Wanted: W words

[ShrekDawg]

The key is setting a routine. Doing it "now and then" doesn't help very much.

That makes sense!! I’m gonna start with the all this stuff tomorrow.

 

[MROO]

Where would I find that information? Do they really lie? isn’t that illegal here? Cause it says it was bottled at the spring source?? Wait a second..... BOTTLED at the spring source doesn’t necessarily mean the water is from that spring!?!? So not a lie!? Clever wording! it does say they plant trees though as part of some “environmental restoration” thing. Not that that makes a difference though with the plastic they use

In all seriousness though, these were $1 each at Dollar Tree and I just needed water to go with my lunch. I figured it was a good deal and I could drink out of the same one all day and refill them when I get home. I’m not gonna be near anywhere where I can get tap water today. When I’m home I try to drink out of the fridge.

"Bottled at the Spring Source"
Every place with a public water system has a "natural" source, be it a river, reservoir, a rainwater recovery system, a sand pit spring, just some sort of "natural" supply. That "natural" water gets processed - filtered, softened, chemicaled, whatever - to make it safe for human consumption. No matter how much or how little is done to it, it's still naturally sourced. And it's still processed! Public systems (and marketing) cannot legally sell it without conforming to those federal regulations.

Enter the bottled water companies - Some tweak the "product" a bit, just to say it's different, but many simply turn on the tap to fill their holding tanks. They can get away with te=heir labelling and advertising because, when all is said and done, it all came from the "natural" public water source, right? And since Baltimore's water comes from Baltimore's reservoir and Boston's comes from Boston's and Los Angeles' comes from LA's, it's all bottled "At the Spring Source," right?

And the fancy names? I'm sure there's a little town, or a street, or a building called "Alpine" or a trademarked company subsidiary named "Crystal Geyser" affiliated with your bargain bottles.

To sum it up - don't be afraid or embarrassed to buy bottled water when the convenience is needed (like for lunch, or hurricanes & such.) Just know what's behind the advertising. Being a smart consumer plays a huge part in winning the ecological battle - and your own financial one!

Oh - and I learned some of this from an old economics class - but most came from my uncle, who was a food plant inspector (Name brand sugar bags are filled from the same machines that fill the generics!) and from once dating the head of the Maryland sanitation commssion. So yup, it's real!

 

[MROO]

The BPA in the plastic leaches into the water. The more you reuse them, the more BPA leaches into the water. The older they get, the worse they get.

Yes - and that's why BPA is being banned in a lot of products. Youhave to be careful and read the fine print.
Also - heating seems to be more of an issue than freezing them ... so do NOT leave your water bottles in a hot car!

 

[CindyinSD]

Lol. I can guarantee you theres just as many dumb little white girls pushing her popularity.

Yup.

 

[gointothebirdsfarm]

Cardi B... first time I ever saw her or heard of her she was interviewing Joe Biden. Appalling, shockingly ignorant individual (Cardi B, I mean). Absolutely NO self-awareness or sense of decency or self-respect. I can't begin to imagine why his handlers would pair him with that poor creature for an "interview."

She is...creepy??? No offense anyone, but she is!

 

[ShrekDawg]

Yes - and that's why BPA is being banned in a lot of products. Youhave to be careful and read the fine print.
Also - heating seems to be more of an issue than freezing them ... so do NOT leave your water bottles in a hot car!

I have always been nervous to eat those microwaved meals or at least my mom always said they were bad. I don’t eat them anymore, haven’t in a long time cause they make me sick, but I used to haha

 

[The Moonshiner]

I have always been nervous to eat those microwaved meals or at least my mom always said they were bad. I don’t eat them anymore, haven’t in a long time cause they make me sick, but I used to haha

#youreabasketcase

 

[R2elk]

Better yet, read the water report for the place the water was bottled ... because it came from a tap in New York, nowhere near any Crystal Geysers and about as far from an "Alpine" environment as you can get!
If it makes you feel better - or "safer," invest the money you would spend on a couple of cases of that "special" stuff on a DIY water filter. Then you can use the empty "Crystal Geyser" jugs to put your own "purified water" in your fridge! Saving money, supporting local business and reducing shiping emission, and helping the environment through reuse recycling ... all in one.

A lot of "bottled water" comes right out of a tap in Worland, Wyoming. It comes from artesian wells drilled into the Madison formation and is outstanding water.

 

[R2elk]

I didn't until today. I wish I'd stayed uninformed ...

I never clicked on any of the supplied links and I did not Google it either.

 

[Painted Calls]

She is...creepy??? No offense anyone, but she is!

I'll keep my mouth shut about what I think of her.