So I was in the shower yesterday (and other days too, yesterday was not a special occasion) and I turned on the water. The water flowed out of the tub faucet and I inserted my finger into the stream to test its temperature. Then a thought crossed my mind. I wonder how much water is wasted by people who do the same as me. All that unused "warmup-period" shower water just goes down the drain - the majority of which never gets the chance to grace your body. Poor water.
That's when ideas started popping into my head on ways to preserve this taken-for-granted water. At first I thought - maybe there should be a middle option on the faucet that let's less water out. Since, right now, there's either shower head or FULL BLAST WASTING WATER (unless you're about to take a bath - different story). They could design a 3-state lift arm on the faucet; all the way down means you're going to take a bath, midway means you are warming up the water, and all the way up means you are in the process of taking a shower.
Then I thought to myself, this would still waste water - thus, not completely dissolving the issue at hand. So, my next idea was a intermediate basin of some sort that can re-circulate unused water. This way, the unused water would not go down the drain, but simply get warmed up by incoming water. For novelty's sake, you would be able to stick your finger in the basin to test the temperature - yeah that's right, it could have a sensor to do this, but that would be too technical; some things are just better the old fashioned way.
Come to think of it, this could be expanded to sinks as well! Maybe it's not as big a deal though. Still, some people wait for water to get hot before washing the dishes, right? Dishwasher? What's that?
I guess this all boils down to older houses though since their water heating systems are not as snappy as new homes... All of these thoughts crossed my mind from simply waiting for the water to get warm for a shower.
In gaming news, approximately 7 days and 5 hours until I get my hands on Grand Theft Auto IV. I'm mega stoked and I'm devouring any article that has to do with GTA IV and it's frustrating me even more. How come they get to play it before us and then tease us with tidbits of information - marketing is such a devious operation.
Yes, I do not plan on sleeping Monday night - or Tuesday morning - or whatever you want to call it. I went last Friday to pre-order it at the closest brick and mortar store - it happened to be GameStop. I heard the most ridiculous conversation between a dad and his kid. That story, however, will be left for another time as I'm too lazy to write about it now. (At least that's my excuse to give me some time to carefully organize my plan of attack).
So, next time, look forward to Dad vs. Kid and also a look into what the phrase "next-gen" means to me. Until then, enjoy life.
