Book: I am a Shepherd. Folks like a man of God. Mal: No, they don't. Men of God make everyone feel guilty and judged.

'Safe'


F2F 2: Is there anybody here that hasn't slept together?  

Plan what to do, what to wear (you can never go wrong with a corset), and get ready for the next BuffistaCon: New Orleans! May 20-22, 2005!


Topic!Cindy - Aug 27, 2004 12:24:28 pm PDT #8323 of 9999
What is even happening?

Even though my building is circa 1860, I've got copper water lines as opposed to the lead ones causing all the trouble.

With older copper pipes, there can still be a lead problem, because lead was used in soldering them.


beekaytee - Aug 27, 2004 12:27:49 pm PDT #8324 of 9999
Compassionately intolerant

With older copper pipes, there can still be a lead problem, because lead was used in soldering them.

This is true. I suppose I should get the water tested, but I use a schmancy filter on the sink and another (not so schmancy) on the shower head. Doesn't make the water taste Cape Cod good, but I'm assuming it won't kill me or the fuzzball.

(it was very sad to hear that a greyhound in our park suffered from lead poisoning. eep.)


Jessica - Aug 27, 2004 12:28:40 pm PDT #8325 of 9999
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

In Peru we were told to get sparkling because some places would re-fill still bottles with tap.

It's the same in India. (And over there, it's not so much the unfamiliar local microcritters as it is typhoid. So we carried our own water everywhere and drank a lot of soda.)


Topic!Cindy - Aug 27, 2004 12:46:23 pm PDT #8326 of 9999
What is even happening?

Beej, a filter probably catches the lead. The other thing is to let the water run (cold) for a good 5 minutes, every morning before you use it for drinking, cooking, etc. Warm water, and water standing in the pipes draws the lead out of the pipes. A good flushing with cold water (any time you haven't used the pipes for hours) gets a lot of the pipe/solder caused lead out.

A greyhound suffered from lead poisoning? That's scary. The poor pupper.


SailAweigh - Aug 27, 2004 12:58:11 pm PDT #8327 of 9999
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb

it's not so much the unfamiliar local microcritters as it is typhoid

Yes, indeed. My aunt and uncle got a very nasty case of whatever in Katmandu. And they toted their own water. The only thing they can think is that some food was prepared with bad water. Makes you grateful to live where water treatment plants exist.


-t - Aug 27, 2004 1:24:20 pm PDT #8328 of 9999
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Heather - I have MS Works Database and Access and probably some goofy mac specific thing.

Hurray for Water Treatment!

I really do work for the Sewage and Water Board. At a water treatment plant.


Daisy Jane - Aug 27, 2004 1:28:01 pm PDT #8329 of 9999
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."

Huh- the Mac specific one was the one I didn't think I could use since it was Mac specific- so we're all set then. If I do it from home it'll be Access, from work- Mac thingie.


-t - Aug 27, 2004 1:29:45 pm PDT #8330 of 9999
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Either should work for me.

I will only call the expensive hotels for more info if I get on a serious roll or get really bored or something.


juliana - Aug 27, 2004 7:43:44 pm PDT #8331 of 9999
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…

Do the bars in Minneapolis still close at 1 am?

Nope. 2 A.M., now. We're slowly joining the rest of civilisation.


billytea - Aug 27, 2004 8:00:50 pm PDT #8332 of 9999
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.

It was allegedly prettier than Yosemite. They dammed it up. All our water and power come from that dam.

That's not Glen Canyon/Lake Powell, is it?