As most of you know (that is those who bother reading my meaningless drivel) I live in Iceland, and one of the two good things about living here is that there is plenty of fresh water (the other being all the endlessly beautyful women ), you can just turn on the kitchen faucet and enjoy Cool pure and fresh H2o... which is something to be thankful for in todays world.
Anyway, I just came from my local supermarket and guess what, they are actually starting to sell IMPORTED water from Italy for about $3! http://www.ironworksforum.com/ubb/no...ons/icon23.gif

I don't know about you but I think someone was high when they came up with this idea... "lets charge people for something they can get free".

I don't get it.... what's so special about Italian water ?

maybe you should bottle your tap water and say it's from somewhere exotic, you could make some bucks!!!!

I predict, and I am not the first, that water will be a primary cause of many wars 2 decades from now. Not the least of which will be India/Pakistan (which also has many other factors). I have read predictions that in all of the first world (I guess Iceland gets and exception to this - geography causes limitations on population size and development there) you will not get clean water 20 years from now unless you purchase it.

BTW, Evian spelled backwards is... :D

[ 10-10-2002, 05:25 PM: Message edited by: Timber Loftis ]

<font color="lightblue">I wonder how much they`ll make for it ?? [img]smile.gif[/img] </font>

Now, if you could turn on your tap, and have all those beautiful women come out, that would be something to get excited about! :D

LOL, once we were on a family visit to the Big Bend, here in Texas, which is in the middle of the desert of West Texas, and stopped at one of those combination gas station and convenience stores. My dumb brother-in-law was right in front of me, and he was buying one of those bottled waters. He asked, how much and the dried up old lady behind the counter said, two dollars. "BiL" says, "I can't belive that you charge two dollars for a bottle of water," and the woman snaps back, "Yeah, I can't believe that you tourists pay that much." :D

I'm moving to Iceland I don't want to be in another war.

Nah, too skinny. :D

Not sure but it's bottled, and called "Peregrino" or something.

And Timber, the main reason there is so much fresh water here is the geography, if you see a map of Iceland there are 4 major glaciers here, and when just a small portion of them melts every year (in the summer) it goes underground and just cleans up (not sure how, ask a geologist) and ends up in water supplies that are tapped.
Basicly I read that each Icelander has access to 666.666 liters of water each year... how they came up with that exact number I'm not sure, but it sounds enough [img]smile.gif[/img]

That number..... "666.666"? I wonder, is the Anti-Christ trapped in one of those glaciers? [img]tongue.gif[/img]

Same thing in Denmark: There are beautifull women for free, and still there is in import of women from Russia we have to pay for.

[ 10-11-2002, 04:47 AM: Message edited by: Warhammer ]

Same thing in Denmark: There are beautifull women for free, and still there is in import of women from Russia we have to pay for.</font>[/QUOTE]You don't HAVE to go there you know. :D

<font color="plum">The whole concept of "bottled water" still amazes me. I live in the mountains of western NC and we also have a ready supply of fresh water...but all the convenience stores stock several brands of bottled water...and sell it like it's going out of style. [img]graemlins/wow.gif[/img]

Just shocks me that people will actually pay for something they can get for free! [img]graemlins/dontknowaboutyou.gif[/img] </font>

Let's see......free versus pay. I think I would go for free. :D
Uuuuh, T/-/alali?Do you have a problem of getting caught up in wars? Does it happen often to you?

I can't believe the amount of people here who think water is free. The distinction, not so subtle, is - water is free, but for many of us *clean* water is not. I drank tap water (ground well) in Vermont all the time. But in Chicago? Please - I won't touch the shit that comes out of the tap. YOu can taste the foulness. I use a filter for every drop I drink here - yeah, buying water is way expensive. Sorry - fact of life. Just thought those of you living on glaciers and in cleaner areas might want to know why some of us buy or filter our water.

Related story: I was driving across I80 in Nebraska (I80 lets you see Nebraska in all it's *ahem* glory - a 10-12 hour drive) and noticed when we stopped at rest areas that there were signs posted saying not to drink the water because it was too polluted with nitrates. And I had been wondering through the whole drive if those big long water/pesticide spraying machines that stretched across the land caused any damage. ;) [img]graemlins/offtopic.gif[/img] All those nitrates are the same ones that wash right down the Miss. River and cause what's commonly refered to as a "dead zone" in the Gulf - too many nitrates for fish to survive well.

I'll tell you that those of you in a lot of places, like Texas (ranked with Indiana in the "most polluted states" list), that chimed in on this post would not drink your water if you knew what was in it.

Anyone go into Dillards Dept Store and see 'Dillards Water' in bottles, and not even cold.

for like $3.00 US! I laughed my butt off. And the thing is, it's probably just unfiltered tap water.

sad...

<font color="plum">That's a good point about living in urban areas, <font color="tan">Timber Loftis</font>, and I should have amended my statement earlier to include the fact that some areas DON'T have drinkable water (like the Texas desert <font color="lightsteelblue">Attalus</font> mentioned). In that situation - or in Chicago - I can certainly understand why people would buy "fresh" water.

But my point was that, even here in western NC where clean water IS available for free, people STILL pay for the bottled stuff. Makes no sense to me. And it makes even less sense for <font color="red">Jorath's</font> fellow Icelanders to pay for it.

One other note. You mentioned that people in Texas and other states should check to "find out" what's in their water. I agree...that's a good idea. One you might want to follow yourself. Next time you buy a bottle of water, take a look at the label and see where it really comes from.

I saw a story on Dateline several years ago regarding the growing "fad" of buying bottled water. One specific example I remember was <font color="lightblue">Alpine</font> water - sounds <font color="lightblue">cool and refreshing</font>, doesn't it. BUT, if you look at the label, you would find that it is actually "bottled" in Houston, TX and is drawn from their City Reservoir.

So remember, <font color="yellow">caveat emptor</font>! {let the buyer beware}</font>

Yeppers to that Mr. Barbarian. I check labels when I do happen to buy bottled water (rarely - but car trips do happen, plus I gotta get my reusable bottles somewhere). I usually base my choice primarily on *where* it was bottled - and because I like to help out VT businesses and trust them more, I always buy from there when I can. Coca-cola bottles one brand, you know.

we live in an ok place, but i can't stand unfiltered tap water. it's not even flouridated so i don;t mind filtering it. when i was pregnant i couldn;t drink the tap water because the chlorine in it, just the smell of it, made me sick to my stomach. so i drank filtered or bottled water. now other places with good water, i have no idea except it's popular to drink it in a bottle. je ne sais pas!!!

hmm well I think that water is best brought via the tap itself, even if its filthy dirty and full of salt (like mine), they make water filters for that [img]tongue.gif[/img]

Lorde, the chlorine levels in our water are AWFUL, I mean, sometimes I hate even the stench of it!

S. Pellegrino bottled water in Iceland? well, that's an awful long way from home country... but $ 3!!! that's an awful high price!

You better drink tap water. Also because here in Italy, because of some law loophole, bottled water is allowed more nitrates than tap water. That is to say, tap water has to be cleaner than bottled water... It beats me why it should be this way, but that is the way things go...

And the amazing thing is, Italy is among the greatest consumers of bottled water, because people tend to think that since it is in a bottle, it is cleaner than the H2O coming out of our taps... I am not saying bottled water is necessarily polluted, but the law is less strict regarding that than regarding tap water.

Also here in Italy tap water tastes good in most places, so the habit is even more stupid.

Another precaution to consider when buying bottled water is the filtering process the company selling it uses.

Due to internal injuries I sustained a number of years ago, most everything I put into my body must be in its purest state, water included.
This means I have to distill my own or buy bottled water if I intend to drink any because tap water (even processed through filters) makes me sick to my stomach and causes pain in one of my kidneys.

Back to what I was saying though...there are companies here in the U.S. that use low-to-no standards when bottling water and what you sometimes pay for can make you sicker than what comes out of the tap.
I regularly saw co-workers get bladder infections from drinking out of water coolers operated by a supposedly reputable bottled water company in Tucson and I have had to go through several "brands" here in Texas to find one that has good quality water.
(the Tucson company mentioned above was later exposed in their local nightly news cast for using low standards and bottling water that had more bacteria in it than the city taps and I know the neighborhood the owners lived in was a neighborhood of millionaires, in a resort-like setting, golf course included...its not like they couldn't afford to maintain their water quality, they just didn't care to let go of any of their profits...I used to spend my Sunday afternoons working for one of their neighbors, making a hundred dollars in a couple of hours by hand washing a Rolls Royce and a Mercedes lol...the Merc actually won 1st place in a Tour de Elegance after I detailed it :D )

Anyway, the best bet all around (even in a country where the ice in the glaciers could carry pollutants) is to boil and filter the water yourself.
Distilled water is water in it purest form and the best you can drink.
Next to that, fruits and vegetables and their juices are excellent sources that have taste too. :D

[ 10-11-2002, 04:27 PM: Message edited by: Moni ]

Moni forgive me for prying but how did you gain those internal injuries? Just by reading your posts I have to say you don't seem to be having a lot of luck with life @_@

You're not prying at all Kaltia. [img]smile.gif[/img] Somewhere around here, the whole story was posted for all to see lol.
I was a passenger in a pick-up truck that hit a palm tree head on...caught the steering wheel in the sternum and rib cage...ruptured my stomach, lacerated my liver and damaged a kidney among other things but it was those three injuries that dictate what my diet contains to this day.

I've had some great luck with life since then (with the exception of an evil husband and a couple of bad boyfriends LOL) It was mostly prior to that incident that my life was always one of "tough luck" (if any lol). These days, (for the most part, over the last 16 years) I can say I am and have been blessed beyond reason and am/have been happy as all get out and not be fibbing. :D

OW! I am avoiding pick up trucks and palm trees from now on [img]graemlins/uhoh1.gif[/img] Glad to hear your life has been pretty good (Apart from said evil husband and bad boyfriend lol) but I fear we're getting off topic *sgh* [img]smile.gif[/img]

I think you'll find that that is just your normal, South of the Water smell! ;)

Peckham Spring Water - didn't Dellboy Trotter come up with that idea?

[ 10-12-2002, 06:00 AM: Message edited by: Donut ]

Look on the bright side, at least we don't have to drink straight out of the Thames (EEEEW, i just grossed MYSELF out!) Sorry, but I don't happen to like the taste of a river so bad it caused a "Great Stink" and is green/broaw/yellow depending on how many people can't be bothered to use a public toilet.

The water here in Queens is very foul. Cloudy, yuk. I filter or buy my water. In Sydney I drank tap water, until people got sick from it one year and all the grimey pipes got uncovered.

The thing is, water has never been free. Primally, humans had to go to the source (river/lake/bore/well) to get it. Or pay someone else to, which is what bottled water represents.

But fresh piped water is something society pays for. Taxes, water rates and the like. Hardly free. Bottled water is more user pay.

Honestly I think with the water wastage going on in places like northern China (drying up ancient rivers etc) greater user pay mightn't be such a bad idea.

It's our most valuable resource. Yet the perception is, it's free and limitless.

Let's hope they don't need to start selling canned air.... air IS something we get freely.