"Anthony Ferrante" > wrote in message
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> About five months ago I switched to flavored bottled water and I love
> it. I used to drink from 1-2 two-liters of Coke or other non-diet pop,
> but I decided that was just becoming too much sugar everyday. I get
> one liter flavored waters for fifty cents. Plus, I love unflavored
> bottled waters as well. I just do not like diet pop at all (except
> maybe diet Dr. Pepper)
>
> My buddy in Cleveland started arguing with me that bottled water is
> the biggest rip-off ever and that people who buy it are nuts. I find
> that with most bottled water, even at room temp., there is no
> after-taste, something I cannot say about tap water. Sure, I will have
> an occasional drink from the faucet, but that is rare. He says
> Cleveland has the best tap water in America and there is no need to
> buy water when you can get good for free. Anyone from Cleveland here?
>
> My favorite waters are Absopure Distilled Drinking Water and while it
> is usually too expensive for me, I do enjoy an occasional Fiji bottled
> water. Oddly enough, I found Perrier to be quite lacking in taste, but
> the joint I bought it from was a dump and it was warm, so I may give
> it another try. The cheap flavored waters I love fall under a variety
> of names depending on where you get it, so I won't even begin to name
> those.
>
> Your thoughts and your favorites?
> Anthony


You should listen to your friend. You have to be nuts to pay for bottled
water unless you have proof that your municipal water is seriously ****ed
up. Yours really isn't.

Watch all of this video:
http://ummyeah.com/page/Penn_and_Tel..._Water_Episode

Here's Cleveland's water quality report. Not so bad. Probably no worse than
a lot of bottled water.
http://www.clevelandwater.com/water_.../contents.html

Distilled water should theoretically be pure. It's also tasteless. You're
crazy to pay money for it. If you think it tastes good, you're imagining
things.