Phil:  I think last month's edition of MOTHER EARTH NEWS carried a piece on
how to reserve the water from dehumidifiers and channel it back into your
dishwashers, sinks, toilets and showers.  Given Toledo's commitment to
alternative technologies, such a device would surely enhance resale value.

At 11:05 PM 6/9/99 -0400, Philip McPherson wrote:
>          Dear Bullamanka-Pinheads,
>
>          It is a good thing Estelle and Linda do not know
>          what you're saying about them.
>
>          I want to report that the dehumidifier is
>          taking a lot of water out of the air.
>
>          This is the new Whirlpool dehumidifier that
>          my cousins and I bought for the basement.
>          (My cousins Linda and Estelle and I inherited
>          the house from our grandmother.)
>
>          We are emptying the bucket more than once a day.
>          Each emptying is 24 pints of water!
>
>          Later, we will move the dehumidifier, and
>          fit it with a hose to self-drain.
>
>          Estelle thinks maybe the dehumidifier is taking
>          moisture out of all the things stored in the
>          basement, too.
>
>          We do not want a "dropped" ceiling in the basement!
>          We removed the old dropped ceiling when we got the house.
>          None of us liked it.
>
>          The tiles were dirty and stained, and the whole
>          thing sagged in places.
>          It was only fifteen years old, and already ugly
>          and worn out.
>          It partly blocked the windows.
>          It made the ceiling too low for comfort.
>
>          All of us are taller than our grandmother was.
>
>                                       Very truly yours,
>
>                                       Philip McPherson
>                                       Toledo, Ohio
>