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bladerunner said:

What is the normal annual rainfall and what happens to the water from the winter snow. Are you allowed to collect roof water .I buy my water .I use somewhere between 5-6000 British gallons a month at a cost of 200- 230 dollars a month.

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Wait till next year...there will be flooding from heavy rains after a year severe drought. That's what just happen here in Texas.

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LONDON, ENGLAND - AUGUST 06: Qinan Zhu of China competes during the Men's 50m Rifle 3 Positions Shooting on Day 10 of the London 2012 Olympic Game at the Royal Artillery Barracks on August 5, 2012 in London, England.

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A window cleaner works outside the tenth floor of a hotel in the city of Hefei, Anhui province on August 6, 2012. The world's second-largest economy grew by 7.6 percent on year in the second quarter, the slowest in three years, and China's top leaders have vowed to make boosting growth a top priority.

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Rescuers carry a survivor from a collapsed house after an explosion rocked a family-owned workshop in a village in Wenzhou, Zhejiang province August 5, 2012. Local authorities said thirteen people had died and 14 were injured after the explosion in east China's Zhejiang province Sunday afternoon, according to Xinhua News Agency. Picture taken August 5, 2012.

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Lenovo Vice President Dilip Bhatia holds a new ThinkPad X1 Carbon laptop in Beijing Monday, Aug. 6, 2012. The Chinese computer maker unveiled the lighter, quicker ThinkPad notebook computer inspired by the convenience of tablets and smart phones.

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This photo taken on August 2, 2012 shows HIV carrier Liu Ximei (L) holding a dog as her friend Tao Jing Lan (back), also HIV positive, sleeps on a bed in the stray dog kennel they helped to look after, during a visit to Beijing. Ximei contracted the HIV virus after blood sellers at a rural hospital injected her with a used needle following a severe accident as a young girl in which her hair was caught in farm machinery, tearing away her scalp. Ostracised in the worlds most populous country, a lack of HIV and AIDS education means patients are routinely shunned by a fearful society; which for Ximei meant being forced from the home she shared with her brother. Originally from Henan province, Ximei was visiting three HIV hospitals in Beijing in the hope of finding a surgeon able to restore hair to her damaged scalp, which she hides beneath a wig. She cites a lack of appropriate equipment and surgeons afraid of infection as reasons given to her by the doctors she has visited. Abandoned at birth, Ximei has been consumed by this quest ever since reading a book in which it was said that 'hair is the second life of a woman'.

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Young job seekers looking to work within the airport industry attends the Hong Kong International Airport Job Expo 2012 in Hong Kong on August 5, 2012. The three-day career expo offers over 6,000 openings across a wide variety of job types at one of the busiest international aviation hubs in the world.

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Volunteers clear-up plastic pellets on a bank along Hong Kong's Lamma island August 5, 2012. Hundreds of millions of potentially toxic plastic pellets from containers knocked off a vessel during Hong Kong's worst typhoon in 13 years have washed up on its beaches where they lay for more than a week, activists said on Saturday.

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Soldiers rescue citizens in Daweizi village of Xiuyan, northeast China's Liaoning Province, Aug. 5, 2012. Nearly 1.46 million people in Liaoning were affected by heavy rains and floods caused by Typhoon Damrey, authorities said Sunday. (Xinhua/Pan Yulong)

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Houses are surrounded by floodwaters in Daweizi Village of Xiuyan County, northeast China's Liaoning Province, Aug. 5, 2012. Nearly 1.46 million people in Liaoning were affected by heavy rains and floods caused by Typhoon Damrey, authorities said Sunday. (Xinhua/Pan Yulong)

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A villager cleans the mud inside his house in Daweizi Village of Xiuyan County, northeast China's Liaoning Province, Aug. 5, 2012

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bd popeye said:

Some China-joy girls 2012

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J-XX said:

Oh WOW!

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bd popeye said:

No one collect roof water or rain water that I'm aware of. I've never heard of such a thing. Most folks in rural areas use well water.

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Equation said:

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She is worth a 2-3 carat diamond ring for sure...and I don't mind!

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China's Liu Xiang, center, checks for injuries as Barbados' Shane Brathwaite, right, and Poland's Artur Noga, left, react as others continue in a men's 110-meter hurdles heat during the athletics in the Olympic Stadium at the 2012 Summer Olympics, London, Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2012.

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Cyclists run past a screen showing that China's Liu Xiang falls in a men's 110-meter hurdles heat at the 2012 London Summer Olympics, in a CCTV news in Beijing Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2012. Chinese at home are shedding tears after former world-record holder Liu Xiang crashed into the first hurdle in his first heat of the 110-meter hurdles at the London Games.

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LONDON, ENGLAND - AUGUST 07: Xiang Liu of China gets assisted off the track by Andrew Turner of Great Britain and Jackson Quinonez of Spain after getting injured in the Men's 110m Hurdles Round 1 Heats on Day 11 of the London 2012 Olympic Games at Olympic Stadium on August 7, 2012 in London, England.

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Falun Gong members and sympathizers gather in Taipei August 7, 2012, to support a protest to petition the release of Chung Ding-pan, a Taiwanese citizen and Falun Gong member who was arrested for allegedly showing Falun Gong films on a local TV station in China in June. Chairman of China's Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Strait Chen Yunlin is expected to arrive in Taiwan on August 8 for cross strait negotiations with Chiang Pin-kung, chairman of Taiwan's Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF).

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Meng Ru (L) gives blood as a nurse (front) waits at a blood donation bus in Beijing on August 7, 2012. For the first time in 14 years lesbians in China are being allowed to give blood after the health ministry revised a regulation which previously prohibited all homosexuals from donating. State media reported that the ammendment aims to address a lack of donated blood in China, adding that the government regulations still prohibit homosexual men, drug users and people with multiple sexual partners from doing so.

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This picture taken on August 6, 2012 shows damaged cars by the side of a street, after a storm following Typhoon Saola hits Shiyan, in central China's Hubei province, leaving 14 dead. China on August 7 evacuated 200,000 people from Shanghai as Typhoon Haikui is expected to make landfall in Zhejiang province, just south of the city, late August 7 or early on August 8, making it the third typhoon in a week to bore down on the east coast, warning it could be the most powerful storm to hit since 2005.

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This picture taken on August 6, 2012 shows rescuers help evacuating a family from their flooded home after a storm following Typhoon Saola hit Shiyan, in central China's Hubei province, leaving 14 dead.

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This picture taken on August 6, 2012 shows rescuers evacuating a woman from her flooded home after a storm following Typhoon Saola hit Shiyan, in central China's Hubei province, leaving 14 dead.

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Holiday-makers stand on a beach at the seaside town of Beidaihe, 100 kms (60 miles) east of Beijing on August 6, 2012. China's leaders, including the man expected to be the next president, have begun their secretive summer meetings at the seaside resort, state press said on August 5, ahead of a once-in-a-decade transition of power.

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Rescuers arrange the tools after the rescue operation in Benxi, northeast China's Liaoning Province, Aug. 6, 2012. A total of 201 workers were trapped in a tunnel construction site as a temporary bridge cross the Xihe River was washed out due to heavy rainfall caused by the Typhoon Damrey. All the trapped workers have been transferred to safe area after a rescue operation on Monday. (Xinhua/Jiang Bing)

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Rescued workers are seen in Benxi, northeast China's Liaoning Province, Aug. 6, 2012. A total of 201 workers were trapped in a tunnel construction site as a temporary bridge cross the Xihe River was washed out due to heavy rainfall caused by the Typhoon Damrey. All the trapped workers have been transferred to safe area after a rescue operation on Monday. (Xinhua/Jiang Bing)

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Thousands of restaurants and small shops in downtown Shenyang, the capital of Liaoning province, suspended their business in the past three days due to a rumor that the local government would crack down on counterfeit goods and businesses that didn't follow the regulations.

However, the government of Shenyang on Tuesday morning denied any special actions and asked small businesses not to believe in the rumors and to resume operations as soon as possible.

On Tuesday morning, 80 percent of shops along Daxi Road, a famous electronic products hub in downtown Shenyang, were closed.

"I would support the government's crackdown, but the alleged action has seriously affected our life. I can't even buy fruit and vegetables in market. All the shops are closed, this is driving me crazy," said local resident Wang Weijin.

Many stall owners said they did not know whether the rumor was true or not, but that they decided to close their shops to prevent any possible risks.

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bladerunner said:

You can buy a Cheap three carart for say $3000
and a 1 carat thats twice as expensive as what you paid for the 3carat ring, so whats your choice?

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bladerunner said:

Why waste fresh rainwater? Built In the 40's 50's the houses had a raised patio leading to the front door. The patio was essentially a concrete plaster block tank for holding the roof water.

Try to get collect your rainwater as a city dweller now. In fact they banned them. They worked out thats its better to supply your water needs for a couple thou a year. Theyve created water utilitiy companies made it compusory to use their services and flicked these companies on for mega tens of millions plus to privately owned companies.

It wouldnt surprise me if they were given a seat on the company board once they done being city council officials.


When I had my farm it had a dam as well as bore that went down 600feet to pump water. even then the water was tainted with iron. It didnt stop me drinking the water.NOw a days my doctor tells me that I have a extremely high iron reading, not good for a person my age.

My stomach must have turned into cast iron as i never get sick from eating suspect food.

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