Hi List So here we go again. When I was young we always had hot water but we didn't always have money for coal, so only had a hot shower occasionally, the cold shower method was get all wet as quickly as possible, turn off shower, lather up, turn shower on and rinse quickly, and dry just as quickly. Total elapsed time, about one and a quarter mins in winter, five or six mins in summer. So there. Al Campbell On Mon, 5 Feb 2007 14:56:13 -0600, grace w gathman wrote: >�We never had hot water until 1942--my mother >�heated it on the stove in the kitchen. I loved >�to go to my grandmothers who lived on >�Springfield near Grand. They had hot water and >�a very deep old fashioned bath tub. My idea of >�heaven. I really don't know how todays kids >�with their 30 minute daily showers would ever >�survive. My grand daughter can not believe that >�I only washed my hair once a week. Unless it >�was summer and we went to the pool where they >�had showers. Somehow we made it--with only one >�bathroom. Grace