On Jun 25, 2:35*pm, "Tom Del Rosso" > wrote:
> Julie Bove wrote:
> > Polly Esther wrote:
> > > Just in case you were thinking of using water from your hot water
> > > tank for cooking because it 'may' be faster, I'm not so sure that's
> > > a good idea. Polly
>
> > I know they used to say this because lead was more likely to leach
> > from the pipes. *But if you have a house with PVC pipes like I do,
> > this probably isn't true.
>
> I don't care about the pipes. *The tank is filled with mostly stagnant
> water.

Stagnant? Is that a joke? How long since the water in the mains (or
well) saw free air and the light of day? Stagnant water is what people
pay a dollar a bottle for.

Jerry
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Engineering is the art of making what you want from things you can get.