The Most Expensive Tap Water In The World

On Tue, 12 Aug 2008 23:44:55 +0100, Mike Lane <invalid@mac.com> wrote:

>On Tue, 12 Aug 2008 09:21:59 +0100, Martin wrote
>(in article <0uh2a41kae88ng4uuqh6ks86bvfpb7ctek@>):
>
>> On Mon, 11 Aug 2008 22:16:25 +0100, Mike Lane <invalid@mac.com> wrote:
>>
>>> On Mon, 11 Aug 2008 21:44:07 +0100, Martin wrote
>>> (in article <6491a4lg32birr613ile4p7es1qnnqga41@>):
>>>
>>>> On Mon, 11 Aug 2008 21:36:08 +0100, d4g4h4.uk (David Horne, _the_
>>>> chancellor (*)) wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Martin <me@address.invalid> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On Mon, 11 Aug 2008 21:14:02 +0100, Mike Lane <invalid@mac.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Mon, 11 Aug 2008 20:47:05 +0100, Martin wrote
>>>>>>> (in article <jn51a4d1vkp0kcm642pgv1fbro372riofo@>):
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Only in some countries do they put your full card number on the
>>>>>>>> receipt.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Really? In which countries do they do that?
>>>>>>> I would find that a very good reason not use my card.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I live in it.
>>>>>
>>>>> It's only fairly recently that this practise became less common in the
>>>>> UK.
>>>>
>>>> I know.
>>>>
>>>
>>> well I don't use credit cards that much but I use a debit card all
>>> the time. It's been years since I've seen a full number printed on a
>>> receipt. Maybe it's the places I frequent (or don't) :-)
>>
>> I didn't say "credit" cards. I deliberately said cards. Visit the
>> Netherlands if you want to see your number in full on a
>> transaction slip.
>>
>
> I see. Well I finally understand that you live in the Netherlands
>and that they print your full debit or credit card number on
>transaction slips in that country. If I ever visit I will bear it in
>mind :-)

Don't forget about the quality of the restaurants and to pick up a pamphlet so
that you know where to find a drinkable beer. :)
--

Martin

On 2008-07-31, Mister B <jeremyrh.geom> wrote:
> On Jul 28, 3:33 pm, Martin <m...@address.invalid> wrote:
>> On Mon, 28 Jul 2008 13:33:06 +0200, "Tim C." <timchallen....uk> wrote:
>> >On Sun, 27 Jul 2008 13:25:44 -0700, EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque) wrote:
>>
>> >>   (Another reason Vienna is my favorite city - I've been told
>> >> the tap water there IS "mineral water" - or at least piped in from
>> >> artesian springs in the Alps.)
>>
>> >That's perfectly true. They have pipelines running from reservoirs in the
>> >south.
>>
>> Similarities with Welsh mountain stream piped water in B'ham.
>
> And New York City water piped from .... can't remember ... somewhere
> hilly.

Doesn't matter, they pump it full of chlorine so it's undrinkable.

Sure they give you free tap water in the USA, but that doesn't do me
any good.

On 2008-08-12, Tim C. <timchallenger.uk> wrote:
> On Mon, 11 Aug 2008 20:02:01 +0100, d4g4h4.ukDavid Horne, _the_
> chancellor wrote:
>
>> I can't think of a place I've been to in continental europe which didn't
>> give me a receipt for the smallest purchase... in many countries it's a
>> legal requirement.
>
> Most bars and restaurants I can think of here, unless you ask.

Bars yes, but restaurants (assuming eat-first-pay-later) always gives you
a bill. It's sometimes pretty useless, but it's there.