Thanks for clearing up your misunderstandings John. I will try very hard to make my points clearer and less cryptic in future. I must also try to get to the point as soon as possible. Most importantly - I’ll try not to make everything about me. Hope I haven’t missed anything? Thanks so much for your invaluable ‘advice’ - I sure it will help in my development - woops there I go again …me, me, me…
water fresh from th tap makes me sick. I can drink it after boiling but thats it.
Mate in Scotland said similar Harry.
“Have ye seen wat it duz ta nails, whiskey don’t do that laddie”
We get detailed water reports from our supplier S’eau and within all published parameters the water is safe to drink. I find it very palatable and refuse to drink bottled water. Living in Basse-Normandie there are lots of fresh water sources and living streams nearby.
We have about 5 metres of lead pipe in our house (from the cellar where the mains joins the domestic distribution) and the kitchen faucet. The rest are copper. I run the kitchen tap for a short while before filling the kettle or pouring a glass, but I have no concerns about my health, having being brought up in less lily-livered pre-war conditions, and thrived on old-fashioned muck and grime, with a robust constitution and a strong immune system to show for it.
Modern obsessions with unnatural ‘hygiene’ have had a very adverse effect on human health, with allergies and other unnecessary health susceptibilités the likely result.
The health threat from the plastic bottles is not a minor concern, I remember a few years ago, an analasis of bottled water v tap water was done, and tap water came out on top, popular brands of bottled water were ‘heaving’ with bugs etc.
All the piping was lead in the houses I was brought up in.
I did suffer adverse effects though, while melting 4.5 tons of lead (ballast) into the keel of a boat I built