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MicaelS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 08:29 AM Original message |
Lance Armstrong's Austin home used 330,000 gallons of water in July |
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Tandalayo_Scheisskopf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 08:31 AM Response to Original message |
1. WTF? |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 08:31 AM Response to Original message |
2. Does he have a freaking nuclear reactor in there? |
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NightWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 08:32 AM Response to Original message |
3. holy shit, someone jiggle the handle on the toilet, NOW!!! |
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realisticphish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 08:44 AM Response to Reply #3 |
11. haha nt |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 08:45 AM Response to Reply #3 |
13. LOL |
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Da Fusa (45 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 09:00 AM Response to Reply #3 |
16. LOL! that's a funny one |
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TheCowsCameHome (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 09:13 AM Response to Reply #3 |
20. Maybe his toilet has the optional Niagara Falls feature......... |
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ellie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 08:32 AM Response to Original message |
4. What an ass. |
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burythehatchet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 08:32 AM Response to Original message |
5. We know he is a fan of Republickans. Seems that is his way of life as well. |
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shireen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 08:33 AM Response to Original message |
6. maybe there's a big leak in his water main? |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 08:54 AM Response to Reply #6 |
14. A leak would be too simple of an answer, but why wait for more facts |
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DangerDave921 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 09:18 AM Response to Reply #14 |
21. LOL |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 10:15 AM Response to Reply #21 |
27. I googled before I posted to find that the average family uses 10,000 gallons a month. |
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tnlefty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 10:29 AM Response to Reply #14 |
29. The article states that the Water Authority has already ruled out |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 11:57 AM Response to Reply #29 |
30. If his irrigation system has a problem, that could be a simple answer. |
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MH1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 08:33 AM Response to Original message |
7. The rates for water usage should be tiered. |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 08:34 AM Response to Original message |
8. An acre of lush gardens sounds rather excessive in a drought. |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 09:28 AM Response to Reply #8 |
22. I'd like to know what makes it "lush" |
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Retrograde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 12:13 PM Response to Reply #22 |
32. It's got green grass |
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TheCowsCameHome (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 08:41 AM Response to Original message |
9. McCain's wife tapped his line to get free water for Anheuser-Busch |
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MiniMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 08:43 AM Response to Original message |
10. How green is his grass? |
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TheCowsCameHome (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 08:44 AM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Don't know, but it must be up to the handlebars by now. |
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MiniMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 09:41 AM Response to Reply #12 |
24. Maybe * comes over and cuts his brush |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 08:56 AM Response to Original message |
15. Is he training to compete with Michael Phelps? |
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Moochy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 09:11 AM Response to Reply #15 |
19. The training is going well |
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csziggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 09:06 AM Response to Original message |
17. Maybe he was filling water bottles for other bicyclists... |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 09:09 AM Response to Original message |
18. thurs water shut off. a neighbor kid went to wash hands, no water, left both valves open full |
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Squatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 09:32 AM Response to Original message |
23. Does he pay for it? |
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MicaelS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 09:55 AM Response to Reply #23 |
26. The bill for July was $2,460. n/t |
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carlyhippy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 09:54 AM Response to Original message |
25. He probably has a big pool he flushed out the water and refilled |
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cobalt1999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 10:27 AM Response to Original message |
28. Take out the lawn, go with native local plants, remove the fountains. |
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OmmmSweetOmmm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 12:04 PM Response to Original message |
31. How apropos is this? Daryl SLUSHER, an assistant director of the Austin City Water Authority |
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DU GrovelBot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 12:13 PM Response to Original message |
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Sanctified (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 12:22 PM Response to Original message |
34. From the looks of the pictures of the home he has a ton of trees. |
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frylock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-16-08 01:58 PM Response to Original message |
35. guerilla garden |
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