The Good Banter Thread

[sissy]

geeze even forgot to say why I really went and off to the second seminar today with my sister and lunch .Can't wait to see what today brings .Also will get to see my other 2 sisters at lunch

 

[MitchM]

... My daughter says it is the best, but I wonder if it would take away the salty taste of my softened water, or if I would have to use water from the outside faucet, to get it before the softener? ...

CE, your drinking water is through your water softener?
It should not be plumbed that way. Your drinking water should be sourced before your water softener.
Drinking softened water is not good for our bodies. Too much sodium.


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[sissy]

yep raises your blood pressure first thing heart doctor asked my hubby and i after his heart attack .We don't have a water softener we just have 2 filters that clean the well water .

 

[CountryEscape]

I agree, Mitch and Sissy. When I was married, we had softened water to all the faucets, but there was a drinking water fountain on the kitchen sink. Here, EVERYTHING goes through the softener. I don't drink the water, don't like the taste of it. I guess you both answered my question and that's that I should get the water from the outside hose bib that does not go through the softener.

 

[addy1]

We have three filters on our well water. The pump tends to pick up fine dirt, little black flecks of rocks, but it sure does taste good! Can't be hurting us been drinking it for 6 years now.

 

[sissy]

I got pink water before i put my filters in .Comes from the red clay and I am the lucky one here because my well is over 400 ft deep and most in my neighborhood have wells around 200 ft or less and they can't even drink there water or wash there clothes without out the pink stuff .When it rains hard Tammy said she can't even use her well water .Most here buy bottled water for drinking .I have an extra filtered water tap on my kitchen sink that can give you cold or steaming hot water for hot drinks .I even put an external filter on my fridge and it comes with a filter inside of it .Axton is known for iron in the water .I am still amazed at how much water the earth has in it .I always think we are squeezing it dry like a sponge by taking all the water from it .Had well water as a child but then never thought about it .Just turned the tap and water came out .

 

[addy1]

The first filter gets rid of the fine dirt, one of those that cleans itself, the second is a whole house after the first, the third on the line to the ice,

Our water is so soft, there are almost no minerals in it and it tastes great!

 

[sissy]

I have seen Tammy's after a hard rain and water is red .Her hubby will not put a better filter in ,they have those filters that you have to replace every month that are the round tubes and her hubby does not like to go down and change it and she calls me and she helps me change it for her .She is getting the hang of it now because she change it 2 times herself .She always thought it was hard to do because her hubby complained so much about doing it .He is just lazy and when he is home he does not want to do anything .He is a trucker so can't blame him at times .

 

[j.w]

No filter except on the fridge here. Well water tastes great! When we first moved in it was orange but once it settled down it became clearer and clearer. It does have iron in it and some calcium and I'm sure lots of other minerals. Our clothes come out fine when washed so guess it's not too hard.

 

[sissy]

well I had to do something my husband was not going with the pink undies and socks he had to wear .

 

[j.w]

Well why not sissy

 

[CountryEscape]

Haha, I can understand that, Sissy. I have always liked well water. I think the reason I don't like it here has to do with there are two wells, and it seems like there are two water lines coming into the house, too. The two lines go to the same pump, so I have a feeling the one well that I cannot get to (there is no hole in the concrete lid, and it's 5' across, so my tractor would have a hard time lifting ...) is bad and needs bleach, but I don't know how to get to it! If the pump pulls from both, then that well is making the water taste kinda yucky. The wells are not very deep, I think less than 50'. Around here, they do 3' wide wells, because water is pretty close to the surface. If you have a well around here that is more than 100', it's REALLY hard water. My well has lots of minerals in it that my aquarium fish do not like, or I don't like because it causes foggy water, but other than that, it's great. Very soft because of the softener, and I think I would like it just fine filtered before the softener. There is something a water softener does to water that makes coffee really yucky, and we all know how we like our morning coffee!

 

[MitchM]

... .I am still amazed at how much water the earth has in it .I always think we are squeezing it dry like a sponge by taking all the water from it ....

That's because it constantly being replenished, sissy. What you don't want is a bunch of new wells being drilled around you. They could drain the water table level faster than it could be replenished.

Our well is 360' deep and we also have a high iron content. Iron bacteria turns the water orange.
Our municipality puts on a yearly water well course that is very informative. All wells here have to be registered so they can keep track of the drain on the water table.

I've plumbed in a 300 gpd RO (reverse osmosis) unit for our drinking and aquarium water The RO is after the water softener, Easier on the RO membrane that way.
I'll use softened water for boiling pasta, otherwise we only drink RO then make sure we take our vitamins.
Ideally, I would like to drink straight well water. On the to-do list.

 

[j.w]

I think we have enough calcium in our well water so that I don't need to take the calcium supplements. I was getting feet cramping every night while watching tv at night. I tried eating bananas, taking Potassium, magnesium and drinking more water, nothing worked so about a month ago I heard something about calcium causing problems w/ cramping. So I decided to stop taking my calcium supplements to see what would happen.
Voila no more foot cramps

 

[addy1]

i quit taking it years ago, as more came out about taking way too much and that is could be bad for you.