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JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
> "Andy" <q> wrote in message ...
> > cybercat said...
> >
> >>
> >> "Steve Wertz" > wrote in message
> >> ...
> >>> On Mon, 16 Oct 2006 15:24:38 -0400, Nancy Young wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> "denise~*" > wrote
> >>>>
> >>>>> What's yer point? Water is water...IMHO
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I filter at home & fill-up a container if I leave. Much cheaper &
> >>>>> tastes the same, sorta like....Water! :-)
> >>>>
> >>>> You kidding, many places have horrible tasting water
> >>>> coming out of the tap. Some people buy drinking water for
> >>>> a good reason.

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If you can get a reverse filter water system installed under your
sink, it is a wonderful investment. I get clear filtered water at the
touch of a tap. I keep a container of water on my bathroom sink, too. I
got my filter at Costco.
Nancree
> >>>
> >>> And there have been many reports that some bottled water is no
> >>> safer than most tap waters. Some bottled waters have even been
> >>> recalled after testing revealed contaminates in huge doses.
> >>>
> >>> The safest and cheapest thing to do is to buy distilled water from
> >>> the supermarket. $50/gallon - not $1.19/pint.
> >>>
> >> Here it's 89 cents at Kroger and $1.39 at Harris Teeter.
> >> $%#@ing Harris Teeter. But just when I swear I will never go back
> >> there, they have $1.99 specials on whole pork loins or Perdue Oven
> >> Stuffers for $79 a pound.

> >
> >
> > cybercat, sorry to piggyback.
> >
> > I was told never to drink distilled water. It's only good for filling the
> > car radiator. There are no minterals in it. Something about it
> > overworking the organs to a greater degree, diarrhea or something, I
> > forget exactly.
> >
> > I'm certain somebody will elaborate or correct me.
> >
> > Andy

>
> Is some bottled water really distilled, or is it filtered by reverse
> osmosis?