA_MidB wrote:It's a colony of siphonophores.
So? It stings summat awful so if it is or is not a jellyfish doesn't really matter to the victim. ISTR one year when we couldn't go in the water for a week because there were so many Portuguese men-of-war in South Deven - in the 1960's

I'm amazed more people are not stung by weaver fish in the UK; we used to get plenty in the seine nets from the tourist-haven beaches but I never heard of anyone being stung by standing on one.

Although not techincally in the UK, Dad has been stung by a weaver fish in Jersey!

Richard Ruck · Post by **Richard Ruck** » Mon Jun 26, 2006 12:53 pm

Great Plum wrote:Ouaisne Beach (shortest word with all vowels??)

Eh??? What ARE you talking about?

You've spent too long in the sun, I think!

Great Plum · Post by **Great Plum** » Mon Jun 26, 2006 12:55 pm

Richard Ruck wrote:
Great Plum wrote:Ouaisne Beach (shortest word with all vowels??)
Eh??? What ARE you talking about?

You've spent too long in the sun, I think!

it's a beach on Jersey!

Richard Ruck · Post by **Richard Ruck** » Mon Jun 26, 2006 12:58 pm

Not the beach - the stuff about vowels.......

J.R. · Post by **J.R.** » Mon Jun 26, 2006 1:14 pm

I saw on the news a couple of weeks ago that weaver fish have been found off the south west coast recently.

Watch out Jude and Dave !

p.s. Just found this link which might be of interest !

http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/surfing/site ... life.shtml

DavebytheSea · Post by **DavebytheSea** » Mon Jun 26, 2006 1:39 pm

Great Plum wrote:
sejintenej wrote:
Tim_MaA_MidB wrote:It's a colony of siphonophores.
So? It stings summat awful so if it is or is not a jellyfish doesn't really matter to the victim. ISTR one year when we couldn't go in the water for a week because there were so many Portuguese men-of-war in South Deven - in the 1960's

I'm amazed more people are not stung by weaver fish in the UK; we used to get plenty in the seine nets from the tourist-haven beaches but I never heard of anyone being stung by standing on one.
Although not techincally in the UK, Dad has been stung by a weaver fish in Jersey!

We always have one or two weaver fish stings in this locality (Falmouth)each summer. They bury themselves in the sand and are very nasty if you happen to tread on their spikes which are an extension of the dorsal fin. It is not something that happens often though - usually the weaver fish stay away from frequented beaches as they don't like being trodden on.

Great Plum · Post by **Great Plum** » Mon Jun 26, 2006 1:59 pm

Richard Ruck wrote:Not the beach - the stuff about vowels.......

Well it must be the shortest word with all the vowels!

Richard Ruck · Post by **Richard Ruck** » Mon Jun 26, 2006 2:09 pm

Aha, I'm with you now!

All the vowels, not all vowels.

Great Plum · Post by **Great Plum** » Mon Jun 26, 2006 4:19 pm

sorry about that!

Tim_MaA_MidB · Post by **Tim_MaA_MidB** » Mon Jun 26, 2006 5:38 pm

^^ have you sobered up since the wedding yet?

Ruthie-Baby(old a/c) · Mon Jun 26, 2006 7:51 pm

Jude wrote: 1. Peeing on jelly fish stings is correct, it removes the stinging and alleviates the swelling - often you will need a man to pee on it if you are a woman.
2. in other threads I have been telling you all how to water your gardens using shower water from a bath - syphoning it out via the hosepipe into a water butt, and any other things like buckets to ensure you have water on non shower days - although if you have a teenager in the house it will be either all or nothing...
13. If you don;t filter, but don't like the chemicals, pour out a jug of water from the tap, and let it stand for a couple of hours in the fridge - this removes (via evaporation) most of the chemicals - keep the jug topped up and you will always have nice water.
15. Get a meter - it doesn't cost to install, and it may save you over Â£200 a year - that was the 1st years difference when I moved from un-metered to metered.
16. keep your freezer full - if you can't afford to fill a chest freezer use boxes stuffed with paper, it cost's less when it's full thant when it is only Â½full.
20. recycle as much as you can - most smaller communities get money back for the recycled products which can then be put to spreading cost of compost bins and water butts....

Wow. Well 1. doesn't explain how it's supposed to be your own but does add something to the debate about whether men are necessary.
2. I live on the 2nd floor and I'm not sure how long my hosepipe I'm not allowed to use would have to be to get to my garden. Which is very green and overgrown despite no one watering it. That's the garden not the non-existent hosepipe.
13. What chemicals?
15. I'd love one, rumour has it they're going to be given to all of us, I don't use much water but how do I get one?
16. yeah but how does that save water?
20. does Streatham count as a smaller community and who do I get my money back from?

Ruthie-Baby(old a/c) · Mon Jun 26, 2006 7:54 pm

Yeah and also what's a hippo? In the toilet sense please.

And can anyone tell me how you tell which of those little buttons is which on those newfangled toilets you're all talking about? On my limited testing, both buttons appear to flush the same. I've never had one of my own for prolonged testing though, but I do feel I ought to know...

Ruthie-Baby(old a/c) · Mon Jun 26, 2006 7:59 pm

Sorry, more watery ranting:

The fact that you use more water in a bath than a shower is COMPLETE RUBBISH.

I have a fairly useless (low power) shower and occasionally I test this by putting the plug in the bath when showering and however short my shower (like 4 minutes) it always fills the bath to about 6 inches which is plenty deep enough for a bath.

So when I wash my hair in the shower (which is quite long - the hair not the shower) the bath would practically overflow.

Ha, so maybe to conserve water I should get a haircut?!?

I love this forum.

Tim_MaA_MidB · Post by **Tim_MaA_MidB** » Mon Jun 26, 2006 8:02 pm

I think you may be in the minority, when you have a 6 inch deep bath.