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On Apr 23, 2006, at 6:49 AM, John Francis wrote: Burton-on-Trent made some good beer using water from artesian wells ... I know of at least two major commercial breweries here that simply dug wells under their buildings. - Dave
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On Apr 22, 2006, at 8:22 AM, Bob W wrote: The best water I ever tasted I drew from an old-fashioned well in a remote valley in northern Romania. Artesian beer? Why did you come back? - Dave
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On Sat, Apr 22, 2006 at 05:58:19PM +1200, David Mann wrote: On Apr 22, 2006, at 8:22 AM, Bob W wrote: The best water I ever tasted I drew from an old-fashioned well in a remote valley in northern Romania. Artesian beer? Why did you come back? Burton-on-Trent made some good beer using water from artesian wells ...
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I do already for many years. This really improves the taste of the water (taking away chlorine taste) and no doubt it will eliminate any harmful organic and inorganic substances which may be present. Henk -Original Message- From: Shel Belinkoff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 21 April, 2006 5:13 AM To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Way OT - Brita Water Filters Do any of you have a Brita water filter? How do you like it? Does it work well? Impart any taste to the water? Shel
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On 20/4/06, Shel Belinkoff, discombobulated, unleashed: Do any of you have a Brita water filter? How do you like it? Does it work well? Impart any taste to the water? Yep. Works great. Neutral taste. Going for one of these built in soon: http://www.soft-options.net/product.html Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _
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From: Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2006/04/21 Fri AM 03:12:52 GMT To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Way OT - Brita Water Filters Do any of you have a Brita water filter? How do you like it? Does it work well? Impart any taste to the water? Shel At my previous workplace, I noticed that the kettle was going green. Not wanting to suffer copper poisoning, I bought a filter. After scouring the kettle clean , the colour never returned. Cutting the first filter open when it was expired, I found the resin to be bright pea green. Kept using the it after that. The water tasted better, too... m - Email sent from www.ntlworld.com Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software Visit www.ntlworld.com/security for more information
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On Apr 21, 2006, at 6:35 PM, Henk Terhell wrote: I do already for many years. This really improves the taste of the water (taking away chlorine taste) and no doubt it will eliminate any harmful organic and inorganic substances which may be present. The whole concept of filtering tap water seems quite strange to me. I must be very lucky to live here. - Dave
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From: David Mann [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2006/04/21 Fri AM 08:14:29 GMT To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: Way OT - Brita Water Filters On Apr 21, 2006, at 6:35 PM, Henk Terhell wrote: I do already for many years. This really improves the taste of the water (taking away chlorine taste) and no doubt it will eliminate any harmful organic and inorganic substances which may be present. The whole concept of filtering tap water seems quite strange to me. I must be very lucky to live here. - Dave Continuous exposure to trace remnants of water purification chemicals has resulted in many people becoming sensitised to them, making drinking tap water, at best, an unpleasant experience. It's not a problem for most people but that doesn't stop the filter companies putting the frighteners on the population at large. - Email sent from www.ntlworld.com Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software Visit www.ntlworld.com/security for more information
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Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Do any of you have a Brita water filter? How do you like it? Does it work well? Impart any taste to the water? We bought our first one about 20 years ago. Had to dump the first two pots of tea because, even after halving the quantity of tea leaves, it was still way too strong. Finally settled with aout a quarter of the quantity used before. By that alone, the filter cartridges more than pay for themselves. Also, the funny skin on top of the tea in the cup is gone. Have I already mentioned it tastes better? The same goes for coffee. Ralf -- Ralf R. Radermacher - DL9KCG - Köln/Cologne, Germany private homepage: http://www.fotoralf.de manual cameras and photo galleries - updated Jan. 10, 2005 Contarex - Kiev 60 - Horizon 202 - P6 mount lenses
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On Apr 21, 2006, at 8:24 PM, mike wilson wrote: Continuous exposure to trace remnants of water purification chemicals has resulted in many people becoming sensitised to them, making drinking tap water, at best, an unpleasant experience. It's not a problem for most people but that doesn't stop the filter companies putting the frighteners on the population at large. Wow... in this city I don't think they add any chemicals as the water is very clean to start with. I certainly notice the chlorinated stuff whenever I travel. Having said that, I don't want to know what the insides of the pipes are like. - Dave
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From: David Mann [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2006/04/21 Fri AM 11:13:25 GMT To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: Way OT - Brita Water Filters On Apr 21, 2006, at 8:24 PM, mike wilson wrote: Continuous exposure to trace remnants of water purification chemicals has resulted in many people becoming sensitised to them, making drinking tap water, at best, an unpleasant experience. It's not a problem for most people but that doesn't stop the filter companies putting the frighteners on the population at large. Wow... in this city I don't think they add any chemicals as the water is very clean to start with. I certainly notice the chlorinated stuff whenever I travel. They almost certainly have to treat it, even if it is prophylactically. Having said that, I don't want to know what the insides of the pipes are like. - Dave - Email sent from www.ntlworld.com Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software Visit www.ntlworld.com/security for more information
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Yuck! Your water must be really bad if it forms a skin on top. Shel [Original Message] From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Also, the funny skin on top of the tea in the cup is gone. Have I already mentioned it tastes better?
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On Apr 21, 2006, at 8:45 AM, mike wilson wrote: They almost certainly have to treat it, even if it is prophylactically. Yuck! Bob
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Interesting read about Tea Scum http://www.abc.net.au/science/k2/trek/4wd/Over58.htm Dave S On 4/21/06, Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yuck! Your water must be really bad if it forms a skin on top. Shel [Original Message] From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Also, the funny skin on top of the tea in the cup is gone. Have I already mentioned it tastes better?
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The well water at my kitchen tap is great. Upstairs there is a coppery taste to it -50 year old copper pipes in the walls, I guess- it even leaves a slight green stain in the sink and tub. graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com http://webpages.charter.net/graywolf Idiot Proof == Expert Proof --- David Mann wrote: On Apr 21, 2006, at 6:35 PM, Henk Terhell wrote: I do already for many years. This really improves the taste of the water (taking away chlorine taste) and no doubt it will eliminate any harmful organic and inorganic substances which may be present. The whole concept of filtering tap water seems quite strange to me. I must be very lucky to live here. - Dave --No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.385 / Virus Database: 268.4.5/321 - Release Date: 4/21/2006
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You can solve that problem with a bag of marble chips. You can get them from a monument maker. Drop some in your well and that should neutralize the water. On the other hand some people think copper is good for rheumatism. The Nazi sympathizer ex-Prime Minister of South Africa and later the late President -- B J Vorster -- wore a copper bracelet because he thought it helped. Don graywolf wrote: The well water at my kitchen tap is great. Upstairs there is a coppery taste to it -50 year old copper pipes in the walls, I guess- it even leaves a slight green stain in the sink and tub. graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com http://webpages.charter.net/graywolf Idiot Proof == Expert Proof --- David Mann wrote: On Apr 21, 2006, at 6:35 PM, Henk Terhell wrote: I do already for many years. This really improves the taste of the water (taking away chlorine taste) and no doubt it will eliminate any harmful organic and inorganic substances which may be present. The whole concept of filtering tap water seems quite strange to me. I must be very lucky to live here. - Dave --No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.385 / Virus Database: 268.4.5/321 - Release Date: 4/21/2006 -- Dr E D F Williams www.kolumbus.fi/mimosa/ personal.inet.fi/cool/don.williams/ 41660 TOIVAKKA – Finland - +358400706616
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On 21/4/06, David Savage, discombobulated, unleashed: Interesting read about Tea Scum OI! I resemble that remark. Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _
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Our fridge has a filter that we change every six months. It does essentially the same thing. The ice cubes and drinking water taste MUCH better with it. I cant stand tap water anymore. rg Shel Belinkoff wrote: Do any of you have a Brita water filter? How do you like it? Does it work well? Impart any taste to the water? Shel -- Someone handed me a picture and said, This is a picture of me when I was younger. Every picture of you is when you were younger. ...Here's a picture of me when I'm older. Where'd you get that camera man? - Mitch Hedberg
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Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yuck! Your water must be really bad if it forms a skin on top. They claim it's better than some of the bottled stuff sold in supermarkets. And it only happens with tea. Interesting stuff, this link about 'tea scum'. In fact, our tap water is quite hard. Ralf -- Ralf R. Radermacher - DL9KCG - Köln/Cologne, Germany private homepage: http://www.fotoralf.de manual cameras and photo galleries - updated Jan. 10, 2005 Contarex - Kiev 60 - Horizon 202 - P6 mount lenses
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Brita filters have some great uses: http://www.ohmygoditburns.com/wordpress/index.php?p=4 :) On 4/20/06, Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Do any of you have a Brita water filter? How do you like it? Does it work well? Impart any taste to the water? Shel -- Juan Buhler Water Molotov: http://photoblog.jbuhler.com Slippery Slope: http://color.jbuhler.com
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As investigated on a recent Mythbusters show. Their conclusions: filtering cheap vodka does improve it somewhat, but you pretty much get what you pay for. On Fri, Apr 21, 2006 at 12:42:59PM -0700, Juan Buhler wrote: Brita filters have some great uses: http://www.ohmygoditburns.com/wordpress/index.php?p=4 :) On 4/20/06, Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Do any of you have a Brita water filter? How do you like it? Does it work well? Impart any taste to the water? Shel -- Juan Buhler Water Molotov: http://photoblog.jbuhler.com Slippery Slope: http://color.jbuhler.com
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London water does that too. I think anybody in a hard water area will see the same problem. It's limescale. I have a Brita kettle, but I gave up buying filters because they're so expensive. Now the kettle is all furred up. I have to wonder about the logic of buying filters to remove the minerals from the tapwater, then buying bottled water which promotes the benefits of all the minerals it contains... The best water I ever tasted I drew from an old-fashioned well in a remote valley in northern Romania. -- Cheers, Bob -Original Message- From: Shel Belinkoff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 21 April 2006 14:25 To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: Way OT - Brita Water Filters Yuck! Your water must be really bad if it forms a skin on top. Shel [Original Message] From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Also, the funny skin on top of the tea in the cup is gone. Have I already mentioned it tastes better?
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Ralf R. Radermacher wrote: Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yuck! Your water must be really bad if it forms a skin on top. They claim it's better than some of the bottled stuff sold in supermarkets. And it only happens with tea. Interesting stuff, this link about 'tea scum'. In fact, our tap water is quite hard. Ralf Most likely, it is tea dust adhering to the surface of the water.
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Juan Buhler wrote: Brita filters have some great uses: http://www.ohmygoditburns.com/wordpress/index.php?p=4 :) Whilst they are absolutely right about cheap vodka (the worst one I've tasted is Vladivar - distilled in Warrington) Brita filters are ion exchange resin, not charcoal, afaik. Must give this a whirl. You could use it to take all those horrible things out of whisky. 8-)) On 4/20/06, Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Do any of you have a Brita water filter? How do you like it? Does it work well? Impart any taste to the water? Shel -- Juan Buhler Water Molotov: http://photoblog.jbuhler.com Slippery Slope: http://color.jbuhler.com
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Brita filters have: 1. top-mesh pre-filtration; 2. ion exchange resins removing temporary hardness and heavy metals; 3. activated carbon; 4. bottom mesh after-filtration Henk -Original Message- From: mike wilson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 21 April, 2006 10:55 PM To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: Way OT - Brita Water Filters Juan Buhler wrote: Brita filters have some great uses: http://www.ohmygoditburns.com/wordpress/index.php?p=4 :) Whilst they are absolutely right about cheap vodka (the worst one I've tasted is Vladivar - distilled in Warrington) Brita filters are ion exchange resin, not charcoal, afaik.
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On Apr 21, 2006, at 14:42, Juan Buhler wrote: http://www.ohmygoditburns.com/wordpress/index.php?p=4 Mythbusters (a show on the Discovery Channel here in the U.S.) just covered this filtered vodka thing and came to the conclusion that it made precious little difference. -Charles -- Charles Robinson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Minneapolis, MN http://charles.robinsontwins.org
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c'mon! after 6 vodka-tastings, i doubt one would notice any aftertaste in brake fluid. not until the morning, anyway. although, i have to admit, there was vodka once in my life that, even being 20 and really eager to get wasted no matter what, in a good company, we actually ended up pouring it down the toilet (polluting the dorm sewer system). best, mishka On 4/21/06, Charles Robinson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Apr 21, 2006, at 14:42, Juan Buhler wrote: http://www.ohmygoditburns.com/wordpress/index.php?p=4 Mythbusters (a show on the Discovery Channel here in the U.S.) just covered this filtered vodka thing and came to the conclusion that it made precious little difference. -Charles -- Charles Robinson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Minneapolis, MN http://charles.robinsontwins.org
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On 21 Apr 2006 at 22:18, David Savage wrote: Interesting read about Tea Scum http://www.abc.net.au/science/k2/trek/4wd/Over58.htm Dr Karl :-) Sydney water is neutral enough that we don't get any scum on tea and the taste isn't at all bad but the Britta filter system really still makes a difference, however I did just sell mine :-/ Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http:/home.swiftdsl.com.au/~distudio/publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998
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Do any of you have a Brita water filter? How do you like it? Does it work well? Impart any taste to the water? Shel
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On 4/20/06, Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Do any of you have a Brita water filter? How do you like it? Does it work well? Impart any taste to the water? I've had one for almost 10 years now. Imparts no taste to the water. Works very well. Takes the chlorine smell/taste right out of my tapwater. -Mat
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On Apr 20, 2006, at 22:12, Shel Belinkoff wrote: Do any of you have a Brita water filter? How do you like it? Does it work well? Impart any taste to the water? I like mine... I've used a filter in a pitcher for many a year (probably about 9 years actually), and finally switched to one that is fixed right to the tap. Makes water go from fine, I'll drink this, it's ok to pretty darned good. Worth it, even if you're in a city (such as Minneapolis) which has highly-rated tap water. ..and if it imparted a taste, that would sort of miss the point, wouldn't it? This isn't a filter out micro-organisms kind of filter, like you'd use for drinking from a clean mountain stream while you're on a hike - those can sometimes make the water taste weird. Britas are all about just making it taste better. (there may be other filtration goodness going on there, but flavor is the selling point). -Charles -- Charles Robinson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Minneapolis, MN http://charles.robinsontwins.org
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- Original Message - From: Shel Belinkoff Subject: Way OT - Brita Water Filters Do any of you have a Brita water filter? How do you like it? Does it work well? Impart any taste to the water? We used one for quite a while until I installed a built in. I thought it worked well, Regina isn't known for good tap water, the Brita made it quite palatable. William Robb
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I don't have a Brita filter, but I do use a porcelain gravity filter that with activated carbon filter cartridges. I love it. I can't stand drinking normal tap water any more. Dave S On 4/21/06, Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Do any of you have a Brita water filter? How do you like it? Does it work well? Impart any taste to the water? Shel
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I had a Brita filter pitcher, but then found the Pur filter which attaches to the kitchen faucet. It seemed to do a better job. I left it at my old apartment and haven't replaced it here yet ... thanks for reminding me! Godfrey On Apr 20, 2006, at 8:12 PM, Shel Belinkoff wrote: Do any of you have a Brita water filter? How do you like it? Does it work well? Impart any taste to the water? Shel
