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Now Washing My Hands Contributes to Global Warming?
« on: December 29, 2013, 10:16:36 AM »
I thought this was going to be a science-based article on hot vs cold water, but no, they decided to focus on how I'm destroying Mother Earth by washing my hands with hot water. I generally actually use cold water most of the time, but of course now I want to switch to using hot water most of the time.

Note to all you footie pajama wearing, hot chocolate drinking, androgynous nannies out their and all of similar ilk: When will you learn that the more you nag at me, and "educate" me in your "pat on the head"  condescending way, the less prone I will be to do what you're nagging about? Just shutup. Please.

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Re: Now Washing My Hands Contributes to Golbal Warming?
« Reply #1 on: December 29, 2013, 10:25:34 AM »
We went to our zoo this past Friday for the Festival of Lights.  While we were there I had to use the restroom and the water that was coming out of the faucet was bone chilling cold.  I have to assume it is part of being green, as the had waterless urinals as well.
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Re: Now Washing My Hands Contributes to Golbal Warming?
« Reply #2 on: December 29, 2013, 10:36:49 AM »
We went to our zoo this past Friday for the Festival of Lights.  While we were there I had to use the restroom and the water that was coming out of the faucet was bone chilling cold.  I have to assume it is part of being green, as the had waterless urinals as well.

Yeah, where some of you guys live, screw washing in cold water in the Winter. I'd stay in front of the sink for the ten minutes it takes the pipes to warm up until I got water somewhere above the high 30's. :)
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Re: Now Washing My Hands Contributes to Golbal Warming?
« Reply #3 on: December 29, 2013, 10:41:10 AM »
Yeah, where some of you guys live, screw washing in cold water in the Winter. I'd stay in front of the sink for the ten minutes it takes the pipes to warm up until I got water somewhere above the high 30's. :)

This time of year, I would like it if the Golb got warmer  :lol:
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Re: Now Washing My Hands Contributes to Golbal Warming?
« Reply #4 on: December 29, 2013, 10:54:15 AM »
This time of year, I would like it if the Golb got warmer  :lol:

Yeah, yeah, fixed the typo. :P
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Re: Now Washing My Hands Contributes to Golbal Warming?
« Reply #5 on: December 29, 2013, 04:00:24 PM »
Yeah, yeah, fixed the typo. :P

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Re: Now Washing My Hands Contributes to Golbal Warming?
« Reply #6 on: December 29, 2013, 04:14:42 PM »
Can't, his fingers are stuck frozen to the keyboards

FTFY.  ;)


And there are a couple of restaurants around here that have gone to that "To save precious resources, we only provide cold water."  I no longer patronize.  I'm not sure how that goes over with the Health department.  But I guess they have hot water for employees to wash with in a separate sink in the back.

Anyway, they no longer get my money.

Same with those that have those stupid sensors that are guaranteed to shut off the water when your hands are covered in suds and refuse to turn back on, no matter how much you wave them in front of it. 

Motion sensor towel dispenser?  Once I hear the motor kick in, I grab and pull until I have what I think is enough to dry my hands, Thankyoverymuch.
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Re: Now Washing My Hands Contributes to Golbal Warming?
« Reply #7 on: December 29, 2013, 06:06:57 PM »
FTFY.  ;)

Same with those that have those stupid sensors that are guaranteed to shut off the water when your hands are covered in suds and refuse to turn back on, no matter how much you wave them in front of it. 

Motion sensor towel dispenser?  Once I hear the motor kick in, I grab and pull until I have what I think is enough to dry my hands, Thankyoverymuch.

Yep, motion sensor soap dispenser (which usually succeeds dispensing some really perfumy soap), motion sensor faucet (which invariably fails to dispense water to remove the smelly soap) and motion sensor towel dispenser (which dispenses about 2 inches of towel) to attempt to remove the stinky soap you are stuck with, on your hands.

I've developed the ability to not pee on my hands, and if possible, not do anything which requires me to use the 2 inch wide, see through toilet paper they provide (if you're lucky).
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Re: Now Washing My Hands Contributes to Global Warming?
« Reply #8 on: December 29, 2013, 06:50:11 PM »
Motion sensor paper towels leads me to use 3-4X the amount I would normally use.
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« Reply #9 on: December 29, 2013, 06:52:29 PM »
Your hands are dirtier than your dick anyway. Washing hands after peeing is for people who can't control their weiners
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« Reply #10 on: December 29, 2013, 06:58:15 PM »
Your hands are dirtier than your dick anyway. Washing hands after peeing is for people who can't control their weiners

So, worsh you're hands before peeing  :lol:
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Re: Now Washing My Hands Contributes to Global Warming?
« Reply #11 on: December 29, 2013, 07:34:39 PM »
That story was very unsettling.  To get it back together I am going to take a long hot shower.
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Re: Now Washing My Hands Contributes to Global Warming?
« Reply #12 on: December 29, 2013, 07:45:11 PM »
I usually do wash my hands before peeing, they are often covered in grease, or metal dust, metal smoke, or something similarly nasty. The episode that got me to pay attention to this was when I had been cutting carbon fiber cloth.
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Re: Now Washing My Hands Contributes to Global Warming?
« Reply #13 on: December 29, 2013, 08:00:36 PM »
I usually do wash my hands before peeing, they are often covered in grease, or metal dust, metal smoke, or something similarly nasty. The episode that got me to pay attention to this was when I had been cutting carbon fiber cloth.

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Re: Now Washing My Hands Contributes to Golbal Warming?
« Reply #14 on: December 29, 2013, 08:43:13 PM »
Yeah, where some of you guys live, screw washing in cold water in the Winter. I'd stay in front of the sink for the ten minutes it takes the pipes to warm up until I got water somewhere above the high 30's. :)
 

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Re: Now Washing My Hands Contributes to Global Warming?
« Reply #15 on: December 29, 2013, 09:05:47 PM »
When i was a kid ,I was helping my grandfather, clean up he's land.

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Re: Now Washing My Hands Contributes to Global Warming?
« Reply #16 on: December 29, 2013, 09:22:53 PM »
Nothin beats cutting fresh jalepenos and forgetting to wash up before peeing. You only do it once

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« Reply #17 on: December 29, 2013, 10:00:49 PM »
There is palliative remedy. Soak the injured member in a jar of ice water. Hard to do at work

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« Reply #18 on: December 29, 2013, 10:29:58 PM »
There is palliative remedy. Soak the injured member in a jar of ice water. Hard to do at work

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Re: Now Washing My Hands Contributes to Golbal Warming?
« Reply #19 on: December 29, 2013, 11:57:16 PM »
FTFY.  ;)


And there are a couple of restaurants around here that have gone to that "To save precious resources, we only provide cold water."  I no longer patronize.  I'm not sure how that goes over with the Health department.  But I guess they have hot water for employees to wash with in a separate sink in the back.

Anyway, they no longer get my money.

Same with those that have those stupid sensors that are guaranteed to shut off the water when your hands are covered in suds and refuse to turn back on, no matter how much you wave them in front of it. 

Motion sensor towel dispenser?  Once I hear the motor kick in, I grab and pull until I have what I think is enough to dry my hands, Thankyoverymuch.


Yeah, fight the good fight for our hot-water rights, man. You go.  :P

I don't know why they started putting water heaters in public restrooms, anyway, unless they're expecting people to shower and/or shave in there. If a business owner can reduce overhead by eliminating such, more power to him.

Most motion-sensor towel dispensers work alright, and dispense a decent amount of product. It's much better than having to touch the blessed thing, or the hot-air gizmos.

Still, I agree that they are only third best. First and second-best options are the models that dispense another sheet, as soon as the first sheet is ripped off; and the old, gravity-feed, tri-fold towels. Not necessarily in that order. The only drawback of the tri-folds is that the person filling it has to know how to do it right. Just don't jam too many towels in the dispenser, and it's dead reliable.

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Re: Now Washing My Hands Contributes to Global Warming?
« Reply #20 on: December 30, 2013, 12:25:12 AM »
I long for the return of the cloth roll hand dryer. Found one and used it ca. 2004, I was shocked, hadn't seen one in 15 years.
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Re: Now Washing My Hands Contributes to Global Warming?
« Reply #21 on: December 30, 2013, 01:23:28 AM »
It would appear that the folks who write the building codes haven't gotten the memo. Cold water only for lavatories is a violation of the plumbing code.

Just about every jurisdiction in the country uses some version if the International Building Code series. The most recent is the 2012 edition, and the 2012 International Plumbing Code has this to say:

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SECTION 607

HOT WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM


607.1 Where required. In residential occupancies, hot water
shall be supplied to plumbing fixtures and equipment utilized
for bathing, washing, culinary purposes, cleansing, laundry or
building maintenance. In nonresidential occupancies, hot
water shall be supplied for culinary purposes, cleansing,
laundry or building maintenance purposes. In nonresidential
occupancies, hot water or tempered water shall be supplied
for bathing and washing purposes.

Where they use italics, that indicates that the italicized word or term is defined in the code. The definition of "tempered water" is:

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TEMPERED WATER. Water having a temperature range
between 85°F (29°C) and 110°F (43°C).

In other words ... "warm."
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« Reply #22 on: December 30, 2013, 03:01:55 AM »
There is palliative remedy. Soak the injured member in a jar of ice water. Hard to do at work

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Re: Now Washing My Hands Contributes to Global Warming?
« Reply #23 on: December 30, 2013, 11:14:56 AM »
Nothin beats cutting fresh jalepenos and forgetting to wash up before peeing. You only do it once

Thankfully, I've thus far been good on that.


I long for the return of the cloth roll hand dryer. Found one and used it ca. 2004, I was shocked, hadn't seen one in 15 years.

Uh. Yea, no. Unless it was replaced between customers, dear gods no. I'm not a germ nutball, but I don't intentionally expose myself to pathogens.
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Re: Now Washing My Hands Contributes to Global Warming?
« Reply #24 on: December 30, 2013, 02:04:20 PM »
Company I used to work for installed the motion detector paper towel dispensor.  It spit out 6 inches of towel with a time lag to spit out another.

Micky Lu's BBQ in Marinette WI still has the old roller cloth towels..They also have killer Wisconsin style hamburgers.

I never noticed any problem peeing after cutting up hot pepers.  But, I am from Texas........chris3