Re: High Water Bills

How's your drought coming along?  Are you finally getting some rain out
there?

On 11/13/08, Daryl <dp2413@comcast.net> wrote:
>
> Yes, that's why I try to always send a URL rather than a file so that
> people have a choice.  I've had hour-long downloads on dial-up too.
>
> d
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pam Evans" <gardenqueen@gmail.com>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2008 5:26 PM
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] High Water Bills
>
>
> videos are all but impossible on dial up.  2 or 3 seconds of play, wait for
>> a minute, 2 or 3 more seconds and so on.  It's so tiresome I've started to
>> just delete them to save myself the aggravation.  but I have seen that one
>> at work - hilarious!!
>>
>> On 11/13/08, Daryl <dp2413@comcast.net> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Yup. It's the cat flushing video. Is it on YouTube? It might be an easier
>>> download for some.
>>>
>>> d
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pam Evans" <gardenqueen@gmail.com>
>>> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
>>> Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2008 5:08 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [CHAT] High Water Bills
>>>
>>>
>>> is that the one where the cat keep flushing the toilet?   I'm glad mine
>>>
>>>> doesn't do that either - OMG!
>>>>
>>>> On 11/13/08, Daryl <dp2413@comcast.net> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> This is hysterical - at least the first few minutes. I'm glad my cats
>>>>> haven't
>>>>> learned this trick.
>>>>>
>>>>> d
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Jennifer and Jim kept getting huge water bills. They knew beyond a
>>>>> doubt
>>>>> that the bills weren't representative of their actual usage, and no
>>>>> matter
>>>>> how they tried to conserve, the high bills continued. Although they
>>>>> could
>>>>> see nothing wrong, they had everything checked for leaks or problems:
>>>>> the
>>>>> water meter, outdoor pipes, indoor pipes, underground pipes,
>>>>> faucets, toilets, washer, ice maker, etc., all to no avail.
>>>>> One day Jim was sick and stayed home in bed, but kept hearing water
>>>>> running
>>>>> downstairs. He finally got out of his sick bed to investigate, and
>>>>> stumbled
>>>>> onto the cause of the bills. Apparently this was happening all day long
>>>>> when
>>>>> they were not at home.
>>>>> Knowing that few would believe him, he taped a segment of the 'problem'
>>>>> for
>>>>> posterity:
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.dnaco.net/~vogelke/pictures/water-leak/water-leak.wmv
>>>>>
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>>>> Pam Evans
>>>> Kemp TX
>>>> zone 8A
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Kemp TX
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