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Curmudgeoness

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3. I find it hard to worry about this.

Reply to Javaman (Original post)

Mon May 7, 2012, 07:19 PM

May 2012

For the most part, the water coming out of the hose will have been free-flowing for a while before you take a drink....now maybe if you leave water in the hose for a week in the hot sun, then drink that water, you might have a problem---but who does that???

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