mmmmmmm RO water :) Yes, reverse osmosis is fine, did you know however that you waste at least one gallon of water for every drinkable gallon that comes out? Some of the cheaper units waste up to 3 - 4 times the amount of water as what you get. Great if your source is abundant, not so great if conservation is of any concern.
Adam. > -----Original Message----- > From: William Wheatley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, December 03, 2002 3:04 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Hobbies > > > hrm screw the natural water filter i like my Reverse Osmosis > system just > fine ;) Put in raw sewage come out with drinking water > something pretty kewl > about that > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Cantrell, Adam" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, December 03, 2002 3:58 PM > Subject: RE: Hobbies > > > > Exactly. It's a matter of choosing something that fits your > time schedule > > and the amount of involvement you want. Something like camping for > instance, > > I can't see somebody doing every night, so that may not > fulfill your need > to > > constantly fiddle with something. > > > > Pets on the other hand, dogs come to mind, can change your > lifestyle in a > > dramatic (usually unforeseen) way. No more weekend ski > jaunts to Colorado > if > > you can't find someone to take the dog for a crap. This is > why I chose > > fishies - I actually like being involved in knowing what's > in the water > and > > why it's being affected the way it is. Having cool fish and > plants is just > > the perk, not the actual hobby. It's involving if I want it > to be, but I > > have room to let it chill for a week without attention. > I'll just drop > some > > vacation feeders in there to keep the fish held over. I've > got the lights > on > > a timer, so I don't need to be around for that. > > > > One thing I'd like to get into when I'm older and have more time is > natural > > water remediation. Collect water from the roof, running it through a > series > > of natural filters (peat moss, carbon, etc), creating pure > water. Laugh if > > you will, but you'll be the first at my door when them damm > terrorists get > > to our water supply that we take for granted ;) > > > > If I didn't rent an apartment and actually owned some land, > I would build > a > > greenhouse to grow my own food in. I might even sell some > of the excess > > organic produce to some of the yuppie restaurants around > here - they freak > > on that crap. That would be a valuable hobby to teach your children. > Raising > > children to take the grocery store for granted, like I was, > probably isn't > > the best idea. > > > > There I go thinking high-level again :( sorry to sound like > a nut, I'm > > really not, hehe. > > > > Adam. > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Kevin Graeme [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > Sent: Tuesday, December 03, 2002 2:20 PM > > > To: CF-Community > > > Subject: RE: Hobbies > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: Timothy Heald [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > > Sent: Tuesday, December 03, 2002 1:16 PM > > > > To: CF-Community > > > > Subject: RE: Hobbies > > > > > > > > > > > > Used to do some Brazilian Ju Jitsu. Have been considering going > > > > back into that. Also I found a new National Guard > Light Infantry > > > > unit now, so I am really looking forward to doing some demo work > > > > or shooting some. > > > > > > > > Tim > > > > > > Shooting was actually going to be my suggestion. > > > > > > Most of the activities people have listed seem like they > > > could lead to a lot > > > of frustration. Planting an aquarium? Ugh, too much fiddling > > > with Ph and > > > such. Writing? To much frustration when the words don't come. > > > > > > The trick is to find the hobby that never turns into work. > > > Heck, my hobby is > > > building computers and some days I just dread the troubleshooting. > > > > > > That brings up another thought. Why is it that we always pick > > > expensive > > > hobbies? Sure reading a book isn't that expensive, but > > > building computers > > > is. Or balsa RC planes. > > > > > > But I figure you've got a gun or two and I know when I used > > > to shoot that it > > > always put me into a "zone" where nothing else existed. It > > > was much more > > > effective for that than various martial arts. Those take a > > > lot more work to > > > become good at and there's that frustration again when you > > > just can't get > > > that third kick in during the jump. > > > > > > -Kevin > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
