I got hosed!
@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
United States
June 21, 2016 1:09pm CST
No, it's not what you think...LOL
We had one of those cheap hoses out front - you know the kind - they kink up if you look at them sideways. Well, with the lack of rain I've been fighting that hose trying to keep things in the front from dying. I had enough.
After taking the car in for an oil change this morning we stopped at Lowes to buy a good hose. When we got home I told him, 'You watch, hook up that new hose and it will rain."
He hooked it up, we had lunch and I went in the pool. The sky got dark and guess what - it rained! Not a lot or for long, but at least the garden got some water and I I have no need to try out the new hose - therefore, I got hosed!
Photo: pixabay.com/en/hosepipe-garden-hose-hose-gardening-362175/
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@andriaperry (118793)
• Anniston, Alabama
21 Jun 16
I was gifted a nice hose that wont kink and I adore it! I have a warranty and the recipe so if it gets a hole I get a new one, best gift ever!
I want some of that rain!
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@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
21 Jun 16
It didn't last long, the garden got wet and hopefully the sun won't dry it up right away! Those hoses aren't cheap but they are worth it in the long run.
@LovingMyBabies (85923)
• Valdosta, Georgia
21 Jun 16
Lol, life is so ironic that way at times.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
21 Jun 16
It sure is. I think it could also have been just dumb luck!
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@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
21 Jun 16
Have you been talking to my husband again? LOL!
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@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
21 Jun 16
@AbbyGreenhill Do you expect to win again?
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@LadyDuck (502427)
• Italy
22 Jun 16
@AbbyGreenhill I feel a sharp pain in my right elbow (the one I broke when I was a kid). I guess I am not wrong, we have to expect a thunderstorm.
@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
22 Jun 16
I wish it was that easy I'd wash every vehicle in the county.
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@crazyhorseladycx (39503)
• United States
21 Jun 16
lol, if'n only such worked 'round here, i'd fork o'er the funds fer a new hose 't least e'ery couple'f weeks. i can empathize with yer hose issue though. i've quite a few'n such shape myself. they don't make'em like they used to. e'en the "kink-free" hoses'll do such 'fter a few years. i reckon they know that folks'll not keep their receipt fer such, so 're most happy to put a "'or yer money back" thingy'n the wrappin' jest to tempt'ja to purchase.
so glad'ja got a spot'f rain - e'ery lil drop helps!
@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
22 Jun 16
We have 100 foot one for years and it is fine do far and it is in direct sunlight all day
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@crazyhorseladycx (39503)
• United States
22 Jun 16
@AbbyGreenhill i've got 'bout 5 'f those...prolly'd last longer if'n the hubs would'a drained 'em o'er winter (which i used to do, need 'em to water the horses year round) 'n'd stop drivin' o'er 'em out'n the pasture :) these're out'n full sun all day's well.
@jillybean1222 (6406)
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22 Jun 16
we invested in a nice hose at the wrong time... it was at the time of the BIG puppy in the backyard who would chew everything.. yes, she ryuined our nice hose.... grrrr. (woof!)
@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
22 Jun 16
Our dog loves the hose and probably would have chewed as a puppy if she had been close enough to do so.
@LeaPea2417 (40029)
• Toccoa, Georgia
22 Jun 16
Ha, ha, that is just like when you take the car to the car wash and spend the money to wash it, and then the next day it rains!
@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
21 Jun 16
washing the car is a sure way for it to rain here, as well as putting off mowing a day, the new mowing day will rain
@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
22 Jun 16
It did not do much good but they day maybe more tonight
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@sueznewz2 (10409)
• Alicante, Spain
22 Jun 16
I'm glad you got a swim in... i'm sure it won't be long before you get to use your new hose pipe...
@JudyEv (382068)
• Rockingham, Australia
22 Jun 16
Probably a cheap way of getting it to rain! Of course, the other way to get it to rain is to wash the car.
@Luke35 (81)
• United States
21 Jun 16
We just bought a kinkless hose a few months ago. Our outdoor water spigot had not worked for the past few years due to some leaking. We replaced the spigot (it was very old) in March with a new frost free spigot and while it was still cold out, I tried to use the existing hose to spray wash out the cat's litter box. NOTHING but hose kinks and freezing cold hands! So we bought a kinkless hose in anticipation of planting new flowers in the late spring. I have only used it a few times, but I think I am going to need to break it out again tonight.
