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sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish · 2 days ago

Millions face hosepipe bans as UK heatwave reaches 34.7C

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Millions face hosepipe bans as UK heatwave reaches 34.7C

www.bbc.co.uk

sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish · 2 days ago
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Heat health alerts for parts of England were issued on Friday and will remain in place until Monday.
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  • originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com
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    fyi, hosepipe == garden hose

    first time ive heard this british word

    • sabreW4K3@lazysoci.alOP
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      Happy Cake Day.

      BTW, it’s wild to me that this is the first time you’re learning of the word hosepipe.

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        As an USian I always thought it meant spigot - the place where you connect a hose. But the Lost in the Pond YT channel taught me what it is.

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        oh damn, thanks! it also marks 2 years of uptime of this instance.

        ive probably heard it in passing on tv shows… i have a ton of british media, but this is first time i think i was consciously considering the word

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        Probably because it’s not a word

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    Meanwhile, my supplier, Southern Water, lose tens of millions of litres of water every day through leaks they ‘don’t have the money to repair’, while happily throwing out enormous bonuses.

    So you’ll forgive me if I tell them to stuff it up their arseholes, so I can continue having nice flowers in my garden, in a world where everything else feels like it’s falling to shit.

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    Two in the afternoon and 34 degrees? Reminds me of a song…

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      LEAVE ME ALONE

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