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Inkey

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3. When my water heater died

Reply to Tribetime (Original post)

Wed Jun 18, 2025, 11:26 AM

Jun 18

I took cold showers for a while. It did relieve my achy knees and ankles.
As the summer heat picked up, my tap
water warmed up, so I just used cold
water for showering.

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Just curious does anybody else take cold showers [View all] Tribetime Jun 18 OP

I recently turned my shower temp down from 103f to 101f. unblock Jun 18 #1

our water heater is broken markie Jun 18 #2

When my water heater died Inkey Jun 18 #3

Often in my HS days av8rdave Jun 18 #4

No, but i do use cold plunges/baths purple_haze Jun 18 #5

I did that a couple years ago but I had to keep buying ice Tribetime Jun 18 #6