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SEStran Commuter Challenge 2016 - commuters needed

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  1. HankChief
    Member

    Well done @greenroofer an elegant victory is yours.

    I was hampered by an unglamorous changing in the street from casual clothing into my lycra warrior outfit to go through Roseburn and then by the need to wring out my cycle clothing & sh*w*r when I got to work.

    Posted 8 years ago #
  2. neddie
    Member

    Daily showering is expensive, polluting and unnecessary (and can even be bad for you)

    http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/mar/08/shower-once-a-week-polluting-environment

    Posted 8 years ago #
  3. neddie
    Member

    And a more recent article:

    our skin, much like our gut, plays host to millions of beneficial bacteria. Showering destroys these happy bacterial colonies; they’re completely wiped out by all of our frequent rubbing and scrubbing. And when the bacteria washed off by soap repopulate, they tend to favour microbes which produce an odor – yes, too-frequent showering may actually make you smell more.

    http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2016/jun/14/why-we-should-shower-less-hygiene-water-preservation

    Posted 8 years ago #
  4. wingpig
    Member

    "You know that feeling after a shower when you feel like you’re stuck in a skin suit two sizes too small?"

    Can't say I have, but maybe because:

    "The average shower lasts seven minutes and uses 65 litres of water."

    ...mine use much less water than the mean. There must be lots of people out there with industrial-strength showers to offset all of us with puny single-digit-kilowatt electric showers.

    Posted 8 years ago #

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