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Thu, 31 Jan 2008 16:02:33 -0500

Yay, there I am. This comment and the previous 3 are all mine. I’m done now. All fixed.

New comment - Abuse Your Friend's Toilets

Thu, 31 Jan 2008 16:01:50 -0500

hmm… am I me yet?

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Thu, 31 Jan 2008 15:59:01 -0500

hmm strange. I guess I accidentally created two profiles at some point. Christopher Howse is me. The creator of this post.

About the $2000 dollar water bill… Does that mean he was not home to hear his toilet running for 3 months? I don’t get it. When a toilet is running it is not silent.

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Thu, 31 Jan 2008 15:53:09 -0500

Treehugger.com hates this post I guess, but I still think it is a great hack for most toilets. Thanks for all the positive responses people. I guess Iâ€™ll add that if you have a new model toilet that only uses 1 and a half gallons to flush, you should leave the rod alone. It is already low flow, and you may end up having problems getting it all down. Therefore, you may flush twice. That kind of makes the whole hack pointless. My toilet is olive green, aka, old as hell.

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Thu, 13 Dec 2007 08:42:29 -0500

Willow:

Why would your friends find it strange that you use the bathroom? hehe

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Wed, 12 Dec 2007 16:47:40 -0500

That’s an awesome idea! Thanks for sharing! My friends will all be wondering why I suddenly start making trips to their toilets…

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Mon, 10 Dec 2007 21:08:52 -0500

Not a toilet safe in Oslo this christmas!

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Tue, 04 Dec 2007 00:52:13 -0500

Christopher!!! You are my hero!!!! Vandalism that benefits us all!!! Hooray! I will do this to every toilet I use if the tank cover can be removed!!!!! Yipee!! Look out Gas stations in California here I come! Beware restaurants I’m on my way…..OOOOHHHH yes I’ll get you at the beauty salon too!!!!!! lol lol lol lol lol

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Sat, 17 Nov 2007 13:53:14 -0500

Shhh! I just hacked 4 of my neighbors toilets…don’t tell! What a great idea…I have never thought about that. I will now vandalize every toilet I come across!

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Sat, 10 Nov 2007 09:29:43 -0500

genius

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Tue, 06 Nov 2007 09:22:58 -0500

@ Jerry…

And while we’re convincing the farmers, let’s not be hypocritical and make sure we don’t waste so much water ourselves.

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Mon, 29 Oct 2007 18:18:10 -0400

Dugg on Digg.com. Go here to Digg it yourself and move it up in the rankings.

http://digg.com/environment/Save_Water_Hack_Your_Friends_Toilets

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Sun, 28 Oct 2007 09:31:14 -0400

I don’t believe it is a good idea to go screwing around with other peoples toilets. Besides, household use accounts for only 15% of water use (agriculture 70%, industrial 15%) so if we get farmers to stop growing rice in the desert (because of access to cheap plentiful water) then we could save more water than messing around with a million friends toilets.

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Tue, 16 Oct 2007 18:48:26 -0400

Am I the only one who doesn’t want my friends fucking with my toilet?

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Wed, 26 Sep 2007 17:29:25 -0400

love it! i am so in…Bryan…prepare to be toilet abused.

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Tue, 25 Sep 2007 14:52:48 -0400

Great! A toilet hack!

My wife and I don’t flush after every use. It’s pretty obvious when the toilet actually NEEDS to be flushed, and then this tip comes in handy, especially if you live in an apartment and have an old, wasteful toilet you can’t replace.

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Tue, 25 Sep 2007 13:33:49 -0400

Those toilets with the half flush option were all over Australia when I was there, and I have never seen one in Canada.

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Sun, 23 Sep 2007 20:47:21 -0400

Why the heck aren’t toilets just designed with this kink in place? You do see some modern toilets with the ‘half-flush’ option, but surely all modern toilets shoulds be designed to work at the most effective standard.

What is the actual policy on flushing: ‘if it’s yellow let it mellow’ – is this best? Is it best to avoid flushing even in other people’s homes? Obviously it’s not so bad for us guys…

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Sun, 23 Sep 2007 12:45:58 -0400

not many people know that water companies often have to pump the fresh water to homes. So using less water actually reduces energy use as well .

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Mon, 03 Sep 2007 19:31:23 -0400

Wow, what a great idea! I will definitely be linking to these sites from EarthThreat.org in the near future, and when I have a place of my own I will certainly install a system such as these.

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Mon, 03 Sep 2007 12:13:33 -0400

Great hack! here is something that I found long time ago.

The Aqus system collects the water from a bathroom sink and filters and disinfects it before it gets re-used as flush water for an adjacent toilet. It saves between 10 and 20 gallons of fresh water per day for two person bathrooms with normal activities. This represents between 3,650 and 7,300 gallons of fresh water saved per year. An equal amount of wastewater cost is also saved.” This would mean an annual savings of $40.88 to $81.76 (based on an average rate of $5.60 per 1,000 gallons) from using a device like th...

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Sun, 02 Sep 2007 16:51:52 -0400

Haha! Good man. I’ve already attacked a hand full my self! Why stop now?!?

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Sun, 02 Sep 2007 12:28:16 -0400

Great tip, can’t wait to start hacking away at my friend’s toilets.