KevinS wrote:

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