Water water everywhere and not a drop to drink. Literally. Just got home from a few days in hospital with a sick baby to find we have no water due to a burst main. Can't wash up or sterilise anything, can't wash the backlog of nappies (if you'll forgive the expression). I popped to asda to buy bottled water and they don't sell anything larger than 2Litre bottles. Why sell a 4 pack of 2L bottles rather than 5L or even 10L ones? No wonder we're all drowning in plastic. Apparently Welsh Water will refund me for the bottled stuff though if I can be bothered to ask for my £3 back.
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
Oh bless you all @wild edges ... hope little one is better now and you and your other half aren't too stressed by the whole episode. Fingers crossed for better times ahead.
And while I much prefer washable nappies and always used them for my two, I also think that this is exactly the sort of emergency occasion that disposables should be used for
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I feel for you! It's horrid juggling bottles and not being able to wash your hands properly. I use a spray bottle and extra kitchen roll to wipe plates, pans, worktops etc, even clean windows, with very little water. Have a mixing bowl with a little water in the bottom for hand washing, change it as needed.
We're in a similar position for a different reason (dried up spring) but at least we don't have a baby to worry about. S****bugs do 5 litre bottles. We've used almost 50 of them in the last 6 weeks! I'm wondering if I could maybe build a wall with them...
We had a burst main recently. It went off at 11.00 am. At 3.00 pm they sent round the YTS trainee to paint a cross on the road. Soon after midnight the engineers arrived with the digger and by 5.00 am supply was restored. Two hours later Severn Trent delivered us 48 bottles of water, and we later got a £30 refund.
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I remember really enjoying the thread a good while back, about what plants we wouldn't buy purely because of the name.
Mind you, I can vouch for the efficacy of leopard’s bane
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Fingers crossed for better times ahead.
And while I much prefer washable nappies and always used them for my two, I also think that this is exactly the sort of emergency occasion that disposables should be used for
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.