Quick Shower Question.

[rugbyLEAGUEfan]

There is no way im venturing out into the world without a shower and a coffee . It really wouldn't matter how late I was running , I'm no good to anyone without them .

I try to have one at night , but it's less essential

 

[Luckymoose]

Shower at night before you go to bed so your sheets stay clean. You filthy weirdos.

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[tycoonist]

Whenever I feel dirty.

 

[rugbyLEAGUEfan]

Whenever I feel dirty.

I'd never get out if that was the case

 

[aronnax]

Each morning, most nights. Tropics, wooooooo.

I don't shower most mornings. Probably because I get up before the sun can make things hot. I do shower in the morning if I the night was terribly warm. Or I feel unclean with sweat. Other than that. I shower once in the late afternoon or night.

But yes. Tropics. wooooooo.

 

[Camikaze]

I was always a shower at night person, until I went backpacking, at which time I became a "shower when you can, because you're not getting another chance for a couple of days" person. Since then, I've been showering in the morning, partly because it helps to wake you up early and warm you up this time of year, and partly because I CBA in the evening.

 

[bhsup]

One in the morning, and one in the evening.

This. I cannot imagine going to bed with the sweat built up over the course of the day dried on my skin. Eww.

 

[Camikaze]

But what about saving water?!?!?!?!?!?

 

[Boundless]

I shower after I've been to the gym, so usually mid-morning, and then if I go out in the evening I'll shower then too.

 

[aronnax]

But what about saving water?!?!?!?!?!?

I have a question about that. Since we live in developed nations where the water is filtered and cleaned and released back to the seas/rivers/water supply, and trusting in the rain cycle, how does one waste water?

 

[Cheezy the Wiz]

I generally shower in the morning, barring bed-times that I'm dirty or sweaty.

Here is my shower schedule:

Monday: ~5pm after gym, or alternatively ~6.30pm when I get home after gym
Tuesday: 5.30pm after football
Wednesday: ~5pm after gym, or alternatively ~6.30pm when I get home after gym
Thursday: I don't bother on Thursday unless I've been sweating
Friday: ~5pm after gym, or alternatively ~6.30pm when I get home after gym
Saturday: Depends on if/when I'm going out that day. Usually about 2 hrs before I leave
Sunday: ~6pm, ready for the next day

That concludes my shower schedule.

British bureaucrats. Gotta 'em.

 

[Tee Kay]

But what about saving water?!?!?!?!?!?

They are pretty quick showers, 3-5 minutes.

I have a question about that. Since we live in developed nations where the water is filtered and cleaned and released back to the seas/rivers/water supply, and trusting in the rain cycle, how does one waste water?

The water could be used in other ways. Like in agriculture. Or sustaining the ecosystem.

 

[Camikaze]

I have a question about that. Since we live in developed nations where the water is filtered and cleaned and released back to the seas/rivers/water supply, and trusting in the rain cycle, how does one waste water?

Trusting in the rain cycle is the key here. The drought is over now, but old habits die hard. Pretty much my entire life the societal expectation has been to keep to 5 minute showers (although I certainly don't), so two a day is a rather radical idea! I guess I assume that most people want to 'save' water in the same way that old people assume* that you'd never throw out food.

*generalisation

 

[Tee Kay]

The drought is over now, but old habits die hard.

No one should wait for droughts to maintain good water management habits.

I guess I assume that most people want to 'save' water in the same way that old people assume that you'd never throw out food.

And you shouldn't. It's a waste of money.

 

[Camikaze]

They are pretty quick showers, 3-5 minutes.

How do you manage to have a 3-5 minute shower, particularly in this weather? The water is so warm! I invariably daydream during my morning shower, and spend at least the last two minutes telling myself I'm just going to stay under the water for 10 more seconds...

No one should wait for droughts to maintain good water management habits.

Still can't use a lawn sprinkler.

And you shouldn't. It's a waste of money.

Exactly!

 

[Tee Kay]

How do you manage to have a 3-5 minute shower, particularly in this weather?

Discipline (amazingly, because I have no discipline in any other areas). Also it helps to live in a family of ardent water savers.

Still can't use a lawn sprinkler.

Why would you want grass to grow faster? You waste more time mowing the lawn. Let them struggle for themselves.

If I have my way, I'd get rid of both the front and back lawns and replace the front with a stone garden and the back with a vegetable garden.

 

[aronnax]

The water could be used in other ways. Like in agriculture. Or sustaining the ecosystem.

But it wouldn't matter if I poured a bucket of water into my garden or down the drain, because all the water just gets recycled. I'm quite sure that say, the water supply of the Great Lakes will last everyone using it whether or not people take 10 minute showers or 30 minute showers. And since you can't exhaust water supply because it returns to the environment, how can you waste it? Because it would be very hard to drain the whole Great Lakes. I can imagine saving water if your local community was reaching water capacity, but what about when it is incredibly abundant? Like you live on an Island with your water supply generated 100% by desalination plants?

Trusting in the rain cycle is the key here. The drought is over now, but old habits die hard. Pretty much my entire life the societal expectation has been to keep to 5 minute showers (although I certainly don't), so two a day is a rather radical idea! I guess I assume that most people want to 'save' water in the same way that old people assume* that you'd never throw out food.

Ah. It's a society thing. Water here in Singapore is very abundant and cheap, (mainly because we ripped Malaysia off with an incredibly cheap water treaty) so taking 10 min showers isn't out of place.

 

[Camikaze]

Discipline (amazingly, because I have no discipline in any other areas). Also it helps to live in a family of ardent water savers.

I don't have discipline before 7am.

Why would you want grass to grow faster? You waste more time mowing the lawn. Let them struggle for themselves.

If I have my way, I'd get rid of both the front and back lawns and replace the front with a stone garden and the back with a vegetable garden.

Lawn sprinklers are for fun, though, not to actually make grass grow.

 

[Tee Kay]

But it wouldn't matter if I poured a bucket of water into my garden or down the drain, because all the water just gets recycled.

Yeah, but you'd waste your money. And you're statistically increasing the demands for water. And water treatment takes time too.

I can imagine saving water if your local community was reaching water capacity, but what about when it is incredibly abundant? Like you live on an Island with your water supply generated 100% by desalination plants?

Where there's abundant water there's usually a correspondingly high number of other species who also depend on the water being in the ecosystem. Taking out any amount of water effects the health of the local environment; it's a matter of scale.

Also, desalination plants aren't perfect, using a vast amount of energy (and you know where that's from and who pays for it) and generating a vast amount of waste.

I don't have discipline before 7am.

I don't wake up before 7am. Fortunately, university's pretty close

Lawn sprinklers are for fun, though, not to actually make grass grow.

Indeed.

 

[Wolfbeckett]

I shower at night. I already have to wake up at 5:30 AM to get to work on time, waking up earlier than that is flat out not happening.