On Tue, 26 Jan 2016 16:27:39 -0700, graham > wrote:

>On 26/01/2016 3:43 PM, wrote:
>> On Tue, 26 Jan 2016 17:37:22 -0500, Nancy Young
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> On 1/26/2016 3:24 PM, Cheri wrote:
>>>>
>>>> "Nancy Young" > wrote
>>>
>>>>> My thought exactly, all that water down the drain. I feel the
>>>>> same way about running water till it's hot just to wash a plate
>>>>> or a pot. I don't know if I'm technically in a drought situation
>>>>> right now, especially with this snow, but I think it's something
>>>>> to consider.
>>>
>>>> Here in CA we do have to be very aware of water waste because of the
>>>> drought so that would not be an option for me.
>>>
>>> I'm sure you get used to thinking that way all the time.
>>> We didn't get any rain last summer, and you really start to
>>> think about why you're running the faucet.
>>>
>>> nancy
>>
>> And do you turn the tap off while you wash your teeth? I have always
>> done so even though I live in well watered parts.
>>
>My Mother never wasted water. It came from the time when we lived in an
>isolated farmhouse and she had to carry buckets nearly half a mile.
>Graham

I know how she felt. The well pump failed at my fathers place in
Spain one summer and I was hauling up buckets of water, carrying them
to the house in a wheel barrow in extreme heat to find my mother
washing the kids hair with generous splashing of water. She didn't
really understand why I felt mad lol