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Trash is the editor-in-chief of an independent Colorado micro-publisher/ design studio. I dabble in digital photography, the lost art of film image making, and guerilla digital video. DrMAC Studios specializes in books and videos on self-reliance, gardening, dumpster diving, urban foraging and living off the excesses of others.
This blog documents my daily experiences with the rest of the world

Saturday, January 31, 2009

the great shower debate

click here for the entire article.

Here is the story I saw this morning that inspired the posting today.

Its an interesting debate here at the stead also. The girl kids think that a shower a day is a necessity. The wife thinks about every two days or so. And us boys think about twice a week is fine. Both for health reason and the environment. Though I gotta say honestly there are times , if its real cold that Trash does a good once-a-weeker.

5 comments:

janineem said...

You're not that poor if you spend your money on beer and cigs. The girls need to be able to shower daily.

Trashdigger said...

If you read the article it isnt about poverty but conservation. An avg shower takes about 30 gallons of water. Every lil bit helps. To negate the water useage is why Trash has the rain water collection tanks and the snow melt tank.

janineem said...

Conserve water and then puff out second hand smoke?

callmeacynic said...

After twenty years in the Navy, my Dad still took "Navy showers" or less until the day he died.

I think if we all had to walk down a hill, fill a bucket with water, heat it over a wood stove, then bathe, we'd bathe a lot less.

Not sure I'd wanna ride the bus in the summer with myself. Ha Ha

Trashdigger said...

If you reead the articles that were linked to, showering daily isn't necessarily that great for the natural processes of the body.

CallMe, I ride with you during the summer months..ROFL