Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site rochester.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!wivax!decvax!harpo!seismo!rochester!heliotis From: heliotis@rochester.UUCP Newsgroups: net.garden Subject: Re: Help with hoses - (nf) Message-ID: <2042@rochester.UUCP> Date: Thu, 23-Jun-83 08:46:46 EDT Article-I.D.: rocheste.2042 Posted: Thu Jun 23 08:46:46 1983 Date-Received: Fri, 24-Jun-83 20:34:30 EDT References: <104@inmet.UUCP> Organization: University of Rochester Lines: 21 When we first bought our house four years ago, I went out to buy some rather good (but not top-of-the-line) VINYL garden hoses. They are still doing just fine. I have decided that a small amount of preventive care can make a mediocre hose last a long time. I try to keep it neatly wound up when I'm not using it (which is not trivial to do because winding up a hose tends to twist it). Also, in the winter (I live in the eastern Great Lakes area), I try to put the hoses in the basement when I am not using them, but they have been left out to freeze with water in them a few times in late fall and early spring. As a point of information, my hoses seem to have a transparent layer on the outside through which one can see some kind of criss-cross pattern for reinforcement. In summary, I do NOT believe that rubber is the only answer. Jim Heliotis heliotis@Rochester allegra!rochester!heliotis seismo!rochester!heliotis