>>>>I would disagree about "crap is cheap" vs "good stuff is expensive" I go shopping to BJ (local food club, like a big store). I see many people loading their carriages with soda bottles and I load my carriage with water bottles. Which one do you think is more expensive and is less healthy? <g>
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>>>I hope you check it really closely. Far too often, even with the big name producers, that bottled water is tap water. And that makes it way too expensive.
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>>>And generally speaking, unless Foxborough has really poor systems, tap water is clean and eminently drinkable. It has won top spot in many a blind taste test.
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>>I think you missed the point I was making.
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>I think I got your point, that people on public assistance should not be buying soda. Agreed. I think Alan and I have a point as well, though -- why buy water? Whoever had the idea of selling water belongs in the marketing hall of fame.

Obviously you've never had the water in Houston or Austin. We had a water filter system in Houston and the filter used to be brown when it got changed. Austin/Pflugerville water will kill a coffeemaker in 3 months, 12 months if you keep running vinegar through it.