oh wtf?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/story/0,3604,1174127,00.html
now that's a disaster... lol, bad bussiness move coke, bad bad bad lol ;P, aw pooh, oh well what is it a few million dollars for them... right? :P
hahahaha yeah I heard about this on the news! Suckers! I'll stick with my Brita filtered water thankyou very much! *sticks nose in air*
So *that's* why Dasani always had a strange aftertaste! :o
I rarely drink it, but sometimes it's my only choice for water... :S
do you really drink it?!, do not drink it... seriously hahaha when there are news like these you should -by all means- if you dont rather believe anything said, give it the benefit of doubt, its certainly not a kiddies story anyways, they lost millions on the process and they are taking it out of the market... so there is some truth to it.
Really, Bushie? There's a bunch of different water brands available where I am... Dasani is one, but Pacific Springs and Aquafina are popular too, plus some ittier brands I don't recall off-hand. (Adirondack is also popular, but that's just an NY State/Western MA brand, AFAIK.) Harrison drinks a lot of Aquafina since he needs to cart water around all the time for his singing stuff, but I just stick to our trusty Brita filter.
You can always just drink soda or juice if you're on the go and need a drink... just stay away from that diet stuff, fake sugar's not really good for you either. If you regularly need liquid, just cart around some Juicy Juice drink boxes or sports bottles with water or something. They might get a little warm, but warm water and juice usually aren't too bad to drink. (Warm soda, unfortunately, is usually pretty nasty tasting. :P )
Peace & Luv, Liz
they didnt even had time to expand that far because it didnt reach South America yet, and it was a complete fiasco :-\
This is seriously odd, Coke has a much better bussiness field research than Pepsi or any other food company related!, its truly odd how can they freaking made such a bad move lol, shame on them! and I sort of looked up to them, this is a sad day for me :(
Yeah its only just launched this year in the UK so I don't think they'll ever try to launch water here again hehe unless of course they do it under a different name. Also thinking about this maybe theres a different standard of water here compared to other parts of the world? That amount of Bromite (??) may be acceptable somewhere else but not in the UK. I hardly ever buy bottled water though, a true rip off if ever there was one but if your thirsty and faced with drinking another bottle of tango I suppose its quite convienient. I like Volvic water the best, the adverts make me laugh.
I love filtered water, especially the kind we have at home. Too bad I can't afford one for the campus apartment as it is really expensive, but it is the kind you put on your faucet and it filters really well! Costs like $50 for the filter alone though. :S
Dasani seems to be the kind my family buys, mostly for trips and stuff, I've tried to tell them that it sucks but they won't listen. ;P Dasani and a lot of other bottled water tastes like soap when it gets warm, I'm not sure why... probably it's the "cleansers" they use.
'Spa' source water (with added sparkles ;D).
Besides, our tap water is perfectly drinkable too, too bad it doesn't have sparkles though. ::)
Bushie: Just get a Brita filter. They're not that expensive, and while they're a little less convenient they still do the trick.
As for the soapy thing... part of it might be the plastics in the bottle as well. I remember for a barbershop concert they had Nestle bottled water at the afterglow, and man, was it nasty. Had the same sort of taste when you accidentally get soapy bath water in your mouth... yuck.
Peace & Luv, Liz
Quote from: Jeysie on March 21, 2004, 02:28:37 PM
Bushie: Just get a Brita filter. They're not that expensive, and while they're a little less convenient they still do the trick.
Peace & Luv, Liz
Yes, we have one of those pitchers, works fine. ;) Still not an expert filter, but it beats lousy tap water. ;)
I love Brita water. It always tastes ever so slightly sweet and fresh when our hard tap water goes through it. Oh yeah do people in the US have flouride added to their water? We do here still but theres this big thing about it being dangerous and stuff. Like Dasani hehe.
Depends on the community, some places did, some didn't. (I remember the dentist telling my parents to have me take flouride supplements as a kid 'cause our water didn't.) It's possible that nobody does it anymore at this point, though.
Peace & Luv, Liz
The link isnt working :'(, so what is happening ???
the link didn't work because there are ',' in the url. you can copy/paste the link or click here (http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/story/0,3604,1174127,00.html) ; )
your really handy B'rrr ;D, also B'rrr when linking to a page on the forum how do you make it link to half way down the page instead of the top ???
BTW this water thing is a disaster :-\, it should have been checked b4 hitting the shelves anywhere >:(
Quote from: racx_00 on March 22, 2004, 04:18:55 AM
your really handy B'rrr ;D, also B'rrr when linking to a page on the forum how do you make it link to half way down the page instead of the top ???
;] ;] ...don't know about the handy part ; /
about linking to half way down the page; I had that question too, so I asked Yonkey ; ) ...he said that you have to post the messagenumber where you want to refer to. The best/easiest way to get to getthe messagenumber is to quote the post you want to refer to and then copy the reference to that post: ie. your messagereference is: #msg25560
just paste it behind the normal link of the page: http://www.postudios.com/blog/forum/index.php?board=10;action=display;threadid=902;start=0
...and you are finished ; )
http://www.postudios.com/blog/forum/index.php?board=10;action=display;threadid=902;start=0#msg25560
hope this explains it? if not, feel free to ask ; )
http://www.postudios.com/blog/forum/index.php?board=10;action=display;threadid=902;start=0#msg25567
Easier than i thought ;), thanks B'rrr
hahahaha.... no problem, glad I could help ; )
im also glad u could help ;B
whaaa.... just stop posting here!! ; ) lol... we are messing up this thread!! ; ) hahaha
...guess we are kinda good at it ; )
well if you type something that i can respond 2 then im going 2 respond :suffer:
ok... so I wont post anything anymore (xcept this ; ) ...so you can't respond and the thread will be like 1.5 pages longer on topic ; )
If you dont post anything then i kick ur ass ;)
only joking :suffer:
<3 Im so proud of my boys!
they keep posting random crapz and raising up your account among yourselves :D hahaha :) <3
heyy don't encourage us!! or else these forums will be flood with useless ... ehhh I meant thoughtful posts ; ) ...and give Yonkey tons of workload moving all of our posts ; )
...luckily Racx isn't online now cuz else we would have to post like 10 times on this tread again.... well, that would probably happen tomorrow anyway ; )
lol, don't worry. I usually don't split threads in the Off-Topic section. :) As for the threads in the other forums...
Quote from: B'rrr on March 22, 2004, 03:10:20 PM
heyy don't encourage us!! or else these forums will be flood with useless ... ehhh I meant thoughtful posts ; ) ...and give Yonkey tons of workload moving all of our posts ; )
...luckily Racx isn't online now cuz else we would have to post like 10 times on this tread again.... well, that would probably happen tomorrow anyway ; )
Dont be meanieh B'rrr >:(, you could just not reply :P, but instead you do so its ur fault ;D
naww... woudn't want you guys to leave ; ( ....so I guess I have to make sure you'll have a lot of work to do ; ) hahaha... sorry ; )
I was just wondering are you the only two who are monotoring or are there others as well? ...cuz there is a lot of time when neither one of you are online... how do you keep an eye on the forums at those times (ie. controlling violating posts and such)??
ps. Racx; my fault? ...is it really? ...well perhaps you are right, but that didn't stopped you from posting ; )
I did a course on fast reading actually, and besides, its not like we talk about deep phylosophy around here lol :P its not so hard, I just sit at the end of the day and check it all up.
i monitor as well ;B
and its all ur fault B'rrr :suffer:
I check here several times a day. ;D Usually I just see the posts u guys do at 4 and 5 am EST when I wake up the next day. ;D
There was a discussion a few months ago (could be even more, my internal dating system is faulty all the time) because supposedly we were getting too much fluoride into our body and that would cause fluorosis (?). Anyway, one of the sources of fluoride was tap water, but since I don't drink (that) much tap water, I didn't really pay a lot of attention to whether or not it was outlawed (adding fluoride to tap water). I'm pretty sure it isn't in (our) bottled water though.
hahahaha.... I was just curious... cuz if you need another moderator *winkz* hahahaha ; )
lol, nevermind ; ) I just wanted to know what your monitorbehaviour iz ; / ...cuz, like I said, there is sometimes a big timeframe where none of you are online.
Quote from: copycat on March 23, 2004, 02:54:22 PM
There was a discussion a few months ago (could be even more, my internal dating system is faulty all the time) because supposedly we were getting too much fluoride into our body and that would cause fluorosis (?). Anyway, one of the sources of fluoride was tap water, but since I don't drink (that) much tap water, I didn't really pay a lot of attention to whether or not it was outlawed (adding fluoride to tap water). I'm pretty sure it isn't in (our) bottled water though.
supposedly the fluoride helps protect your teeth so you should drink it a bit more than bottled water ;D, thats what they said on the news in Australia ;B
For what it's worth, I took fluoride supplements and drank lots of milk as a kid, and my teeth are great. In fact, I used to be terrible at brushing as a kid, and up until recently I only brushed once a day. Yet I only got a cavity the once, and that was in a wisdom tooth that had grown in crooked enough to have one edge bumped up against my molar (and that edge got a cavity because it was impossible to clean in there). I have had a few problems with mildly inflamed gums, though, which is why I've started brushing twice a day and flossing and stuff. Still, maybe fluoride supplements and calcium intake do help, provided you don't overdose on either.
Peace & Luv, Liz
i dont have any problems with my teeth :D, except for the one time i had a hole in my tooth :-\, but luckily it was a baby tooth ;B
I've had to start flossing too :o when I went to the dentisit for my check up she sent me to the dental hygenist and she showed how much crap you got off your teeth when you floss so I do it mostly everyday now. Kinda satisfying to feel the gaps between your teeth all pronounced and everything....lol how random - teeth!
We don't have that brand of bottled water here. We mostly get domestic brands, and they're all supposedly "natural spring water" and not filtered tap water :-\
We did have many food-related scares and scandals though - the last one involved a brand of non-dairy baby formula, which lacked a certain vitamin (B2 IIRC). It caused many babies to have a deficiency disease, and a few of them died before it was pulled off the shelves :(
in Australia we didnt get the Coke brand of water ;)
we didnt get it here in vzla either... and now im seriously glad we didnt :P
I am also glad ;)
but seriously, isnt it a bit spooky? consider it, if big companies cant even be trusted on releasing these food products (first hand need as water) what there may be left for the rest? you know, as a consumer myself it worries me baaadly, because you tend to trust brand, and these sort of things make you wonder and doubt it all again.
Yeah :-\, it is pretty scary :-\, i try not to think about it :D, but when you have had something to do with the company in the past it makes you wonder about other products of theirs :-\
omg... ew!
and this is not even talking about quality, we are talking about normal standarts lol :P oh my, personally I would have expected something like this from a newb in the market, but from Coke it is shocking alright, exactly cuz you asume you trust them, and exactly what you said, it does makes you wonder about the quality of their other products :(
and I mean it, I liked coke a lot lol :-\
if ur really afraid about drinking Coke then just drink Pepsi instead ;)
but ill stick to Vinilla Coke ;B
Vanilla Coke has.... quite a curious taste :D, its not bad but I wouldnt drink it much :P
I love Vinilla Coke !!!
Cherry Coke rules :lovegoggles:
Cherry Coke tastes like normal Coke ;P
That is where you are wrong my friend :) Cherry Coke has a nice after taste of marzepan/almonds...hehe kinda of wierd considering its meant to be cherry.
I don't drink Coke *or* Pepsi. ;) I can't stand the taste of cola. I'm a root beer girl. ;D
Peace & Luv, Liz
Urrrggghhh I tasted root beer Jelly-belly jelly beans the other day and I felt physically sick! I hope the real thing doesn't taste as nasty. Is it comparable to any other flavour or is it totally unique?
Honestly, I'm not quite sure how to describe the flavor. It's a bit on the tart side (which is where the slogan " Barq's has bite!" comes from, if you've ever heard that one), but I'm not certain what to say about it outside of that.
It is possible that it just may not suit your palate, just like cola doesn't suit mine. I've always found cola to be too bitter for my tastes.
Peace & Luv, Liz
Quote from: racx_00 on March 24, 2004, 02:10:30 AMsupposedly the fluoride helps protect your teeth so you should drink it a bit more than bottled water ;D, thats what they said on the news in Australia ;B
Not when you take in too much flouride, because in that case it may well be it damages your teeth even further.
[quote author=Storm link=board=10;threadid=902;start=40#msg26366 date=1080177316We mostly get domestic brands, and they're all supposedly "natural spring water" and not filtered tap water :-\
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'Spa' is natural spring water, from the 'Spa'-source. And, AFAIK, Spa is not an affiliate of the Coca Cola group. XB
Quote from: copycat on March 25, 2004, 04:24:28 PMNot when you take in too much flouride, because in that case it may well be it damages your teeth even further.
How can fluorine damage your teeth? :-\
Yeah how can fluoride damage teeth :S ???
It depends on how much they put in the water I think. Like everything else in the world too much flouride has nasty effect on teeth and bones although I'm not sure of the specifics. We have flouride here and its caused no problems for e, in fact I'm proud of my teeth.
Ginger Ale for me! ;D
Quote from: Drunken Chinchilla on March 26, 2004, 06:53:06 AMWe have flouride here and its caused no problems for e, in fact I'm proud of my teeth.
I'm proud of my teeth too, especially the wisdom ones. ;)
My wisdom teeth are still immature. ;P
I bow my head in shame ;D (for making a wrong guess about the post count of the next level), and welcome the Dragon oldbushie.
*cures all ailments and increases his longevity as a reward for welcoming my new form* ;D
Quote from: Oldbushie on March 26, 2004, 05:01:06 PM*cures all ailments and increases his longevity as a reward for welcoming my new form* ;D
Does that mean I get a
tenth life? ;D
Yep. ;D
*adds a tenth cat to Copycat's health bar* ;D
Quote from: Oldbushie on March 26, 2004, 05:21:32 PM*adds a tenth cat to Copycat's health bar* ;D
Not like that! Don't you know a cat has
nine lives?
Hehe, each cat symbol on your health bar represents one life. ;) If I added an actual cat to you, you would definitely have 18 lives. ;)
Quote from: Oldbushie on March 26, 2004, 05:33:56 PMHehe, each cat symbol on your health bar represents one life. ;) If I added an actual cat to you, you would definitely have 18 lives. ;)
You didn't have to add an actual cat, just a cat
life. Cat's lives are not transferrable.
That's what I did. ;D One cat life added to your health bar.
But I don't have a health bar! :S
Hehe. From my perspective, everyone does. ;) I'm partially the Crystal Dragon from MOE. ;)
*steps on Connor a bit until his health bar goes low*
*Racx health bar goes up cos of Connor being squashed
Thanks for that Oldbushie ;)
Quote from: Oldbushie on March 26, 2004, 05:48:46 PMI'm partially the Crystal Dragon from MOE. ;)
How you want to be
anything from MoE is beyond my comprehension. :-\
Quote from: copycat on March 27, 2004, 01:56:35 PM
How you want to be anything from MoE is beyond my comprehension. :-\
I thought it was " Beyond your reach" ;) :suffer:
Quote from: racx_00 on March 28, 2004, 01:33:48 AMI thought it was " Beyond your reach" ;) :suffer:
Don't you mean " 't Is beyond my reach?" ;D
....randomness
I have no wisdome teeth yet, does that make me unwise?
Well, they say wisdom comes with age... (much like wisdom teeth ;D )
Peace & Luv, Liz
Quote from: copycat on March 28, 2004, 01:38:16 PM
Quote from: racx_00 on March 28, 2004, 01:33:48 AMI thought it was " Beyond your reach" ;) :suffer:
Don't you mean " 't Is beyond my reach?" ;D
Take it from someone who played MOE with the subtitles on - It's " 'Tis beyond my reach" :P
Everyone has subtitles on so i know that it says "'Tis Beyond My Reach" ;P
Can't you turn off the MOE subtitles? ::)
Yeah they can but most ppl like both so ;P
*note to self* dont speak for other ppl when you dont know ;)
Quote from: Jeysie on March 28, 2004, 03:21:21 PM
Well, they say wisdom comes with age... (much like wisdom teeth ;D )
Peace & Luv, Liz
What does that mean about those of us who had them removed? :o Actually, don't answer that. ;P
My wisdom teeth are still hiding. ;P
Mine are all showing, that's why I'm so wise. ::)
Getting back to the original topic, I recently heard Coca-Cola was also selling (filtered and treated) tap water in Belgium. Luckily Coca-Cola and Spa are not affiliated. 8)