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Posted on Saturday, April 7, 2012 at 4:52 PM
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OllieInGear
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Motorists should see filth on their cars as a "badge of honour", a water company said yesterday as it urged Britons to do less cleaning during the drought.
Link As my car sits outside looking extremely clean, along with the others in our street, given the two days of almost non-stop rain they were subjected to this week, I found this campaign ironic on several different levels...
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Posted on Saturday, April 7, 2012 at 4:58 PM
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Barry
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Pathetic meedja spin to get everyone on board the water issue. I think they should maybe start asking the water companies why they are still wasting 25%+ of their efforts, as that'd be a bigger overall saving perhaps? 
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Posted on Saturday, April 7, 2012 at 5:03 PM
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Marv
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Barry is correct.
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Posted on Saturday, April 7, 2012 at 5:31 PM
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_Steveo_
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My car is dirty this is not due to a hosepipe ban though. Cheers Steve
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Posted on Saturday, April 7, 2012 at 6:49 PM
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David_Yu
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Are hand car wash places exempt from the ban? Hope so.
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Posted on Saturday, April 7, 2012 at 7:09 PM
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Mito Man
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Businesses are exempt. Golf courses, car washes, etc
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Posted on Saturday, April 7, 2012 at 9:59 PM
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DeskJockey
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I tend to prefer my car being clean and looking like I care about it.
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Posted on Saturday, April 7, 2012 at 10:45 PM
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zedleg
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I've got better things to do than wash my car. Although to be fair I generally have fairly scruffy cars.
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Posted on Saturday, April 7, 2012 at 11:41 PM
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Beany
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Mito Man said... Businesses are exempt. Golf courses, car washes, etc
Mito-tw4t is, amazingly, correct. Assuming you have an established business that already has a reasonable use for water (window washing, jetwash at a garage etc) then you're in the clear. Jetwash'd 't Puma last night, no police action that I noticed.
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Posted on Sunday, April 8, 2012 at 7:49 AM
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Daddydadbo
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33% of all water is wasted through leaks so it does rather smack of piss taking of the highest order. Instead of giving the shareholders dividends this year they could maybe spend some money on pipes and sort the main problem. Although as our climate s getting warmer and wetter (allegedly) why there should actually be a shortage....?
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Posted on Sunday, April 8, 2012 at 7:59 AM
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caneswell
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Daddydadbo said... Although as our climate s getting warmer and wetter (allegedly) why there should actually be a shortage....?
20 months from the last two years had below average rainfall. Doesn't sound wetter to me. I presume that's in the SE only. Doesn't stop them needing to fix leaks. I assume hosepipe bans are just to raise public awareness?? They surely can't actually save a significant amount??
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