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Old 01/09/11, 07:00 AM
 
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My mother in law's neighborhood got running water her Junior year of high school.
In 1972.
My great uncle had a hand pump in the kitchen and an outhouse until the day he died (1980 ) We bought his farm and had to put a bathroom and "real well" in before we could rent the house.

We lived the first year here with no running water and a sawdust toilet.

We might go back to the sawdust toilet
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Old 01/09/11, 07:37 AM
 
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I have met some Native Americans who have NEVER had running water, well, or a stream. Water is not available in their area. They haul water in 30-55 gallon barrels from a water station 30 miles away. It is a shame that they cannot be provided with running water.
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Old 01/09/11, 09:43 AM
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I don't think running water is really a big deal. You learn to conserve.I actualy brought a baby home from the hospital(years ago) w/o any running water. It wasn't a big deal. It kills me now how one has to be concerned if CPS will agree to your lifestyle choices for something as simple as running water. Not so many years ago it wasn't uncommon at all..and that generation grew up just fine.
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Old 01/09/11, 06:51 PM
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Really enjoying this thread. Up until 5 yrs ago there was no water to this house. In the winter when the creek froze baths were in the sauna and there is always plenty of snow to thaw at the wood stove.
Mustang, I need to find a woman like you to marry. You sound adventurous.
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Old 01/09/11, 06:56 PM
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Dixie, the humanure system is great, but I think it is a little wasteful and laborious. Over in rural china the people make biogas from their waste and their animal's waste. They make the gas in an anorobic digester, then they pipe the gas into the house to cook and light the house.
I want to do this eventually. You get cooking gas, lights, and the digested material is used for fertilizer...all from your waste. Not bad. In india people are starting to do this with table scraps and other home garbage.
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Old 01/09/11, 06:57 PM
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I'm still reading all these answers !! Thanks! Very reassuring!
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Old 01/09/11, 07:01 PM
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We have lived here for 11 years now and still don't have the water in the house yet. Fortunately, we have a hand dug well with a pitcher pump out front. We have sinks and a bath tub with the drains all hooked up and emptying all the gray water outside underground. We heat water on the wood stoves and pour into the sink or the tub. So it's not really hard but like everyone says, it teaches you to be very frugal with water. Our shower in the summer is green soda bottles sitting in the sun and used in the bath tub. Just pour it over yourself. Sometimes that water gets hot!

This is a post I wrote about how I wash my laundry: Mobile Washer
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Old 01/09/11, 07:12 PM
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KAt, do you live in those green hill in the background of your webpage? Wow, they are beautiful.

I have the same blue tub as you. I got mine from home depot for $3.
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Old 01/09/11, 07:13 PM
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Can anyone here make an inexpensive clothes wringer? I think a lot of us would be interested in buying one if you did.
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Old 01/09/11, 07:24 PM
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KAt, do you live in those green hill in the background of your webpage? Wow, they are beautiful.

I have the same blue tub as you. I got mine from home depot for $3.
No, that is a Wordpress template for my blog. I live in a green area and chose that template because of the green and the trees.

I have several of those tubs, some are heavier than that one. I use them for everything.
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Old 01/09/11, 09:50 PM
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The other thing I've heard of that people use as a ringer for their clothes is a wringer that goes on a mop bucket. The kind you pull the lever and squeeze the water out of a string mop with.
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Old 01/09/11, 11:39 PM
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The other thing I've heard of that people use as a ringer for their clothes is a wringer that goes on a mop bucket. The kind you pull the lever and squeeze the water out of a string mop with.
I considered that one patrice but i thought it might be too rough on the clothes.
Maybe it wouldnt.
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