Hot shower, cold shower

The problem, of course, is that the temperature of the water does not remain constant and soon you have to push the knob to the left to cajole out more hot water from the shower. The body too sometimes demands a different temperature and there is a constant moving of the knob to get the temperature just right. This, of course, detracts from your enjoyment but not by much.

It8217;s been about ten minutes and I push the knob again to the left. I realise that my time is running out as the knob has been now pushed to the extreme left. Then after a while the body craves hotter water and there is no scope for the shower to provide hotter water. Slowly but surely the water gets cooler and you realise that showering now is a losing battle. You run your hand over your head and face to make sure that there is no soap left. As you touch your head you realise how lucky you are for being bald for that so much enhances the pleasure as the shower hits the top of the head. The Grohe shower which we have installed is particularly sharp and a blast on the head serves as an instant massage. I really wonder what people with hair do and clap myself on my back for finding one good reason for being bald.

As I step out of the shower and dry myself off I wonder why a shower has not been invented where the temperature remains constant once you punch the temperature in so that this ridiculous moving and shaking of the knob will come to an end. I rue the fact that something so obvious has been missed by the galaxy of inventors or have they invented it and it has been missed only by me. I console myself that it8217;s only a matter of time before such a basic invention is introduced.

When I run a kilometre or two I feel the loneliness of the long distance runner but that is much easier to bear when I realise that with every step I am coming closer to a delicious hot shower.