Comments on: Still no Water http://toshuo.com/2006/still-no-water/ Chinese, Linguistics, Science, Cultural Observations and whatever else I feel like writing about Fri, 22 Aug 2008 03:04:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Corn Bear http://toshuo.com/2006/still-no-water/#comment-2004 Corn Bear Thu, 11 May 2006 06:31:32 +0000 http://toshuo.com/2006/still-no-water/#comment-2004 I was laughing when I saw you wrote that "and maybe, if nobody’s looking, even wash my feet and switch to clean socks." It must be not easy for you to be used to water will be off unpredictable. yes,go to taipei as soon as you can. by the way, ask someone to figure out when water will be on. I was laughing when I saw you wrote that “and maybe, if nobody’s looking, even wash my feet and switch to clean socks.” It must be not easy for you to be used to water will be off unpredictable. yes,go to taipei as soon as you can. by the way, ask someone to figure out when water will be on.

]]> By: Mark http://toshuo.com/2006/still-no-water/#comment-1967 Mark Sun, 07 May 2006 09:28:13 +0000 http://toshuo.com/2006/still-no-water/#comment-1967 The water's out <i>again</i>. Screw this, I'm going to Taibei for tonight. The water’s out again. Screw this, I’m going to Taibei for tonight.

]]> By: Mark http://toshuo.com/2006/still-no-water/#comment-1966 Mark Sun, 07 May 2006 08:07:31 +0000 http://toshuo.com/2006/still-no-water/#comment-1966 Wow, all of you mainlander laowai have had it quite a bit tougher than I have. It sounds like you had some decent planning and dealt with it pretty well, though. The rumor is, this outage was caused by construction interfering with the water lines under my street. None of my neighbors seem too sure about it, though. Wow, all of you mainlander laowai have had it quite a bit tougher than I have. It sounds like you had some decent planning and dealt with it pretty well, though.

The rumor is, this outage was caused by construction interfering with the water lines under my street. None of my neighbors seem too sure about it, though.

]]> By: Sinosceptic http://toshuo.com/2006/still-no-water/#comment-1962 Sinosceptic Sun, 07 May 2006 03:16:26 +0000 http://toshuo.com/2006/still-no-water/#comment-1962 Mark, I not only feel your pain, but I think I can smell it all the way up here in Nanjing. Or maybe that's just the damn lake again! We don't lose the water supply very often up here, but the last time we did was the middle of last summer. I got up one morning to go to work and the water is off. No shower, shave, toothbrushing or flush. If you've ever been to Nanjing during August you'll maybe know that's it's like sleeping in a sauna and tossing and turning in an inch of sweat all night so going to work without showering just ain't gonna happen. Mark, I not only feel your pain, but I think I can smell it all the way up here in Nanjing. Or maybe that’s just the damn lake again! We don’t lose the water supply very often up here, but the last time we did was the middle of last summer. I got up one morning to go to work and the water is off. No shower, shave, toothbrushing or flush. If you’ve ever been to Nanjing during August you’ll maybe know that’s it’s like sleeping in a sauna and tossing and turning in an inch of sweat all night so going to work without showering just ain’t gonna happen.

]]> By: John B http://toshuo.com/2006/still-no-water/#comment-1958 John B Sat, 06 May 2006 22:24:52 +0000 http://toshuo.com/2006/still-no-water/#comment-1958 When I was in Changchun the first time, in the summer of 2001, during a pretty major drought, the water would go off for four or five days at a time, with no warning. Everyone would fill up a giant bucket of water whenever the water came back on, so the toilet could be flushed at least once a day. Showers during those times just didn't happen. I totally feel your pain :). Did you ever find out what caused the outage? When I was in Changchun the first time, in the summer of 2001, during a pretty major drought, the water would go off for four or five days at a time, with no warning. Everyone would fill up a giant bucket of water whenever the water came back on, so the toilet could be flushed at least once a day. Showers during those times just didn’t happen.

I totally feel your pain :).

Did you ever find out what caused the outage?

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