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| nerys | Jan 22 2012, 01:04 AM Post #91 |
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in my house I would do that in a small bathroom but no one in the house would use it here :-) hehehe plus it will be fun to make it so I can retrofit to an existing sink and toilet. sadly my stove is an "insert" |
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| iamgeo | Jan 22 2012, 01:17 AM Post #92 |
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Big League
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Why would they not use it? It is fresh clean water flowing into the tank. It is not greywater. |
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| Way | Jan 22 2012, 03:28 AM Post #93 |
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I can't remember what I turned my heater down to, I think around 125 or so. Should be plenty hot enough but then I don't shower for more than 15 minutes total and that's including when I have the water shut-off at the shower. Timers are no more difficult than a switch and once it's set, it's much more convenient and there's no forgetting. At a little over $45.52 shipped, it's nowhere near $100: http://www.gradyshardware.com/B00002N5FP/M/B00002N5FP.htm Well worth it in convenience. No need for the flux capacitor or whatever. In some houses, you forget one time and there goes the whole switch idea.. bosses aren't always so forgiving. Whatever floats your boat. I just figured I'd point out the alternative.
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| econoboxer | Jan 22 2012, 04:07 AM Post #94 |
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I am the one on the left.
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Something I do to save money. Bake bread. We don't buy store bought bread ever. How does this save money? I used to run to the store a couple times a week for bread. When I came home from the store, I had a lot more than bread. Now I bake bread once or twice a week, and I shop once or twice a month. Helps me to stay on track with my food budget. Right now we feed our family of four (two teens, two adults) well on $280.00 a month. We eat steak, chicken seafood, and whatever else we want. Also, we don't buy packaged food like hamburger helper, or rice a roni. We cook from whole food ingredients. It tastes better, and its better for you. I watch the circulars and buy what is on sale only. I sit down a make meal plans, then I follow them. |
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| Old Man | Jan 22 2012, 05:40 AM Post #95 |
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| Woodie | Jan 22 2012, 07:25 AM Post #96 |
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Here's your problem, why on Earth would anyone spend more than 5 minutes in the shower? You can wash off the shame of a rape in 7. |
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| Memphis metro | Jan 22 2012, 08:12 AM Post #97 |
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Do you use a bread machine or cook in the oven? Have instructions on making good bread? |
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| iamgeo | Jan 22 2012, 11:25 AM Post #98 |
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| Coche Blanco | Jan 22 2012, 11:36 AM Post #99 |
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Troll Certified
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I take cold 5 minute showers. Sometimes, when I'm feeling like I deserve it, I take luke warm showers. |
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| Memphis metro | Jan 22 2012, 11:47 AM Post #100 |
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You can cut out the cold showers if you would just get yourself neutured. |
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| Coche Blanco | Jan 22 2012, 11:52 AM Post #101 |
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Troll Certified
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Those things aren't free, you know... |
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| Old Man | Jan 22 2012, 11:57 AM Post #102 |
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| Memphis metro | Jan 22 2012, 11:58 AM Post #103 |
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Cheaper though at your local veterinarian. |
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| nerys | Jan 22 2012, 12:02 PM Post #104 |
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at least in my situations I have found making my own bread unviable. I flat out can NOT make a loaf of bread for less than the 85 cents I can buy one for in the store. I am broke so I don't have to worry about coming home from the store with more than I needed :-) as for his inline water heater its simple. it can't heat the water to full hot efficiently enough. it can make it "not cold" but it can't make it "HOT" that requires a much much more powerful heater. I do still bake bread but its specialty breads. (LOVE banana and pumpkin breads) but once I did the math for cost of supplies water and electricity making my own loaf of bread comes out to well over $1 a loaf equivalent. |
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| Coche Blanco | Jan 22 2012, 12:05 PM Post #105 |
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This. But, fresh bread is delicious. |
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