Men Are Really Odd.

[gness]

Yes I know, Arky. I'm off again.

Thought I'd have a bit of a lie in today. So I did. When I got up to brush my teeth I discovered, with a mouth full of frothy toothpaste, we had no water.

Spluttering froth at Dave I told him. I know, he said, wiping the froth off his tummy. That is as far up as I can splutter on him.
Ahhhh. I forgot to tell you didn't I, he continued, I had a message early on saying it would be off til four.

So, said I......You'll have filled jugs and buckets?

What do you think? :-)

[gness]

No credit or bills here, Ginge. Our water is free.

Ageing bladders and no fun are they, Hoppy. :-(

[Arksided]

Xx ;-) for the OP

[gness]

:-). x

[pastafreak]

Wait...your water is FREE!?? How...I do not comprehend...

[Bazile]

You mean you have running water in your neck of the woods .

Must be a novelty -no?

[gness]

It's a bit complicated, Pasta. Water and sanitation are considered a basic human need and should not be charged for.
I know there is a cost to supplying water even though we live on an island where it rains a fair bit.
Some years ago a TD (MP) decided he would get a bill through to make every home have a water meter. This could have been because he had got his hands on a hanger load of bargain meters.

The process began, the Irish kicked up and the process stopped.

I think it's planned that this year there will be a charge for water but only for excessive use and most of us are well below that.

Industrial and commercial users do pay already.

[gness]

Yes, Baz. It runs down the mountains and we send our children out with buckets to collect it.

[gness]

Water back on. Apparently the hole they were digging was so deep folk reckoned they'd come up in Australia.
Hope Ozzy is okay and hasn't had a blast of cold Irish water. :-)

[gulliver1]

You will have to make do with Liffey Water.

[roadman]

a woman would have filled jugs and buckets if they signed up to the text notifications like good old dave did

[gness]

Too far, Gulliver.

No signing up, Roadman. Dave got a message from the community chat and didn't pass it on.
A woman would have passed it on. ;-)

[rowanwitch]

Last time we had a pre warned problem with water my Dave was still around, he filled two buckets, the kettle three large saucepans, and every empty bottle from the recycle bag. It was off for 30 minutes. How much tea did he think I was going to make!

[gness]

Well at least you could brush your teeth, Rowan. :-)