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MoseyWalker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-17-07 10:14 PM Original message |
My Friend Won't Drink Water Out of the Tap |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-17-07 10:16 PM Response to Original message |
1. ... and then complain about the price of gasoline. |
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MoseyWalker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-17-07 10:19 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. while you are here/there, I just want to say |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-17-07 10:34 PM Response to Reply #5 |
17. (blush) |
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Viva_La_Revolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-17-07 10:41 PM Response to Reply #5 |
21. It's the Rainbow sig thing.... |
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Le Taz Hot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-18-07 09:44 AM Response to Reply #5 |
47. You're not alone. |
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WindRavenX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-17-07 10:17 PM Response to Original message |
2. I agree, except for one exception: |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-17-07 10:19 PM Response to Original message |
3. We couldn't drink tap water in Santa Monica ( L.A. County) |
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TomInTib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-17-07 10:22 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. You just gotta love that ol' Hetch Hetchy.... |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-17-07 10:26 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. They didn't know what building would do, they don't really know |
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brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-17-07 10:31 PM Response to Reply #3 |
15. No tap water here. |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-17-07 10:40 PM Response to Reply #3 |
20. LA water is perfectly safe. Unfortunately, the crap they put in it |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-18-07 03:17 PM Response to Reply #20 |
52. It's not safe if it makes you and your animals sick, regardless of |
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salin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-17-07 10:53 PM Response to Reply #3 |
28. in East Palo Alto - the water, after a storm, |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-18-07 03:12 PM Response to Reply #28 |
51. All the worst pollution is found or dumped in minority neighborhoods. |
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Viva_La_Revolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-17-07 10:19 PM Response to Original message |
4. Unless you live in AZ |
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Nay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-17-07 10:20 PM Response to Original message |
6. Afriend and I were discussing this just the other day. We're in our |
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flyarm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-17-07 10:45 PM Response to Reply #6 |
24. just think how many aren't getting floride for their teeth...wait till |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-17-07 10:21 PM Response to Original message |
7. I know lots of people like that... |
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purduejake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-17-07 10:25 PM Response to Original message |
9. I filter my tap water. |
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MoseyWalker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-17-07 10:28 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. Nope, but |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-17-07 10:25 PM Response to Original message |
10. I only smoke filtered cigarettes - so I can understand |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-17-07 10:36 PM Response to Reply #10 |
18. (LOL!) |
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Fridays Child (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-17-07 10:28 PM Response to Original message |
13. Although I'll take an occasional swig from the faucet, when I have to... |
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magellan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-17-07 10:29 PM Response to Original message |
14. Our tap water is so bad we get notices about it from the water company |
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DemBones DemBones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-17-07 10:37 PM Response to Reply #14 |
19. Florida was a great place when I was a kid. |
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Nay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-18-07 09:35 AM Response to Reply #19 |
45. I grew up in FL too, and it WAS great. I lived on Redington Beach, |
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HysteryDiagnosis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-17-07 10:32 PM Response to Original message |
16. Evian spelt backwards is "Naive". n/t |
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alarimer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-17-07 10:42 PM Response to Original message |
22. Most people don't know that a lot of bottled water IS tap water |
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Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-17-07 11:51 PM Response to Reply #22 |
39. and RO is very ineffecient - wastes a LOT of water |
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DesertRat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-17-07 10:43 PM Response to Original message |
23. Maybe it's about taste? |
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immoderate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-17-07 10:46 PM Response to Original message |
25. I drink seltzer. |
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MoseyWalker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-17-07 10:54 PM Response to Reply #25 |
29. Watch out for calcium deficiency |
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immoderate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-18-07 10:39 AM Response to Reply #29 |
49. I'm gonna check that . Thanks. |
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immoderate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-18-07 01:10 PM Response to Reply #29 |
50. Apparently, seltzer is OK. |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-17-07 10:50 PM Response to Original message |
26. Truly unsafe tap water in the USA is extremely rare, almost nonexistant. |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-17-07 10:51 PM Response to Original message |
27. chicago city tap water is GREAT. and we don't even have a water meter. |
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Rockit (240 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-18-07 09:58 AM Response to Reply #27 |
48. When I lived there, I preferred it over bottled any day! nt. |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-17-07 10:55 PM Original message |
Do you like the taste of chlorine? I don't. Drink well water for a month and THEN |
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whistle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-17-07 10:55 PM Response to Original message |
30. Distilled water is the safest to drink |
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MoseyWalker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-17-07 11:04 PM Response to Original message |
31. me thinks a mod doesn't like me |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-17-07 11:07 PM Response to Original message |
32. our water glows sometimes from radon... |
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Chan790 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-17-07 11:36 PM Response to Original message |
33. I don't drink tap water either. |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-17-07 11:41 PM Response to Original message |
34. There are many towns and cities I won't drink tap water |
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Edweird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-17-07 11:41 PM Response to Original message |
35. South florida water is terrible |
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JustABozoOnThisBus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-17-07 11:44 PM Response to Original message |
36. Do the plastic bottles put chemicals in the water? |
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Left Is Write (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-17-07 11:45 PM Response to Original message |
37. There's no way I'd drink the tap water at my parents' house. |
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KitchenWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-17-07 11:45 PM Response to Original message |
38. We mostly drink filtered tap water |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-17-07 11:54 PM Response to Original message |
40. Not to mention all the fucking TRASH from the empties! And all the fossil fuel used to make |
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Rhythm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-18-07 12:56 AM Response to Original message |
41. my SO doesn't drink 'plain' water, ever... |
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sasquatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-18-07 01:04 AM Response to Original message |
42. My geology professor's won't drink tap water either |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-18-07 01:54 AM Response to Original message |
43. Dallas has a great filtration system. |
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Scooter24 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-18-07 02:00 AM Response to Original message |
44. I never drink tap water either. |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-18-07 09:41 AM Response to Original message |
46. I can't stand our tap water. |
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Saphire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-18-07 03:18 PM Response to Original message |
53. tap water here is so full of lime it's hard to drink.. We have to filter |
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InvisibleTouch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-18-07 03:22 PM Response to Original message |
54. Brita filter for me. |
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