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<blockquote data-quote="donna723" data-source="post: 204267" data-attributes="member: 1883"><p><strong>"I don't see how bottled water goes out of date. But, it's cheap."</strong></p><p> </p><p>I don't see how it would go out of date either. But if I used it and was trying to cut back on my grocery bill, that would be the very <strong>first</strong> thing to go! OK, I admit it! Most folks my age secretly get a little giggle out of seeing people who are willing to pay big bucks for WATER! Like George Carlin said, "<em>their own personal portable little hydration system - get a drink before you leave the house</em>"! Unless the water coming out of your kitchen faucets is <em>brown</em> or has little things swimming in it, there is no need to spend money on bottled WATER! It is not bottled by gnomes from secret mineral springs in the Black Forest ... if you look at the label to see where it was bottled, chances are that it came right out of that city's municipal water system! ... to say nothing about the twenty-gazillion little plastic water bottles that will still be in the landfills a hundred years from now!</p><p> </p><p>And as for the dented cans, I was always taught that too. A very slight dent where there's obviously no break in the can <em>might</em> be alright, but even a tiny almost invisible opening can let bacteria in. I know that in the prison where I work, the health dept. regulations will not allow us to use food from dented cans. It's probably the same in restaurants, schools, hospitals, etc. I know I've seen results of Health Department restaurant inspections where they were written up for having dented cans on their shelves. I wouldn't chance it just to save a few cents.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="donna723, post: 204267, member: 1883"] [B]"I don't see how bottled water goes out of date. But, it's cheap."[/B] I don't see how it would go out of date either. But if I used it and was trying to cut back on my grocery bill, that would be the very [B]first[/B] thing to go! OK, I admit it! Most folks my age secretly get a little giggle out of seeing people who are willing to pay big bucks for WATER! Like George Carlin said, "[I]their own personal portable little hydration system - get a drink before you leave the house[/I]"! Unless the water coming out of your kitchen faucets is [I]brown[/I] or has little things swimming in it, there is no need to spend money on bottled WATER! It is not bottled by gnomes from secret mineral springs in the Black Forest ... if you look at the label to see where it was bottled, chances are that it came right out of that city's municipal water system! ... to say nothing about the twenty-gazillion little plastic water bottles that will still be in the landfills a hundred years from now! And as for the dented cans, I was always taught that too. A very slight dent where there's obviously no break in the can [I]might[/I] be alright, but even a tiny almost invisible opening can let bacteria in. I know that in the prison where I work, the health dept. regulations will not allow us to use food from dented cans. It's probably the same in restaurants, schools, hospitals, etc. I know I've seen results of Health Department restaurant inspections where they were written up for having dented cans on their shelves. I wouldn't chance it just to save a few cents. [/QUOTE]
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