It’s always the way. Fix one leak and it just puts pressure on another part of the pipe. Ideally it all needs replacing but governments just don’t think that way It really sounds like Greece in your video.
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ReplyDeleteI'm not saving those dang goats though. They're loving their new water sources. I can smell em before I see em.
Deleteoh no hope they fix it, what a waste of water though.
ReplyDeleteHuge waste!
DeleteIt’s always the way. Fix one leak and it just puts pressure on another part of the pipe. Ideally it all needs replacing but governments just don’t think that way
ReplyDeleteIt really sounds like Greece in your video.
It's a real Greek drama lol
DeleteIt's a real Greek drama lol
DeleteOh dear!!
ReplyDeleteOh dear. Again
DeleteSometimes it happens here too. very similar. That's probably how it is in rural Mediterranean areas.
ReplyDeleteWe live in very similar environments Yael
Deleteooops! run and hide.
ReplyDeleteYou should see it today. It's a geyser. Without the sulphur lol. So far
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