How long could you withstand living without hot water?

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answer:I didn’t have hot water for 7 months when in Belize. Wasn’t really a problem. To be fair, I had hot water in the shower but it was a suicide shower , after being electrocuted twice in the shower, I turned that fuckin thing off.

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