On Oct 5, 6:49*pm, Arri London > wrote:
> Dave Smith wrote:
>
> > On 02/10/2010 7:41 PM, Arri London wrote:
> > > An advert is running locally complaining about proposed taxes on junk
> > > food. All well and good; it's probably sponsored by the companies who
> > > make soft drinks/sports drinks/flavoured waters.
>
> > > Unfortunately it starts with a woman whining that it's hard enough to
> > > feed a family these days. Of course it is. However, buying
> > > sugary-artificially-flavoured-coloured drinks must cost her hard-driven
> > > family quite a lot of money. If her food budget is that tight, wouldn't
> > > it make more sense *not* to buy those things, taxed or otherwise?
>
> > As an ex-smoker, I paid a hell of a lot of sin tax on tobacco over the
> > years, and I am still paying it on booze. *I think that chocolate bars
> > and potato chips are just as unnecessary and just as unhealthy, and they
> > cause the same sorts of health problems.
>
> Of course they do.
>
>
>
> > Bottled water? If they live in a place where water is really scarce, or
> > the tap water is really horrible, okay. Buying water for convenience?
> > Sock it to them. A lot of people figure that someone can afford to buy
> > some luxury items they can afford to pay taxes. IMO this should go at
> > least double for bottled water. That stuff is marked up so much that I
> > borders on robbery. Buy a Brita filtre and re-use bottles.
>
> The proposed taxes would be on the flavoured waters, not on plain
> bottled water AFAIK.- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

Interesting article yesterday on what a rip-off bottled water is,
beginning with the fact that there are no safety regulations and most
of it is tap water re-purposed, to say nothing of the plastic
bottles. It's ridiculous to buy bottled water unless one's home water
supply is contaminated.

http://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/water/bottled/

http://abcnews.go.com/2020/Health/st...=728070&page=3

The good news is that bottled water is banned in some places, and the
sales have dropped for the second year in a row. Also, many
restaurants do not offer it any more.

N.

On Oct 6, 9:17*am, Nancy2 > wrote:
> On Oct 5, 6:49*pm, Arri London > wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > Dave Smith wrote:
>
> > > On 02/10/2010 7:41 PM, Arri London wrote:
> > > > An advert is running locally complaining about proposed taxes on junk
> > > > food. All well and good; it's probably sponsored by the companies who
> > > > make soft drinks/sports drinks/flavoured waters.
>
> > > > Unfortunately it starts with a woman whining that it's hard enough to
> > > > feed a family these days. Of course it is. However, buying
> > > > sugary-artificially-flavoured-coloured drinks must cost her hard-driven
> > > > family quite a lot of money. If her food budget is that tight, wouldn't
> > > > it make more sense *not* to buy those things, taxed or otherwise?
>
> > > As an ex-smoker, I paid a hell of a lot of sin tax on tobacco over the
> > > years, and I am still paying it on booze. *I think that chocolate bars
> > > and potato chips are just as unnecessary and just as unhealthy, and they
> > > cause the same sorts of health problems.
>
> > Of course they do.
>
> > > Bottled water? If they live in a place where water is really scarce, or
> > > the tap water is really horrible, okay. Buying water for convenience?
> > > Sock it to them. A lot of people figure that someone can afford to buy
> > > some luxury items they can afford to pay taxes. IMO this should go at
> > > least double for bottled water. That stuff is marked up so much that I
> > > borders on robbery. Buy a Brita filtre and re-use bottles.
>
> > The proposed taxes would be on the flavoured waters, not on plain
> > bottled water AFAIK.- Hide quoted text -
>
> > - Show quoted text -
>
> Interesting article yesterday on what a rip-off bottled water is,
> beginning with the fact that there are no safety regulations and most
> of it is tap water re-purposed, to say nothing of the plastic
> bottles. *It's ridiculous to buy bottled water unless one's home water
> supply is contaminated.
>
> http://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/water/bottled/
>
> http://abcnews.go.com/2020/Health/st...=728070&page=3
>
> The good news is that bottled water is banned in some places, and the
> sales have dropped for the second year in a row. *Also, many
> restaurants do not offer it any more.
>
> N.- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

....and another: http://www.cbsnews.com/2300-204_162-...html?tag=strip

N.

On Wed, 6 Oct 2010 07:17:18 -0700 (PDT), Nancy2
> wrote:

>On Oct 5, 6:49*pm, Arri London > wrote:
>> Dave Smith wrote:
>>
>> > On 02/10/2010 7:41 PM, Arri London wrote:
>> > > An advert is running locally complaining about proposed taxes on junk
>> > > food. All well and good; it's probably sponsored by the companies who
>> > > make soft drinks/sports drinks/flavoured waters.
>>
>> > > Unfortunately it starts with a woman whining that it's hard enough to
>> > > feed a family these days. Of course it is. However, buying
>> > > sugary-artificially-flavoured-coloured drinks must cost her hard-driven
>> > > family quite a lot of money. If her food budget is that tight, wouldn't
>> > > it make more sense *not* to buy those things, taxed or otherwise?
>>
>> > As an ex-smoker, I paid a hell of a lot of sin tax on tobacco over the
>> > years, and I am still paying it on booze. *I think that chocolate bars
>> > and potato chips are just as unnecessary and just as unhealthy, and they
>> > cause the same sorts of health problems.
>>
>> Of course they do.
>>
>>
>>
>> > Bottled water? If they live in a place where water is really scarce, or
>> > the tap water is really horrible, okay. Buying water for convenience?
>> > Sock it to them. A lot of people figure that someone can afford to buy
>> > some luxury items they can afford to pay taxes. IMO this should go at
>> > least double for bottled water. That stuff is marked up so much that I
>> > borders on robbery. Buy a Brita filtre and re-use bottles.
>>
>> The proposed taxes would be on the flavoured waters, not on plain
>> bottled water AFAIK.- Hide quoted text -
>>
>> - Show quoted text -
>
>Interesting article yesterday on what a rip-off bottled water is,
>beginning with the fact that there are no safety regulations and most
>of it is tap water re-purposed, to say nothing of the plastic
>bottles. It's ridiculous to buy bottled water unless one's home water
>supply is contaminated.
>
>http://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/water/bottled/
>
>http://abcnews.go.com/2020/Health/st...=728070&page=3
>
>The good news is that bottled water is banned in some places, and the
>sales have dropped for the second year in a row. Also, many
>restaurants do not offer it any more.
>
>N.

I bought bottled water twice in my life, I was visiting someone at a
hospital and refused to use their public water fountain. At home I
have an RO filter... those brita/pur types don't filter much and that
tiny filter quickly begins to breed bacteria, and most folks don't
change them for a very long time, they really have pretend filtered
water. A reverse osmosis filter produces perfectly filtered water
that costs about 5¢/gallon. I have a few high quality refillable
water bottles that I take when I leave home, even when I'm out mowing
and doing yard work... my bottles go in the dishwasher. When I want
flavors I use Crystal Lite but at about half strength. Bottled water
is ridiculously expensive and it's ordinary tap water but from someone
elses tap... you're paying for plastic bottles, advertising, the cost
of profits, but mostly transportation. Buying bottled water is a
necessary for an emergency, otherwise for everyday use it's pinhead
snake oil.

On Wed, 06 Oct 2010 16:18:37 -0400, Brooklyn1 wrote:

> On Wed, 6 Oct 2010 07:17:18 -0700 (PDT), Nancy2
>>
>>The good news is that bottled water is banned in some places, and the
>>sales have dropped for the second year in a row. Also, many
>>restaurants do not offer it any more.
>>
>>N.
>
> I bought bottled water twice in my life, I was visiting someone at a
> hospital and refused to use their public water fountain.

what, it wasn't labeled 'whites only'?

blake

On Thu, 7 Oct 2010 13:33:27 -0400, blake murphy
> wrote:

>On Wed, 06 Oct 2010 16:18:37 -0400, Brooklyn1 wrote:
>
>>
>> I bought bottled water twice in my life, I was visiting someone at a
>> hospital and refused to use their public water fountain.
>
>what, it wasn't labeled 'whites only'?
>
Given the choice, I'd buy a bottle of water and not suck on the spout
of a low pressure public water fountain

--
I love cooking with wine.
Sometimes I even put it in the food.

On 07/10/2010 11:31 PM, sf wrote:
> On Thu, 7 Oct 2010 13:33:27 -0400, blake murphy
> > wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 06 Oct 2010 16:18:37 -0400, Brooklyn1 wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> I bought bottled water twice in my life, I was visiting someone at a
>>> hospital and refused to use their public water fountain.
>>
>> what, it wasn't labeled 'whites only'?
>>
> Given the choice, I'd buy a bottle of water and not suck on the spout
> of a low pressure public water fountain
>


Don't suck on the spout. Let it flow and slurp it off the top of its arc.

Dave Smith wrote:
> On 07/10/2010 11:31 PM, sf wrote:

>> Given the choice, I'd buy a bottle of water and not suck on the spout
>> of a low pressure public water fountain

> Don't suck on the spout. Let it flow and slurp it off the top of its
> arc.

Those low pressure fountains, the spout *is* the top of the arc.

nancy

On Thu, 07 Oct 2010 20:31:09 -0700, sf wrote:

> On Thu, 7 Oct 2010 13:33:27 -0400, blake murphy
> > wrote:
>
>>On Wed, 06 Oct 2010 16:18:37 -0400, Brooklyn1 wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> I bought bottled water twice in my life, I was visiting someone at a
>>> hospital and refused to use their public water fountain.
>>
>>what, it wasn't labeled 'whites only'?
>>
> Given the choice, I'd buy a bottle of water and not suck on the spout
> of a low pressure public water fountain

you're not supposed to suck on the spout.

your pal,
blake

On Fri, 8 Oct 2010 11:03:32 -0400, "Nancy Young"
> wrote:

>Dave Smith wrote:
>> On 07/10/2010 11:31 PM, sf wrote:
>
>>> Given the choice, I'd buy a bottle of water and not suck on the spout
>>> of a low pressure public water fountain
>
>> Don't suck on the spout. Let it flow and slurp it off the top of its
>> arc.
>
>Those low pressure fountains, the spout *is* the top of the arc.

And even if not people do some pretty disgusting things at those
fountains, and not just kids who think it's great fun to suck up a
mouthful and then drool it back all over the spout, over and over
again, or press their filthy fingers on the hole to make it shoot
higher... their parents say nothing, in fact I've seen them lifting
their rug rat so they could reach, and then you hear them admonish
stop spitting and drink already, my arm hurts... hurry up, it's your
brother's turn... I've seen adults brush their teeth and then spit all
over the spout... I've seen people use the fountain to rinse their
afro pick, by the time they've finished combing and rinsing the entire
fountain looks like someone used it to groom their pubes... may as
well drink from a bidet.