jmcquown wrote:
> On 6/28/2014 4:08 PM, George Leppla wrote:
>> On 6/28/2014 2:44 PM, jmcquown wrote:
>>> On 6/28/2014 12:54 PM, Janet wrote:
>>>> Surely your water supply co will deliver bottled water, or a shared
>>>> bowser?
>>>>
>>>> Janet UK
>>>
>>> That's a term that skated right over my head. What on earth is a
>>> shared
>>> bowser?
>>>
>>> Jill
>>>
>>
>> A "bowser" is a tanker... usually on wheels. Can be used for water or
>> fuel. Some look like this:
>>
>> http://www.toptecheng.net/Agricultur...%20wheeler.jpg
>>
>>
>>
>> Haven't heard that word used in many years.
>>
>> George
>
> Thanks! There are thousands of people in this area so they'd have
> needed a lot of them. Nope, the water company wouldn't do that for a
> projected 24 hour outage.
>
> I'm glad I got my shower before the water main broke. It would have
> been awful to be stuck with shampoo in my hair when it ran out. Ugh.
>
> Jill
>
>
What hair?

jmcquown wrote:
> On 6/28/2014 4:08 PM, George Leppla wrote:
>> On 6/28/2014 2:44 PM, jmcquown wrote:
>>> On 6/28/2014 12:54 PM, Janet wrote:
>>>> Surely your water supply co will deliver bottled water, or a shared
>>>> bowser?
>>>>
>>>> Janet UK
>>>
>>> That's a term that skated right over my head. What on earth is a
>>> shared
>>> bowser?
>>>
>>> Jill
>>>
>>
>> A "bowser" is a tanker... usually on wheels. Can be used for water or
>> fuel. Some look like this:
>>
>> http://www.toptecheng.net/Agricultur...%20wheeler.jpg
>>
>>
>>
>> Haven't heard that word used in many years.
>>
>> George
>
> Thanks! There are thousands of people in this area so they'd have
> needed a lot of them. Nope, the water company wouldn't do that for a
> projected 24 hour outage.
>
> I'm glad I got my shower before the water main broke. It would have
> been awful to be stuck with shampoo in my hair when it ran out. Ugh.
>
> Jill
http://tinypic.com/r/r26wk4/8

S Viemeister > wrote:
>
>Scottish Water have delivered bottled water (cases of it!) to my front
>door when we've had major outages.

Wouldn't "Scottish Water" be a euphemism for *booze*?

Earl wrote:
>jmcquown wrote:
>>
>> I'm glad I got my shower before the water main broke. It would have
>> been awful to be stuck with shampoo in my hair when it ran out. Ugh.
>
>What hair?
http://tinypic.com/r/r26wk4/8

Ahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha. . . .

Lotsa dirt going on behind the scene... is she hitting on you too? LOL

On 6/28/2014 10:47 PM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
> Earl wrote:
>> jmcquown wrote:
>>>
>>> I'm glad I got my shower before the water main broke. It would have
>>> been awful to be stuck with shampoo in my hair when it ran out. Ugh.
>>
>> What hair?
> http://tinypic.com/r/r26wk4/8
>
> Ahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha. . . .
>
> Lotsa dirt going on behind the scene... is she hitting on you too? LOL
>
Assholes, both of you. My hair is down to the middle of my back. It
was pulled back in a pony tail in that picture. You dickheads need to
get a life, or suck each other off.

Jill

On Sun, 29 Jun 2014 08:47:39 +1000, Jeßus > wrote:

> On Sat, 28 Jun 2014 18:06:00 -0400, jmcquown >
> wrote:
>
> >On 6/28/2014 5:03 PM, Jeßus wrote:
> >> On Sat, 28 Jun 2014 15:17:12 -0400, jmcquown >
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >>> What I can't fathom is the water company delivering bottled water to
> >>> *thousands* of customers in a remote area due to a possible 24 hour
> >>> outage. Why would Janet UK think they would?
> >>
> >> They do that in Aus sometimes if it's a significant outage.
> >> Is your water company privately owned? And you don't live in a remote
> >> area from I've seen and read thus far
> >>
> >It's owned and controlled jointly by two neighboring counties. Yes, I
> >live in a fairly remote area. Not nearly as remote as you.
>
> I wasn't comparing between us, I'll have to look this dataw business
> up and have a look-see Remote to me would have to be at least 20
> minutes drive from anywhere else. I guess at some point, if the outage
> was big enough then they would have to begin delivering water in other
> ways?

I live in a city and water mains do go out, but I've never heard of
anyone being provided with complimentary water.

--
I take life with a grain of salt, a slice of lemon and a shot of tequila

On Sat, 28 Jun 2014 20:41:17 -0400, S Viemeister
> wrote:

> On 6/28/2014 3:17 PM, jmcquown wrote:
>
> > What I can't fathom is the water company delivering bottled water to
> > *thousands* of customers in a remote area due to a possible 24 hour
> > outage. Why would Janet UK think they would?
> >
> Scottish Water have delivered bottled water (cases of it!) to my front
> door when we've had major outages.

You've experienced that multiple times... like some people have
constant power outages? Gah.

--
I take life with a grain of salt, a slice of lemon and a shot of tequila

On Sat, 28 Jun 2014 18:38:20 -0700, The Other Guy
> wrote:

> On Sat, 28 Jun 2014 20:41:17 -0400, S Viemeister
> > wrote:
>
> >On 6/28/2014 3:17 PM, jmcquown wrote:
> >
> >> What I can't fathom is the water company delivering bottled water to
> >> *thousands* of customers in a remote area due to a possible 24 hour
> >> outage. Why would Janet UK think they would?
> >>
> >Scottish Water have delivered bottled water (cases of it!) to my front
> >door when we've had major outages.
>
> It's what civilized places do.

Civilized places would figure out how not to have those continual
outages.

--
I take life with a grain of salt, a slice of lemon and a shot of tequila

On Sat, 28 Jun 2014 17:09:49 -0700, The Other Guy
> wrote:

> >LOL My Google search turned up a lot of stuff about dogs. Nothing
> >about some big shared water tank.

Mind did because I searched for "bowser UK". No dogs at all.

--
I take life with a grain of salt, a slice of lemon and a shot of tequila

"Janet" > wrote in message
t...
> In article >,
> says...
>>
>> A water main in the area broke. It's going to take until at least until
>> Noon Saturday 6/28 to get it repaired.
>>
>> I was going to make pasta for dinner. That plan is now scrapped. I can
>> always thaw some leftovers and heat them in the microwave. But I was
>> really looking forward to some angel-hair pasta. I'd planned crawfish
>> tail meat tossed in a butter/garlic sauce with steamed broccoli. Darnit.
>>
>> The Club (or any restaurant affected by the break) certainly can't
>> function without water. I guess they're going to have to shut down
>> until it's repaired.
>>
>> I do keep jugs of water on hand for emergencies, but that's mostly for
>> being able to flush the toilet.
>>
>> I'm betting the nearest store will run out of bottled water today.
>>
>> Jill
>
> Surely your water supply co will deliver bottled water, or a shared
> bowser?

Why would the water company deliver bottled water? And what's a shared
bowser?

"jmcquown" > wrote in message
...
> On 6/28/2014 3:02 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
>> On 2014-06-28 2:01 PM, jmcquown wrote:
>>> On 6/28/2014 12:54 PM, Janet wrote:
>>>> In article >,
>>>> says...
>>>>>
>>>>> A water main in the area broke. It's going to take until at least
>>>>> until
>>>>> Noon Saturday 6/28 to get it repaired.
>>>>>
>>>>> Jill
>>>>
>>>> Surely your water supply co will deliver bottled water, or a shared
>>>> bowser?
>>>>
>>>> Janet UK
>>>>
>>> Nope. Moot point since they fixed it yesterday. I guess they erred on
>>> the side of caution when making the predictions about when it would be
>>> repaired.
>>>
>>
>> I hope you didn't have to throw out everything in your freezer like
>> Julie did when her power went out for a few hours ;-)
>>
> Hush! I didn't even have to open one of the gallon jugs of water to flush
> the toilet or to give the cat fresh water.
>
> What I can't fathom is the water company delivering bottled water to
> *thousands* of customers in a remote area due to a possible 24 hour
> outage. Why would Janet UK think they would?

That was my thought too. Everywhere I have lived, we have been told to keep
bottled water for emergencies.

"sf" > wrote in message
...
> On Sun, 29 Jun 2014 08:47:39 +1000, Jeßus > wrote:
>
>> On Sat, 28 Jun 2014 18:06:00 -0400, jmcquown >
>> wrote:
>>
>> >On 6/28/2014 5:03 PM, Jeßus wrote:
>> >> On Sat, 28 Jun 2014 15:17:12 -0400, jmcquown >
>> >> wrote:
>> >>
>> >>> What I can't fathom is the water company delivering bottled water to
>> >>> *thousands* of customers in a remote area due to a possible 24 hour
>> >>> outage. Why would Janet UK think they would?
>> >>
>> >> They do that in Aus sometimes if it's a significant outage.
>> >> Is your water company privately owned? And you don't live in a remote
>> >> area from I've seen and read thus far
>> >>
>> >It's owned and controlled jointly by two neighboring counties. Yes, I
>> >live in a fairly remote area. Not nearly as remote as you.
>>
>> I wasn't comparing between us, I'll have to look this dataw business
>> up and have a look-see Remote to me would have to be at least 20
>> minutes drive from anywhere else. I guess at some point, if the outage
>> was big enough then they would have to begin delivering water in other
>> ways?
>
> I live in a city and water mains do go out, but I've never heard of
> anyone being provided with complimentary water.
>
Only time I ever got it was on a military base. At times our water ran red.
If you had light colored hair and washed it while the water was like that,
it would dye your hair red. Same for light colored clothing. The first few
times it happened to me, it only affected my hair.

But then a coworker lost a whole load of white clothing and presented them
with a bill to replace them. All of a sudden after that, they provided us
with water when it happened and told us not to drink it. Odd thing was, we
had to buy bottled anyway as it likely wasn't potable. When we first moved
in, we had made coffee with it but then my husband called and told us not to
drink it. Had all sorts of chemicals in it that a filter wouldn't remove.

I couldn't afford to buy it to bathe in or even wash dishes though so I did
use it for that.

"jmcquown" > wrote in message
...
> On 6/28/2014 12:54 PM, Janet wrote:
>> Surely your water supply co will deliver bottled water, or a shared
>> bowser?
>>
>> Janet UK
>
> That's a term that skated right over my head. What on earth is a shared
> bowser?

All I can think of is Bowser from Sha Na Na.

"Pico Rico" > wrote in message
...
>
> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
> ...
>> On 6/28/2014 12:54 PM, Janet wrote:
>>> Surely your water supply co will deliver bottled water, or a shared
>>> bowser?
>>>
>>> Janet UK
>>
>> That's a term that skated right over my head. What on earth is a shared
>> bowser?
>>
>
> a bowser is a water tender.

What in the world is a water tender?

"jmcquown" > wrote in message
...
> On 6/28/2014 4:08 PM, George Leppla wrote:
>> On 6/28/2014 2:44 PM, jmcquown wrote:
>>> On 6/28/2014 12:54 PM, Janet wrote:
>>>> Surely your water supply co will deliver bottled water, or a shared
>>>> bowser?
>>>>
>>>> Janet UK
>>>
>>> That's a term that skated right over my head. What on earth is a shared
>>> bowser?
>>>
>>> Jill
>>>
>>
>> A "bowser" is a tanker... usually on wheels. Can be used for water or
>> fuel. Some look like this:
>>
>> http://www.toptecheng.net/Agricultur...%20wheeler.jpg
>>
>>
>> Haven't heard that word used in many years.
>>
>> George
>
> Thanks! There are thousands of people in this area so they'd have needed
> a lot of them. Nope, the water company wouldn't do that for a projected
> 24 hour outage.
>
> I'm glad I got my shower before the water main broke. It would have been
> awful to be stuck with shampoo in my hair when it ran out. Ugh.

Happened to me once. Not a broken main but water shut off. I had only one
bottle of water left in the house. I used it carefully and managed to get
the shampoo out. Then I called the neighbors and asked if they needed a
case of water as they didn't have vehicles and were stuck home with their
kids.

Turned out after I got the water back, their water was never even shut off
and mine was only off for a few minutes.

"jmcquown" > wrote in message
...
> On 6/28/2014 10:47 PM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
>> Earl wrote:
>>> jmcquown wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I'm glad I got my shower before the water main broke. It would have
>>>> been awful to be stuck with shampoo in my hair when it ran out. Ugh.
>>>
>>> What hair?
>> http://tinypic.com/r/r26wk4/8
>>
>> Ahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha. . . .
>>
>> Lotsa dirt going on behind the scene... is she hitting on you too? LOL
>>
> Assholes, both of you. My hair is down to the middle of my back. It was
> pulled back in a pony tail in that picture. You dickheads need to get a
> life, or suck each other off.

Ew.

"Cheri" > wrote in message
...
>
> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
> ...
>> On 6/28/2014 4:07 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
>>> On 2014-06-28 3:44 PM, jmcquown wrote:
>>>> On 6/28/2014 12:54 PM, Janet wrote:
>>>>> Surely your water supply co will deliver bottled water, or a shared
>>>>> bowser?
>>>>>
>>>>> Janet UK
>>>>
>>>> That's a term that skated right over my head. What on earth is a
>>>> shared
>>>> bowser?
>>>>
>>>
>>> Google is your friend. It is a tanker, usually for fresh water. They can
>>> be truck mounted or trailer units.
>>>
>> I Googled. All I found were references to dogs!
>>
>> Jill
>
> I immediately thought of Sha Na Na and the deep voiced singer named
> Bowzer. :-)

Me too. You mean we have to share him?

"sf" > wrote in message
...
> On Sat, 28 Jun 2014 18:38:20 -0700, The Other Guy
> > wrote:
>
>> On Sat, 28 Jun 2014 20:41:17 -0400, S Viemeister
>> > wrote:
>>
>> >On 6/28/2014 3:17 PM, jmcquown wrote:
>> >
>> >> What I can't fathom is the water company delivering bottled water to
>> >> *thousands* of customers in a remote area due to a possible 24 hour
>> >> outage. Why would Janet UK think they would?
>> >>
>> >Scottish Water have delivered bottled water (cases of it!) to my front
>> >door when we've had major outages.
>>
>> It's what civilized places do.
>
> Civilized places would figure out how not to have those continual
> outages.

LOL

On Sat, 28 Jun 2014 20:47:33 -0400, jmcquown >
wrote:

>On 6/28/2014 6:47 PM, Jeßus wrote:
>> On Sat, 28 Jun 2014 18:06:00 -0400, jmcquown >
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On 6/28/2014 5:03 PM, Jeßus wrote:
>>>> On Sat, 28 Jun 2014 15:17:12 -0400, jmcquown >
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> What I can't fathom is the water company delivering bottled water to
>>>>> *thousands* of customers in a remote area due to a possible 24 hour
>>>>> outage. Why would Janet UK think they would?
>>>>
>>>> They do that in Aus sometimes if it's a significant outage.
>>>> Is your water company privately owned? And you don't live in a remote
>>>> area from I've seen and read thus far
>>>>
>>> It's owned and controlled jointly by two neighboring counties. Yes, I
>>> live in a fairly remote area. Not nearly as remote as you.
>>
>> I wasn't comparing between us, I'll have to look this dataw business
>> up and have a look-see Remote to me would have to be at least 20
>> minutes drive from anywhere else. I guess at some point, if the outage
>> was big enough then they would have to begin delivering water in other
>> ways?
>>
>Look at Saint Helena Island because that's where the water main broke.
>It wasn't just "my" neighborhood. If the outage had lasted longer I'm
>sure they'd have figured out something. 24 hours (and it didn't last
>that long) is nothing to get alarmed about. It's not like a water main
>breaks all the time.

That's true. Besides, there's always alcohol and coffee.
If there was an outage of those, then I'd get emotional...

On Sat, 28 Jun 2014 21:20:12 -0700, sf > wrote:

>On Sun, 29 Jun 2014 08:47:39 +1000, Jeßus > wrote:
>
>> On Sat, 28 Jun 2014 18:06:00 -0400, jmcquown >
>> wrote:
>>
>> >On 6/28/2014 5:03 PM, Jeßus wrote:
>> >> On Sat, 28 Jun 2014 15:17:12 -0400, jmcquown >
>> >> wrote:
>> >>
>> >>> What I can't fathom is the water company delivering bottled water to
>> >>> *thousands* of customers in a remote area due to a possible 24 hour
>> >>> outage. Why would Janet UK think they would?
>> >>
>> >> They do that in Aus sometimes if it's a significant outage.
>> >> Is your water company privately owned? And you don't live in a remote
>> >> area from I've seen and read thus far
>> >>
>> >It's owned and controlled jointly by two neighboring counties. Yes, I
>> >live in a fairly remote area. Not nearly as remote as you.
>>
>> I wasn't comparing between us, I'll have to look this dataw business
>> up and have a look-see Remote to me would have to be at least 20
>> minutes drive from anywhere else. I guess at some point, if the outage
>> was big enough then they would have to begin delivering water in other
>> ways?
>
>I live in a city and water mains do go out, but I've never heard of
>anyone being provided with complimentary water.

Okidokes. Maybe they would if the outage went on for days on end
(unlikely).

On Sat, 28 Jun 2014 21:30:20 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> wrote:

>"Janet" > wrote in message
et...
>>
>> Surely your water supply co will deliver bottled water, or a shared
>> bowser?
>
>Why would the water company deliver bottled water?

Why do you think? Janet isn't in the U.S, if it sounds unusual to you.

>And what's a shared bowser?

It's already been explained in the thread.

On Sat, 28 Jun 2014 21:23:15 -0700, sf > wrote:

>On Sat, 28 Jun 2014 18:38:20 -0700, The Other Guy
> wrote:
>
>> On Sat, 28 Jun 2014 20:41:17 -0400, S Viemeister
>> > wrote:
>>
>> >On 6/28/2014 3:17 PM, jmcquown wrote:
>> >
>> >> What I can't fathom is the water company delivering bottled water to
>> >> *thousands* of customers in a remote area due to a possible 24 hour
>> >> outage. Why would Janet UK think they would?
>> >>
>> >Scottish Water have delivered bottled water (cases of it!) to my front
>> >door when we've had major outages.
>>
>> It's what civilized places do.
>
>Civilized places would figure out how not to have those continual
>outages.

Continual?

On 2014-06-27 19:27:07 +0000, jmcquown said:

> A water main in the area broke. It's going to take until at least
> until Noon Saturday 6/28 to get it repaired.
>
> I was going to make pasta for dinner. That plan is now scrapped. I
> can always thaw some leftovers and heat them in the microwave. But I
> was really looking forward to some angel-hair pasta. I'd planned
> crawfish tail meat tossed in a butter/garlic sauce with steamed
> broccoli. Darnit.
>
> The Club (or any restaurant affected by the break) certainly can't
> function without water. I guess they're going to have to shut down
> until it's repaired.
>
> I do keep jugs of water on hand for emergencies, but that's mostly for
> being able to flush the toilet.
>
> I'm betting the nearest store will run out of bottled water today.
>
> Jill

We keep about 30 gallons on hand here in case of a quake or other
disaster. Maybe it's time to upgrade the capacity of your water stores?

On 2014-06-28 19:17:12 +0000, jmcquown said:

> On 6/28/2014 3:02 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
>> On 2014-06-28 2:01 PM, jmcquown wrote:
>>> On 6/28/2014 12:54 PM, Janet wrote:
>>>> In article >,
>>>> says...
>>>>>
>>>>> A water main in the area broke. It's going to take until at least
>>>>> until
>>>>> Noon Saturday 6/28 to get it repaired.
>>>>>
>>>>> Jill
>>>>
>>>> Surely your water supply co will deliver bottled water, or a shared
>>>> bowser?
>>>>
>>>> Janet UK
>>>>
>>> Nope. Moot point since they fixed it yesterday. I guess they erred on
>>> the side of caution when making the predictions about when it would be
>>> repaired.
>>>
>>
>> I hope you didn't have to throw out everything in your freezer like
>> Julie did when her power went out for a few hours ;-)
>>
> Hush! I didn't even have to open one of the gallon jugs of water to
> flush the toilet or to give the cat fresh water.
>
> What I can't fathom is the water company delivering bottled water to
> *thousands* of customers in a remote area due to a possible 24 hour
> outage. Why would Janet UK think they would?
>
> Jill

People in the UK are much more used to the system taking care of their
needs. We have more of a frontier spirit in the USA.

On Sun, 29 Jun 2014 00:13:40 -0700, Oregonian Haruspex
> wrote:

>On 2014-06-28 19:17:12 +0000, jmcquown said:
>
>> On 6/28/2014 3:02 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
>>> On 2014-06-28 2:01 PM, jmcquown wrote:
>>>> On 6/28/2014 12:54 PM, Janet wrote:
>>>>> In article >,
>>>>> says...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> A water main in the area broke. It's going to take until at least
>>>>>> until
>>>>>> Noon Saturday 6/28 to get it repaired.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Jill
>>>>>
>>>>> Surely your water supply co will deliver bottled water, or a shared
>>>>> bowser?
>>>>>
>>>>> Janet UK
>>>>>
>>>> Nope. Moot point since they fixed it yesterday. I guess they erred on
>>>> the side of caution when making the predictions about when it would be
>>>> repaired.
>>>>
>>>
>>> I hope you didn't have to throw out everything in your freezer like
>>> Julie did when her power went out for a few hours ;-)
>>>
>> Hush! I didn't even have to open one of the gallon jugs of water to
>> flush the toilet or to give the cat fresh water.
>>
>> What I can't fathom is the water company delivering bottled water to
>> *thousands* of customers in a remote area due to a possible 24 hour
>> outage. Why would Janet UK think they would?
>
>People in the UK are much more used to the system taking care of their
>needs.

What you really mean is, corporations take 'care' of you.
All a matter of degree though.

>We have more of a frontier spirit in the USA.

Thats hilarious.

In article >,
says...
>
> On 6/28/2014 3:02 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
> > On 2014-06-28 2:01 PM, jmcquown wrote:
> >> On 6/28/2014 12:54 PM, Janet wrote:
> >>> In article >,
> >>> says...
> >>>>
> >>>> A water main in the area broke. It's going to take until at least
> >>>> until
> >>>> Noon Saturday 6/28 to get it repaired.
> >>>>
> >>>> Jill
> >>>
> >>> Surely your water supply co will deliver bottled water, or a shared
> >>> bowser?
> >>>
> >>> Janet UK
> >>>
> >> Nope. Moot point since they fixed it yesterday. I guess they erred on
> >> the side of caution when making the predictions about when it would be
> >> repaired.
> >>
> >
> > I hope you didn't have to throw out everything in your freezer like
> > Julie did when her power went out for a few hours ;-)
> >
> Hush! I didn't even have to open one of the gallon jugs of water to
> flush the toilet or to give the cat fresh water.
>
> What I can't fathom is the water company delivering bottled water to
> *thousands* of customers in a remote area due to a possible 24 hour
> outage. Why would Janet UK think they would?

Because it's what they do here.

Janet UK.

In article >,
says...
>
> On 6/28/2014 8:41 PM, S Viemeister wrote:
> > On 6/28/2014 3:17 PM, jmcquown wrote:
> >
> >> What I can't fathom is the water company delivering bottled water to
> >> *thousands* of customers in a remote area due to a possible 24 hour
> >> outage. Why would Janet UK think they would?
> >>
> > Scottish Water have delivered bottled water (cases of it!) to my front
> > door when we've had major outages.
> >
> 24 hours isn't what I'd call a "major" outage.

It is in remote areas miles from shops, to the housebound, sick,
incontinent, bottlefed infants in nappies etc. A water company can't
always be certain of repair within the advertised time.

Janet UK

In article >,
says...
>
> On 6/28/2014 12:54 PM, Janet wrote:
> > Surely your water supply co will deliver bottled water, or a shared
> > bowser?
> >
> > Janet UK
>
> That's a term that skated right over my head. What on earth is a shared
> bowser?
>
> Jill

It's a mobile tank on wheels (with a tap) which the water company
fills then tows to where it's needed and replenishes as required.

http://www.argyll1st.co.uk/water-bowsers.html

Janet UK

On Sun, 29 Jun 2014 09:56:27 +0100, Janet > wrote:

>In article >,
>says...
>>
>> On 6/28/2014 12:54 PM, Janet wrote:
>> > Surely your water supply co will deliver bottled water, or a shared
>> > bowser?
>> >
>> > Janet UK
>>
>> That's a term that skated right over my head. What on earth is a shared
>> bowser?
>
> It's a mobile tank on wheels (with a tap) which the water company
>fills then tows to where it's needed and replenishes as required.
>
> http://www.argyll1st.co.uk/water-bowsers.html

A bowser can contain petrol too, that's what you pump out of at
service stations. Me, I'd much rather a beer bowser.

"Jeßus" > wrote in message
...
> On Sat, 28 Jun 2014 20:47:33 -0400, jmcquown >
> wrote:
>
>>On 6/28/2014 6:47 PM, Jeßus wrote:
>>> On Sat, 28 Jun 2014 18:06:00 -0400, jmcquown >
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 6/28/2014 5:03 PM, Jeßus wrote:
>>>>> On Sat, 28 Jun 2014 15:17:12 -0400, jmcquown >
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> What I can't fathom is the water company delivering bottled water to
>>>>>> *thousands* of customers in a remote area due to a possible 24 hour
>>>>>> outage. Why would Janet UK think they would?
>>>>>
>>>>> They do that in Aus sometimes if it's a significant outage.
>>>>> Is your water company privately owned? And you don't live in a remote
>>>>> area from I've seen and read thus far
>>>>>
>>>> It's owned and controlled jointly by two neighboring counties. Yes, I
>>>> live in a fairly remote area. Not nearly as remote as you.
>>>
>>> I wasn't comparing between us, I'll have to look this dataw business
>>> up and have a look-see Remote to me would have to be at least 20
>>> minutes drive from anywhere else. I guess at some point, if the outage
>>> was big enough then they would have to begin delivering water in other
>>> ways?
>>>
>>Look at Saint Helena Island because that's where the water main broke.
>>It wasn't just "my" neighborhood. If the outage had lasted longer I'm
>>sure they'd have figured out something. 24 hours (and it didn't last
>>that long) is nothing to get alarmed about. It's not like a water main
>>breaks all the time.
>
> That's true. Besides, there's always alcohol and coffee.
> If there was an outage of those, then I'd get emotional...

Yers I can see that ;-) Specially the beer ))


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"The Other Guy" > wrote in message
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> On Sat, 28 Jun 2014 20:41:17 -0400, S Viemeister
> > wrote:
>
>>On 6/28/2014 3:17 PM, jmcquown wrote:
>>
>>> What I can't fathom is the water company delivering bottled water to
>>> *thousands* of customers in a remote area due to a possible 24 hour
>>> outage. Why would Janet UK think they would?
>>>
>>Scottish Water have delivered bottled water (cases of it!) to my front
>>door when we've had major outages.
>
> It's what civilized places do.

Or more likely what places with few people do. I can't imagine that ever
happening here.

"sf" > wrote in message
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> On Sat, 28 Jun 2014 18:38:20 -0700, The Other Guy
> > wrote:
>
>> On Sat, 28 Jun 2014 20:41:17 -0400, S Viemeister
>> > wrote:
>>
>> >On 6/28/2014 3:17 PM, jmcquown wrote:
>> >
>> >> What I can't fathom is the water company delivering bottled water to
>> >> *thousands* of customers in a remote area due to a possible 24 hour
>> >> outage. Why would Janet UK think they would?
>> >>
>> >Scottish Water have delivered bottled water (cases of it!) to my front
>> >door when we've had major outages.
>>
>> It's what civilized places do.
>
> Civilized places would figure out how not to have those continual
> outages.

True.

"Oregonian Haruspex" > wrote in message
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> On 2014-06-28 19:17:12 +0000, jmcquown said:
>
>> On 6/28/2014 3:02 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
>>> On 2014-06-28 2:01 PM, jmcquown wrote:
>>>> On 6/28/2014 12:54 PM, Janet wrote:
>>>>> In article >,
>>>>> says...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> A water main in the area broke. It's going to take until at least
>>>>>> until
>>>>>> Noon Saturday 6/28 to get it repaired.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Jill
>>>>>
>>>>> Surely your water supply co will deliver bottled water, or a shared
>>>>> bowser?
>>>>>
>>>>> Janet UK
>>>>>
>>>> Nope. Moot point since they fixed it yesterday. I guess they erred on
>>>> the side of caution when making the predictions about when it would be
>>>> repaired.
>>>>
>>>
>>> I hope you didn't have to throw out everything in your freezer like
>>> Julie did when her power went out for a few hours ;-)
>>>
>> Hush! I didn't even have to open one of the gallon jugs of water to
>> flush the toilet or to give the cat fresh water.
>>
>> What I can't fathom is the water company delivering bottled water to
>> *thousands* of customers in a remote area due to a possible 24 hour
>> outage. Why would Janet UK think they would?
>>
>> Jill
>
> People in the UK are much more used to the system taking care of their
> needs. We have more of a frontier spirit in the USA.

Apparently so!

"Janet" > wrote in message
t...
> In article >,
> says...
>>
>> On 6/28/2014 3:02 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
>> > On 2014-06-28 2:01 PM, jmcquown wrote:
>> >> On 6/28/2014 12:54 PM, Janet wrote:
>> >>> In article >,
>> >>> says...
>> >>>>
>> >>>> A water main in the area broke. It's going to take until at least
>> >>>> until
>> >>>> Noon Saturday 6/28 to get it repaired.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Jill
>> >>>
>> >>> Surely your water supply co will deliver bottled water, or a
>> >>> shared
>> >>> bowser?
>> >>>
>> >>> Janet UK
>> >>>
>> >> Nope. Moot point since they fixed it yesterday. I guess they erred
>> >> on
>> >> the side of caution when making the predictions about when it would be
>> >> repaired.
>> >>
>> >
>> > I hope you didn't have to throw out everything in your freezer like
>> > Julie did when her power went out for a few hours ;-)
>> >
>> Hush! I didn't even have to open one of the gallon jugs of water to
>> flush the toilet or to give the cat fresh water.
>>
>> What I can't fathom is the water company delivering bottled water to
>> *thousands* of customers in a remote area due to a possible 24 hour
>> outage. Why would Janet UK think they would?
>
> Because it's what they do here.

This is starting to be like the mail box thing!

"jmcquown" > wrote in message
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> On 6/28/2014 10:47 PM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
>> Earl wrote:
>>> jmcquown wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I'm glad I got my shower before the water main broke. It would have
>>>> been awful to be stuck with shampoo in my hair when it ran out. Ugh.
>>>
>>> What hair?
>> http://tinypic.com/r/r26wk4/8
>>
>> Ahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha. . . .
>>
>> Lotsa dirt going on behind the scene... is she hitting on you too? LOL
>>
> Assholes, both of you. My hair is down to the middle of my back. It was
> pulled back in a pony tail in that picture. You dickheads need to get a
> life, or suck each other off.

I don't understand what they are saying is wrong with that picture? You
look good to me. They are just being nasty Let us have some pics of them
here. I bet you they won't!
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"Jeßus" > wrote in message
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> On Sun, 29 Jun 2014 09:56:27 +0100, Janet > wrote:
>
>>In article >,
>>says...
>>>
>>> On 6/28/2014 12:54 PM, Janet wrote:
>>> > Surely your water supply co will deliver bottled water, or a shared
>>> > bowser?
>>> >
>>> > Janet UK
>>>
>>> That's a term that skated right over my head. What on earth is a shared
>>> bowser?
>>
>> It's a mobile tank on wheels (with a tap) which the water company
>>fills then tows to where it's needed and replenishes as required.
>>
>> http://www.argyll1st.co.uk/water-bowsers.html
>
> A bowser can contain petrol too, that's what you pump out of at
> service stations. Me, I'd much rather a beer bowser.

LOL be careful you are starting to sound like an alkie <g>

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On 6/29/2014 6:21 AM, Julie Bove wrote:
>


>>>
>>> What I can't fathom is the water company delivering bottled water to
>>> *thousands* of customers in a remote area due to a possible 24 hour
>>> outage. Why would Janet UK think they would?
>>
>> Because it's what they do here.
>
> This is starting to be like the mail box thing!

When it gets hot and dry here, we get water delivered to the mailbox.

On 6/29/2014 1:23 AM, Jeßus wrote:
> On Sat, 28 Jun 2014 21:20:12 -0700, sf > wrote:

>> I live in a city and water mains do go out, but I've never heard of
>> anyone being provided with complimentary water.
>
> Okidokes. Maybe they would if the outage went on for days on end
> (unlikely).

I think it's your civic duty to keep emergency supplies on hand for
a couple of days at least. Having the water supply shut down for
one day, inconvenient, yes, but they shouldn't have to supply
drinking water to able bodied adults.

They've only done it here when some serious event causes water
to go out for days. Which happened once that I recall, where
the water company planned to replace some structure after a
hurricane but didn't think it was critical. When it collapse,
right at the reservoir, that became critical for hundreds of
thousands of people.

Of course free drinking water was made available then.

nancy

On 6/29/2014 6:44 AM, wrote:

> What about going to work sans shower ?
>

Frequent showering is a fairly modern tradition. Once a week used to be
plenty. Some dermatologists recommend limiting showers to 3 or 4 times
a week.

On 2014-06-29 8:45 AM, Nancy Young wrote:

>
> I think it's your civic duty to keep emergency supplies on hand for
> a couple of days at least. Having the water supply shut down for
> one day, inconvenient, yes, but they shouldn't have to supply
> drinking water to able bodied adults.
>

Why not? They are a public utility and hold the monopoly for supplying
an important commodity to its consumers. In exchange for the monopoly
there should be responsibility. If the system were to break down
completely they can't just walk away from it and leave their customers
without access to potable water.