Agreement with what I've said about bottled water all along.
See this article from The New York Times. It's about time in my opinion. I'm surrounded by bottled water drinkers who scoff at my insistance to drink our perfectly good tasting and healthy tap water...
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Totally agree, and have stated it for eons to all the water toting students.In MI I have a deep well, plus it is filtered one more time and comes through the refrigerator. People come from off the...
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I too have always ordered tap water unless I'm in a country where I don't think it's up to standards --- locals may not get ill but stomachs not used to it can do.It annoys heck out of me when I go...
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The tap water in Honolulu is great.The tap water in Lubbock must be similar to the tap water in Midland, TX - I lived there for a couple of years and always had huge jugs of bottled water in the...
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In Russia we were advised to boil water before drinking. I still do it at home filling up my kettle with COLD running water only. It is convenient to carry around small water bottles, so when on...
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When you're reusing the bottles on vacation, how/where are you refilling them?
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Elaine, our Paris Walks guide refilled his from those little fountains with drinking water--I don't know the official name for them. That's just for Paris, of course; I always refill in the...
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I was just wondering if Sharky sticks to boiled water while on vacation, 'cause I don't see how to manage that unless you have a flat with a kitchen.
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For me it depends on where I am. In Switzerland tap water is the best drink in the world! In US most of the hotel rooms have coffeemakers. Run on "empty" first to get the coffee taste out, the 2nd run...
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We mostly drink the tap water in our house in Central Mexico 'cuz it's triple filtered and double purified.Our Mx friends and help think we're nuts.We have 19L bottle water for them and guests whose...
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Sharrky, great idea about bringing the tea bags, I think I'll add it to the pages-long packing list that we've got going here. I drink cold tea in all seasons, it never occurred to me to be able to...
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I hate to be a doubting Thomas, but is the water you run through a coffee maker actually boiled? I didn't think so.Just heating water to slightly below boiling and not actually boiling for a few...
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Totally, agree Patrick-Thomas, have for yearsYet,I think re-filling a cheap bottle of water is a no-no unless you have washed it out with hot soapy water and let it dry. Germ city ! They just aren't...
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So... there is "bad stuff" in that coffee we all drink? Hmmm.... Thank you ThomPatrick OK, I'm finally convinced: no more water. Beer and wine woo-hooo And no more 20 more days!
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Oh, I didn't mean that there's bad stuff in the coffee -- or in the tap water. My point was that generally you don't NEED to boil it, whether to make coffee or tea, or just to drink out of the faucet....
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Oh, Patrick, so now I can't say "who am I kidding?" as now we all know I am only kidding myself
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I used to never drink the water that was offered to me on airplanes because they poured it from plastic carafes that always gave it a coffee taste. Ick.Then they started offering water from sealed...
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I read about 5 years ago that refilling bottles that had water in them previously and constantly reusing them is not sanitary. But the medical field changes their mind so much I don't know if that is...
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I'm just constantly amazed at the amount of water and liquids people drink (especially those under 25). I just don't have the room for it - and it makes me feel sick (unless I'm bellied-up to the...
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I'm with you Stacey..I hardly ever drink water..unless I'm on South Beach, then I have fizzy water instead od wine with dinner. Your body needs liquids..and not nearly as much as people think..and...
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CDaisy: You may not realize it, but you are dehydrated and that many sodas/day causes demineralization of your bones (steals Calcium), which can lead to osteoporosis.Jodydem: You are right about the...
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