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deird_lj ([personal profile] deird_lj) wrote2010-03-28 08:37 pm

clean car

Washing cars is much more exciting, now that there's a drought.


It used to be me, with two buckets and a hose, standing in the driveway for ages, and getting increasingly anxious to just finish, so I could go back inside.

Now, though, we're not allowed to do that anymore. All car washings have to happen in an official way, down at the petrol station.


Which means me, holding a SuperPowerful Hose of DOOM, and a huge brush with massive amounts of white foam pumping out at an amazingly fast rate, and water spraying everywhere at top speed, and me getting soaked to the skin and NOT CARING, because I hold the Hose of DOOM and can spray water really really fast while cackling evilly.

...okay. Not cackling evilly. Well, not much.


It's really fun!
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[personal profile] next_to_normal 2010-03-28 06:03 pm (UTC)(link)
LOL, perhaps I am underestimating the size of those buckets of yours, but it would seem that a SuperPowerful Hose of DOOM would waste a lot more water than your two buckets. Unless the Hoses of DOOM are monitoring how much water you use and how often you wash your car...

It sure does sound fun, though.

[identity profile] taiba.livejournal.com 2010-03-28 08:41 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, doesn't make much sense, given that we can use a bucket to collect shower water that'd otherwise be wasted, and then use THAT to wash the car, rather than clean water (and lots more of it) at an actual car wash...

But I think it's because car wash businesses kicked up a stink about car-washing restrictions and the fact that it'd force them to close.
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[personal profile] deird1 2010-03-28 09:20 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, it does cost money, so I guess it makes us less likely to stand there hosing for ages when we can see our money draining away...

Also, there's all this stuff with recyclable systems, and stuff, and I'm not sure how they do it, but there's all these posters up saying it's 60% less water than doing it yourself (and I believe posters, for lo, I am gullible).
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[personal profile] next_to_normal 2010-03-29 12:02 am (UTC)(link)
Well, if the posters say so, it must be true, lol.

Personally, I believe that if God wanted us to have clean cars, He'd make it rain. :)