OT: My Vent for the Day

Posted by Donna on July 7, 2009, 8:59 am

I realized last night at 9 p.m. when I wen to do the dishes that I
didn't have any hot water. Nice. Great. Lovely.

After a bit of searching I found the manual for the hot water heater.
And realized that the high temperature shut off had worked. So I reset
it. This morning. Still no hot water. Uh oh.

Repairman can't come until tomorrow. Argh.

We bought the darn thing 3 years ago to replace an 18 year old water
heater.

Let's just say I am extremely unhappy.

Donna in Virginia

PS At least stitching doesn't make you sweat. Under normal conditions.

Posted by Lucille on July 7, 2009, 9:35 am

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You have 2 choices. Take a cold shower or arm yourself with lots of wipes
and use those. They work in an emergency and I used a ton of them when we
were waterless after the hurricane and I didn't want to use my stored
drinking water.

Happy Stitching

Lucille

Posted by Mary on July 7, 2009, 11:47 am

When I was out of hot water and still had to get to the office, I
didn't have any "baby wipes", etc. So -- I boiled water on the stove
in a tea kettle, mixed it with cold water in a dutch oven so it was
warm, and used a wrung-out washcloth and a wee bit of soap, which I
was careful not to dip into the pot. To rinse off I took another
washcloth, dipped it and wrung it out, and wiped down as well as
possible. I kept on with rinsing out the "rinse" washcloth in the
sink, and then dipped it again in the warm water, etc. Not fun, but
it worked better than I had expected. . .

Posted by Cheryl Isaak on July 7, 2009, 1:08 pm

On 7/7/09 8:59 AM, in article
2f6570ba-2a11-4c08-b1cb-b68eed6fb891@r33g2000yqn.googlegroups.com, "Donna"

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Oh dear - but trust me, it's worse to lose it in the winter...

Posted by Lucille on July 7, 2009, 1:23 pm

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I'm not sure you would say that if like me, you were stuck in a hot house
with zero electricity, zero water and zero patience for 3 days.

My friend, in her desperation, got into the water she had put into her
bathtub to use in the toilet. She didn't wash in it because it really
wasn't particularly clean, but she soaked herself for a few minutes. Then
she just left it where it was to continue to use it in the toilet. My
dopey bathtub wouldn't hold the water so that wasn't an option for me.

Thank whoever had the original idea for baby wipes for saving me from
smelling up the world.

I'm stuck in with a sore throat and a sinus infection. Antibiotics and
other meds are making me slightly nauseous, but not as yucky as I was those
few days.
Lucille

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