Bottled water.

[Jim Ford]

Originally Posted by Meta menardi

We used to live in Helmshore, the river at the back of the house was purple and the tap water was badly contaminated with rust (a pint bottle had a 1" sediment), so I think it varies. It was quite a few years ago.

We used to dream about having rust in our water!

Jim

[Paul mabbott]

Originally Posted by Jim Ford

Looks like it might be interesting, if only it was readable with the near microscopic typeface they use! I've got a 23inch monitor, but have to get within 6 inches to read the text. I gave up in the end!

Jim

I don't understand that, Jim: it's the very same size font (round about Arial 10) which I use for letters and that is used on this very page that I'm writing now!

[Jim Ford]

Originally Posted by Paul mabbott

I don't understand that, Jim: it's the very same size font (round about Arial 10) which I use for letters and that is used on this very page that I'm writing now!

Yes, it's OK with Opera which I'm using at work. Must be an issue with the Firefox I'm using at home. I'll check again.

Jim

[Paul mabbott]

... and let's not forget lead in tapwater. This is still a sizeable problem in the north and west of the countries where tap-water is acidic:
DWI - Information Leaflets - Lead in Drinking Water

The water companies are gradually replacing lead supply pipes (with plastic ones ... ) but a lot of older houses still have lead pipes, at least in part ....

[snowdrop]

All I can say is there must be something drastically wrong with the tap water in my part of the world if they have to add bleach twice a week. The smell as it comes out of the tap is awful. I once left a screw top bottle of the stuff out in the garden, after a few days it turned green.
I now use bought bottled water for drinking and cooking but wouldn't you know it, researchers are warning of the chemical interaction between warmth and sunlight on the plastic of the bottles.
You just can't win!

[Jim Ford]

Originally Posted by snowdrop

I once left a screw top bottle of the stuff out in the garden, after a few days it turned green.

If algae grow in it after a few days, the water can't have much in it in the way of nasty chemicals!

Jim

[jestin.kemp]

Hi Friend's
I also struggled with deciding if it was serious, but I noticed that when you click on the different flavours of water at the bottom of the page, they all come up with the same flavour ("beef flavoured gutter water"), so came to the conclusion that it was a spoof.


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