To my friends who enjoy a glass of wine.. and those who don't.
As Ben Franklin said: In wine there is wisdom, in beer
there is freedom, in water there is bacteria.

In a number of carefully controlled trials, scientists have
demonstrated that if we drink 1 liter of water each day, at
the end of the year we would have absorbed more than 1 kilo f
Escherichia coli, (E. coli) - bacteria found in feces. In other words, we are consuming 1 kilo of poop. However, we do NOT run that risk when drinking wine & beer (or tequila, rum, whiskey or other liquor) because alcohol has to go through a purification process of boiling, filtering and/or
fermenting. Remember: Water = Poop Wine = Health
Therefore, it's better to drink wine and talk stupid,
than to drink water and be full of shyte.
...at happy hour today...be mindful :histeric:

I doubt that ol' Ben Franklin had any idea of the existence of bacteria. .....and for those of us fortunate to get our water from a good, deep private well, drilled 175 feet into rock, shale, and sand, there are no bacteria whatsoever. A splash of that water goes well with Bourbon or Scotch on the rocks!

I think the quote is probably correct about city water, though. When visiting near DC or Baltimore the tap water tastes (and smells) really horrible.....similar to drinking from a chlorinated swimming pool.

:cheers:

I dont drink water cause fish f*&k in it.


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E. coli is a naturally occurring bacterium found in the gastrointestinal tracts of pretty much all warm-blooded animals... it's a vital organism which shares a truly symbiotic relationship with us as it provides a two-fold mechanism necessary to our overall health, ie - the production of Vitamin K as well as the prevention of more harmful bacteria in our GI tracts. Only a few specific serotypes of the strain are found to cause food poisoning.

Anyway... like Jim said - a good well goes a long way. We spent extra money when it came to our well and it was well worth it (no pun intended...). Our well goes to a depth of almost 300ft, right into the heart of the Cohansey aquifer giving us access to about 17-trillion gallons of some of the purest water in the country... and as far as I'm concerned - it's worth its weight in gold...

Not to mention it makes for some awesome iced tea!

Most of the well water around here tastes and smells like the well is drilled into a dead dinosaur. Fairbanks is in the middle of an alluvial plane and it's not unusual to drill a 400 foot deep well into driftwood. Anchorage ,Alaska has won some competitions as having the finest municipal water system in the U.S.

Why Koz... you surprise me - I figured you for making a daily trek up a glacier for your drinking water....

Why Koz... you surprise me - I figured you for making a daily trek up a glacier for your drinking water....
I used to make a 320 mile round trip weekly for coffee water but now I do like everybody else. I stumble out of bed, turn the faucet, and fill the pot.

I used to make a 320 mile round trip weekly

Flying or driving?:koz:


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There are no cars or airplanes in Alaska, only polar bears.

...and Chuck Norris.






I dunno. Seemed right at the time.

Somewhere I read that the U.S. and Canada own a very significant percentage of all fresh water on Earth: The Great Lakes. Some writers have mused that the next great battles won't be fought over oil or gold; they'll be fought over fresh water.

The fighting has already begun....amongst fellow Americans that want our water....been going on for decades.


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