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Journal by FortKnox on Wednesday January 14, 2004 @03:18PM

We had a visit from the "Can we test you water" people last night (wife allowed it, since they give you a $40 gift certificate for gas, restaurants, or movie tickets).
Our water is REALLY hard. But I already knew that (Cincinnati has really bad hard water, pretty well known). The system was a water softener + filtration system. It was really nice from a respectable company. It costs $3,500. Heh... SCREW THAT! I can go to sears and get a good water softener for my sized family for about $350 (and $150 for them to install it). We have a brita for drinking water, but a full house filtration system is about $150. Yes folks, $500 vs $3500. You can imagine how quickly I expelled him from my house ;-)

In other news: Having a bad day? It could be worse. You could be living in Mt Washington, New Hampshire (yeah,-35F, with the windchill= -85 Degress F!!! And it was -95F last night).

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I don't like soft water, anyway (Score:1)

by johndiii (229824) * writes:

I feel like I can never rinse the soap off my hands.
- Re:I don't like soft water, anyway (Score:2)
  
  by FortKnox (169099) writes:
  
  The guy did a neat demo of that. He said that slimy feeling was your 'natural oil' and if you didnt believe him, lick your hand (which I did... no soap at all).
  
  Honestly, that 'slimy feeling' has got to be great when shaving.
  - Re:I don't like soft water, anyway (Score:2)
    
    by John Harrison (223649) writes:
    
    You get very used to the feeling. It is the same thing that Zest is talking about when they say "Zest-fully clean!" I feel like I haven't rinsed off when I have a shower in my current hard-water abode.
- Re:I don't like soft water, anyway (Score:1)
  
  by subgeek (263292) writes:
  
  i disagree about soft water, but you're not alone in your sentiments. it's interesting to think about. people are comforted that there is dirt left on their skin and in their pores to inhibit their natural skin oils.
whatever (Score:2)

by mekkab (133181) * writes:

I've gone skiing in VT when the temp is -80 with windchill. Only did one run. A small part of my ear was exposed on the chairlift ride up. Yep- FROSTBIT.
Mt. Washington (Score:2)

by Otter (3800) writes:

Mt. Washington is insane. (Note, by the way, that it's a mountain, not a town.) Checking the current weather from the observatory at the top, it's -44, with winds at 75 gusting to 86, for a wind chill of -94.
My wife has a Californian's disdain for eastern mountains. But when we drove up one day in October, the temperature went from mid-60's at the base to feet of snow and wind in the 30-40 knot range. And we had to turn around well short of the summit because of avalanche danger. Even she had to admit to be
about as fast as... (Score:1)

by TechnoLust (528463) writes:

...I expelled the Kirby guy when he told me how much they wanted for a vacuum cleaner.
- Re:about as fast as... (Score:1)
  
  by KMAPSRULE (639889) writes:
  
  Oy! tell me about it My Mother in law shelled out $1500.00 on a Kirby (not to mention how much in repairs she's shelled out over the years)
Ouch. (Score:2)

by bethanie (675210) * writes:

We had to get one for our house (just to protect the appliances -- city water here is notorious for busted pipes and muddy taps) and it cost less than $1K. Hubby says we could have spent another $800 for the ultra-super-deluxe filter to hook up to kitchen functions, but we didn't bite. In any case, $3.5K sounds like a racket to me.

The soft water isn't an issue -- it still rinses fine.

....Bethanie....

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