Is it ok to drink the water in Ireland and Scotland?
Apr 7th, 2016, 07:39 AM
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We have what I describe as a very "cornish" water system - our water comes from a well on next door's land, over which we have what in english law is called an "easement". Originally it was pumped up by a windmill and served not only our house but the "big house" next door and the farm the other side of that but nowadays it's pumped up by electricity and is filtered and treated to ensure that it's safe.
We could probably bottle it and sell it for a fortune.
We could probably bottle it and sell it for a fortune.
Apr 7th, 2016, 10:19 AM
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Apr 7th, 2016, 10:33 AM
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Hi annhig.
I am joking. In spring and summer we can go to the river.
It is only in winter that we must stay inside the walls of the city and use the well.
The days are too short in winter and the wolves would tear us apart.
I am joking. In spring and summer we can go to the river.
It is only in winter that we must stay inside the walls of the city and use the well.
The days are too short in winter and the wolves would tear us apart.
Apr 7th, 2016, 10:46 AM
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<i>I am joking. In spring and summer we can go to the river.
It is only in winter that we must stay inside the walls of the city and use the well.
The days are too short in winter and the wolves would tear us apart.</i>
Luxury!
It is only in winter that we must stay inside the walls of the city and use the well.
The days are too short in winter and the wolves would tear us apart.</i>
Luxury!
Apr 7th, 2016, 11:14 AM
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"Predictably, the story's reached some ditzy American, who's got hold of the wrong end of the wrong stick and has decided she's going to tell the Scotch - from whatever fluoride-contaminated American hellhole she lives in - how to organise their water."
Looks like Flanneruk forgot to take his Aricept again. Oy.
Looks like Flanneruk forgot to take his Aricept again. Oy.
Apr 7th, 2016, 05:17 PM
#131
All the folks on this thread talking about places in the US where tap water isn't good are reinforcing the point I made earlier. Americans asking whether water is good in some location are not insulting the locals but are just asking for facts and opinions with no judgments intended. We do not judge the people of Philadelphia because of bilboburglar's friend's experience. We may have had such experiences with our own water.
Just my point of view from the fluoride contaminated American hellhole I call home.
Just my point of view from the fluoride contaminated American hellhole I call home.
Apr 8th, 2016, 12:34 AM
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I thought that they had all converted their Cornish cellars into indoor swimming pools, filled with Scottish mineral water.>>
now why didn't I think of that?
Seriously, during the time we have lived here [now 18 years] neighbours of ours [two elderly brothers] still lived in a house where there was a natural spring coming up through the floor of their kitchen. I say lived, in fact they resided in a caravan in the farmyard and their animals, far better cared for than their owners, ran in and out of the house at will, never wanting for water, presumably.
as for Panama, where be that to?
now why didn't I think of that?
Seriously, during the time we have lived here [now 18 years] neighbours of ours [two elderly brothers] still lived in a house where there was a natural spring coming up through the floor of their kitchen. I say lived, in fact they resided in a caravan in the farmyard and their animals, far better cared for than their owners, ran in and out of the house at will, never wanting for water, presumably.
as for Panama, where be that to?
