Cold or None???

kfallon

You wake up for work in the middle of January, it's freezing and you discover there's no hot water. Do you brave a cold shower or skip the daily wash?

Me, I'd always take a cold shower, I could never go to work without a shower, I'd feel dirty at my desk so I'd have to have a wash even if it meant a freezing cold shower.

Not a fan of trying to cover it up with Lynx either by having an 'Italian' shower!
Looking forward to all the smartarse answers here......

Riamfada

I set the alarm at 6am and put the tank on every morning. That way I will always have hot water for a shower. If I forget, which I rarely do I do to work an hour late.

Micky Dolenz

It might be wish to put a timer switch on immersion.

Sykk

I do the hygienic and respectable thing and use the sink in work.

BluesBerry

I leave the immersion on all the time so I always have hot water

Id never have a cold shower i hate even luke warm showers

Ruu_Old

Use the shower at work if I need to.

AnonoBoy

I work for a shower sales company so I have one when I get to work if there's no water at home.

Uriel.

BluesBerry wrote: »

I leave the immersion on all the time so I always have hot water

Jeez would love to see your electricity bill! Yikes!

kfallon

Oh don't worry I have the timer on alright but sometimes the main boiler in the Apt block is faulty so no hot water for the whole block. Happens maybe once or twice a year for a day!

orourkeda

Smellbags

Banned Account

^^ surprised by the amount of posters who live in Leitrim - I have an electric shower.

phill106

BluesBerry wrote: »

I leave the immersion on all the time so I always have hot water

Id never have a cold shower i hate even luke warm showers

Immersion on all the time?! Good lord, what is your electric bill like!

AnonoBoy wrote: »

I work for a shower sales company so I have one when I get to work if there's no water at home.

I would have thought it would be like the display toilets in a shop, they were not connected .Interesting!
Do you have any hot female staff that require showers during the day?

Wazdakka

Normally have it on the timer so there's hot water, but allowing for power cut/ daylight savings /murphys law..
Yup, Cold shower it is.

It's not fun on a freezing January morning but it has to be done.
My testicles normally return to outside my body by lunchtime..

BluesBerry

Uriel. wrote: »

Jeez would love to see your electricity bill! Yikes!

TBH its not really much different to anyone elses give or take 20 euro
The switch broke and ive left it constantly on sink
Someone once told me also that its dearer to heat the water from cold
My water is constantly warm and it just ticks over
I could never go back to switching on immersion now when needed I love having hot water on tap

Ush1

Cold shower wouldn't clean ya at all really.

alwaysadub

I'd wash whatever needed to be washed,use a facecloth though rather than get under the cold water. It'd give me a migraine!

easyeason3

Cold shower.
You would be amazed how much better you feel after one.

Kiera

I have a timer so this wouldnt happen but if it broke i'd have to have a cold shower. Cant wake up in the mornings without my shower.

kfallon

alwaysadub wrote: »

I'd wash whatever needed to be washed,use a facecloth though rather than get under the cold water. It'd give me a migraine!

Ah the ould cowboy wash!

kfallon

Surprised we haven't had one 'Golden Shower' quip yet....is AH standards slipping

phill106

kfallon wrote: »

Surprised we haven't had one 'Golden Shower' quip yet....is AH standards slipping

Followed by the priceless " Whats a golden shower?"

Azureus

Ive raynauds syndrome so a cold shower would be a painful hell for me on a cold January morning! Id usually have the immersion on, i love my hot morning shower! But failing that, heat a kettle and top 'n' tail as mammy would say!

Minstrel27

Work shower is there if needed.

GavRedKing

I had to have a cold shower in a mates apartment in Galway due to no hot water, bloody awful but i stuck it out, so I suppose I would have one again if I had to.

R0ot

What's this "daily wash" you speak of?

kfallon

R0ot wrote: »

What's this "daily wash" you speak of?

Try it, your family/friends/work colleagues might like it!!!

storm2811

Fitzcaraldo wrote: »

^^ surprised by the amount of posters who live in Leitrim - I have an electric shower.

I have an electric shower.:(
:pac:
I usually shower in the evenings so problems with me!

Ms. Captain M

Don't think i'd be able to face a cold shower on a January morning to be honest. The only heating I have is the range with back boiler (old school) so the house is freezing in the mornings 'til I light it. An aul wash in the sink would have to do.

Ush1

kfallon wrote: »

Try it, your family/friends/work colleagues might like it!!!

That's quite alot of people to fit in a shower.:D

Boil the kettle, pour it into the sink with come cold and use a flannel, there's more than one way to skin a cat.

Cold shower! never! run out of hot water once though halfway through. :mad:

kfallon

Deleted User wrote: »

Boil the kettle, pour it into the sink with come cold and use a flannel, there's more than one way to skin a cat.

You use a cat's skin as a flannel :eek:

ToxicPaddy

Had to have a really cold shower a few months ago.. Was staying in a small chalet up the mountains in central europe, water was being fed from a well outside and ground temp was -10.

The place was covered in snow and no hot water, so needless to say when that water started flowing from the shower I could be heard shrieking miles away..

Had a thumping headache, took brain freeze to a whole new level, but afterwards felt very refreshed.. so dont mind cold showers when the weather is kinda warm but try to avoid when its cold outside in Ireland as it takes forever to get the heat back into your body afterwards..

Banned Account

Flannel?

I thought they ceased to exist just after the battle of Balaclava.

Who the fcuk says 'Flannel'?

Blowfish

The pipes to my shower actually froze in January so I didn't get much choice. Thankfully I cycle to work and shower there anyway, so it didn't matter that much.

HalloweenJack

Hot showers aren't that good on a cold morning either.

Once I get out, the contrast is really ****ing sharp and my teeth start chattering and I'm shivering all over. It's horrible. That's with the heating on, too.

VinnyTGM

I'd probably jump in and have a quick shower, it's better than nothing once you get all the vital areas cleaned.