Tap Water

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February 21, 2009 at 10:13 am #1046666
DaftFader
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who else thinks this is nasty? … i try not to drink it .. but some times i forget and do … but i swear tap water is horrible stuff … besides there being reports of chems that arn’t to good for your health and even hormones like estregen in the water suply in england … for the last week on 3 odd occasions the water hase almost come out like fucking milk … propper cloudy … now i belive this happened cos there doing work on the pipes . as my water suply got cut off the other day for a bit … but surely they should at least worn you that you water is gonna be contaminated more than useual with some unknown white stuff? i try ad drink bottled water as much as i can but it’s not always possible and actualy fear for my health some times with the color/transparancy i have sometimes seen the water come out of my taps:yakk::yakk::you_crazy
February 21, 2009 at 10:17 am #1193846
p0ly
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DaftFader;309343 wrote:

who else thinks this is nasty? … i try not to drink it .. but some times i forget and do … but i swear tap water is horrible stuff … besides there being reports of chems that arn’t to good for your health and even hormones like estregen in the water suply in england … for the last week on 3 odd occasions the water hase almost come out like fucking milk … propper cloudy … now i belive this happened cos there doing work on the pipes . as my water suply got cut off the other day for a bit … but surely they should at least worn you that you water is gonna be contaminated more than useual with some unknown white stuff? i try ad drink bottled water as much as i can but it’s not always possible and actualy fear for my health some times with the color/transparancy i have sometimes seen the water come out of my taps:yakk::yakk::you_crazy

it depends where abouts u live, in my town its fucking nice!!! a few miles different places, not so fucking nice man!!
February 21, 2009 at 10:27 am #1193840
Southcaver
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The tap water up here’s pretty good too, straight out of the wolds:wink:
February 21, 2009 at 10:29 am #1193847
p0ly
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Southcaver;309347 wrote:

The tap water up here’s pretty good too, straight out of the wolds:wink:

hoorah for good quality tap water!! hahahahah
February 21, 2009 at 10:32 am #1193838
Angel
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I have great water here raaa
February 21, 2009 at 10:35 am #1193848
p0ly
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Angel;309349 wrote:

I have great water here raaa

i think daft is being picked on hahahahahah
February 21, 2009 at 12:00 pm #1193837
Acidfairy
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Tap Water up in Scotland is lovely… but I keep forgetting when I go down south to visit mates and the look of horror on their faces as I go to get a glass of water from the tap.. lol
February 21, 2009 at 12:09 pm #1193839
Tank Girl
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I drink loads of tap water, dont find any probs with it here
February 21, 2009 at 12:30 pm #1193849
p0ly
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maybe if u look at the water sober it may look normal
February 21, 2009 at 12:52 pm #1193850
pixiegirl
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If you leave it in the fridge (open to the air, not in a closed bottle) for a couple of minutes it’ll vastly improve the taste.

I tend to drink squash rather than water in london, we are cheated a bit on the tap water front. Lovely water in many other parts of the UK though.
February 21, 2009 at 2:00 pm #1193841
GiantMidget
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On our fridge it’s got an inbuilt filter that makes tap water taste fooking lovely! Ain’t no Evian but it gets the job done! 😉
February 21, 2009 at 3:06 pm #1193851
pixiegirl
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DJCliffy;309374 wrote:

On our fridge it’s got an inbuilt filter that makes tap water taste fooking lovely! Ain’t no Evian but it gets the job done! 😉

Does it do ice as well? I want one of those fridges so bad!!
February 21, 2009 at 3:14 pm #1193842
GiantMidget
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pixiegirl;309400 wrote:

Does it do ice as well? I want one of those fridges so bad!!

Yeah it does ice. Don’t get a Samsung one though. They fuck up all the time! :crazy_diz
February 21, 2009 at 3:50 pm #1193834
General Lighting
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Daft is drinking Thames water, probably drawn from one of the reservoirs of the River Lea (or Lee) – the Thames downstream of Teddington Lock is undrinkable as its half seawater.. its is some of the hardest water in the country (along with anglian water…)

The Lee was also one of the main crossing points to get from one bit of London to to the other, should London Bridge be impassable for any reason.

Quote:

London Bridge is broken down,
Dance over my Lady Lee;
London Bridge is broken down,
With a gay lady.

I think this now has a rather more PC version these days, its obviously not right to imply that all lesbians are so butch the bridge would cave in under them..:laugh_at:

Quote:

Set a man to watch all night,
Watch all night, watch all night,
Set a man to watch all night,
My fair lady.

Suppose the man should fall asleep,
Fall asleep, fall asleep,
Suppose the man should fall asleep,
My fair lady.

Give him a pipe to smoke all night,
Smoke all night, smoke all night,
Give him a pipe to smoke all night,
My fair lady.

although handing the watchman a crack pipe isn’t that PC either.. :laugh_at::laugh_at:
February 21, 2009 at 3:53 pm #1193843
DaftFader
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lol gl ..

i allways thought my water came from enfield resavoir
February 21, 2009 at 3:54 pm #1193835
General Lighting
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PS: the white stuff is chalk. its always there in the water, just that working on the pipes ends up with is not being as dissolved as normal.

The Thames is way cleaner than it used to be, I have somewhere a book from with a cartoon from the 1800s where the head of what is now Thames Water dressed as King Neptune sailing down the Thames in a Gazunder (or a Po) whilst everyone is saying “give us clean water” and how they will (and many did) die of cholera…
February 21, 2009 at 3:57 pm #1193844
DaftFader
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we found a bottle of thames water once lol .. it had the little blue symble on it and just said thames water and that was it .. lol

was gonna keep it for memorabilia (it was still full of water and un opened .. the seal wasn’t even broken)

but ended up playing rugby with it on a golf cource :laugh_at:
February 21, 2009 at 4:12 pm #1193836
General Lighting
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DaftFader;309412 wrote:

we found a bottle of thames water once lol .. it had the little blue symble on it and just said thames water and that was it .. lol

TW hand these out at festivals in the region (we had them when I was a steward for Guildford Ambient Picnic) and also as you would expect when the water is shut off

The original logo (RWE have mangled it a bit) comes from here (look at the sheep on the right hand side) and represents the Rivers Thames and Kennet which merge at Reading (where the coat of arms is from)

I have seen many years ago a version of it on a sign with a skull and crossbones in the middle and apparently if you ever saw it it meant the water had been contaminated and you must stay away..

a high school friends dad worked on the sewers and drains for Thames Water – up until the 80s it was still common for the loo to discharge straight into the Thames around the Reading weir! The guy also found a lost kitten wandering around a sewage plant room, he took it back home and it grew into a huge tomcat what could kill and eat whole pigeons and left rats’ tails on the lawn to show how many rats he had caught.
February 21, 2009 at 4:44 pm #1193845
DaftFader
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lol .. my cat used to catch mice and bring them in on chrismass as if it was a presant .. i think it wanted to say thanks for the treas we used to give around that time oif year to it ….

thats interestin about the water … thats the same logo on the right sheep yeah
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