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1. Too disgusting for words. No matter what color stuff I put in my toilet, I’m flushing. Every time, no question. To do otherwise ( except in extreme drought conditions ) is just disgusting… ugh.

   I love saving money, and I’m onboard with saving the environment too. But not at the expense of good personal hygiene, and I think flushing falls into that category.

   Comment by Leroy Brown — Jun 22nd 2007 @ 4:18 pm

2. Hmm, ladies could buy one of the, uh, appliances that allow one to pee standing up — but the cost might offset the water savings, at least financially. Our water costs something like $0.0019 per gallon. Gosh, if you were going to save urine like that, the least you could do is toss it on your compost pile to fire things up!

   I have a blog specifically about saving money and the environment. I think my most extreme action is an upcoming move to a spritz & wipe system for dealing with #1 in our bathroom — I think we can eliminate most toilet paper use this way, if I can get my family on board.

   And I’ll confess that I flush the toilet with recycled washing machine water … lugging five gallons of used water through the house has got to be a little extreme (is that an oxymoron?).

   Comment by Susanna a.k.a. Cheap Like Me — Jun 22nd 2007 @ 4:39 pm

3. We keep a bucket in the shower and collect the water that runs while waiting for it to get warm, and use that in the toilet tank. Saves a flush or two a day.

   I am in the camp of “if it’s yellow let it mellow,” particularly because I drink a lot of water, so it’s not very yelllow, but my husband isn’t. He’ll flush first, then use the toilet, then flush again, if I’ve left it.

   Comment by Lee — Jun 23rd 2007 @ 2:11 pm

4. Well i think as far as I would go would be adding solar panels to a house to reduce electricity

   Comment by Creditnine.com — Jun 24th 2007 @ 5:51 pm

5. In case no one know in the island most people have something under the bed to use at night. And to your surprise many Americans have something as well. I have a large hot sausage jug. I keep wet wipes by the bed. My daughter uses it at night. Or she will have an accident if I can’t wake up at night. She is afraid to go the the toilet at night alone. I know so many people who save water with one of their own. I am all for hygiene as well. More than most. But that is just fine. I also wipe down my supermarket shopping cart with clorox wipes. Not many do that and boy they eat and walk.

   Comment by Sharon — Jun 27th 2007 @ 9:10 am

6. OK, now I’m waiting for the phrase “large hot sausage jug” to leave my head. Please.

   Comment by Angie Hartford — Jul 9th 2007 @ 10:58 pm

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