Equipped To Survive Equipped To Survive® Presents
The Survival Forum
Where do you want to go on ETS?

Page 2 of 3 < 1 2 3 >
Topic Options
#287649 - 01/06/18 08:24 PM Re: New fad: drinking raw water [Re: Jeanette_Isabelle]
Bingley Offline
Veteran

Registered: 02/27/08
Posts: 1576
Originally Posted By: Jeanette_Isabelle
A couple of years ago Mom and I went to St. Augustine here in Florida and drank from the Fountain of Youth. It doesn't work as advertised.


But we still think you're 18. laugh So maybe it does work, just not in the way you'd expect. It's like the monkey paw version.

Top
#287650 - 01/06/18 10:17 PM Re: New fad: drinking raw water [Re: Bingley]
hikermor Offline
Geezer in Chief
Geezer

Registered: 08/26/06
Posts: 7705
Loc: southern Cal
Arizona water is quite variable, from the effervescent high altitude water of the San Francisco Peaks to the musky, full bodied H2O of the low desert hills. My favorite source is the spring on Lion ledge, Baboquivari Peak, in southwest AZ.

It is robust and hearty, with notes of grandeur and solemnity, followed by a lingering, flirtatious aftertaste. It goes quite well with dates...
_________________________
Geezer in Chief

Top
#287651 - 01/06/18 11:46 PM Re: New fad: drinking raw water [Re: Bingley]
Jeanette_Isabelle Offline
Carpal Tunnel

Registered: 11/13/06
Posts: 2946
Loc: Nacogdoches, Texas
Originally Posted By: Bingley
But we still think you're 18. laugh So maybe it does work, just not in the way you'd expect. It's like the monkey paw version.

If I were eighteen, I would have been a member since Age 7 and I would be younger than Melody (my youngest cousin). Eek! My baby cousin is turning twenty-one this year.

Jeanette Isabelle
_________________________
I'm not sure whose twisted idea it was to put hundreds of adolescents in underfunded schools run by people whose dreams were crushed years ago, but I admire the sadism. -- Wednesday Adams, Wednesday

Top
#287658 - 01/07/18 08:01 AM Re: New fad: drinking raw water [Re: Jeanette_Isabelle]
Bingley Offline
Veteran

Registered: 02/27/08
Posts: 1576
Originally Posted By: Jeanette_Isabelle
If I were eighteen, I would have been a member since Age 7 and I would be younger than Melody (my youngest cousin). Eek!


Amazing! The Fountain of Youth does work! I am envious!

Top
#287663 - 01/07/18 10:13 PM Re: New fad: drinking raw water [Re: Bingley]
Dagny Offline
Pooh-Bah

Registered: 11/25/08
Posts: 1918
Loc: Washington, DC

I'm from a small town in Oregon whose water was "raw" -- from springs on Mt. Hood.

Could hardly abide Portland's tap water and thought it hysterical when a company began bottling Portland's water in the 1980s.

Maybe I should move home and start bottling from the kitchen sink.



.

Top
#287664 - 01/07/18 11:27 PM Re: New fad: drinking raw water [Re: Bingley]
Phaedrus Offline
Carpal Tunnel

Registered: 04/28/10
Posts: 3148
Loc: Big Sky Country
Meh, an idiotic fad sprouting from extreme entitlement. After after a few raw water hipsters wind up in the hospital with Giardia the trend will cool off.
_________________________
“I'd rather have questions that cannot be answered than answers that can't be questioned.” —Richard Feynman

Top
#287666 - 01/08/18 03:33 AM Re: New fraud: drinking raw water [Re: Bingley]
EMPnotImplyNuclear Offline
Enthusiast

Registered: 09/10/08
Posts: 382
Hmm, all info from one article by New York articleist
about some shop that is not in the Silicon Valley
selling some refrigerated Oregon spring water
...
and it qualifies as a fad?

Top
#287667 - 01/08/18 03:48 AM Re: New fraud: drinking raw water [Re: Bingley]
Phaedrus Offline
Carpal Tunnel

Registered: 04/28/10
Posts: 3148
Loc: Big Sky Country
There are quite a few publications following the 'story', it does seem to be a growing trend/movement. It reminds me of the old joke- I'm not saying we kill stupid people, I just say remove all the warning labels and let things sort themselves out.
_________________________
“I'd rather have questions that cannot be answered than answers that can't be questioned.” —Richard Feynman

Top
#287668 - 01/08/18 04:13 AM Re: New fraud: drinking raw water [Re: Phaedrus]
EMPnotImplyNuclear Offline
Enthusiast

Registered: 09/10/08
Posts: 382
Originally Posted By: Phaedrus
There are quite a few publications following the 'story', it does seem to be a growing trend/movement. It reminds me of the old joke- I'm not saying we kill stupid people, I just say remove all the warning labels and let things sort themselves out.


Hmm, google news lists 157 "articles" in the past week,
all quoting the same single solo one new york times article,
that doesn't make this a growing trend/movement (bigger than a fad)


Like I said, not sure what qualifies as a fad,
there are no numbers attached to the vague definition,
but I'm pretty sure if the local local news
doesn't report on a "fad" in their own back yard ,
it can't possibly be considered a fad by anyone anywhere
...
ok maybe its a fad in that one store that sells the water
..
and then spam got re-posted 157 times

Top
#287669 - 01/08/18 05:17 AM Re: New fraud: drinking raw water [Re: EMPnotImplyNuclear]
dougwalkabout Online   confused
Crazy Canuck
Carpal Tunnel

Registered: 02/03/07
Posts: 3219
Loc: Alberta, Canada
Originally Posted By: EMPnotImplyNuclear
and then spam got re-posted 157 times


Good point -- it's possible that we've all been "had."

Top
Page 2 of 3 < 1 2 3 >



Moderator:  Alan_Romania, Blast, chaosmagnet, cliff 
March
Su M Tu W Th F Sa
1 2
3 4 5 6 7 8 9
10 11 12 13 14 15 16
17 18 19 20 21 22 23
24 25 26 27 28 29 30
31
Who's Online
1 registered (SRMC), 332 Guests and 70 Spiders online.
Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod
Newest Members
GallenR, Jeebo, NicholasMarshall, Yadav, BenFoakes
5367 Registered Users
Newest Posts
What did you do today to prepare?
by dougwalkabout
Yesterday at 11:21 PM
Zippo Butane Inserts
by dougwalkabout
Yesterday at 11:11 PM
Question about a "Backyard Mutitool"
by Ren
03/17/24 01:00 AM
Problem in my WhatsApp configuration
by Chisel
03/09/24 01:55 PM
New Madrid Seismic Zone
by Jeanette_Isabelle
03/04/24 02:44 PM
EDC Reduction
by EchoingLaugh
03/02/24 04:12 PM
Using a Compass Without a Map
by KenK
02/28/24 12:22 AM
Newest Images
Tiny knife / wrench
Handmade knives
2"x2" Glass Signal Mirror, Retroreflective Mesh
Trade School Tool Kit
My Pocket Kit
Glossary
Test

WARNING & DISCLAIMER: SELECT AND USE OUTDOORS AND SURVIVAL EQUIPMENT, SUPPLIES AND TECHNIQUES AT YOUR OWN RISK. Information posted on this forum is not reviewed for accuracy and may not be reliable, use at your own risk. Please review the full WARNING & DISCLAIMER about information on this site.