I just give up! About a year ago, we "upgraded" our upstairs bathroom with some new fixtures including a nice new toilet. After our plumber finished its installation, he said proudly, "Now, you'll be conserving a lot of water!" By golly, he installed one of those water conservation toilets that I've heard so much about. We didn't ask for one but, I guess, we had no choice in the matter. You get a toilet, it's a water conservation baby!
We'll, over the past year or so, we've been bailing, plunging and cussing almost on a daily basis because this water conservation crapper simply does not work! Several plumbers have been consulted with requests to take this useless monstrosity out and replace it with one of those old 3 gallon models but -- no can do! Other than procuring one on the black market or otherwise breaking the law, this 1.6 gallon piece of junk, or another like it, is here to stay!
Why in the world couldn't they have left well enough alone? And, exactly what is it that we're actually conserving? I thought water just went around and around and was never "used up." So, how in the world can we "conserve" something that's here to stay anyway? Are there "thinkers" sitting on their crappers high atop some ivory tower just coming up with ludicrous ideas for no purpose other than making our lives miserable?
And, by the way, what kind of toilets are they sitting on?
I give up!
Dave Allen, Radio Daddio
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About Me
- Dave Allen The Radio Daddio
- Waupaca, Wisconsin, United States
- I've been a radio broadcaster since 1966 which means I'm getting up there. Most say I've already arrived. Right now, I'm spinning the best of the 80s, 90s and today in Central Wisconsin on WDUX 92.7 FM. I also produce and host an old time radio show on the Internet appropriately called "The Old Time Radio Show." Everyone asks, "When are you going to retire?" I think they're after my job! Maybe in another 50 or 60 years; right now I'm having way too much fun to call it quits!
