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    Default Water restrictions today?

    Don't think anyone in Melb will be out with the hose to day.

    Hughie is sending it down nicely

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    I heard the weatherman on the radio say this morning that there has already been more rain fall today than the whole of October:eek:. It just shows why we need thiese restrictions.

    However while on I'm on my high horse, I cannot understand why you are allowed to throw/pour as many buckets of water over your car and not use a trigger operated hose gun instead. earlier in the year ACA did a test to prove that 66% more water is used via the buckets than the hose:mad: :mad: - who makes this stupid rule up?.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Metal Head View Post
    - who makes this stupid rule up?.
    Governments mate, governments and bureaucrats. They don't have a Department for Common Sense. :mad:
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    Quote Originally Posted by bennylaird View Post
    Hughie is sending it down nicely

    Just when I had a truck load of Lilydale toppings delivered for the next phase of my Backyard Blitz. Had hoped to do it today, instead I'm inside on the computer.


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    Can you Victorians please PM me some rain? Bit dry round these parts....
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    Quote Originally Posted by bennylaird View Post
    Don't think anyone in Melb will be out with the hose to day.

    Hughie is sending it down nicely
    Don't bet on it, Benny. According to the radio this morning, someone was out with a high pressure thingy washing the yellow concrete structures at a tram stop and was working in the rain to do it.:eek:
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    Like the council who have their sprinklers on in the rain, then again can't expect much common sense from councils.

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    Keep it coming north after that. Started level 4 here and the BOM reported that Ipswich received 16mm of rain last month, making this Oct one of the driest on record
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    Sadly, it looks like we've had just about all we're going to get.:mad:

    It has been good though. CSIRO at Aspendale has recorded 6.2mm since 9:00am today!
    http://www.dar.csiro.au/weatherwallDB/wwallDB.html
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    Quote Originally Posted by Metal Head View Post
    However while on I'm on my high horse, I cannot understand why you are allowed to throw/pour as many buckets of water over your car and not use a trigger operated hose gun instead. earlier in the year ACA did a test to prove that 66% more water is used via the buckets than the hose:mad: :mad: - who makes this stupid rule up?.
    When I queried the SaveWater mob last year or the year before, the response was "We agree it uses much more water with a bucket than a trigger hose, BUT we think victorians are lazy and won't wash the car as often if then have to use a bucket." (not word for word as it was a year or so ago).

    My home experiments showed about 100 litres with bucket wash and trigger hose rinse, compared to 180 litres with bucket only. And I got a lot wetter with bucket rinses. I suppose wasting water on the car is OK as long as you obey the "law". Plus the lawn gets a good watering.

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    FWIW, I find a watering can with rose attached does a much better job than buckets when washing my car. Uses much less water and I don't get wet. Of course there are always the commercial car washes, take your own sponge and you can wash your car for $2.00.
    I wanted to become a brickie but my old man said "No son, learn a trade."

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    Quote Originally Posted by alanm View Post
    I suppose wasting water on the car is OK as long as you obey the "law". Plus the lawn gets a good watering.
    So is that why my neighbours have been putting their cars on their lawns the past couple of days - killing 2 birds with one stone.

    I sent off an email today to John Thwaites and asking him of his opinion in using a bucket instead of a hose...I wait with interest.

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