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4:12pm on Wednesday, 20th October, 2021:
Anecdote
After our shower had the temerity to leak about a teaspoonful of water through the ceiling of the room below, my wife decided to teach it a lesson. As a result, we're now having to have baths instead of showers.
I used to prefer baths to showers, but after having showers for so long I'm having a second opportunity to assess them.
Showers take less time, which is the main advantage they have over baths. Depending on how long you stay in them, they use less or more water than a bath.
Baths make it hard to wash your hair, unless you use a shower attachment. I always seem to get an earful of water, either way. You can lie down in a bath and relax, although there's a risk of drowning if you fall asleep. Baths take longer to clean after use, but not as long as I remembered. Baths don't cause alarming temperature changes if someone else in the house flushes the toilet while you're having one. Shower gel works in a shower, but in a bath soap is better except when it picks up a hair and you have to scratch it off. Getting out of a bath is harder than getting out of a shower. You can have a good soak in a bath, and reach parts that it's not convenient to reach in a shower.
Overall, I still prefer baths to showers but showers nevertheless win because they take less time.
If the bath leaks and my wife takes against it, I'll have to go round my mum's.
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