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yawnmaster

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45. fill your bathtub as soon as possible, too, if you have one...

Reply to laundry_queen (Reply #42)

Wed Aug 29, 2012, 10:01 PM

Aug 2012

gallon or so of clean water in the tank behind each toilet, too; don't flush it away.

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let's see: niyad Aug 2012 #3

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fill your bathtub as soon as possible, too, if you have one... yawnmaster Aug 2012 #45

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