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Have you ever gone without running water?

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  • 1 decade ago
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    You're hot..........oh yeah the water thing.....no, never.

  • JaneB
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    Yes, and I find it really hard to deal with. Drives me crazy actually.

    We have just one bathroom/toilet and work was being done so all the water was turned off. Then they didn't finish the work in one day so it had to stay turned off. I had to go to the local supermarket evry time I needed a pee!

    I really, really, really missed running water!

    However, years ago, I used to work on sailboats in the West Indies and the water tanks were quite small so we had to be very cautious about our water usage - definitely none of that leavilng the water running while you brush your teeth (why do people do that anyway?). I used to be so thrilled when we reached a new island and I could actually have a real shower and , oh heaven, shampoo my hair. All that saltwater bathing in the meantime was hard on the skin

    You certainly don't realize how much you love clean, running water, until it's gone!

  • 1 decade ago

    I've been out in the woods training for up to a month before and had no running water, yes that means no showers too. Theres running water in Iraq but only in some places, most of the time your in a porto-john.

  • 1 decade ago

    Yes. I went to a summer camp for a month when i was a teenager. There was no running water, nor indoor toilets. Bathing was limited, as the lake wasn't all that clean. All in all, I much prefer running water. We have the technology, why not use it?

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  • 1 decade ago

    YES, many times, and guess what, EVERYONE should be OBLIGATED to go without 'running water' for at least a week or two, and they would smarten up an AWFUL lot about wasting this precious resource.

    You don't really MISS something until it's NOT THERE for you to WASTE.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Only the first 5 years of my life. Also did without electricity and gas.

  • 1 decade ago

    i only run water when there is a need for it. i have often gone without running water.

    ahh, the power of the gerund.

  • 1 decade ago

    Yes, after Hurricane Katrina.

  • bobweb
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    Up to 3 days when the electric power went off.

  • 1 decade ago

    Unfortunately I had to for about three days when one of the pipes leading into my apartment building broke. Half the building didn't have water. It sucked. It isn't fun.

  • 1 decade ago

    11 days once when I stop drinking and bathing. It was a phase.

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