meara, for a water bottle w/filter (which is probably a better idea than counting on there being bottled water for purchase at the moment you need it), you can get something like this: [link] or like this: [link] probably at any sporting goods store, or maybe even Target.
I AM NOT PREGNANT DO NOT EVEN JOKE ABOUT THAT! Though it's been so long since I had sex, it would have to be an alien baby that was implanted there during an abduction that I don't remember b/c the aliens cleverly erased my memory of it.
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Yes, I am a combination of Scully AND Mulder. Pregnant with a miracle baby [note: I AM NOT REALLY PREGNANT, JUST ILLUSTRATING A QUIP] and abducted by aliens, though I can't remember it.
OH MY GOD TEP IS HAVING THE X-FILES MIRACLE BABY!!
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Perkins, I'll email it to you again. Don't worry about calling Friday (I didn't realize you were flying). How about calling me aorund 11 that Saturday morning to give me directions?
Thanks! That works too. I'll talk to you then.
OH MY GOD TEP IS HAVING THE X-FILES MIRACLE BABY!!
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OMG YOU HAVE SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS IN MY HOME, DON'T YOU?!?
GETOUTGETOUTGETOUUUUUUTTTTTT!!!1!
Eh, Teppy, that water bottle does lead and chlorine and stuff, but wouldn't filter microbes or anything.
Well, there's more than one kind -- the ones people take camping *do* filter out microbes and nasties. Let me Froogle.
GETOUTGETOUTGETOUUUUUUTTTTTT!!!1!
It's really weird for this board that reading this makes me actually want to watch Seasons 5 and 6 again, huh?
This one filters out critters: [link]
Here's one from Bass Pro Shops that filters out cryptosporidium, Giardia, and other bacteria: [link]
And one more critter-free filter bottle: [link]
Thanks Teppy! I'll think about those. I'm looking at SO much stuff to buy. Oy. I bought a security belt and a pair of pants today at REI, and then went online to the REI outlet and bought a backpack and another pair of pants. Oy.