Reply to: Free Water!

[bogeyman]

Wow! How posh is CongtractorUK that we can't even spell lager?

"Tabatha! Fetch another pink Bollie, there's a dear."

Ha ha! It's a fair cop guvnor, but society is to blame.

I honestly can't remember the last time I drank larger in the UK. Pish the lot of it.

Mind you, Bollinger is a mediocre champagne favoured by the nouveau rich and assorted arrivistes. Try some Taittinger instead.

[expat]

Depends on where you live... I doubt that applies in Wales... it never stops frigging raining...

But all that water belongs to England

[Durbs]

It only filled so quickly as we all cam round and had a wee in it.

HTH

Nooooo, you do realise HMRC can smell contractor urine from 20 miles away, luckily we live upwind of them but have just moved house just in case.

[BrowneIssue]

Acid rain is better for everything than Tesco Larger.

When was the last time you heard of vast acreages of Scandinavian pine forests being killed off by Tesco Economy Larger?

Wow! How posh is CongtractorUK that we can't even spell lager?

"Tabatha! Fetch another pink Bollie, there's a dear."

[BrilloPad]

As part of Mrs Durbs drive to go green i spent yesterday sawing guttering and downpipes to fit a rainwater diverter kit. Started raining as i went to bed last night so was rubbing my hands together thinking of the few litres i'd capture to water the veg.

Just come down this morning and checked my new water butt and unbelievably its filled an empty 136 litre barrel to the brim overnight!!

Thats us sorted for when civilisation collapses next week.

It only filled so quickly as we all cam round and had a wee in it.

HTH

[Sysman]

Huh? All that clean water was doing the water board a favour - helping sluice out the drains, which would otherwise have been more likely to clog up and smell.

So in theory, your neighbour should have been charging *them*!

Apparently the water board saw it as using their drains, whereas without a roof, the rain would soak into the ground.

Which might be a bit tricky since it had a concrete floor,

It was quite a big place, so the bill was worth saving.

[bogeyman]

Acid rain is better for everything than Tesco Larger.

Not sure of your logic there HAB.

When was the last time you heard of vast acreages of Scandinavian pine forests being killed off by Tesco Economy Larger?

I suppose the hearty Scandinavian forresters might have been drinking the evil brew and subsequently pissing on the tree roots, but it seems somewhat unlikely.

[HairyArsedBloke]

Dunno, but i'm sure i could buy the equivalent volume in Tesco lager for a lot cheaper. Not sure the Tomatoes would tolerate it though.

Acid rain is better for everything than Tesco Larger.

[OwlHoot]

Meanwhile back at the ranch, er, I mean in the UK, one of my neighbours ended up taking the roof off a disused warehouse because the water board wanted to charge him for sewerage - i.e the rain wot came off the roof was using their drains.

Huh? All that clean water was doing the water board a favour - helping sluice out the drains, which would otherwise have been more likely to clog up and smell.

So in theory, your neighbour should have been charging *them*!

[Sysman]

The problem with rainwater collection is that you are depriving the water table of water which is used for EVERYONE else.

If too many people did this, we'd have serious problems with supply.

That is why, in some countries, and also states in the USA, rainwater collection is forbidden.

Linky Here

Meanwhile back at the ranch, er, I mean in the UK, one of my neighbours ended up taking the roof off a disused warehouse because the water board wanted to charge him for sewerage - i.e the rain wot came off the roof was using their drains.

[Cyberman]

What a bizarre law. Luckily, i dont care about everyone else so it isnt an issue in my case.

Yeah... sod them.... I'm a Tory too !!

[Durbs]

The problem with rainwater collection is that you are depriving the water table of water which is used for EVERYONE else.

If too many people did this, we'd have serious problems with supply.

That is why, in some countries, and also states in the USA, rainwater collection is forbidden.

Linky Here

What a bizarre law. Luckily, i dont care about everyone else so it isnt an issue in my case.

[Board Game Geek]

The problem with rainwater collection is that you are depriving the water table of water which is used for EVERYONE else.

If too many people did this, we'd have serious problems with supply.

That is why, in some countries, and also states in the USA, rainwater collection is forbidden.

Linky Here

[Durbs]

It's about 75p per tonne isn't it?

Dunno, but i'm sure i could buy the equivalent volume in Tesco lager for a lot cheaper. Not sure the Tomatoes would tolerate it though.

[Durbs]

We have a monsterous conservatoire that the missus is slowly turning into some sort of Mars mission bio-pod. Takes some watering and the price we're paying on metered water is just criminal.