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[A_B]

Im 99 percent positive I could identify Dasani.

[mister d]

If not immediately, you'd know when you're somehow thirstier a minute later.

[The Sybian]

Im 99 percent positive I could identify Dasani.

Funny, Dasani is the first one she named! “Dasani is gross, I don’t understand how anyone can drink it.” And Fiji is the best.

[P.D.X.]

didn't someone discover that Dasani is just tap water?

[L-Jam3]

I think most bottled wooder is just tap wooder.

[Nonlinear FC]

Wow, you guys are squarely in my wheelhouse with this stuff.

* - Yes, a significant percentage of bottled water is from municipal or community water systems. I've seen varying numbers... 65-80 percent. The label should note that somewhere. *Some* of that water goes through additional filtration, but a lot of it is literally just repackaged tap water.

* - We run campaigns in our region about being "Salt Wise," because, yes... Dumping a shitload of salt on the roads is going to eventually get into your area's source water. Lots of states/counties are more aware of this and are putting down a brine mixture, which is less impactful on the source water. But very few states have a formal policy when it comes to private contractors. (MN is one of the exceptions, which makes sense for a # of reasons.) So, the folks that deal with large parking lots or apartment buildings and even on sidewalks in front of businesses.. Those ppl have nothing other than reducing liability driving them and they are really big offenders of over-salting.

Also, your water company may be altering the chemical treatment mix to account for the additional salt. That can affect both taste as well as turbidity, which usually shows up as cloudy or murky but could also account for what Sex Machine referred to as "thick" and what I'd further clarify as "mouth feel."

[The Sybian]

Thanks, NLFC. Can I trust it’s safe to drink?

[Nonlinear FC]

Absolutely safe. But I also would understand going out and buying a case of bottled water if it's bothering you. The salt stuff is obviously going to go away as the season progresses.

[P.D.X.]

After flushing my water tank I'm now determined to get a drinking water filter. So much sediment/calcium build up.

[The Sybian]

Absolutely safe. But I also would understand going out and buying a case of bottled water if it's bothering you. The salt stuff is obviously going to go away as the season progresses.

Cool, thanks. We always keep a couple of cases of water on hand, so my daughter is going through those.

[Gunpowder]

The salt level that would be dangerous is high enough that you would know that you are drinking salt water.

[Gunpowder]

After flushing my water tank I'm now determined to get a drinking water filter. So much sediment/calcium build up.

I assume you are talking about a reverse osmosis filter and if so, make sure you don't filter out too many of the minerals you actually need. This is a real thing that has happened to people. Like, you may actually need some of that calcium/iron/magnesium.

EDIT: Apparently high hardness is a health issue with drinking water, so yeah I guess if it's high you may as well. You may want to test your water first.

[P.D.X.]

Haven't really researched but was leaning towards a counter-top deal.

[Gunpowder]

Need a reverse osmosis filter to reduce calcium/magnesium/etc

[P.D.X.]

Gotcha.

I could also get some jugs and just refill from the tap that comes right out of the watershed half-way up the mountains.

[mister d]

Need a reverse osmosis filter to reduce c...um/...etc

[DaveInSeattle]

Barry Bonds...Star Strava cyclist...

Barry Bonds is now putting up mind-bending stats outside of baseball

Every couple of months, a new wave of people celebrate San Francisco Giants legend Barry Bonds for something other than his illustrious baseball career: They love him for being a Strava monster.

For more than a decade now, Bonds has been a constant poster of his bike rides, workouts, golf rounds and more outdoor activities on the fitness tracking app. While Bonds has recently been posting more home workouts on the app, the activity he’s focused the most time on is cycling, logging a total of more than 2,100 rides since he picked up the sport in 2010.

His start in the sport lines up perfectly with Strava, the application founded in 2009 that allows people to track their workouts, post them on a social media-style feed and add friends to keep track of. The app has exploded since the coronavirus pandemic began in 2020, more than doubling its user base to what it now says is more than 135 million users.

[wlu_lax6]

Barry Bonds...Star Strava cyclist...

Barry Bonds is now putting up mind-bending stats outside of baseball

Every couple of months, a new wave of people celebrate San Francisco Giants legend Barry Bonds for something other than his illustrious baseball career: They love him for being a Strava monster.

For more than a decade now, Bonds has been a constant poster of his bike rides, workouts, golf rounds and more outdoor activities on the fitness tracking app. While Bonds has recently been posting more home workouts on the app, the activity he’s focused the most time on is cycling, logging a total of more than 2,100 rides since he picked up the sport in 2010.

His start in the sport lines up perfectly with Strava, the application founded in 2009 that allows people to track their workouts, post them on a social media-style feed and add friends to keep track of. The app has exploded since the coronavirus pandemic began in 2020, more than doubling its user base to what it now says is more than 135 million users.

I have pedaled with him, Bo Jackson, and several other celebs on Zwift

[mister d]

Just realized the FlightAware maps are detailed enough for me to find my street while looking at EWR traffic.

[HaulCitgo]

inheritocracy

[Steve of phpBB]

Just realized the FlightAware maps are detailed enough for me to find my street while looking at EWR traffic.

Whoa that’s cool.

The Cessna my family partially owned in the 1980s is getting a lot of use by a flight school in Vegas.

[DSafetyGuy]

I found out on Saturday that people we know bought a Cybertruck.

I have now seen it, but there is a sticker on the back now (wasn't close enough to read it).

[mister d]

Could be tape?

[DSafetyGuy]

It was a black rectangle with what appeared to be white text on it from a moderate distance.

[bfj]

Max pointed at a tractor trailer carrying brand new black roll off dumpsters today and yelled, "look Cybertrucks".

[The Sybian]

Max pointed at a tractor trailer carrying brand new black roll off dumpsters today and yelled, "look Cybertrucks".

That’s hilarious. Too bad you didn’t get a picture, could have spawned a meme.

[brian]

TIL Southern Cal doesn’t have a softball program which seems kind of crazy.

[Rush2112]

TIL Southern Cal doesn’t have a softball program which seems kind of crazy.

Blows my mind that CU only has lax and soccer for women and only club hockey. With the amount of dudebros on campus you'd think they'd have quality programs in both.

[Nonlinear FC]

It is wild, especially since their cross-town rival has one of the better programs in the country. You'd think they'd want to piggyback off of that success.

[wlu_lax6]

TIL Southern Cal doesn’t have a softball program which seems kind of crazy.

Blows my mind that CU only has lax and soccer for women and only club hockey. With the amount of dudebros on campus you'd think they'd have quality programs in both.

They have a decent virtual varsity club men's lax team. Currently #14 in the country. They won a national championship about 10 years ago. They play in a tough conference with BYU (#1 in the nation) and #17 ranked CSU (who were a national champ powerhouse in the early 2000s)

[mister d]

I started the day pretty busy but not "make coffee but forget to drink coffee" busy.

[brian]

Pedro Pascal might be the closest there’s been to “70s Burt Reynolds” rizz.

[Shirley]

Pedro Pascal might be the closest there’s been to “70s Burt Reynolds” rizz.

They do kind of look alike, but Pascal has a very different vibe.

[rass]

Pedro Pascal might be the closest there’s been to “70s Burt Reynolds” rizz.

They do kind of look alike, but Pascal has a very different vibe.

Society’s vibe is different. Women want to be with him, men want to be with him.

[Giff]

Yeah he’s definitely #1 on my list of celebrities where I’d be crushed if something came out about them being an asshole.

[duff]

Yeah he’s definitely #1 on my list of celebrities where I’d be crushed if something came out about them being an asshole.

He's Enoch.

[L-Jam3]

I think Pascal being a working actor for so long, and then only reaching stardom and then superstardom decades into his career, insulated him from the more asshole tendencies.

[Steve of phpBB]

I think Pascal being a working actor for so long, and then only reaching stardom and then superstardom decades into his career, insulated him from the more asshole tendencies.

He also looked really nerdy when he was younger. He was the victim of the week in a Buffy episode.

[A_B]

Pascal took his transgender sister (and I am sure you guys know this but I don’t say that to be pointing it out I say it because it may not be all know) to several awards shows and premieres.

He’s the real deal, so put me in the giff camp.

And yeah the AirPods commercial makes me feel things.

[govmentchedda]

Pascal took his transgender sister (and I am sure you guys know this but I don’t say that to be pointing it out I say it because it may not be all know) to several awards shows and premieres.

He’s the real deal, so put me in the giff camp.

And yeah the AirPods commercial makes me feel things.

The woman to his left when they frame his face is the dancer/choreographer who became famous for her viral videos mimicking birds and copying random items under a hydraulic press. She's so cool.