eidolonFIRE Posted November 4, 2013 Member ID: 2759 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 17 Topic Count: 199 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 3496 Content Per Day: 0.75 Reputation: 3021 Achievement Points: 26464 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 3 Joined: 08/22/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: June 16, 2017 Birthday: 07/27/1990 Share Posted November 4, 2013 If some of you are freaked out by what's in your tap water there is a simple solution. Buy a reverse osmosis filtration system from around $100 (US). It's a filtration system that can quite literally turns sea water into drinking water. You can also buy de-chlorinator drops at your local pet store. One drop per gallon and "poof" the chlorine is instantly gone and it's safe for humans. We buy bottled water for the convenience, not the taste. My kids take a bottle in their lunches and we'll grab a few bottles if we're taking a long drive. Other than that, it's tap water and ours tastes great. I have several thousand dollars of salt water fish, corals and other ocean critters that are swimming in straight tap water right now in my aquarium that has been de-chlorinated and salt added. If they can handle it so can my family. I have a water bottle I fill from the tap every day as I leave for school.... easy and cheap... (college student) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TBC_Shaggy Posted November 4, 2013 Member ID: 3440 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 29 Topic Count: 4 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 106 Content Per Day: 0.02 Reputation: 83 Achievement Points: 812 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 05/13/12 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 26, 2018 Birthday: 02/12/1967 Share Posted November 4, 2013 Get filters and use tap water. STOP BUYING BOTTLED WATER! Nestle is out to take all of our water and sell it back to us for huge profits! Boycott Nestle! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvLAQKtkeTQ eidolonFIRE and JohnnyDos 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLastColdBeer Posted November 4, 2013 Member ID: 489 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 51 Topic Count: 549 Topics Per Day: 0.10 Content Count: 4678 Content Per Day: 0.87 Reputation: 5874 Achievement Points: 41163 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 14 Joined: 09/22/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: Yesterday at 07:09 PM Birthday: 01/09/1963 Device: Android Share Posted November 4, 2013 Our community (pop 300 ) just had a complete new $4.2 million dollar water system installed and it still has the same smell as before. As Baldie suggested installing an inline filter system is easy and very low cost compared to buying bottled water. Because the Bafoons that run our water district are unable to operate a brand new system to produce good NON tasting water 2 of my neighbors and I are seeking election to the board (5 member board, 3 seats available, 3 people running = slam dunk) Changes are coming to this towns water . . . . . Never trust any air you can see . . . smog Never trust any water you can smell and taste . . . . .nasty Be careful what you wish for. I did the same thing. Sat on our village board for 4 years, massive learning experience. Did manage the opportunity to take (and pass) the wastewater operators license. The level of stupidity & corruption will appall you. Not just in your own community, but all the way up the ladder. That's why I have nothing (NOTHING!) good to say about our politicians or their decisions. Currently on the village board, we have no one with a college education, two people unemployed, and two who have filed bankruptcy (one is the head of finance). Sad, truly sad. Leadfinger and Sonovabich 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
little_old_man Posted November 4, 2013 Member ID: 1194 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 40 Topic Count: 436 Topics Per Day: 0.08 Content Count: 6692 Content Per Day: 1.28 Reputation: 11691 Achievement Points: 53094 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 76 Joined: 02/27/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 16, 2023 Birthday: 04/15/1960 Share Posted November 4, 2013 But Beer, we've just come to expect things like that in Illinois. Politicians are corrupt everywhere, but they brag about it there. It's like a rapper not getting popular until they've gone to prision at least once. Sonovabich, TheLastColdBeer and Leadfinger 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
LordOfChaos Posted November 4, 2013 Member ID: 3174 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 100 Topic Count: 78 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 2162 Content Per Day: 0.48 Reputation: 1645 Achievement Points: 17423 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 02/03/12 Status: Offline Last Seen: July 27, 2017 Birthday: 07/24/1957 Share Posted November 4, 2013 I have been sayin this shit for years. Quite a while back I got a temp job at a water bottling company, and they filled 7 different kinds of water from the same source. This big tank. Yup... Directly from the tap. What people don't realize is the plastic leaks estrogen, thus changing men's sperm count and lowering male births. Google " where have all the boys gone. " and see for your self. No bottled water for me. Sonovabich and JohnnyDos 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leadfinger Posted November 4, 2013 Member ID: 4888 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 56 Topic Count: 69 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 2020 Content Per Day: 0.48 Reputation: 3795 Achievement Points: 26312 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 3 Joined: 01/12/13 Status: Offline Last Seen: July 29, 2023 Birthday: 08/29/1962 Device: Windows Share Posted November 4, 2013 Be careful what you wish for. I did the same thing. Sat on our village board for 4 years, massive learning experience. Did manage the opportunity to take (and pass) the wastewater operators license. The level of stupidity & corruption will appall you. Not just in your own community, but all the way up the ladder. That's why I have nothing (NOTHING!) good to say about our politicians or their decisions. Currently on the village board, we have no one with a college education, two people unemployed, and two who have filed bankruptcy (one is the head of finance). Sad, truly sad. I'm in too deep. I fought against the new water system that was designed and shoved down our throats by an engineering firm looking for some easy money (government grants paid $3 million of the $4.2 mil price tag) and we still ended up with a drinking water system that has violations of the Uniform Plumbing Code! Most Politicians are Asshoies. If Americans are gonna retake our country back from the corrupt and greedy we have to start somewhere, I'm not saying I'm gonna save the country what I'm saying is I am going to attack the problem we have here in our little community and make it right and if others do the same in their community . . .well it's a start . . . . .baby steps with boots on sorry this got a little off topic . . i will settle down now TheLastColdBeer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
TheLastColdBeer Posted November 4, 2013 Member ID: 489 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 51 Topic Count: 549 Topics Per Day: 0.10 Content Count: 4678 Content Per Day: 0.87 Reputation: 5874 Achievement Points: 41163 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 14 Joined: 09/22/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: Yesterday at 07:09 PM Birthday: 01/09/1963 Device: Android Share Posted November 4, 2013 Yeah, baby steps. One of our prominent business men ran for, and got elected to, our state's house of representatives. Gary Dahl is one of the most ethical and moral men in our area. He came home after two and a half years fed up. Gary said it was a pointless waste of his time, everything in Springfield is beyond repair. What struck him was the absolute contempt career politicians show for their constituents. " If you're dumb enough to work for a living, you deserve to be fleeced" is the attitude. Good luck dude, I wish you well, any success is better than sitting on your hands and complaining. Leadfinger 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Leadfinger Posted November 9, 2013 Member ID: 4888 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 56 Topic Count: 69 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 2020 Content Per Day: 0.48 Reputation: 3795 Achievement Points: 26312 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 3 Joined: 01/12/13 Status: Offline Last Seen: July 29, 2023 Birthday: 08/29/1962 Device: Windows Share Posted November 9, 2013 Yeah, baby steps. One of our prominent business men ran for, and got elected to, our state's house of representatives. Gary Dahl is one of the most ethical and moral men in our area. He came home after two and a half years fed up. Gary said it was a pointless waste of his time, everything in Springfield is beyond repair. What struck him was the absolute contempt career politicians show for their constituents. " If you're dumb enough to work for a living, you deserve to be fleeced" is the attitude. Good luck dude, I wish you well, any success is better than sitting on your hands and complaining. Thanks, America is approaching "beyond repair" and most people cant see it coming. The next couple of presidential elections will set the stage for the country's rebirth or funeral. Electing Obama moved us closer to a funeral. He has no respect for this country. American need to vote for the good of the country and not for what can they scam from the government or welfare Yeah it's not gonna be easy to make the changes needed and it doesn't matter if its a small town or large . . . . changes must be made. I am not a politician just a guy that see's something to be fixed. You gonna drink that last cold beer? eidolonFIRE 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
eidolonFIRE Posted November 9, 2013 Member ID: 2759 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 17 Topic Count: 199 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 3496 Content Per Day: 0.75 Reputation: 3021 Achievement Points: 26464 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 3 Joined: 08/22/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: June 16, 2017 Birthday: 07/27/1990 Share Posted November 9, 2013 Thanks, America is approaching "beyond repair" and most people cant see it coming. The next couple of presidential elections will set the stage for the country's rebirth or funeral. Electing Obama moved us closer to a funeral. He has no respect for this country. American need to vote for the good of the country and not for what can they scam from the government or welfare Yeah it's not gonna be easy to make the changes needed and it doesn't matter if its a small town or large . . . . changes must be made. I am not a politician just a guy that see's something to be fixed. You gonna drink that last cold beer? I agree... however I think it'll most certainly be a slooooowww death. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozziesdark Posted November 9, 2013 Member ID: 19609 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 3 Topic Count: 29 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 95 Content Per Day: 0.02 Reputation: 58 Achievement Points: 870 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 08/16/13 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 20, 2019 Birthday: 04/30/1973 Share Posted November 9, 2013 Been saying that for years turn the tap on and drink Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
pitbullpete Posted November 10, 2013 Member ID: 155 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 211 Topic Count: 61 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 989 Content Per Day: 0.18 Reputation: 760 Achievement Points: 6973 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 2 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 20 Birthday: 11/29/1967 Device: Android Share Posted November 10, 2013 I have a well now that's good h2o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
hxtr Posted November 10, 2013 Member ID: 220 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 147 Topic Count: 595 Topics Per Day: 0.11 Content Count: 16950 Content Per Day: 3.14 Reputation: 13538 Achievement Points: 129714 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 120 Joined: 09/04/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 26, 2023 Birthday: 04/05/1970 Device: Windows Share Posted November 10, 2013 I sort of knew and suspected this anyway, i'm pretty sure some of the cheaper bottled waters are from the tap anyway, but i do agree with Deejay over this, my tap water stinks and it tastes like shit...no lie, i spend a fortune every week on bottled waters,i buy 2 or 3, 5 litre bottles just for the kettle to make Tea or Coffee and i always have plenty of 2 Litre bottles around the house for normal drinking, they can trash bottled water as much as they like but until they sort the taste and the smell of tap water out i won't be drinking it anytime soon, our water companies will probably be privatised over here in the UK now (another big fucking mistake but the government don't care as long as they keep receiving their backhanders) and i don't think they spend enough money or even care enough about the shit that comes out of our taps, when i first started going abroad about 36 years ago, we used to laugh at all these poor foreign country's like Spain who could not drink their own tap water, now the joke is on us and i believe it is all because of greed. SOB to save on money big time then get yourself reverse osmosis systems for drinking and cooking. They are easy to install and they really work. We had two on our ship and made fresh water out of salt water. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Canadian Posted November 10, 2013 Member ID: 822 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 87 Topic Count: 317 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 5477 Content Per Day: 1.03 Reputation: 5025 Achievement Points: 42632 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 20 Joined: 12/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 25, 2023 Birthday: 03/01/1967 Device: Windows Share Posted November 10, 2013 SOB to save on money big time then get yourself reverse osmosis systems for drinking and cooking. They are easy to install and they really work. We had two on our ship and made fresh water out of salt water. Reverse osmosis, that sounds pretty gay if you ask me lol, our tap water in BC is great, no complaints, but I do buy bottled water because is convenient hxtr 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
hxtr Posted November 10, 2013 Member ID: 220 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 147 Topic Count: 595 Topics Per Day: 0.11 Content Count: 16950 Content Per Day: 3.14 Reputation: 13538 Achievement Points: 129714 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 120 Joined: 09/04/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 26, 2023 Birthday: 04/05/1970 Device: Windows Share Posted November 10, 2013 (edited) Reverse osmosis, that sounds pretty gay if you ask me lol, our tap water in BC is great, no complaints, but I do buy bottled water because is convenient Trust me it is not gay. It is a bad ass system. Perfectly clean water. Better than any filter... This one does 50 gals a day. Not a bad price for what it does and how it does it. http://www.discountwatersofteners.com/microline-reverse-osmosis-system-4-stage-50-gallon-per-day.html?gclid=CKyrrZej2boCFQto7AodxyYARQ and how it works http://science.howstuffworks.com/reverse-osmosis.htm Edited November 10, 2013 by hxtr Leadfinger 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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