[Magdalen] Safely home

[Joseph Cirou]

I don't remember Chicago water being particularly dreadful. I do remember
the hew and cry about putting fluoride into the water.

Joe Cirou

On Tue, Nov 11, 2014 at 10:15 AM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:

> Chicago must have seriously improved its water quality, then, because I can
> remember my dad saying back in the 50s, "There's no water in Chicago water!
> It's a soup of chlorine and dead bacteria!" And it did taste pretty awful
> back then.
>
> Our well water here in the Shenandoah tastes pretty good. We run our
> drinking water through the refrigerator's filter, but even the tap water
> tastes good. I must say the washing water has improved greatly since the
> new water softener was installed....previously we had hot and cold running
> gravel.
>
> On Tue, Nov 11, 2014 at 9:25 AM, Scott Knitter <scottknitter at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > On Mon, Nov 10, 2014 at 11:25 PM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen
> > <magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:
> > > I don't drink tapwater anyway.  Mineral water, yes, but otherwise I
> get
> > my
> > > liquid via coffee/tea and soda.
> >
> > One lovely thing about Chicago is its delicious tap water. I'm
> > serious! We have a Brita pitcher/filter, but I honestly don't think
> > the filter has much to work on, at least not in terms of improving the
> > flavor.
> >
> >
> > --
> > Scott R. Knitter
> > Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA
> >
>