What's on your mind?

[~Mere~]

For the most part' date=' bottled water tastes like ass, and paying money for the most abundant resource on the planet in bottle form may be the biggest scam ever. I used to have a filtered jug that we would process our water through, but now we just use the filter on our fridge. We have hard water in our area, but other than giving you a bit of dry skin in the shower and making your dishes harder to clean, it's not a big deal.[/quote'] I dunno. Maybe it is a scam and my bottled water comes from someone else's tap. But it def tastes a lot better than what comes out of my faucet.

[FatherAlabaster]

I've been in places with gross tap water. Luckily it's fine where I'm at, but in Wilmington Beach in NC, it smells and tastes like sulfur, and the water in central PA gave me the runs something awful.

[BlutAusNerd]

I dunno. Maybe it is a scam and my bottled water comes from someone else's tap. But it def tastes a lot better than what comes out of my faucet.

A filtration system would likely save you money in the long run, and save a lot of plastic bottles.

[mindy6158]

A filtration system would likely save you money in the long run' date=' and save a lot of plastic bottles.[/quote'] HEAVILY agree......look up "Aquasana," they are somewhat expensive, but nearly 100% tested to be the best in regards to actually cleaning out the bad shit. I also bought my shower head on amazon for cheaper than on their website, I believe it was about $55, but apparently you only need to switch out the cartridge once per year.

[shikawkee]

The system we have is by Premier. 4 stage reverse osmosis system. Works great. I'd like to cut down on bottles too.

[deathstorm]

I have one of those plus looking forward. To. Coke cola k cups

[BlutAusNerd]

I have one of those plus looking forward. To. Coke cola k cups

Coca Cola K cups? Hot Coke from a coffee pot?

[deathstorm]

Coca Cola K cups? Hot Coke from a coffee pot?

ban There is a soda making. K cup machine. Coming out soon from kuring . Green mountain. Coffee to produce soda fountain style carbonized k cup machine

[GorboGorboze]

ban There is a soda making. K cup machine. Coming out soon from kuring . Green mountain. Coffee to produce soda fountain style carbonized k cup machine

Sounds like that will save a lot of bottles as well, for one who drinks soda.

[FatherAlabaster]

Sounds like that will save a lot of bottles as well' date=' for one who drinks soda.[/quote'] On top of being much more healthful than that awful "purified water" that he's planning to use as a base. This is an idea whose time has come; I think it won't be long until we see municipal faucets everywhere dispensing water fortified with the corn syrup, various acids, artfully designed flavor compounds, and carcinogenic coloring agents that have dramatically extended water's shelf life while helping to make us the healthiest country on the planet. It's a pressurized system, nothing's really stopping them from carbonating it as well.

[mindy6158]

I will never understand why some people just do not give a fuck about their health. Not to sound like a mean bastard or anything, but I think one of the worst things I see are extremely morbid obese individuals downing a fat sloppy burger and drinking milkshakes. I cringe usually. Again, sorry for sounding like a mean bastard.

[GorboGorboze]

I will never understand why some people just do not give a fuck about their health. Not to sound like a mean bastard or anything' date=' but I think one of the worst things I see are extremely morbid obese individuals downing a fat sloppy burger and drinking milkshakes. I cringe usually. Again, sorry for sounding like a mean bastard.[/quote'] If you were a mean bastard Mindy, then you would not care about public health, your just judgmental that is all. By the way, I rarely see anyone eat a burger and never while drinking a milkshake, were have you been hanging out? I mean maybe you should stay away from places like that.

[BlutAusNerd]

I will never understand why some people just do not give a fuck about their health. Not to sound like a mean bastard or anything' date=' but I think one of the worst things I see are extremely morbid obese individuals downing a fat sloppy burger and drinking milkshakes. I cringe usually. Again, sorry for sounding like a mean bastard.[/quote'] Burgers are delicious, and not the problem. The biggest problem is laziness and sedentary lifestyles, but eating factory food, which many burgers are made from, and making poor nutritional choices exacerbate the problem.

[Os Abysmi Vel Daath]

I've been in places with gross tap water. Luckily it's fine where I'm at' date=' but in Wilmington Beach in NC, it smells and tastes like sulfur, and the water in central PA gave me the runs something awful.[/quote'] Where I used to live the water ran through old mine shafts.

[Os Abysmi Vel Daath]

I will never understand why some people just do not give a fuck about their health. Not to sound like a mean bastard or anything' date=' but I think one of the worst things I see are extremely morbid obese individuals downing a fat sloppy burger and drinking milkshakes. I cringe usually. Again, sorry for sounding like a mean bastard.[/quote'] Not really your problem. Well it is if your tax money is going towards those individual's health care I suppose. Which is why I'm not a fan of that sort of thing.

[Midi]

Aaaand I'm back. The concert was great, although 2.5 hours was a bit short. The musicianship was supreme and I really enjoyed it. Some of my favorite composers were in there and the finale, Adagio for Strings by Barber, which is one of my softest spots in all of classical music, literally made me burst into tears. Good times, good times... For Father: I tried recording 3 pieces with my mobile phone. They might be horribly recorded, but I'll check that soon.

[FatherAlabaster]

I'd be very interested to hear them anyway!

[deathstorm]

Alabaster anyone more practices. With the string group

[FatherAlabaster]

Alabaster anyone more practices. With the string group

Later this month, and then two performances in December. Then we'll be traveling to the moon for our first video shoot, performing a massive casino heist in LV, and then it's off to the tropics to launder our money and change our identities while preparing for more serious shows in the coming year.

[Midi]

Later this month' date=' and then two performances in December. Then we'll be traveling to the moon for our first video shoot, performing a massive casino heist in LV, and then it's off to the tropics to launder our money and change our identities while preparing for more serious shows in the coming year.[/quote'] Make sure you take a technician with you. I've had a friend who was very upset because the closest satellite was unable to connect us with his cell phone and we weren't able to contact him and tell him how our video shoot went. I also think it would be better to change your identity before laundering money. Call me old school, but I believe in safety. I'd also like to suggest a name for your new life: Michiel McChess. It's subtle, yet so sophisticated and attractive. I'm doing you a favor by giving this name to you instead of my future son, but I guess Midi Cellovski is still an option.

[mindy6158]

Burgers are delicious' date=' and not the problem. The biggest problem is laziness and sedentary lifestyles, but eating factory food, which many burgers are made from, and making poor nutritional choices exacerbate the problem.[/quote'] I mean I would say you are half correct, but to say that bad eating is not the problem....is crazy to me. Obviously genetics goes a long ways, I am 26 years old, eat like a hog, and just now getting to only 115 pounds, so yes I understand it is not ONLY eating bad foods that cause it, certainly laziness as well, but that is half the problem, the other half is generally unhealthy eating. I am not talking just "overweight" people, I am talking morbid obese.

[FatherAlabaster]

Unfortunately, we don't have any friends that care about our moon video, but I guess that saves us one headache. We'll have to launder the money first, or else someone could follow the paper trail to our old identities. The hardest part of this will be having to write all-new music in a different style, although names will of course be problematic as well. While I thank you for the offer, not only would this thread be a dead giveaway, but since I suck at chess I'd attract too much attention for it. I considered and discarded several options including Michiel Jackfather and Wannamakea Dielman before coming to a final decision, which prudence dictates I not share with you. My only remaining challenge is how to make sure I'm not the one whose body is tossed off the back of the getaway vehicle - I've heard this is obligatory - but as the largest member, I believe I have some advantage.

[mindy6158]

If you were a mean bastard Mindy' date=' then you would not care about public health, your just judgmental that is all. By the way, I rarely see anyone eat a burger and never while drinking a milkshake, were have you been hanging out? I mean maybe you should stay away from places like that.[/quote'] hahaha, basically any steak and shake, Mcdonald's, many places carry both burgers and Milkshakes. And ok, you may be about 10% correct about the judgemental thing, I do tend to get somewhat annoyed and bitter at them, but generally I just feel terrible for them that they most likely know deep down that they need to lose weight but probably have enabling family and friends shoving chocolate down their throats because our society thinks it would be a TERRIBLE thing to tell an obese person to get up and lose some weight for their sake as well as everyone else.

[mindy6158]

Not really your problem. Well it is if your tax money is going towards those individual's health care I suppose. Which is why I'm not a fan of that sort of thing.

I mean we can all say that same thing about every problem in this world that doesn't affect us. That wouldn't really be helpful would it? heh

[Midi]

Unfortunately' date=' we don't have any friends that care about our moon video, but I guess that saves us one headache. We'll have to launder the money first, or else someone could follow the paper trail to our old identities. The hardest part of this will be having to write all-new music in a different style, although names will of course be problematic as well. While I thank you for the offer, not only would this thread be a dead giveaway, but since I suck at chess I'd attract too much attention for it. I considered and discarded several options including Michiel Jackfather and Wannamakea Dielman before coming to a final decision, which prudence dictates I not share with you. My only remaining challenge is how to make sure I'm not the one whose body is tossed off the back of the getaway vehicle - I've heard this is obligatory - but as the largest member, I believe I have some advantage.[/quote'] Well, I can understand recording a video at the moon would be charming, but perhaps it's better if your friends are indeed not interested in that? After all, from what I've heard mooning is quite dated and might be offensive. I can see your point when it comes to telling me about your new identity, so I'm in peace with that. As for the issue of possibly being murdered and left for dead, I might have a helpful suggestion. How about this: when everybody sleeps, you visit a plastic surgeon, which shouldn't be a problem considering all the laundred money you'll have, and make yourself a lookalike of someone in the string quartet. When you return, you could either get rid of the person on whom you based your looks, tricking the rest into thinking you ran away, thus preventing someone being left behind. Another more sophisticated option if you are really against the whole 'murder' thing, would be to carefully move the 'original you' to your bed. This would result into the others thinking it was him or her undergoing plastic surgery to prevent what you've been trying to avoid. That way, you secretly shoved your actions upon the other, resulting in the same end as the previously mentioned solution.