On Sunday, May 24, 2015 at 3:30:59 PM UTC-7, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2015-05-24 2:23 PM, graham wrote:
>
> >> You shut CA down, you shoot the rest of the country in the foot since CA
> >> supplies a whole lot of food for the rest of the country. Yes, I can
> >> imagine it, they are asking people to take military type showers
> >> already, no more than 5 minutes start to finish, get wet, soap up, rinse
> >> off.
> >>
> >> Cheri
> >>
> >>
> > 5 minutes is generous. I can shower in 3!
> > Save water - Shower with a friend!
>
> Even three is luxurious. I can do it in less than a minute. It helps to
> have a hand held shower so you don't get a blast of cold water. I get
> into the tub and turn the water on hot and use the cold water to wet the
> soap and get lather up as the water is warming up. By the time I have
> hot water I am ready to rinse.

Yes, but we collect the cold water that runs off while waiting for it to warm up. I have bought a dozen or more big gallon pitchers and I use that water to water the outdoors. It's amazing how much water runs down the drain while we (used to) wait.

Nellie