A US woman on the CBC this morning pointed out that bottled water is 96%
water and 4% plastic. Lettuce is 96% water and 4% cellulose etc.
Therefore, not only are square miles of good agricultural land being
wasted but also all that fuel used to transport "water" across the
country in refrigerated containers.

On Thu, 22 Nov 2018 graham wrote:
>
>A US woman on the CBC this morning pointed out that bottled water is 96%
>water and 4% plastic. Lettuce is 96% water and 4% cellulose etc.
>Therefore, not only are square miles of good agricultural land being
>wasted but also all that fuel used to transport "water" across the
>country in refrigerated containers.

Do you know what else is 4% water and 4% cellulose... your pinhead.
Bottled water is bottled very local to where it's marketed, from
someone's hose bib... not transported more than perhaps fifty miles
and is NOT refrigersated. Do you know who else is a pinhead, all
those who buy bottled water at outrageous prices so they can pollute
the planet with mega-tons of plastic. And there's nothing special
about bottled water, it's only filtered for particulates like sand...
bottled water is no better than what comes from your municipal water
source... you'd do better to use your own tap water passed through a
paper coffee filter. All those cartridge type filters marketed are no
different than cheapo aquarium filters... you
can actually buy yourself a five gallon glass aquarium and an aquarium
filter filled with some glasswool and activated charcoal and make your
own much better than bottled water from your own tap water. If your
municipal water is chlorinated simply let it sit for a couple three
days and the chlorine will evaporate, same as is done with aquarium
water.

On 26 Nov 2018, Pamela wrote
(in article >):

> On 18:40 22 Nov 2018, wrote in
> news >
> > On Thu, 22 Nov 2018 graham wrote:
> > >
> > > A US woman on the CBC this morning pointed out that bottled water is
> > > 96% water and 4% plastic. Lettuce is 96% water and 4% cellulose etc.
> > > Therefore, not only are square miles of good agricultural land being
> > > wasted but also all that fuel used to transport "water" across the
> > > country in refrigerated containers.
> >
> > Do you know what else is 4% water and 4% cellulose... your pinhead.
> > Bottled water is bottled very local to where it's marketed, from
> > someone's hose bib... not transported more than perhaps fifty miles
> > and is NOT refrigersated. Do you know who else is a pinhead, all
> > those who buy bottled water at outrageous prices so they can pollute
> > the planet with mega-tons of plastic. And there's nothing special
> > about bottled water, it's only filtered for particulates like sand...
> > bottled water is no better than what comes from your municipal water
> > source... you'd do better to use your own tap water passed through a
> > paper coffee filter. All those cartridge type filters marketed are no
> > different than cheapo aquarium filters... you can actually buy
> > yourself a five gallon glass aquarium and an aquarium filter filled
> > with some glasswool and activated charcoal and make your own much
> > better than bottled water from your own tap water.
>
> >
> > If your municipal water is chlorinated simply let it sit for a couple
> > three days and the chlorine will evaporate, same as is done with
> > aquarium water.
>
> Oh yeah. How practical is that.

You can buy filters for your mains water.

Some are not expensive and quite easy to fit. All you have to do is replace
the filter cartridge every few months.

https://www.screwfix.com/p/bwt-water-filter-
kit/14306?tc=NA9&ds_kid=92700020953273589&ds_rl=124168 7&ds_rl=1245250&ds_rl=12
49404&ds_rl=1249799&ds_rl=1245250&ds_rl=1249481&gc lid=EAIaIQobChMIvtfh-
Kny3gIV6L_tCh0Txg5VEAQYAiABEgLBhfD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.d s

On 26 Nov 2018, Fruitiest of Fruitcakes wrote
(in iganews.com>):

> On 26 Nov 2018, Pamela wrote
> (in article >):
>
> > On 18:40 22 Nov 2018, wrote in
> > news > >
> > > On Thu, 22 Nov 2018 graham wrote:
> > > >
> > > > A US woman on the CBC this morning pointed out that bottled water is
> > > > 96% water and 4% plastic. Lettuce is 96% water and 4% cellulose etc.
> > > > Therefore, not only are square miles of good agricultural land being
> > > > wasted but also all that fuel used to transport "water" across the
> > > > country in refrigerated containers.
> > >
> > > Do you know what else is 4% water and 4% cellulose... your pinhead.
> > > Bottled water is bottled very local to where it's marketed, from
> > > someone's hose bib... not transported more than perhaps fifty miles
> > > and is NOT refrigersated. Do you know who else is a pinhead, all
> > > those who buy bottled water at outrageous prices so they can pollute
> > > the planet with mega-tons of plastic. And there's nothing special
> > > about bottled water, it's only filtered for particulates like sand...
> > > bottled water is no better than what comes from your municipal water
> > > source... you'd do better to use your own tap water passed through a
> > > paper coffee filter. All those cartridge type filters marketed are no
> > > different than cheapo aquarium filters... you can actually buy
> > > yourself a five gallon glass aquarium and an aquarium filter filled
> > > with some glasswool and activated charcoal and make your own much
> > > better than bottled water from your own tap water.
> >
> > >
> > > If your municipal water is chlorinated simply let it sit for a couple
> > > three days and the chlorine will evaporate, same as is done with
> > > aquarium water.
> >
> > Oh yeah. How practical is that.
>
> You can buy filters for your mains water.
>
> Some are not expensive and quite easy to fit. All you have to do is replace
> the filter cartridge every few months.
>
> https://www.screwfix.com/p/bwt-water-filter-
> kit/14306?tc=NA9&ds_kid=92700020953273589&ds_rl=124168 7&ds_rl=1245250&ds_rl=12
> 49404&ds_rl=1249799&ds_rl=1245250&ds_rl=1249481&gc lid=EAIaIQobChMIvtfh-
> Kny3gIV6L_tCh0Txg5VEAQYAiABEgLBhfD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.d s

Lets try a better link to one

https://www.uk-water-filters.co.uk/o...er_filter.html

On Mon, 26 Nov 2018 14:51:20 GMT, Pamela >
wrote:

>On 18:40 22 Nov 2018, wrote in
>news >
>> On Thu, 22 Nov 2018 graham wrote:
>>>
>>>A US woman on the CBC this morning pointed out that bottled water is
>>>96% water and 4% plastic. Lettuce is 96% water and 4% cellulose etc.
>>>Therefore, not only are square miles of good agricultural land being
>>>wasted but also all that fuel used to transport "water" across the
>>>country in refrigerated containers.
>>
>> Do you know what else is 4% water and 4% cellulose... your pinhead.
>> Bottled water is bottled very local to where it's marketed, from
>> someone's hose bib... not transported more than perhaps fifty miles
>> and is NOT refrigersated. Do you know who else is a pinhead, all
>> those who buy bottled water at outrageous prices so they can pollute
>> the planet with mega-tons of plastic. And there's nothing special
>> about bottled water, it's only filtered for particulates like sand...
>> bottled water is no better than what comes from your municipal water
>> source... you'd do better to use your own tap water passed through a
>> paper coffee filter. All those cartridge type filters marketed are no
>> different than cheapo aquarium filters... you can actually buy
>> yourself a five gallon glass aquarium and an aquarium filter filled
>> with some glasswool and activated charcoal and make your own much
>> better than bottled water from your own tap water.
>
>> If your municipal water is chlorinated simply let it sit for a couple
>> three days and the chlorine will evaporate, same as is done with
>> aquarium water.
>
>Oh yeah. How practical is that.

A whole lot more practical than shopping for, schleping, and paying
for bottled water like a dumb ninny.

As a teen I bred and sold tropical fish in some forty 20 gallon tanks.
I also filtered and aerated all the water to remove sediment and
chlorination... was an ongoing process as fresh water was constantly
needed... basements came in handy. At twelve years old I made more
money breeding and selling fancy veil tail guppies than kootchie
collects in rent.

Also getting children an aqurium with a pair of guppies is better than
a class in Sex Ed.

These days this is the way:
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_s...=3LA98PJX6D0JF

On 2018-11-26 9:21 a.m., wrote:
> On Mon, 26 Nov 2018 14:51:20 GMT, Pamela >
> wrote:
>
>> On 18:40 22 Nov 2018, wrote in
>> news >>
>>> On Thu, 22 Nov 2018 graham wrote:
>>>>
>>>> A US woman on the CBC this morning pointed out that bottled water is
>>>> 96% water and 4% plastic. Lettuce is 96% water and 4% cellulose etc.
>>>> Therefore, not only are square miles of good agricultural land being
>>>> wasted but also all that fuel used to transport "water" across the
>>>> country in refrigerated containers.
>>>
>>> Do you know what else is 4% water and 4% cellulose... your pinhead.
>>> Bottled water is bottled very local to where it's marketed, from
>>> someone's hose bib... not transported more than perhaps fifty miles
>>> and is NOT refrigersated.

Why don't you try reading my original post when you are sober! Even
someone with a low, double-digit IQ could see that it was referring to
the transport of LETTUCE!!!!

On Mon, 26 Nov 2018 10:11:06 -0700, graham > wrote:

>On 2018-11-26 9:21 a.m., wrote:
>> On Mon, 26 Nov 2018 14:51:20 GMT, Pamela >
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On 18:40 22 Nov 2018, wrote in
>>> news >>>
>>>> On Thu, 22 Nov 2018 graham wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> A US woman on the CBC this morning pointed out that bottled water is
>>>>> 96% water and 4% plastic. Lettuce is 96% water and 4% cellulose etc.
>>>>> Therefore, not only are square miles of good agricultural land being
>>>>> wasted but also all that fuel used to transport "water" across the
>>>>> country in refrigerated containers.
>>>>
>>>> Do you know what else is 4% water and 4% cellulose... your pinhead.
>>>> Bottled water is bottled very local to where it's marketed, from
>>>> someone's hose bib... not transported more than perhaps fifty miles
>>>> and is NOT refrigersated.
>
>Why don't you try reading my original post when you are sober! Even
>someone with a low, double-digit IQ could see that it was referring to
>the transport of LETTUCE!!!!

You wrote transport "water"... sober up!

On 11/26/2018 1:56 PM, wrote:
> On Mon, 26 Nov 2018 10:11:06 -0700, graham > wrote:
>
>> On 2018-11-26 9:21 a.m., wrote:
>>> On Mon, 26 Nov 2018 14:51:20 GMT, Pamela >
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 18:40 22 Nov 2018, wrote in
>>>> news >>>>
>>>>> On Thu, 22 Nov 2018 graham wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> A US woman on the CBC this morning pointed out that bottled water is
>>>>>> 96% water and 4% plastic. Lettuce is 96% water and 4% cellulose etc.
>>>>>> Therefore, not only are square miles of good agricultural land being
>>>>>> wasted but also all that fuel used to transport "water" across the
>>>>>> country in refrigerated containers.
>>>>>
>>>>> Do you know what else is 4% water and 4% cellulose... your pinhead.
>>>>> Bottled water is bottled very local to where it's marketed, from
>>>>> someone's hose bib... not transported more than perhaps fifty miles
>>>>> and is NOT refrigersated.
>>
>> Why don't you try reading my original post when you are sober! Even
>> someone with a low, double-digit IQ could see that it was referring to
>> the transport of LETTUCE!!!!
>
> You wrote transport "water"... sober up!
>
Lettuce is mostly water. Made sense to me in the comparison of bottled
water and packaging and the cellulose of lettuce holding 96% water.

On 26 Nov 2018, wrote
(in >):

> On Mon, 26 Nov 2018 14:51:20 GMT, >
> wrote:
>
> > On 18:40 22 Nov 2018, wrote in
> > news > >
> > > On Thu, 22 Nov 2018 graham wrote:
> > > >
> > > > A US woman on the CBC this morning pointed out that bottled water is
> > > > 96% water and 4% plastic. Lettuce is 96% water and 4% cellulose etc.
> > > > Therefore, not only are square miles of good agricultural land being
> > > > wasted but also all that fuel used to transport "water" across the
> > > > country in refrigerated containers.
> > >
> > > Do you know what else is 4% water and 4% cellulose... your pinhead.
> > > Bottled water is bottled very local to where it's marketed, from
> > > someone's hose bib... not transported more than perhaps fifty miles
> > > and is NOT refrigersated. Do you know who else is a pinhead, all
> > > those who buy bottled water at outrageous prices so they can pollute
> > > the planet with mega-tons of plastic. And there's nothing special
> > > about bottled water, it's only filtered for particulates like sand...
> > > bottled water is no better than what comes from your municipal water
> > > source... you'd do better to use your own tap water passed through a
> > > paper coffee filter. All those cartridge type filters marketed are no
> > > different than cheapo aquarium filters... you can actually buy
> > > yourself a five gallon glass aquarium and an aquarium filter filled
> > > with some glasswool and activated charcoal and make your own much
> > > better than bottled water from your own tap water.
> >
> > > If your municipal water is chlorinated simply let it sit for a couple
> > > three days and the chlorine will evaporate, same as is done with
> > > aquarium water.
> >
> > Oh yeah. How practical is that.
>
> A whole lot more practical than shopping for, schleping, and paying
> for bottled water like a dumb ninny.
>
> As a teen I bred and sold tropical fish in some forty 20 gallon tanks.
> I also filtered and aerated all the water to remove sediment and
> chlorination... was an ongoing process as fresh water was constantly
> needed... basements came in handy. At twelve years old I made more
> money breeding and selling fancy veil tail guppies than kootchie
> collects in rent.

Although you have to admit that breeding guppies is not particularly
difficult.They more or less do it without assistance.

My mollies breed on their own, and I dont fret about the water. It just
goes through the normal pump/filtration system. Ok, so I give them away,
rather than sell them - but I just let the fish get on with it. If a few
babies perish then that is life, as far as Im concerned.Most seem to
survive in the weeds on their own, and I never feed them fry food. They have
to find what they can from the food the adults get.

I wonder if so many people get stressed about water changes that they never
let a natural chemical cycle develop?

However, apologies as I am way O/T

>
>
> Also getting children an aqurium with a pair of guppies is better than
> a class in Sex Ed.
>
> These days this is the way:
> https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_s...ps&field-keywo
> rds=ro+filter&sprefix=ro+filter%2Caps%2C506&crid=3 LA98PJX6D0JF

Pamela wrote:
>
> wrote:
> > If your municipal water is chlorinated simply let it sit for a couple
> > three days and the chlorine will evaporate, same as is done with
> > aquarium water.
>
> Oh yeah. How practical is that.

It's very practical. Don't even need to wait 2-3 days. An open
container of city water with chlorine will be fine just
overnight. The chlorine evaporates fairly quickly.

We had aquarium for so many years. I always used city water and
added the next day after sitting open overnight. Never a dead
fish.

On Thursday, November 22, 2018 at 11:00:22 AM UTC-5, graham wrote:
> A US woman on the CBC this morning pointed out that bottled water is 96%
> water and 4% plastic. Lettuce is 96% water and 4% cellulose etc.
> Therefore, not only are square miles of good agricultural land being
> wasted but also all that fuel used to transport "water" across the
> country in refrigerated containers.

Water is available everywhere. No point in transporting it.
Lettuce doesn't grow everywhere all year. Makes sense to move
it from where it grows to where people want it.

Until we've built enough greenhouses to grow the 8 million pounds
of lettuce that currently is grown in the Southwest.

Cindy Hamilton

On Mon, 26 Nov 2018 09:50:07 -0800 (PST), Cindy Hamilton
> wrote:

>On Thursday, November 22, 2018 at 11:00:22 AM UTC-5, graham wrote:
>> A US woman on the CBC this morning pointed out that bottled water is 96%
>> water and 4% plastic. Lettuce is 96% water and 4% cellulose etc.
>> Therefore, not only are square miles of good agricultural land being
>> wasted but also all that fuel used to transport "water" across the
>> country in refrigerated containers.
>
>Water is available everywhere. No point in transporting it.
>Lettuce doesn't grow everywhere all year. Makes sense to move
>it from where it grows to where people want it.
>
>Until we've built enough greenhouses to grow the 8 million pounds
>of lettuce that currently is grown in the Southwest.
>
>Cindy Hamilton

In the US lettuce grows most everywhere, albiet it's seasonal and
prefers cooler climes. These days a lot of lettuce (and other
produce) is grown in massive climate controlled greenhouses

On Monday, November 26, 2018 at 2:08:18 PM UTC-5, Sheldon wrote:
> On Mon, 26 Nov 2018 09:50:07 -0800 (PST), Cindy Hamilton
> > wrote:
>
> >On Thursday, November 22, 2018 at 11:00:22 AM UTC-5, graham wrote:
> >> A US woman on the CBC this morning pointed out that bottled water is 96%
> >> water and 4% plastic. Lettuce is 96% water and 4% cellulose etc.
> >> Therefore, not only are square miles of good agricultural land being
> >> wasted but also all that fuel used to transport "water" across the
> >> country in refrigerated containers.
> >
> >Water is available everywhere. No point in transporting it.
> >Lettuce doesn't grow everywhere all year. Makes sense to move
> >it from where it grows to where people want it.
> >
> >Until we've built enough greenhouses to grow the 8 million pounds
> >of lettuce that currently is grown in the Southwest.
> >
> >Cindy Hamilton
>
> In the US lettuce grows most everywhere, albiet it's seasonal and
> prefers cooler climes. These days a lot of lettuce (and other
> produce) is grown in massive climate controlled greenhouses

All of the lettuce I buy says it's grown in California. Year-round.

Cindy Hamilton