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Hose pipe ban ...

Postby Adamski - Mon Mar 12, 2012 7:02 pm

No mention of Scotland :)


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Postby Liam-O - Mon Mar 12, 2012 7:05 pm

If there's water in the taps I'll be washing my car :-)
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Re: Hose pipe ban ...

Postby wegras - Mon Mar 12, 2012 7:09 pm

micz4 wrote:Ban comes into effect on the 5th of April for my part of Hampshire :tumbleweed:


Looks like Portsmouth Water area not affected :)
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Re: Hose pipe ban ...

Postby Bing - Mon Mar 12, 2012 7:12 pm

Adamski wrote:No mention of Scotland :)


No, really ? :roll:

Looks like I could also arrange to get my car washed on the various meets up North too... Adamski, if we re-implement our plan to take over that refinery we could pump water from Scotland instead of oil - be worth more down here !
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Re: Hose pipe ban ...

Postby buzyg - Mon Mar 12, 2012 7:15 pm

Adamski wrote:No mention of Scotland :)



:rofl:

You Don't say.

No mention of Cornwall either. Now where's my Canoe, need some shopping. :cry:
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Postby Adamski - Mon Mar 12, 2012 7:20 pm

Bing - I'll sort the water supply, you can run the distribution centre. 50/50 on profit :lol:


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Re: Hose pipe ban ...

Postby Bing - Mon Mar 12, 2012 7:49 pm

Adamski wrote:Bing - I'll sort the water supply, you can run the distribution centre. 50/50 on profit :lol:


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Ummm, I might live in England, but I'm not totally Stoopid :lol:
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Re: Hose pipe ban ...

Postby pvr - Mon Mar 12, 2012 8:28 pm

Ok, preparation complete now using all the legal loopholes.

Bought this now: http://www.tooled-up.com/Product.asp?PID=163126

Just getting a 500 litre container. So the Karcher will be in the container pumping the water in the hose with which I will was the car. The container will be fed by a hose from the tap.

As I am on a meter anyway, I don't think they are actually targeting people like me but only people that do not pay for their water consumption (i.e. fixed rate only).
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Re: Hose pipe ban ...

Postby Nosa - Mon Mar 12, 2012 8:39 pm

This could be a very profitable income should Scotland get independance. Though they reckon it would be 10 x cheaper to build a de-sal plant. Though having to drink de-sal water is not pleasant, don't care what anyone says, you can taste it, not nice :(

Still not something I need to worry about living in Scotland :P
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Postby aquazi - Mon Mar 12, 2012 8:41 pm

pvr wrote:Ok, preparation complete now using all the legal loopholes.

Bought this now: http://www.tooled-up.com/Product.asp?PID=163126

Just getting a 500 litre container. So the Karcher will be in the container pumping the water in the hose with which I will was the car. The container will be fed by a hose from the tap.

As I am on a meter anyway, I don't think they are actually targeting people like me but only people that do not pay for their water consumption (i.e. fixed rate only).

is that really legal? As in use the hose pipe to fill a big bucket, then another hose pipe to pump it?

Also i recon you could prob get away with washing your car if you live in isolation... And dont have neighbours which will rat you out!


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Re: Hose pipe ban ...

Postby Bing - Mon Mar 12, 2012 8:45 pm

pvr wrote:Ok, preparation complete now using all the legal loopholes.

Bought this now: http://www.tooled-up.com/Product.asp?PID=163126

Just getting a 500 litre container. So the Karcher will be in the container pumping the water in the hose with which I will was the car. The container will be fed by a hose from the tap.

As I am on a meter anyway, I don't think they are actually targeting people like me but only people that do not pay for their water consumption (i.e. fixed rate only).


I'm not on a meter :evil:
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Re: Hose pipe ban ...

Postby ksher - Mon Mar 12, 2012 8:47 pm

I'm going to wash my cars with jet washer this weekend before the ban starts in April.
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Re: Hose pipe ban ...

Postby original guvnor - Mon Mar 12, 2012 8:50 pm

Okay in Nottinghamshire at the moment..... 8)
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Re: Hose pipe ban ...

Postby cj_eds - Mon Mar 12, 2012 8:52 pm

sars wrote:It still beggars belief that we have water shortage problems when we are surrounded by water :headbang:

Instead of building a high speed rail link, why not use the money and build a couple of desalination plants in the South East :poke:


cos we'd need hundreds more windmills to power the plant! Bet the stupid f**kers would build them in the North where there's plenty of water because it was an eyesore and the NIMBY's complained :D
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Postby Stuart Truman - Mon Mar 12, 2012 8:55 pm

sars wrote:It still beggars belief that we have water shortage problems when we are surrounded by water :headbang:

Instead of building a high speed rail link, why not use the money and build a couple of desalination plants in the South East :poke:


Bang on. Bloody useless the lot of them


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