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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: Sandwich on June 16, 2004, 09:51:23 am
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Ok, so bottled water is common. Brings to mind words like "pure", "fresh", "crystal", etc. But, c'mon - for real! Bottled water?!? It's..... WATER!
And the big companies know it, too. After all, did you ever realize what Evian (http://www.evian.com/), a major "producer of mineral water from the French Alps" - really means?
Spell it backwards. :D
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Well, water from different locations contain different mineral compositions. Some people can taste the difference.
I myself have gone to Brazil on a missions trip and I got sick from the water that was available. Luckily they had bottled water though.
But for all intents and purposes, buying bottled water is entirely stupid unless you're going to another continent. Especially if you have your own water filter.
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You came here... and you drank water from a tap?
* points and laughs *
:p
Sometimes bottled water is a necessity. Some filters work, but most don't do much.
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actually, i used to buy bottled water when i walked home, 'cause it's cold, wet.. and suited my purposes perfectly.
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I, for one, can taste a difference between tap water and Evian.
Not 50p worth of difference, but a difference nonetheless.
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Originally posted by Turnsky
actually, i used to buy bottled water when i walked home, 'cause it's cold, wet.. and suited my purposes perfectly.
Yeah. Sometimes you just feel like water - it's always colder than the stuff that comes out of the tap, and at least you know it's healthy. I'm not sure If I can actually taste the difference between brands, but I can definitely taste it between bottled and tap.
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Originally posted by Black Wolf
Yeah. Sometimes you just feel like water - it's always colder than the stuff that comes out of the tap, and at least you know it's healthy. I'm not sure If I can actually taste the difference between brands, but I can definitely taste it between bottled and tap.
In sweden you usually can't. unless it's mineral water.
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Yeah, I can taste a tap-bottled difference. As an0n said, generally not worth 70 cents, but since you can't really trust teh school taps, and the fact that it isn't luke-warm, makes you buy the stuff anyway.
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[color=66ff00]I'd have to agree with an0n, tap water here tastes like there's 'crap' in it. naivE tastes relatively fresh by comparison and from what I've read it is actually spring water.
Still nothing beats Ballygowan water, it's proper H2O. :nod:
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This one time in band camp....ok, it wasn't band camp, but it was camp. Anyway, it was in Hungary, and they told us not to drink the tap water, cause it was brown, which is not a natural colour for water to be. They had a big cooler with bottled water.
But normally, I'm of the opinion that tap water is just fine. I drink it all the time. The fact that these companies are able to convinve a large number of people to shell out $1.50 for WATER, is a testament to the power of marketing. I'm sure there is some yuppie code, as to which water is richer in Vitamin Z, so if you're cought with the wrong water bottle, you'll be ostraziced by your elitist friends.
I can't convince my family that buying bottled water is essentially throwing money away. We already have a Brita filter, which I would imagine fills the "pure, cold water" department. I can taste a difference, but its just not something I'm willing to spend money on.
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I can taset a diference bottoled water usualy tastes horid,
it's all bull**** (http://www.arcee.ca/shared/bull****/Penn%20Teller%20-%20BULL****%20-%2007%20-%20Feng%20Shui,%20Bottled%20Water.wmv)
(second half of that)
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actually, our tapwater here is pretty clean.. you can tell the difference.. (i.e the slight metallic taste from the pipes)
but the bottled water i buy is just an el-cheapo brand that costs me about a third of evian or some ****e like that.
i mean.. it's... water, the fact that it comes in a bottle is the only real difference..
remember that fubar over coca-cola's bottled "spring" water? :p
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Water... ordinary water...
...ordinary water, lased with LSD...
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Bottled water can be justified if you live in a city, where they put all sorts of chemicals into the stuff to make it "safe to drink". Truth be told, the only reason it's justified then is that the stuff in "tap", i.e. city, water tastes horrid by comparison. I personally get my water out of a well, and it's plenty cold and pure to suit my tastes. It's the best stuff I've had bar none, and that includes the yuppy bottled water too.
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my tap water tastes better than bottled water
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I've lived in three differnt buildings in two different cities, and each had a distinctive taste to the water. Mineral water is distinctive as well, perhaps for the abscence of the chlorine they favour round these parts. Couldn't tell two brands apart, though.
Why did you start this thread Sarnie? Is bottled mineral water a new phenomenon over there?
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If you chill tapwater, and bottled mineral water, then there's no real difference in 'taste'. Because i did this to me dad (refilled a mineral water bottle with tap water without telling him), and he never noticed. And he was working for a mineral water company at the time.
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I want to see you guys try and drink tap water in let's say... Spain, Marocco or any other hot country for a week and still say bottled water is useless.
You'll probably be too busy getting an enema.
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Sound like fun
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My parents shelled out for one of these (http://www.rainsoft.com/products/pr_amazon.html) monstrosities. I have to say, after drinking water from this thing and then having to go back to unfiltered city water... I couldn't do it. It just tasted awful. The only trick is you have to buy salt to go into the filtration for it to clean itself.
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The water around here is actually higher quality than the bottled mineral water.
100% scientifically proven FACT.
Maybe I should start bottling it?
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Have we become so spoiled as to expect our water to taste good? I mean, its water. It is defined as "a tasteless, colourless liquid". I have a Brita water filter and about the only difference that I notice is that the water is cold, on account of being kept in the fridge. When more than a billion, thats billion with a B folks, people go without safe drinking water, everyday, I just can't bring myself to care about trace amounts of flouride or whatever in my water.
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Originally posted by 01010
The water around here is actually higher quality than the bottled mineral water.
100% scientifically proven FACT.
Maybe I should start bottling it?
Here too. Tap water still tastes like crap whereas bottled water is at least 'drinkable'.
It's not (only) a good quality what makes a good water. It's the taste.
Seriously, tap water tastes so bad here, I can't imagine anyone pretending to drink it.
Originally posted by Rictor
Have we become so spoiled as to expect our water to taste good? I mean, its water. It is defined as "a tasteless, colourless liquid".
You know it's not distilled/pure water. Right?
You would not get anything from drinking that. It's NOT H20. Its H20 with a LOT of stuff in it.
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Originally posted by diamondgeezer
Why did you start this thread Sarnie? Is bottled mineral water a new phenomenon over there?
Simply to point out what Evian is backwards. Methinks y'all had one pulled over you. :p
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Originally posted by Rictor
Have we become so spoiled as to expect our water to taste good? I mean, its water. It is defined as "a tasteless, colourless liquid". I have a Brita water filter and about the only difference that I notice is that the water is cold, on account of being kept in the fridge. When more than a billion, thats billion with a B folks, people go without safe drinking water, everyday, I just can't bring myself to care about trace amounts of flouride or whatever in my water.
Well absolutly pure water is tastless, so bottling company's actually put 'flavoring' (basicly just salt and a couple other minerals) in the water. ;)
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Tap water tastes (and smells) like algie these times of the year...but filtered water or bottled water taste about the same.
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I have lived in a place in Florida where we had well water for drinking. Well, it'd be all fine and goo, since Florida has some of the best water around, but no... Our home had to be built above a Sulphur deposit. The water was unbearable. We had to use the refridgerated, filtered water that was piped through the fridge for drinking and cooking. The water for washing and showering stunk so bad...
Glad to have moved. On another note, however, the place I lived before then, Zephyrhills, Florida, claims to have the purest water in the state, and even bottle it to sell to the rest of the country...
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Raa?? What happened to your "'Torh"?
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:nervous: It's still there, just smaller.. and err... *flashy thingy's jdjtcagle*
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Pierre: How dumb do I think the Americans are? Ha! I bet we
could sell those idiots water.
Random friend: Water? Pierre, sure, they're kinda stupid, but
theres no way they'd actually buy water!
Pierre: Oooh, yes they will! We'll just tell them its from France.
I can't tell ANY difference between tap and bottled.
EDIT: there, that better? :p
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Double Negetive! Wooooo!
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:lol: *points finger at Jetmech Jr.*
Hey, Raa.. uhh.. I mean Torh.. ish
I can see it now! :D
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*flashy thingy's jdjtcagle again*
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And so, why not drink mineral water? Like Vichy or Bonaqua. At least the difference is noticeable.
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I like my mineral water with alchohol
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Help!!!... My eyes hurt and I'm so confused!$
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*flashy thingy's jdjtcagle a third time*
Hope this doesn't give you cancer...
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ok enough with the flashy thing.
I can really tell a difference between bottled water and tap water. I live in the middle of downtown in an apartment and when I drink the tap water it gives me a headache. I try not to drink that water if I can help it.
And when I'm cooking something w/ water, I'll use the big jug of spring water I buy from the supermarket.
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where I come from......you drink tap water without boiling it or with a filter.......you get sick. Bad.
but that's India for you.
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I hear if you drink the water in India you get this wierd, red dot on your forehead :nervous:
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Tap in my town prety much means:
They Added Pb (Pb being lead)
The water here is really high in lead content from the pipes, and it is a rich shade of off-white with little brown and yellow specs floating in it...
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Is marvelous to see how naive can people be. Water with a better flavor than the one off the tap. Well, it's water. Besides, Michael Moore might be right that the US keeps contaminating the water in favor of the bottled ones....
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I think I should start a company that creates pure, molecular water with no contaminants other than the container.
A big tank 'o hydrogen, a tank 'o oxygen, a bunch of fancy-schmancy containers and mix it all together.
Then sell it for a premium :)
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Originally posted by Ace
A big tank 'o hydrogen, a tank 'o oxygen, a bunch of fancy-schmancy containers and mix it all together.
I'm so gonna throw in a molotov cocktail :drevil:
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Originally posted by Ace
I think I should start a company that creates pure, molecular water with no contaminants other than the container.
A big tank 'o hydrogen, a tank 'o oxygen, a bunch of fancy-schmancy containers and mix it all together.
Then sell it for a premium :)
IIRC they tried that. Didn't catch on well since it didn't taste like 'water'. :rolleyes:
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I have the amazing choice between water with high sulphur/iron content and cheap bottled water. Often, I drink the bottled water, since it's there, and already in a bottle.
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I drink Asda own brand bottled water.
It's probably purified staff piss but it tastes better than tap water.
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Originally posted by Ace
I think I should start a company that creates pure, molecular water with no contaminants other than the container.
A big tank 'o hydrogen, a tank 'o oxygen, a bunch of fancy-schmancy containers and mix it all together.
Then sell it for a premium :)
you can buy destillated water at the gas station you know. and you kinda need the salts in regular water.
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Sydney Water kicks ass. Our contaminant levels are so low, the water from the tap is usually better than the bottled stuff. It's a different story when our family heads back to Malaysia to see our relatives, though... bottles all the way. :p
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The only water I buy is the stuff that comes in the 4L jugs. They're actually cheaper than those 600mL Aquafina bottles. The only reason I buy it is because the water here is a grenish brown colour. A combination of dirt and chlorine. It's bad enough to bathe in the stuff. I got soap in my eye the other day, and rinsing it out with water caused it to burn more.
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I love my Brita filter when I am at the university. The local water is terrible.
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Well, to quote Lewis Black here....
"We get our water from Pepsi and Coke, because if anyone knows water, oh yeah, its ****ing Pepsi and Coke..."
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Originally posted by Thorn
The only water I buy is the stuff that comes in the 4L jugs. They're actually cheaper than those 600mL Aquafina bottles. The only reason I buy it is because the water here is a grenish brown colour. A combination of dirt and chlorine. It's bad enough to bathe in the stuff. I got soap in my eye the other day, and rinsing it out with water caused it to burn more.
:blah:
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:wtf:
Is Canada a third world country now? :p
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The water here is Okay...except when the drain system gets stopped up, like it did yesterday. :doubt:
Originally posted by Tiara
:blah:
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:wtf:
Is Canada a third world country now? :p
I thought third-world countries didn't have any water, they just had oil?
//runs :p
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Nah, you're talking about Arab countries. Some third world countries don't even have the oil.
:p
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Originally posted by Tiara
:blah:
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:wtf:
Is Canada a third world country now? :p
'tis not unusual. I remember Peebles hydro(a hotel) sometimes has brown tapwater - there was a notice by the side of the sinks about it.
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Seriously... If I ever get brown tapwater I can practically file a lawsuit against the state here. At the very least, the state would pay to fix it (most of the time out of their own) :p It's unheard of here.
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Yeah, our water isn't brown unless it's a private water supply, or a water main breaks, flooding some street... Even that nasty 'ass-water' we had in Florida was clear, just highly sulphurize0red.
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the water in some of the drinking fountans at my school is brown
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Originally posted by Bobboau
the water in some of the drinking fountans at my school is brown
:wtf: :eek2: :nervous: :shaking: :ick:
(on a related note)
http://www.machall.com/index.php?strip_id=15
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Originally posted by Tiara
Seriously... If I ever get brown tapwater I can practically file a lawsuit against the state here. At the very least, the state would pay to fix it (most of the time out of their own) :p It's unheard of here.
Windsor's source of water is the Avon River. A very muddy river. Doesn't matter how much of it they filter out, some of it still gets through.
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Originally posted by Thorn
Windsor's source of water is the Avon River. A very muddy river. Doesn't matter how much of it they filter out, some of it still gets through.
Our water comes from the damned sewer (yeah, I know. But it's obviously cleaner then most water :p) and they purify it. You are actually telling me they can't purify water from the river? :wtf:
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Originally posted by Dough with Fish
Well, to quote Lewis Black here....
"We get our water from Pepsi and Coke, because if anyone knows water, oh yeah, its ****ing Pepsi and Coke..."
God, Lewis Black is hilarious! :lol:
I personally can't believe you guys have water that bad! I've lived in at least seven or so different states, and 2-3 different countries, and i've barely ever even seen brown water, let alone have it come out of my sink.
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[q]Our water comes from the damned sewer [/q]
See now this is what's wrong with mainland europe... :p
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Originally posted by vyper
[q]Our water comes from the damned sewer [/q]
See now this is what's wrong with mainland europe... :p
Well, it's cleaner then 90% of the rest of the world's tap water so i'm not complaining.
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IME, in some vity, it's better to drink bottled water, seeing that filter aren't always that good. Lucky me, I live near Evian, and the public source just in front of Evian social siege is free :)
It's funny to see just how many people come in a day to fill their bottle. Most of them come with at least 10 1.5l sized bottle. Only disadvantage is that it's a small source, you gotta wait 1 minute for a bottle to be filled.