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30

I See Your Schwartz is Bigger Than Mine

Written by S. Beaumont and filed under Editorial 

Our friends over at New Raleigh seemed to take a little exception to our most recent top 10 list, posting their own “The Real Top 10 Ways You Can Conserve Raleigh’s Water.” From the post:

Another Raleigh blog decided to make light of the situation, and while I can understand the need to lighten the mood, considering the $200 first offenders fine, I think it’s important to share some creative and mostly passive ways that one can save water.

To clearly state my position as author of the post, I firmly agree that a drought/water shortage is a serious situation. However, unlike our water supply, there has been no shortage of factual news coverage regarding this potential disaster. My intent was not to make light of the situation, but to draw serious attention to it through a non-traditional approach and hopefully reach a wider audience. And to that extent, the fact that a “real” list was created means that I was successful on some level.

But, that aside - is their real list really any different than my own?

Theirs: Showers…use 10 Gallons a minute…Keep them as short as you are willing to go
RFP: Listen to music while in the shower - get out after 2 songs (Does not include Iron Butterfly’s “In A Gadda Da Vida” - 17 mins long)
RFP: Offer to share a shower with that cute guy/girl you haven’t had the nerve to ask out

Theirs: Washing the Car…do it on the lawn
RFP: If you have to wash your car, do it while parked on the grass and use the run-off to help water the lawn - while your at it, tie your t-shirt off at the midriff and give the neighbors something to talk about

Theirs: Watering Plants…Don’t water your sidewalks, driveway or gutter. Adjust your sprinklers so that water is focused on your lawn or garden where it belongs–and only there.
RFP: Don’t water your sidewalks or driveways while irrigating - your property line will not grow no matter how hard you try

Theirs: Toilets…Try putting a brick or some other solid object into your toilet’s reservoir so that each flush uses less water.
RFP: Move your life savings from under your mattress to a water-safe bag within your toilet tank, displacing the water and reducing the amount used in each flush

Anyway, now that’s out there, I hope that you’ll find your way over to New Raleigh’s “real” list and do your part to help conserve Raleigh’s water. Ironically, I found it to be a little dry, but hey - the more exposure to the cause the better.

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5 Responses to “I See Your Schwartz is Bigger Than Mine”

  1. CarnifeX on August 30th, 2007 4:33 pm

    RFP FTW.

  2. Cindy on August 31st, 2007 7:09 am

    Puhleeze…come on! Your list was funny and a nice deviation from the drama of our water shortage. Lighten up New Raleigh and let’s all support one another instead of shaking your finger with a tsk…tsk…especially over something like this!?

  3. James on August 31st, 2007 1:47 pm

    I like your list better.

    I got about halfway through following the new raleigh list and fell asleep. Fortunately, I turned off the water before I zonked out.

    That said, I still like New Raleigh. It’s a good site.

  4. ITBJD on September 1st, 2007 12:51 am

    c’mon New Raleigh… lighten up a bit. I am conscientious about my water usage, but the 6th grade H2O conservation tips are a little over the top

  5. freshsqueze on September 4th, 2007 10:08 am

    this conversation is stupid.

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