Jaques d'Alltrades wrote:
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from "Miss Perspicacia Tick" contains these words:
Glen Able wrote:

Hello gardening chums,

I just bought a Hozelock 'Dial Sprinkler'. You can rotate the
dial
part to choose one of 5 sprinkling patterns (rectangle, circle
etc)
Unfortunately, the sprinkling effect is pathetic - the water
literally just dribbles out. Water pressure is ok - the problem
seems to be that much of the water is just pouring out of the
bottom. In fact I can't see what is supposed to stop that
happening, unless there's some sort of missing part which should
seal the base. Anyone using one of these successfully?

frustratedly yours...

Nope. My father had one which lasted roughly a fortnight. It now
doesn't work at all...

I don't need a rubbish sprinkler - rubbish seems to sort-of grow
here
like mushrooms, all over the place.

Chico: It's the garbage man.
Groucho: Tell him we don't want any!

I don't think people should, generally, use sprinklers, except for
special purposes or as occasional hot-weather treats for the
children. But when I did use them, and observing other people's, I
found that any amateur one with the slightest complication in its
design would almost unfailingly fail very soon -- often as soon as
the lovely and talented Miss P says.

--
Mike.