Severe Weather in England

Following up to SG <mark@buttlefamily.com> wrote:

>What is going on with this country!!!

the effects of global warming caused by gits flying to your gites.

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luckily only 6 died so far so your poor taste isnt total, but f*** off
anyway.
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Following up to d4g4h4.uk (David Horne) wrote:

>I live on the 5th floor, effectively the 7th. The first thing that would
>get flooded is the car park below ground. :)

I'm half way up a hill, but I may get a diesel 4 x4 next time, just in
case.
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On Sat, 28 Jul 2007 12:02:12 +0100, The Reid
<mikereidclothing@freedomnames.co.uk> wrote:

>Following up to SG <mark@buttlefamily.com> wrote:
>
>>What is going on with this country!!!
>
>the effects of global warming caused by gits flying to your gites.
>
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>luckily only 6 died so far so your poor taste isnt total, but f*** off
>anyway.

Geez. A bit of rain and the English go scuttling off for higher ground
like rats! Don't you know that in Phoenix, Arizona temperatures are
soaring above 38C? That's over 100F to normal people! This means that
right now, in Phoenix, hundreds of very attractive and pampered
daughters of real estate frauds are forced to turn the A/C fan in
their E320 Mercedes to full blast - all the time! Furthermore, even
with floral sunshades in place, when they leave their Pilates class,
the leather steeering wheel is literally too hot to touch? They have
to sit there in misery; their lithe, tan thighs squirming on the hot
black leather seats, their carefully sprayed hair extensions beginning
to tousle.

And then, just when things couldn't get any worse, they find that
their frozen cappuccino from Starbucks has gone tepid in four lousy
minutes!

This kind of tragedy is repeated every day, yet all we hear from
England is all this whinging about "raging floods" and "massive
rainfall throughout the region". Psshhhh.

I can tell you that any one of these culturally important,
media-raised Phoenix princesses would give almost anything for a day
or two of English rain! Indeed, these girls DO pay taxes, you know!
You'd think the government could pitch in now and again...

- TR

Martin wrote:

> Most seem to drink bottled water in UK.


In the states one of the current stories is that a leading brand of bottled
water (IIRC Aquafina, owned by Pepsico) is actually just tap water that is
filtered. The maker is hereafter going to put a notice of such on the
bottle...amazing, eh...???


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On Sun, 29 Jul 2007 01:24:47 +0100, d4g4h4.uk (David Horne) wrote:

>EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque) <evgmsop@> wrote:
>
>[]
>> Cheaper to get a Brita pitcher and filter it yourself!
>> Tapwater here seems to be drinkable enough, but I got in the
>> habit of filtering it when I lived in North Hollywood, where
>> it was so heavily chlorinated I found it unpalatable.
>
>I found I had to buy bottled water in Philadelphia, despite it being
>safe, but it was perfectly fine for me in Boston with a Brita filter.

Having been brought up on chlorinated water I find anything else has no bite.
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Martin

On Sun, 29 Jul 2007 09:20:37 +0100, d4g4h4.uk (David Horne) wrote:

>Martin <me@address.invalid> wrote:
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>> Having been brought up on chlorinated water I find anything else has no bite.
>
>You would have loved the water in Philadelphia then. Every time I turned
>on the tap, it reminded me of going to a swimming pool!

In the non-peeing part of course :-)

It is the same in most parts of UK.
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Martin

On Sun, 29 Jul 2007 17:34:52 +0100, d4g4h4.uk (David Horne) wrote:

>Martin <me@address.invalid> wrote:
>
>> On Sun, 29 Jul 2007 09:20:37 +0100, d4g4h4.uk (David Horne) wrote:
>>
>> >Martin <me@address.invalid> wrote:
>> <snip>
>> >> Having been brought up on chlorinated water I find anything else has no
>bite.
>> >
>> >You would have loved the water in Philadelphia then. Every time I turned
>> >on the tap, it reminded me of going to a swimming pool!
>>
>> In the non-peeing part of course :-)
>>
>> It is the same in most parts of UK.
>
>Maybe, except I've never smelled anything as strong as the water smelled
>there.

You get used to it?

I notice it every time we go to UK. After a day I don't notice it any more. The
tea still tastes weird though
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Martin

On Sun, 29 Jul 2007 10:47:46 -0700, "EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)"
<evgmsop@> wrote:

>
>
>Martin wrote:
>
>> On Sun, 29 Jul 2007 01:24:47 +0100, d4g4h4.uk (David Horne) wrote:
>>
>>
>>>EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque) <evgmsop@> wrote:
>>>
>>>[]
>>>
>>>>Cheaper to get a Brita pitcher and filter it yourself!
>>>>Tapwater here seems to be drinkable enough, but I got in the
>>>>habit of filtering it when I lived in North Hollywood, where
>>>>it was so heavily chlorinated I found it unpalatable.
>>>
>>>I found I had to buy bottled water in Philadelphia, despite it being
>>>safe, but it was perfectly fine for me in Boston with a Brita filter.
>>
>>
>> Having been brought up on chlorinated water I find anything else has no bite.
>
>Well, anyone who lives in a city is used to a certain amount
>of chlorine in the tapwater.

It's not used in this part of the world.
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Martin

Following up to d4g4h4.uk (David Horne) wrote:

>"4.2.1 Some 73% of people drank water straight from the tap, possibly
>running it for a few seconds. Of the remainder, 10% used a filter, 5%
>drank bottled water, 5% drank alternatives, and 5% boiled their tap
>water, allowing it to cool before drinking it;"

in a place like Barcelona, the tap water tastes horrible, in UK it
doesnt, I expect that explains it.
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Following up to d4g4h4.uk (David Horne) wrote:

>Maybe, except I've never smelled anything as strong as the water smelled
>there.

presumably as it gets hotter, they put more gunk in?
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