Thiefhunters in Paradise take a shower

Feb 19, 2011

Thiefhunters in Paradise take a shower

I believe in the conservation of resources. But some hotels, the Delta St. John’s included, make it impossible to save water. The shower has no flow regulator. via bobarno.com

Quite so but consider the timing? Perhaps the shower control was installed in the 1990s or even earlier? -- an age ago from 'sustainability' consciousness.

But what it definitively proves is that the objects around us can have continuing influence on our lives.

Feb 19, 2011 1:59:23 PM

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