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Bobbieo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-16-07 02:46 PM Original message |
PLEASE Break The Bottled Water Habit! |
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Dr.Phool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-16-07 02:50 PM Response to Original message |
1. Sorry, but I keep 10 cases of Zephyrhills in my garage. |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-16-07 02:52 PM Response to Reply #1 |
7. I understand that |
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BOSSHOG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-16-07 02:54 PM Response to Reply #1 |
10. Roger that teammate |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-16-07 03:16 PM Response to Reply #1 |
16. I have a 30 gallon blue barrel of tap water in MY garage. It's called |
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robinlynne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-16-07 06:28 PM Response to Reply #1 |
21. Hurricane supplies dont count in my book. you are not throwing the bottles away. |
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IronLionZion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 09:54 AM Response to Reply #1 |
40. Keep a water purifier too just in case |
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no_hypocrisy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-16-07 02:50 PM Response to Original message |
2. I use Brita filtered water, keep the glass Snapple bottles, and |
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Rick Myers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-16-07 02:51 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Same here... Brita filter and reuse the bottles from soda |
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Whoa_Nelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-16-07 02:57 PM Response to Reply #4 |
12. Please check out the leaching effect in reusing plastic bottles |
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many a good man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-16-07 07:18 PM Response to Reply #12 |
29. Snopes says that claim is false |
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TalkingDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 08:37 AM Response to Reply #29 |
39. I agree, BUT more importantly, these studies prove something MUCH more HORRIFYING... |
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northofdenali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-16-07 06:40 PM Response to Reply #4 |
24. Another Brita fan here. |
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IronLionZion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 10:06 AM Response to Reply #2 |
42. One more Brita fan, but I wouldn't reuse those glass bottles |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-16-07 02:51 PM Response to Original message |
3. I filter my water at home, |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-16-07 02:51 PM Response to Original message |
5. This is something people need to cut back on |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-16-07 06:18 PM Response to Reply #5 |
20. That describes the water goings on at our house too. n/t |
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Whoa_Nelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-16-07 02:52 PM Response to Original message |
6. Where I live the arsenic levels are extremely high |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-16-07 02:53 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. You might wish to look into a high quality filter |
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Whoa_Nelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-16-07 02:58 PM Response to Reply #8 |
13. sure..as soon as I have more money than living hand-to-mouth |
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Maraya1969 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-16-07 11:41 PM Response to Reply #6 |
34. I think this may be a beter alternative. |
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benld74 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-16-07 02:53 PM Response to Original message |
9. Bottled water Joke |
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Bluzmann57 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-16-07 02:54 PM Response to Original message |
11. I work outdoors |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-16-07 03:01 PM Response to Original message |
14. Would YOU like to get my 87-year-old mother to drink up to 64 oz of ANYTHING but Propel??? |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-16-07 03:10 PM Response to Original message |
15. My habits involve bottled water, but only in combination with barley, hops and yeast. |
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kansasblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-16-07 03:52 PM Response to Original message |
17. Help me understand why bottled water is the enemy and..... |
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jberryhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-16-07 06:30 PM Response to Reply #17 |
22. At restaurants... |
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RedEarth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-16-07 07:13 PM Response to Reply #17 |
28. Think tap water .... |
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IronLionZion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 10:04 AM Response to Reply #28 |
41. you can get soda at home |
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RedEarth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 10:38 AM Response to Reply #41 |
44. I fully understand that...... I have seen them... |
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zehnkatzen (769 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 01:58 AM Response to Reply #17 |
35. No discrimination really here... |
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DeSwiss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-16-07 03:53 PM Response to Original message |
18. Been drinking from the tap all my life.... |
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IronLionZion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 10:09 AM Response to Reply #18 |
43. my parents' well water is the greatest water I've ever had in my life |
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DinahMoeHum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-16-07 03:58 PM Response to Original message |
19. The only bottled water I keep around (several cases) is for emergencies |
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stevedeshazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-16-07 06:38 PM Response to Original message |
23. I bought one last year. I just fill it a couple of times a day with Bull Run! |
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zehnkatzen (769 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 02:00 AM Response to Reply #23 |
36. Ahh, yes, Cool, Sweet Portland water |
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Maat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-16-07 06:41 PM Response to Original message |
25. What do you mean by bottled water? |
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zehnkatzen (769 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 08:47 PM Response to Reply #25 |
47. Evian, Dasani, Aquafina, and suchlike |
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diane in sf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-16-07 06:41 PM Response to Original message |
26. I filter the chlorine, etc. out of my tap water and use stainless steel |
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RedEarth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-16-07 07:07 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. I also use stainless steel and so does the rest of my family |
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populistdriven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-16-07 07:49 PM Response to Reply #27 |
31. how difficult are those to clean, are they good for every day ? (to office etc) |
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RedEarth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-16-07 08:43 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. I just put water in them so it's not difficult at all.... |
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Help me help Earth (217 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-16-07 07:18 PM Response to Original message |
30. This is a great tip! |
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roseBudd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-16-07 09:10 PM Response to Original message |
33. I fill my water bottle from a Brita pitcher & a drinking fountain |
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Pooka Fey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 06:43 AM Response to Original message |
37. Done 2 months ago. We got a Brita pitcher. |
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Dragonbreathp9d (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 06:54 AM Response to Original message |
38. Not to mention: |
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madmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 04:42 PM Response to Original message |
45. sorry no can do..I'm a water drinker to the nth degree and our city |
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zehnkatzen (769 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 08:40 PM Response to Reply #45 |
46. You have to do this, in some places |
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Ready4Change (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 09:26 PM Response to Original message |
48. I never got the bottled water habit in the first place. |
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