Re: How much is the volvo worth?

#61

Martin wrote:

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What was that CocaCola bottled water that crashed so spectacularly in the

UK?

Peckham Spring?

LOL - That was a classic episode

Andy

#62

"Martin" <spamspam (AT) spam (DOT) spam> wrote:

Quote:

What was that CocaCola bottled water that crashed so spectacularly in the
UK?

Don't think that Dasani is the only one. Look at the labels of the
others. Nothing is hidden. It is right there on the label. Tests have
shown that in general New York City water is better than most all
bottled waters in actual taste tests and in analysis, so spring water is
not what it is cracked up to be. I will admit, that people in the UK my
be better off in some areas with spring water.
--
Cheers, Steve Henning in Reading, PA, USA
Owned '67,'68,'71,'74,'79,'81,'87,'93,'95 & '01 Volvos.
The '67,'74,'79,'87,'95 and '01 through European Delivery.
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#63

"Stephen Henning" <pighash (AT) aol (DOT) com> wrote

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I will admit, that people in the UK my
be better off in some areas with spring water.

We've got good old well water :-)

Every couple of years it gets tested and we get told there are too many
nasties in it (faecal cauliforms - to do with the sheep nearby I suspect),
but we don't care - it tastes lovely, and nobody seems to be suffering.

cheers,
clive

#64

The message <pighash-0F110D.08165215072005 (AT) news (DOT) isp.giganews.com>
from Stephen Henning <pighash (AT) aol (DOT) com> contains these words:

Quote:

I will admit, that people in the UK my
be better off in some areas with spring water.

Depends on the springs. Where I grew up the water came straight out of
the Noth Downs chalk. Till I was about five there wasn't any treatment,
either - it just went straight into the pipes. Smashing stuff, but
furred the kettle up in a few days. So hard babies cut their teeth on
it.

--
Skipweasel.
Ivor Cutler - "Never knowingly understood."

#65

"jOn" <nospamta (AT) ntlworld (DOT) com> wrote

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"James Sweet" <jamessweet (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote in message
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"Guy King" <guy.king (AT) zetnet (DOT) co.uk> wrote in message
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from Adrian <toomany2cvs (AT) gmail (DOT) com> contains these words:

What was that CocaCola bottled water that crashed so spectacularly
in
the UK?

Dasani

Ah, yes. Wonder who thought they were going to get away with flogging
filtered tap-water for long. Stories like that rarely stay secret for
long.

--

Indeed, there was a whole episode of Penn & Teller Bullshit on that
topic,
quite funny actually. They had a taste test of a whole variety of absurd
(and expensive) bottled water, all filled from a garden hose in New
York,
every one of them people claimed had a unique flavor and were better
than
tap water, hilarious.

Was that the first series or the second?
--
Jon

First. I have an MPG of it, if you have an FTP site I'd be happy to upload
it for you but it's combined with another episode and pushing on 200mb.

#66

"Clive George" <clive (AT) xxxx-x (DOT) fsnet.co.uk> wrote

Quote:

"Stephen Henning" <pighash (AT) aol (DOT) com> wrote in message
news

ighash-0F110D.08165215072005 (AT) news (DOT) isp.giganews.com...

I will admit, that people in the UK my
be better off in some areas with spring water.

We've got good old well water :-)

Every couple of years it gets tested and we get told there are too many
nasties in it (faecal cauliforms - to do with the sheep nearby I suspect),
but we don't care - it tastes lovely, and nobody seems to be suffering.

You probably build up a resistance to whatever nasty stuff is in it, not
sure I'd want to drink it though.

#67

On Fri, 15 Jul 2005 17:52:15 GMT,
James Sweet (jamessweet (AT) hotmail (DOT) com) wrote:

Quote:

Every couple of years it gets tested and we get told there are too many
nasties in it (faecal cauliforms - to do with the sheep nearby I suspect),
but we don't care - it tastes lovely, and nobody seems to be suffering.

You probably build up a resistance to whatever nasty stuff is in it, not
sure I'd want to drink it though.

There are lots of faecal coliforms in just about everything we eat
(vegetables, and especially meat). The goal of the meat processing
industry is to get them below an acceptable level.

Some of these coliforms are actually needed to repopulate the gut, so
that food is properly digested and absorbed.

Beverly
--
Many a smale maketh a grate -- Geoffrey Chaucer

#68

"Grimly Curmudgeon" <grimlycurmudgeon683REMOVE (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote

Quote:

We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember "Stuart Gray" <me@home> saying
something like:

my ex bodyguard bought an ex police 850 T5

What? Are you on witness protection or a old rock star?
--

Dave
SE6a

LOL, no, It was the job I was doing at the time, mainframe stylee. Something
to do with insurance, as my employer put it.

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