If your body starts getting used to that hot water it’s time to crank up the heat to keep the steam coming. Or if you’re in a race against the tank just turn that dial without mercy and get ready to lean back, relax, and sweat it all out.
AWESOME!
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37 Comments
February 8, 2010 at 12:24 am
Sometimes, I lower the temperature for a few seconds JUST so I can make it hotter again.
February 8, 2010 at 12:45 am
best feeling in the world. Especially when its cold out. It’s as though your bathroom has turned into your own private sauna.
February 8, 2010 at 1:20 am
Love this feeling so, so much.
February 8, 2010 at 1:51 am
this would be much more enjoyable if my shower had more settings than boiling fire, and negative degrees.
February 8, 2010 at 10:13 pm
Same here! Gentle nudge to the right, you get hypothermia. Gentle nudge to the left, you get burned.
February 8, 2010 at 3:38 am
Definitely agree with this one. I do this every time I shower!
February 8, 2010 at 3:48 am
this is it. my ever always best awsome thing on whole wide world!
February 8, 2010 at 4:28 am
Something i cannot enjoy here in Australia,
Damn water restrictions.
They want us to take 4minute showers, so its basically get in there, wet your hair and out you go.
February 8, 2010 at 6:01 am
When age piles up, pleasures pile down. One of the few, which is not immoral,illegal or puts weight on, is a nice every-morning-shower. One of the best pleasures which costs you very little. The warmer the better !
February 8, 2010 at 7:00 am
I literally just did this.
It’s so true.
February 8, 2010 at 7:20 am
Did this yesterday. I’m sick of the cold weather! Nothing like soaking up so much heat in there that you exit the shower the color of Maine lobster. Yeah, baby!
February 8, 2010 at 7:54 am
And after you do this and exit, it’s usually time for some mirror drawings! Yay!
February 8, 2010 at 11:08 am
“He steps under the shower, a forceful cascade pumped down from the third floor. When this civilisation falls, when the Romans, whoever they are this time round, have finally left and the new dark ages begin, this will be one of the first luxuries to go. The old folk crouching by their peat fires will
tell their disbelieving grandchildren of standing naked midwinter under jet streams of hot clean water, of lozenges of scented soaps and of viscous amber and vermilion liquids.”
Ian McEwan, Saturday
February 8, 2010 at 11:20 am
Here’s another bathroom associated piece of awesomeness……..what number are we up to there?
February 8, 2010 at 2:21 pm
Thanks for reminding me! *tick!*
February 8, 2010 at 8:23 pm
Yay! Winegirl is in on the fun.. Glad to see we have someone else to pick up the slack when jdurley and I are asleep at the wheel!
February 9, 2010 at 10:54 am
I was totally asleep at the wheel! I read the post and thought “hmm… don’t really have a comment for this one”… So thanks again, winegirl!
February 8, 2010 at 12:13 pm
If you make it very cold for about 30 seconds and then go to hot it is very awesome.
February 8, 2010 at 12:18 pm
This is a great one. I’ve had no power for the past few days because of a snow storm and hot showers have been one of the only awesome things in my life!
February 8, 2010 at 2:30 pm
We recently installed a tankless, on-demand water heater. Now there is no excuse for getting out of the shower until we are good and done. My rule is that I cannot turn the temperature down. If it gets too hot, then I get out. That way I don’t spend the whole day in the shower.
February 8, 2010 at 3:32 pm
Have you noticed any difference in your utility bill? If it has improved, how long would you estimate it will take to pay for the tankless system? I’m very curious about these.
February 8, 2010 at 5:36 pm
I also love love love turning it a little colder and colder after an intense workout.
February 9, 2010 at 10:56 am
Or during a heat wave when there’s no A.C. This happened to me on my holidays last summer. Cool showers were the best!
February 8, 2010 at 5:39 pm
Oh yes, every single morning!
And usually when I feel saturated with heat. I turn the hot tap down completely.
The cold is terrible for a minute and you won’t be able to stop huffing and puffing. But when you get out of the shower you are rewarded with a very comfortable, long-lasting warm-up experience. Aah!
February 8, 2010 at 9:13 pm
Before you know it the dial is completely cranked and tour skin is so red you actually feel cold again. I love that early morning rush.
February 8, 2010 at 11:17 pm
I can win gold in this event. I love using 3/4 millimeter turns until the water is hot enough to make lemon tea!!
February 8, 2010 at 9:26 pm
There’s been a few times when I almost became late for work because the heat felt sooo good!
February 8, 2010 at 11:13 pm
I love this! I do it every morning, especially when it’s cold outside! :)
February 8, 2010 at 11:19 pm
This is good in the winter months.
February 8, 2010 at 11:56 pm
Oh my goodness. i don’t know why i thought i was a dork for doing this! i get out of the shower and my skin is hot pink!
February 9, 2010 at 9:38 pm
It’s even better when you think that you can’t make it any hotter, but you check anyways and when it turns it’s like a bonus surprise!
February 9, 2010 at 9:52 pm
I do this every time I’m in the shower. :)
February 14, 2010 at 11:18 pm
When I take a shower I can be in there for more that a half-an-hour just because it is so relaxing. I also love it when your mind just goes to la la land and you get so many great ideas that you never thought were possible.
February 15, 2010 at 1:06 am
Haha, I find that my most creative thoughts always come when I’m in the shower. My friends all think I’m weird because I usually get all my thinking for the day done in the shower.
February 17, 2010 at 2:39 pm
I live in a dorm and the water never gets cold–if I could, I would live in the shower during the winter! AWESOME!
February 26, 2010 at 5:32 pm
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March 24, 2010 at 5:31 pm
Hot, hotter, steaming hot, and then, when you almost overdo it: As cold as it gets. Yeah! Cold.
When turned off–> Awesome!!!!
Sorry, no cold, no awesome.