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To: Aliska
I saw a small town in Russia where most have water to the house but some still had to carry from the pump.

I saw the same thing in Istanbul. Most apartments and homes have water, but still there were people lining up with buckets every day at municipal water points. No charge for filling your container, but you have to get it home by wheelbarrow or some other way.

112 posted on 06/28/2014 9:38:18 PM PDT by JoeFromSidney (Book: Resistance to Tyranny. Buy from Amazon.)
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To: JoeFromSidney
The little boy in the Russian video was carrying it in a bucket. All sorts of thoughts of appreciation and taking for granted ran through my mind. Maybe his mother or grandmother needed to do some dishes or cook or clean or all three, how much do they need to haul to take a bath? Don't even think about the toilet, may be out back. Then if there is sickness. Imagine trudging for it in their horrible winters.

I have found wheelbarrows in my advanced age a little tricky to balance and with a heavy load, easy to tip over. I was hauling 50# or so bags of compost, topsoil. The river rock. Forget it. I worked out of the trunk of my car until it was used up lol.

153 posted on 06/29/2014 11:54:59 AM PDT by Aliska
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