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Old 05-10-2016, 07:35 AM
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Wouldn't it be rather dangerous if non-potable water was coming from the outdoor spigot's?


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Old 05-11-2016, 08:10 AM
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Oh wow GRACIEGIRL, water is cheaper here than where you come from. Did you come from Ohio like it says in the upper right hand corner of your comment or am I not reading it right. The reason I say that is because I'm from Ohio, NW Ohio & my water bills never ever ran over $15. a month, that was 5 yrs. ago. also I used the same water to water my lawn. My utility bills average $230. a month, $150. for amenities & $80. for water & we pay for recycled water to water our lawns. Just curious about your comment!
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Old 05-11-2016, 01:58 PM
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Can you really get a country club membership--including golf or not--for $3600 a year? Most of them even have a monthly minimum you have to spend on food. I'd like to know where this is and if it's in a year-round warm climate. If it's not, you're spending $3600 for at most 6 months of use. And I'd be surprised if that would include golf with no fees.
CFrance : you could in MN and they were really nice courses well maintained in prime locations. However when you added monthly minimum cost you had to expend well then it was getting up there.

I lived just a few miles down from Hazeltine, and just down the street from Bear Path. These two courses were for only the very rich and you had to have a very low handicap even to be considered

the Ryder Cup is going to be played at Hazeltine in Sept.
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CFrance : you could in MN and they were really nice courses well maintained in prime locations. However when you added monthly minimum cost you had to expend well then it was getting up there.

I lived just a few miles down from Hazeltine, and just down the street from Bear Path. These two courses were for only the very rich and you had to have a very low handicap even to be considered

the Ryder Cup is going to be played at Hazeltine in Sept.
I would not be allowed to park in their lot! But TV courses are fine for me.
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Water here in the Cary NC area is exceptionally high and we also have a multi tier system. My wife and I budget 55 a month for water and sewer and we rarely, if ever, use our irrigation system. The reason water here became so expensive was to encourage conservation after we had a couple of brutal drought. We are also only allowed to run irrigation systems 3 times a week. On top of that, they would not allow separate meters for irrigation systems when I put my system in so any water I use through my irrigation system also gets charged sewer. If I ran each of my 5 zones for 8 minutes 3 times a week my bill would be about 145 to 155 a month for water and sewer.
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