From: muratlanne@gmail.com   
      
   "mike"  wrote in message   
   news:k964ja$drb$1@dont-email.me...   
      
   > There's a free basic-like language called   
   >"dialect" that makes it easy to get a GUI interface with   
   >touch.   
      
   Can you post a link to it? Googling "dialect" + computer language   
   terms brings a flood of irrelevance.   
      
   > Then, I realized that taking shorter showers uses less   
   > electricity.  I don't need to measure the water heater   
   > to know that.  If I'm already taking the shortest showers   
   > I can tolerate, knowing the power consumption is irrelevant.   
   > Most of what I needed to know was just plain common sense   
   > and didn't need any monitoring.   
   >   
      
   I solved that by replacing the shower head with an extended-length   
   sink spray, which shuts off when released. The head end is a   
   replacement hose for one of the big multi-function shower sprays that   
   does everything EXCEPT shut off automatically when released. The   
   threaded ends fit a brass coupler, though they don't look like pipe   
   threads. I checked in the store. Anyway if it leaks a little, so what?   
      
   A sink spray hose also converts a (new) pump bug sprayer into a shower   
   that operates with water heated on the stove. I replaced the skinny   
   outlet pipe with 3/8" copper tubing. Have a separate bucket to temper   
   the hot water because it may be difficult in the tank. The 2 gallon   
   sprayer I bought seems a good compromise between run time and handling   
   awkwardness in the slippery stall, though I have to refill it at least   
   once.   
      
   jsw   
      
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