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

In article >,
Anthony Ferrante > wrote:

> Your thoughts and your favorites?

Tap water all the way. Bottled water is a rip-off, IMO.

Miche

--
Electricians do it in three phases

"Anthony Ferrante" > wrote in message
...
> 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.

Anthony Ferrante wrote:

> 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.

Yeah, that Lake Erie water. Mmmmm! </sarcasm>

> 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

I consider that and the lack of "during-taste" two plusses.

> 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?

They all died from the water.

> 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.

I use a Brita filter. Removes the city water taste just fine.

Sure, I also do bottled water, but not as my primary.

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"Anthony Ferrante" > wrote in message
> 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.

Get a filter. Our tap water is nasty, but with a filter on the cold tap, it
is quite good. Cheap, too!


>
> Your thoughts and your favorites?
> Anthony

On the rare occasion I have to buy a bottle, I go for cheap.

On Fri 01 Feb 2008 10:36:48p, Edwin Pawlowski told us...

>
> "Anthony Ferrante" > wrote in message
>> 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.
>
> Get a filter. Our tap water is nasty, but with a filter on the cold tap,
> it is quite good. Cheap, too!

We have a canister countertop filter in our kitchen, connected to the
faucet with a diverter valve. We use it for cooking, coffee, iced, tea,
etc., and often fill travel bottles with it.

>> Your thoughts and your favorites?
>> Anthony
>
> On the rare occasion I have to buy a bottle, I go for cheap.

--
Wayne Boatwright

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On Feb 1, 9:10�pm, Anthony Ferrante wrote:

> 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.

I keep a small supply of bottled water around for an
emergency (in my case, a quake). Otherwise, it's
strictly tap.

"Anthony Ferrante" > wrote in message
...
> 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?

I drink bottled. I buy Arrowhead or a store brand spring water at home and
about 4 bottles of Hawaii water from the health food store every week. I
don't like tap water or filters. Bottled is just more convenient. I know
some brands are rip-offs though. But mainly I drink diet soda. I do use
tap water for making tea.

"Julie Bove" > wrote in message
news:%0Uoj.40$eD3.21@trndny05...
>
> "Anthony Ferrante" > wrote in message
> ...
>> 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?
>
> I drink bottled. I buy Arrowhead or a store brand spring water at home
> and about 4 bottles of Hawaii water from the health food store every week.
> I don't like tap water or filters. Bottled is just more convenient. I
> know some brands are rip-offs though. But mainly I drink diet soda. I do
> use tap water for making tea.
>


Is bottled water more convenient at home? If so, why?

Anthony Ferrante wrote:
> 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

By law (in the US anyway) tap water has to meet certain health
standards, but those standards say nothing about taste. Some tap water
tastes good, and some tap water tastes bad. I'd guess the largest number
of bottled-water drinkers are in places with the worst water.
The water where I am is so hard, one cannot cook dry beans in it.
I buy distilled water in 70-cents-a-gallon jugs for that, as well as for
use in my drip coffee maker and my espresso maker. It prevents mineral
deposits from building up in the boilers.
For my drinking water, I fill a Brita pitcher from a Pur filter on my
kitchen tap. That does nothing about the minerals, but it removes the
off tastes.

"Anthony Ferrante" > wrote in message
...
> Your thoughts and your favorites?

Some areas' tap water is very, very nice (like Urbana, IL), others nasty
(like Jackson, MS, very soft but smells like a gaggle of skunks). Others
are in between (like Chicago, IL).

Now I have a well, fed, they say, through a deep ferrous aquifer from Lake
Superior where it took hundreds of years to get here. Taken straight it
tastes like a glassful of rusty nails. Thru the softener, it's pretty good
but at over 40 grains hardness and mucho iron it eats up the salt fast.
Tried a carbon filter on it, to my buddy and I in a taste test it made it
*worse*.

"Edwin Pawlowski" > wrote in message
...
>
> "Anthony Ferrante" > wrote in message
>> 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.
>
> Get a filter. Our tap water is nasty, but with a filter on the cold tap,
> it is quite good. Cheap, too!
>
>
>>
>> Your thoughts and your favorites?
>> Anthony
>
> On the rare occasion I have to buy a bottle, I go for cheap.


In case we like tap water, I suppose everyone has been well-informed.

Describing the process at:
http://www.ocregister.com/sciencetec...deau-treatment
article dated November 29, 2007
FOUNTAIN VALLEY - About the middle of next month, a $480 million treatment
system will begin converting sewer water to ultra-pure drinking water by the
tens of millions of gallons per day.

Dee Dee

"Edwin Pawlowski" > wrote

> "Anthony Ferrante" > wrote in message
>> 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.
>
> Get a filter. Our tap water is nasty, but with a filter on the cold tap,
> it is quite good. Cheap, too!

I would think you'd have to do *something* if your tap water
is nasty. Unless you're using bottled water to cook with, make
ice cubes with and shower with, there's more to think of than
drinking water.

I was surprised how awful the water was in a time share/hotel
where I stayed in Florida a couple of years ago. You could
smell the water, it was that bad. I'd have thought they would
have a water filter for each building, at least.

nancy

Edwin wrote on Sat, 02 Feb 2008 05:36:48 GMT:


EP> "Anthony Ferrante" > wrote in
EP> message
??>> 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.

EP> Get a filter. Our tap water is nasty, but with a filter on
EP> the cold tap, it is quite good. Cheap, too!

The WSSC delivers water that usually tastes rather unappetizing
especially in the warmer parts of the year. I have been using a
Brita filter jug for more than ten years. The combination of the
filter and the temperature produces drinkable water. The only
thing I would like is some way to tell when the filter is
exhausted instead of relying on time.

James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

E-mail, with obvious alterations:
not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not

Anthony Ferrante wrote:
> 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

Bottled water is a rip-off. And the fancy named higher priced ones are
just a good demonstration of excellent marketing with no substance at work.

Our local drinking water is just fine.

On Sat, 2 Feb 2008 08:03:08 -0500, "Nancy Young" >
wrote:

>
>"Edwin Pawlowski" > wrote

>I would think you'd have to do *something* if your tap water
>is nasty. Unless you're using bottled water to cook with, make
>ice cubes with and shower with, there's more to think of than
>drinking water.
>
>I was surprised how awful the water was in a time share/hotel
>where I stayed in Florida a couple of years ago. You could
>smell the water, it was that bad. I'd have thought they would
>have a water filter for each building, at least.
>

I spent several days in St. Joe Mi. about 20 years ago. The hotel
water was undrinkable, and so was the coffee. I went out and bought a
few gallons of bottled water and a cheap coffee pot. The water didn't
smell, but is sure tasted bad.

Lou

Anthony Ferrante wrote:

> 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.
>
>

Bottle water is a rip-off. I live in the country and use a distiller to
purify my water, bit when I am in town I drink tap water.

"JoeSpareBedroom" > wrote in
:

> 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.

another point is that bottled water comes from *somewhere*. in
many cases that somewhere can be causing quite an enviromental
impact.
we are currently fighting USA Springs, which is trying to
build a water withdrawal plant about 2 miles from us (next
town over). they plan to pump over 300,000 gallons per day
(for the first phase. eventual plans will be taking several
million gallons) from the aquafer. now mind you, this aquafer
also supplies several thousand homes (it's a large aquafer) &
farms. while it is large enough to support the water usage of
the local users, it is NOT large enough to withstand a
drawdown of 300,000 or more gallons per day.
not only that, but the water in the aquafer is pretty nasty.
it has sulpher, lots of iron & iron bacteria. i had to install
a filter system for those rare occaisions my dug well goes dry
& i am forced to use the drilled well. without a filter, i
can't even use it for laundry without ruining the clothes from
rust. the only thing i really use it for is watering the
garden. i won't even give it to the livestock (and when i run
the sprinklers for the llamas, the grass & the white llama
turn brown with rust stains).
so, greed wins and we'll lose our water.
lee
--
Last night while sitting in my chair
I pinged a host that wasn't there
It wasn't there again today
The host resolved to NSA.

In article >,
Anthony Ferrante > wrote:

> Your thoughts and your favorites?
> Anthony

I drink tap water. Landfills are full of empty bottles from bottled
water; it's a serious concern.
New York City has some of the best-tasting tap water. I don't know
about Cleveland's.
--
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http://www.jamlady.eboard.com; check the second note and
tell me if you knowwhat it is.
Laissez les bons temps rouler!

KevinS wrote:

> On Feb 1, 9:10�pm, Anthony Ferrante wrote:
>
>
>>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.
>
>
> I keep a small supply of bottled water around for an
> emergency (in my case, a quake). Otherwise, it's
> strictly tap.

I buy bottled waters for my husband to take to work. Our fridge
produces filtered ice and water through the front door so I try to use
that mainly, instead of bottled water. For making flavored drinks like
iced tea, coffee, lemonade, etc., or for cooking I use tap water for its
fluoride content.

Also, I wash out gallon milk jugs and fill them half full with tap water
and freeze them in the downstairs freezer. I top them up with tap water
and bring them along in a cooler to provide my dogs with ice cold water
from a familiar source whenever we travel to flyball tournaments.

The three of them will drink roughly twice as much ice water as they
will of room temperature water that's been sitting in a bowl. They love
it the best if you pour the water and let them drink from the stream
while you fill the bowl. They've learned to tilt their heads sideways
and let ice water pour over their tongues, as much for the cooling as
for the hydration.

Melba's Jammin' wrote:

>
>
> I drink tap water. Landfills are full of empty bottles from bottled
> water; it's a serious concern.

Landfills are indeed full of empty bottle..... those that make it that
far. A lot of them end up in ditches, alleys and sidewalks. It used to
be take out food and coffee cups that got tossed out car windows. Now it
is water bottles.

"Anthony Ferrante" > wrote in message
...
> 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

Tap water at home,but we have a well and the water tastes great. At work we
have a Brita pitcher.

"Anthony Ferrante" > wrote in message
...


> Your thoughts and your favorites?



Not all bottled water is a ripoff.

Here in Seattle the tap water sucks. I have my water delivered. Spring water
is a bit more expensive than filtered at about 75 cents a gallon and I go
through about 30 gallons a month and it tastes great. No trips to the store,
no plastic bottles to clog up a landfill, and no Brita filters to replace. I
also generally have plenty on hand in case of an emergency.

I did the Brita thing for a few years but didn't like my water quality
slowly degrading over the life of the filter. I've had my water delivered
for about ten years now and have no plans to go back.

Life's too short for bad booze, bad food, or bad water.

Hasta,
Curt Nelson

In article 1>,
"Michael \"Dog3\"" > wrote:

> Blinky the Shark > dropped this
> news > rec.food.cooking
>
> I usually buy a case of the 20oz bottles of Aqua (can't remember the full
> name of it)

.... Velva?

Miche (running away giggling)

--
Electricians do it in three phases

Dave Smith wrote:
>>
> Bottle water is a rip-off. I live in the country and use a distiller to
> purify my water, bit when I am in town I drink tap water.

Bottled water is for those with more dollars than brain cells. For
consumption (drinking/cooking) I have an RO (Reverse Osmosis)
filter... pure water at a nickle a gallon.

SHELDON

Michael "Dog3" wrote:

> Blinky the Shark > dropped this
> news > rec.food.cooking
>
>
>> I use a Brita filter. Removes the city water taste just fine.
>
> Same here. I have to chang it pretty often though.
>
>
>> Sure, I also do bottled water, but not as my primary.
>
> I usually buy a case of the 20oz bottles of Aqua (can't remember the
> full name of it) every now and then. I like to take the bottles with me
> in the car. They fit nicely into the cup holders. I usually refill the

I keep a case in the trunk. Good when I get dry and am out and about, and
I consider it a backup for when maintenance has to turn off the water to
the building to work on the plumbing. And I live in earthquake country,
as well.

> empty bottles with tap water after the bottle is empty. I keep about 5
> of them in the fridge at all times. So, for the most part,I use tap
> water.
>
> There *is* one flavored water out there that I like but usually only buy
> a bottle or 2 of it during the Summer. It is peach flavored and I
> really like the flavor of it.

I'm a peach fan. Peach pie is in my top three, which are - position does
not indicate rank - apple, peach and mince. So once in a while when
I notice them I'll pick up a peach water...er...I think the brand is
Cascadia or Cascade.


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On 2008-02-02, Anthony Ferrante > wrote:

> water. Oddly enough, I found Perrier to be quite lacking in taste, but

Strange. I found Perrrier to be quite salty, in comparison.

> the joint I bought it from was a dump and it was warm...

That's a good point. Most tap water can be improved immensly by letting it
sit overnight in the refrigerator. It has a chance to breath (just like
wine, only in this case it releases a lot of the sulphur) and cool/cold
water is always better than warm/roomtemp water.

> it another try. The cheap flavored waters I love fall under a variety

.....of heartburn generators! I don't know what they use for flavoring, but
if I drink any of them, I'm looking for my Tums within the hour.

> Your thoughts and your favorites?

I'm happy to say living at 7,000 ft in CO has its bennies. The water here
is fantastic right out of the tap. I'll never buy bottled again.

OTOH, I will put in a good word for Evian .....bottles! Those suckers are
bulletproof. I use a 1L Evy bottle to chill my water in the fridge in the
warm season. I've frozen it solid, banged it against anthing hard to break
up the ice, squeezed it, dropped it, beat it with a hammer. Nary a leak or
crack. Evy makes the best bottle..... of all bottled waters.

nb

In article >,
wrote:

> Now I will admit, when I visit relatives who live in the city, and
> drink their chlorine (bleach water), I can understand why city people
> buy water. But why spend a dollar or more for one 16oz bottle, when
> most grocery stores sell it by the gallon, which costs about the same
> price, and some stores sell it bulk where you bring your own jug and
> it's even cheaper.
>
> I learned when I visit my relatives, I bring a few gallons of my well
> water from home, because I will never drink that bleach water
> again.... YUCK !!!!

Leave the "bleach water" in an open container overnight and the chlorine
will evaporate off.

Miche

--
Electricians do it in three phases

On Sun, 03 Feb 2008 09:29:02 +1300, Miche >
wrote:

>In article >,
> wrote:
>
>> Now I will admit, when I visit relatives who live in the city, and
>> drink their chlorine (bleach water), I can understand why city people
>> buy water. But why spend a dollar or more for one 16oz bottle, when
>> most grocery stores sell it by the gallon, which costs about the same
>> price, and some stores sell it bulk where you bring your own jug and
>> it's even cheaper.
>>
>> I learned when I visit my relatives, I bring a few gallons of my well
>> water from home, because I will never drink that bleach water
>> again.... YUCK !!!!
>
>Leave the "bleach water" in an open container overnight and the chlorine
>will evaporate off.

I've always heard it called dissipating. People who maintain fish
tanks do it all the time.

Lou

Miche wrote:
> > Blinky boasts:
> > I usually buy a case of the 20oz bottles of Aqua
> > (can't remember the full name of it)
>
> ... Vulva?
>
> Miche (running away giggling)

Must tickle. hehe

Even if you recycle the bottles, the amount of plastic and waste that
bottled water creates is pretty amazing. I live in Denver, and Denver water
department delivers great water. Some of the suburbs that are not on Denver
Water do not have as good water. Anyway, if I am on the road I will buy a
bottle of water to have in the car. I do not drink soda or most other
prepared beverages (I do buy bottled iced tea on the road if I can find the
kind I like).
Anyway, the amount of bottles used for water is totally crazy.

Dale P


"Anthony Ferrante" > wrote in message
...
> 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

Sheldon wrote:
> Dave Smith wrote:
>> Bottle water is a rip-off. I live in the country and use a distiller to
>> purify my water, bit when I am in town I drink tap water.
>
> Bottled water is for those with more dollars than brain cells. For
> consumption (drinking/cooking) I have an RO (Reverse Osmosis)
> filter... pure water at a nickle a gallon.
>
> SHELDON

Do you keep a bucket of that in your car, Shelly? Some people leave the
house and want some decent water and they can afford to pay for it.

-dk

"DK" > wrote in message
...
> Sheldon wrote:
>> Dave Smith wrote:
>>> Bottle water is a rip-off. I live in the country and use a distiller to
>>> purify my water, bit when I am in town I drink tap water.
>>
>> Bottled water is for those with more dollars than brain cells. For
>> consumption (drinking/cooking) I have an RO (Reverse Osmosis)
>> filter... pure water at a nickle a gallon.
>>
>> SHELDON
>
> Do you keep a bucket of that in your car, Shelly? Some people leave the
> house and want some decent water and they can afford to pay for it.
>
> -dk


So, you buy some of these:
http://www.rubbermaid.com/rubbermaid...at=HPCat100017

Fill them with water. This is heavy lifting for some, but not for everyone.

I'm lucky enough to live in a city that has excellent and abundent
drinking water. I drink tap water all the time. When I travel, I'll
sometimes get flat, bleachy water in restaurants. Only then do I
understand the country's obsession with bottled water. I'm not saying
I'd switch to bottled if I lived somewhere else, but I do start to
understand the other point of view.


--Lia

DK wrote:
> Sheldon wrote:
> > Dave Smith wrote:
> >> Bottle water is a rip-off. I live in the country and use a distiller to
> >> purify my water, bit when I am in town I drink tap water.
>
> > Bottled water is for those with more dollars than brain cells. �For
> > consumption (drinking/cooking) I have an RO (Reverse Osmosis)
> > filter... pure water at a nickle a gallon.
>
> > SHELDON
>
> Do you keep a bucket of that in your car, Shelly? �Some people leave the
> house and want some decent water and they can afford to pay for it.

Sports bottles are cheap, you ignoranus DK mother****er.

In article >, ferrante276-
says...
> 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?

Bottled water is a rip off. We've got fairly good tap water here in
Providence, RI and I just fill up one of those big gulp containers with
ice and water and it goes with me everywhere.

Doesn't cost all that much either.

"Anthony Ferrante" > wrote in message
...
> 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

About the only time I drink bottled water is when I'm out and about. I don't like the
flavored waters...then again, I never like lemon in my water either. I'm the same
with tea, come to think of it. Anyway, at home we have a reverse osmosis system and
our water tastes great...which is to say, it doesn't taste like metal, mold, or
anything worse! lol

Pretty much, I drink water and tea, both preferably with lots of ice.

kimberly

"Nancy Young" > wrote in message
...
>
> "Edwin Pawlowski" > wrote
>
>> "Anthony Ferrante" > wrote in message
>>> 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.
>>
>> Get a filter. Our tap water is nasty, but with a filter on the cold tap, it is
>> quite good. Cheap, too!
>
> I would think you'd have to do *something* if your tap water
> is nasty. Unless you're using bottled water to cook with, make
> ice cubes with and shower with, there's more to think of than
> drinking water.
>
> I was surprised how awful the water was in a time share/hotel
> where I stayed in Florida a couple of years ago. You could
> smell the water, it was that bad. I'd have thought they would
> have a water filter for each building, at least.
>
> nancy

This may sound odd, but the best water I've ever had is at my aunt & uncles farm in
Wisconsin (and previously to that, at my Grandma & Grandpa's farm, also in
Wisconsin). It's well water, comes out of the cold tap icy cold, even in the summer.
And on top of the refreshing taste, it does amazing things for your skin and hair!!

kimberly

Imagine me with a knowing nod and a sage rub of the chin as folks
describe filling empties from the tap and keeping bottles of water in
their cars so they don't have to buy it on the road. Yep, I would have
done that when I lived in Florida too.


Now? Hello out there! It freezes! Sometimes it stays frozen so you
don't have it when you want it. Other times, it freezes at night and
thaws in the daytime so the container breaks. The alternative is to
remember to bring the water with you every time you get in and out of
the car. I'm lucky if I remember my keys.


I do believe that buying bottled water is stupid, but can we put some of
the blame on store and restaurant owners who don't make tap water
available? I've gone to restaurants where I have to explain that I want
free water from the tap. Normally, they supply a bottle of water and
expect to charge me for it. (And some of these restaurants are
excellent in every other way-- friendly, clean, inexpensive, excellent
food, etc.) I've been to businesses that won't give out water on a hot
day. Buy it, or head to the ladies room.


--Lia

>> Your thoughts and your favorites?

Our well water is not great. It always tests as contaminated. Also,
the water is so hard, we'd never consider using it in the coffee maker
or anything.

We buy 5-gallon bottles for $3 - we have 2 of the big blue bottles and
we fill them up when we go to town.

Even if we had a filtration system, the water would still be too hard
to use for everything, so buying it works for us.

Jo Anne