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[turps]

My house has no water, I have no idea why.

Because it's payday tomorrow we're at the bare basics grocery wise, which means no milk or pop in the house.

The dog better keep an eye on his water bowl. That's all I'm saying.

ETA: After a series of phone calls it seems my neighbour across the path reported that the stop cock outside of my house was leaking and flooding his garden. So the waterboard sent someone out, marked the cover and turned off the water. Not only for my house but next door too. Why they didn't knock and tell me this I don't know. Why the idiot across the road reported a leak I don't know because I've never seen anything, no one has, and the amount of people that go in and out you'd think someone would.

Basic communication, you'd think they'd learn it.

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[digital-diva.livejournal.com]

Step one : take a bucket

Step two : go outside

Step three : do funky dance

Step four : watch rain fall down

Step five : fill bucket

*g*

[turps33.livejournal.com]

I'm tempted.

It sucks when you want something even more badly when you can't have it.

And someone has stolen our recycling box, again.

I am not amused!

[digital-diva.livejournal.com]

*resists the urge to make another lame joke about recycling boxes*

But, wtf?

[turps33.livejournal.com]

Joke away, it'll distract me from dying of thirst!

It's the lazy recycling people, because we live on the end of the row and are the only house that actually recycles down this end of the estate they tend to just throw the box down the path. So because they're big sturdy boxes people take them. This'll be the 4th one I'll need to get.

[digital-diva.livejournal.com]

Joke away

And appear insensitive? Dude! That's so not me :-p

[turps33.livejournal.com]

AHAHAHAHAHA

Thank you for that :D

[digital-diva.livejournal.com]

Oh great! NOW you laugh! :-p

*snuggles*

[ginalin.livejournal.com]

I wish I could send you some water. Here in Texas, it's been raining, misting, fogging, sleeting and every sort of precipitation for days now, and every temperature of water too, hot rain, cold rain...I'm sick of water falling on me.

I hope you have a nice neighbor who'll let you use their tap. *this is my worried look for you*

I'm beginning to hate Thursdays since Friday is now our payday. Why does everyone want money on Thursday when you have no money until Friday? Don't they know that they're trying to bleed a turnip until tomorrow?

[turps33.livejournal.com]

I bet you are. It gets to the point where it being wet all the time gets old.

The waterboard man just dropped off 6 bottles of water for us. Which means we can have drinks at least. Showers not so much. Still, one day missed shouldn't be that bad.

I hear you about people wanting money on a Thursday. We literally have nothing until tomorrow and that's not going to change no matter what. I love the phrase bleed a turnip btw :)

[ginalin.livejournal.com]

Did your water go out then? Glad you have drinks, anyway.

I keep a few cheap baby wipes around for when I need a quick clean up and there's not enough hot water in the heater.

[turps33.livejournal.com]

They'd turned if off due to an underground leak, of course actually telling us so didn't pass through their mind apparently.

Yeah, I've had a quick wash down. It does the job for now :)

[brighton-girl.livejournal.com]

Are they working on the pipes near your house and have turned off the water?

Not having water sucks! Hope it works out soon!

[turps33.livejournal.com]

It seems one of my neighbours reported that we had a leak that was flooding his garden. A leak no one had seen but him. So the waterboard came and shut off the water to our house, but didn't bother telling us.

I'm not impressed to say the least.

[turloughishere.livejournal.com]

I didn't have any hot water for parts of today, but at least I'd cold water. No water at all sucks mightily. I hope you'll get it back very, very soon!!

[turps33.livejournal.com]

It's such a mess. The water board man was just here and he knew nothing about why they'd turned it off. Which doesn't help at all really. Still, he's out trying to turn it back on at least.

[frausorge]

Dude, that is NOT ON.

[turps33.livejournal.com]

It's really not. Out of everything it's the sheer stupidity of not telling us they were turning off the water that gets me the most.

[sperrywink]

Stupid water people! I can't believe they just turned off your water without telling you!

[turps33.livejournal.com]

That's what's annoying me so much. There is a leak it seems, at least they think so as they're digging up the path outside my house at the moment. And I understand that they need to fix it. But to come and turn off the water, not a foot away from my front door, and not say anything? It boggles my mind.

[rikes]

WTF, that's so not on. I hope it's fixed by now!

[turps33.livejournal.com]

It is, but we still have huge great holes outside our front door, which I suspect will be there for a while.

[ephemera.livejournal.com]

you really have had the most unnecessarily dramatic set of house-based crises this winter! I hope you were snug and warm and safe, with all the utilities, for Christmas proper.

[turps33.livejournal.com]

We were. Christmas was very nice indeed.