I've found that setting their car on fire right after turning their water off at the curb drives the point home, as well.

lantawa: or maybe it's a pepper

Or a pickle.

xtex: lantawa: or maybe it's a pepper

Or a pickle.

Peter Piper did pick a pickled pepper, possibly producing plentiful poutine pears:

I've got a suggestion: Don't be an asshole and waste water.

Yesterday an article on a city near LA spending $800 million on a football stadium to lure an NFL team was posted. It's good to see SoCal has its priorities straight. I hope they're not planning to use natural grass in the stadium.

All this and water is a closed system. Just someone gets the authority to monitor, bill you for it, and make you out to be Joan D'Arc. Desalinate already SD.

Will I be dressed up like a school girl, spanked, and told what a wicked dirty slut I am in the centre of the town square? Because that would sure teach me a lesson.

Easy way to save water:

Shower with a friend

fanbladesaresharp: All this and water is a closed system. Just someone gets the authority to monitor, bill you for it, and make you out to be Joan D'Arc. Desalinate already SD.

Yeah, I guess you never looked at the costs of running a desal plant, huh?

Even the RO ones a really energy intensive.

Definitely a pickle.

Perhaps even...THE pickle.

Stay grassy, San Diego.

lantawa: One word: "xeriscape". Now, here's an apple (or maybe it's a pepper)for your consideration:

SO...desalinization plant near the ocean, + nuke plant to power it.

All the radioactive sparkling clean fresh water you could ever want!

RTA. You're supposed to take the tag and hang it on a neighbor's door telling them how they're wasting water. This isn't the last article on this we'll be seeing on Fark.

The artice: It's difficult to predict how people will react to the tags, said Nicholas Christenfeld, a psychology professor at the University of California San Diego.

"Americans are deeply ambivalent about shame," he said. "We are notoriously an individualistic culture, where we feel we should be able to do whatever we want."

I think this sums it up. I don't have a problem with individualism, but with individualism comes the obligation of personal honor (you know, knowing how you should conduct yourself and why). Part of it is being a member of society, and unlimited self-indulgence and convenience isn't included.

To boobsrgood:

That's a horsepit, you can't tell me they don't have those in your part of the country. They're very common out here. Lets the horses keep tabs on all the one legged sluts.

CurvedGirdle: The artice: It's difficult to predict how people will react to the tags, said Nicholas Christenfeld, a psychology professor at the University of California San Diego.

"Americans are deeply ambivalent about shame," he said. "We are notoriously an individualistic culture, where we feel we should be able to do whatever we want."

I think this sums it up. I don't have a problem with individualism, but with individualism comes the obligation of personal honor (you know, knowing how you should conduct yourself and why). Part of it is being a member of society, and unlimited self-indulgence and convenience isn't included.

Now you've laid down the gauntlet. Cue the "It's my right to consume 20,000 gallons a day if I can pay for it" crowd.

feh. I'd tell the nosy neighbors to fark off. Hang all the shiat you want on my door. I dont have 5k or whatever it costs to throw away on an irrigation system that knows when its raining. I also like my grass green and my car clean. As long as I am paying for my water why the hell should anybody else care how much I use?

Ghastly: Will I be dressed up like a school girl, spanked, and told what a wicked dirty slut I am in the centre of the town square? Because that would sure teach me a lesson.

And, surely, you shall be known as "Shirley."

earlm: CurvedGirdle: The artice: It's difficult to predict how people will react to the tags, said Nicholas Christenfeld, a psychology professor at the University of California San Diego.

"Americans are deeply ambivalent about shame," he said. "We are notoriously an individualistic culture, where we feel we should be able to do whatever we want."

I think this sums it up. I don't have a problem with individualism, but with individualism comes the obligation of personal honor (you know, knowing how you should conduct yourself and why). Part of it is being a member of society, and unlimited self-indulgence and convenience isn't included.

Now you've laid down the gauntlet. Cue the "It's my right to consume 20,000 gallons a day if I can pay for it" crowd.

yeah, this will work out well because there's no busy-body a-holes out there just looking to pick a fight. Who's determining the standard for "wasteful?"

dbubb: earlm: CurvedGirdle: The artice: It's difficult to predict how people will react to the tags, said Nicholas Christenfeld, a psychology professor at the University of California San Diego.

"Americans are deeply ambivalent about shame," he said. "We are notoriously an individualistic culture, where we feel we should be able to do whatever we want."

I think this sums it up. I don't have a problem with individualism, but with individualism comes the obligation of personal honor (you know, knowing how you should conduct yourself and why). Part of it is being a member of society, and unlimited self-indulgence and convenience isn't included.

Now you've laid down the gauntlet. Cue the "It's my right to consume 20,000 gallons a day if I can pay for it" crowd.

yeah, this will work out well because there's no busy-body a-holes out there just looking to pick a fight. Who's determining the standard for "wasteful?"

Water running into the street and down the drain hole?

Ruth Golden of Chula Vista bristled at the notion of neighbors playing water police.

"It's a Big Brother thing,"

How is someone who lives near you noticing your front yard a Big Brother thing?

Giant middle finger water fountains selling big in San Diego

Somebody made a good point about water being a closed system. There is more or less a fixed amount of it on Earth. It is therefore impossible to waste it. It simply shows up somewhere else later. When my sprinklers run too long I am simply recycling. "Water shortages" are nothing more than water collection, storage, and delivery problems. Its an engineering issue, not a "shortage." If Ca. really wants to stop this problem from showing up every other year then they need to ignore the enviro-hippy-douche types and build some more damn dams.

earlm: To boobsrgood:

That's a horsepit, you can't tell me they don't have those in your part of the country. They're very common out here. Lets the horses keep tabs on all the one legged sluts.

+1

PsychoPhil: fanbladesaresharp: All this and water is a closed system. Just someone gets the authority to monitor, bill you for it, and make you out to be Joan D'Arc. Desalinate already SD.

Yeah, I guess you never looked at the costs of running a desal plant, huh?

Even the RO ones a really energy intensive.

Yeah I have. Lots of seaside hotels around the world use them as independent systems. They use them here in cities on the NC coast. Any seafaring boat usually has such a system for it's crew and passengers. It doesn't cost a billion farking dollars. It's people that are too chickenshiat to put in the investment. A 200 gallon per day set up can cost as little as $6K.

Energy intensive? Get a generator. Even an LPG one. Or tie into the grid. Sandy Ego certainly has the ability to do that right?

Ima4nic8or: Somebody made a good point about water being a closed system. There is more or less a fixed amount of it on Earth. It is therefore impossible to waste it. It simply shows up somewhere else later. When my sprinklers run too long I am simply recycling. "Water shortages" are nothing more than water collection, storage, and delivery problems. Its an engineering issue, not a "shortage." If Ca. really wants to stop this problem from showing up every other year then they need to ignore the enviro-hippy-douche types and build some more damn dams.

Or they can conserve and save the money on dam construction.

Needs a check box that says

"Get back on your side of the border and stop using our water"

Ima4nic8or: I dont have 5k or whatever it costs to throw away on an irrigation system that knows when its raining. I also like my grass green...

Do you have 5 minutes to change your sprinkler timer to run at 8PM for 5-7 minutes instead of 2PM for 15 minutes?

That's really all that's being asked, and your grass will stay green just fine.

Leaders of the San Diego County Water Authority hope that residents will act as self-appointed hydro-cops and hang 1.75 million of these tags on the doors of water-hogging neighbors.

Why stop there? There's got to be a million other possible subjects we could put on the tags that would keep those smug little neighbourhood busybodies amused for hours.

Why talk to people when you can act our your passive-aggressive fantasies by hanging a tag on their door and running away.

GWSuperfan: Ima4nic8or: I dont have 5k or whatever it costs to throw away on an irrigation system that knows when its raining. I also like my grass green...

Do you have 5 minutes to change your sprinkler timer to run at 8PM for 5-7 minutes instead of 2PM for 15 minutes?

That's really all that's being asked, and your grass will stay green just fine.

He's too busy washing his H2 in the driveway every day.

Probably leaves the faucet running while brushing his teeth too.

Time to call Sam Kinison.... WHY DON'T YOU LIVE WHERE THE FARKING WATER IS!!

Oh man I can't WAIT until I get my tags. I am going to need at least 50 of them because I can think of at least that many people who deserve them.

I also want orange tags that say "You park like a jackass" and red tags that say "Your minivan offends me"

darth_shatner: Why talk to people when you can act our your passive-aggressive fantasies by hanging a tag on their door and running away.

Don't worry, I fully plan to ring the doorbell before I run.

earlm: To boobsrgood:

That's a horsepit, you can't tell me they don't have those in your part of the country. They're very common out here. Lets the horses keep tabs on all the one legged sluts.



Ha!

Pincy: I've got a suggestion: Don't be an asshole and waste water.

I've got a suggestion: Don't be an asshole live in the farking desert.

Snowydog: Oh man I can't WAIT until I get my tags. I am going to need at least 50 of them because I can think of at least that many people who deserve them.

I also want orange tags that say "You park like a jackass" and red tags that say "Your minivan offends me"

But but but then the hot blonde Cali girls can't get all wet in their skimpy white Tshirt.

Will NO ONE think of the frat boys?!?!?

xtex: lantawa: or maybe it's a pepper

Or a pickle.

It's a streetlight.

boobsrgood: earlm: To boobsrgood:

That's a horsepit, you can't tell me they don't have those in your part of the country. They're very common out here. Lets the horses keep tabs on all the one legged sluts.



Ha!

He had gum in his hair.

karatekitten13: But but but then the hot blonde Cali girls can't get all wet in their skimpy white Tshirt.

Ain't no embargo on chocolate puddin, KK13

Every day during the summer, at 6am sharp, a plume of water shoots over my hedges from my neighbor's sprinkler system. (Seriously, it's a lot of water, looks like a fountain, at least I don't have to water the hedges on that side of the house)

I live in idiotland.

/How stupid are my neighbors? One of them complained about dog poop on their tree, by nailing several paper signs into the tree, with no less than 4 large nails per sign. (Dog poop is apparently bad for trees, 16 large nails in the trunk of a tree is fine)

//The sad thing is, they don't even own the tree.

studebaker hoch: SO...desalinization plant near the ocean, + nuke plant to power it.

All the radioactive sparkling clean fresh water you could ever want!

Given the number of nuke tests around the world, you're already full of radiation. I'll see your Uranium, and raise you Plutonium.

fanbladesaresharp: studebaker hoch: SO...desalinization plant near the ocean, + nuke plant to power it.

All the radioactive sparkling clean fresh water you could ever want!

Given the number of nuke tests around the world, you're already full of radiation. I'll see your Uranium, and raise you Plutonium.

Do you use a microwave?

Do you use one to cook your food on a daily basis?

You are already chock'full-o radiation. Enjoy that!

lantawa: "xeriscape".
Thank you.

You don't have to mow either. I think it's the worst chore by far. I'd rather do dishes for an hour that mow for 30 minutes.

earlm: He had gum in his hair.

I got nuttin.

Probably the only way to solve this in the long term is to tell the people not to waste water/not litter/not play with fire/etc when they are 5-10 years old. Well, that's the way I remember it, and I'm sure schools in the USA do it that way too. Perhaps maybe just not on the issue of water conservation.

lantawa: One word: "xeriscape". Now, here's an apple (or maybe it's a pepper)for your consideration:

Dunno, but it kind of turns me on.

/seriously, think it's a passion fruit gone awry
/seriously serious

Ima4nic8or: I dont have 5k or whatever it costs to throw away on an irrigation system that knows when its raining.

Don't you mean that you don't have the 15-20 bucks to "throw away' on a rain sensor that hooks into your existing timer?

Lazy, wasteful fark.

studebaker hoch: SO...desalinization plant near the ocean, + nuke plant to power it.

All the radioactive sparkling clean fresh water you could ever want!

We'd need a GECK to make it work, and I don't think we've got one of those.