We've been on a boil-water alert since early evening, when a 10-foot
diameter pipe bringing water to the Boston area sprang a leak and is dumping
eight million gallons of water per hour into the Charles River. So along
with 2 million or so other area residents who didn't get to the store early
enough to grab some bottled stuff, I'm quenching my thirst with a
substitute -- in my case, gin and tonic and yesterday's ice cubes.

Felice