Today I need to finish my March Dress challenge, so no big post today, but I thought it would be fun to watch this video and discuss.
I know this is not specifically 1956, but hubby showed me this video. We had to laugh, because it really does point out the things we have been coming to realize since our journey to living in the 1950s.
Before 1955, bottled water was just a normal part of my life. I didn’t think about it, just did it (Like most modern people). After 1955, I gave it up as it did not ‘exist’ for me. I remember after it was gone and I would see ‘modern’ people with it, my inner dialogue was always, “How funny, to buy something that you can get for free from the tap” I also noticed bubblers (drinking fountains) were beginning to disappear from public places as well, much like the public pay phone.
So, enjoy and let me know what you think:
I moved to NJ from NYC and loved the water in NY. Even the NYC tap water was yummy if you can believe it. I am such a bad person because I can only drink bottled water since I moved here. Even the Britta doesn't do it for me :( I feel so guilty it makes me wish we could move.
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Perhaps if you get a better britta set up you could 'bottle your own' by simply filtering it and reusing your saved water bottles. Or you could try boiling your tap water,let it cool and see if the taste is better, if so, then again, save your bottles or use a cool vintage thermos and 'bottle your own' then you save money and the planet. Just a thought!
ReplyDeleteThat pretty much summed up why I gave up bottled water in a nutshell. I liked it so much I put it on my own blog. Thank you for sharing this.
ReplyDeleteOh, and never reuse your plastic bottles! They start to break down over time and release chemicals into what you're drinking, especially if they're allowed to get hot. It's better to buy a stainless steel bottle or to use a glass.
ReplyDeleteGood point Miss M! I don't like plastic much of anything now. I do have vintage thermos but the plastic is just the lid the liner is glass.
ReplyDeleteWe used to buy it in our old apartment because our town water supply wasn't safe for human consumption. Now we have safe tap water but it doesn't taste particularly good so I put it through a Brita and drink that. We have Sigg bottles for transporting and my hubby keeps a Camelbak in his car too.
ReplyDeleteI never bought into the whole 'bottled water' thing for the simple fact I think it tastes NASTY! I will either 'bottle' my own or just get a drink from a local tap/fountain. Drink from the tap at home. Best water around. But then, I live less than a mile from Lake Michigan...we should have good water, haha.
ReplyDeleteI loved the video cause it summed up in a nutshell what we have been talking here for ages. Now, if more and more people would listen....
So true. This woman has done another vide that I need to share with you as well. When hubby found this he said, "this is exactly what you and the ladies have been discussing". It is nice to see we aren't alone, isn't it?
ReplyDeletei'm with lorie. i have never had much taste for bottled water. even when all my friends thought drinking evian was cool in high school..i think drinking out of plastic is gross tasting. i can't use those car mugs either. i have always just used a regular one and risked the sloshing..who knew i was so vintage all along??!
ReplyDeleteI've always been too stingy to buy bottled water. Instead I've bought a nice metal thermos which I've sewn a fitted bag with shoulder strap, so I carry it with me on hot holidays. It looks nice and is very practical.
ReplyDeleteAt home I boil tap water although in Denmark we have the world's most clean water. This way the water looses all kinds of taste. DH loves it and says it is homemade "spring water". I have vintage glass bottles in the fridge, so we always have cold water, and don't have to let the tap run and waste a lot of water.
Have a lovely Easter, both of you. :)
I only buy bottled water on sale, our city here accepts plastic water bottles in our recycling program so we are not throwing it back in the trash, it will be reused.
ReplyDeleteIf we are hanging around the house the kids get tap water, but I have to admit I use bottle water when we go out for the day, now if I was throwing the bottles in the garbage I guess I would feel differently about it.
One thing we have a great recycling program that takes just about anything :)
Mom in Canada
The only downside to the recycling of water bottles is it uses up even more energy then making them originally. Not having them at all is probably the best bet. Again, I am not telling you what to do, but the actual recycling process is also bad for the environment becuase of the energy it takes to do it, what is realeased into the air etc. I found the first movie by this woman and I want to share it today, with all of you, while I finish my dress.
ReplyDeleteAfter I'd read this entry to my husband and he watched the video he reminded me of our first encounter (years ago) with bottled water. We had some tourists ask us where they could buy water. We were dumbfounded.. BUY water? Didn't they know we came from a country that had safe drinking water from ANY tap. We weren't a third world country. Our minds did flash to a supermarket that had just started to stock mostly large plastic containers of drinking water but we never saw anyone buying them. Our city was slow to catch on to the new craze obviously but it wasn't long before we saw locals trend-ily sucking and slurping 'mountain water' out of plastic purchased water bottles. What a new phenomenon that was then. The marketing people really deserve much credit. They did a marrvellous job. As the saying goes, 'they could sell ice to eskimos'. As the video mentioned, 'selling air next?' Linda (All the best 50sgal with your sewing challenge.)
ReplyDeleteI've never understood the whole bottled water thing. It just doesn't make any sense to me. I've always drunk out of the tap and have no plans to ever change that.
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