oh YEAH? kitty
7 May 2004 08:19 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
cimorenegip for when the claws are really about to come out.
isn't she gorgeous?
to exemplify:
last weekend jenny was starting seeds to germinate in damp paper towels, which she spritzed with purified drinking water because the local tap water is really hard, and gross.
me: because tap water isn't good enough for plants... which usually survive on rain... and groundwater.
jenny: oh, i don't mind the rainwater. that's fine. it's the GROUNDWATER i don't want. because we're going to eat these.
me: ... ??? groundwater=no, rainwater=yes?
jenny: sure.
me: but the rainwater is from bodies of water, and the ground, and plants--evaporated into the atmosphere and then precipitated.
jenny: sure, but clouds MOVE. it might not be the SAME water from around here.
me: ... that's true. clouds move. ::looks for knife with which to stab out eyes::
isn't she gorgeous?
to exemplify:
last weekend jenny was starting seeds to germinate in damp paper towels, which she spritzed with purified drinking water because the local tap water is really hard, and gross.
me: because tap water isn't good enough for plants... which usually survive on rain... and groundwater.
jenny: oh, i don't mind the rainwater. that's fine. it's the GROUNDWATER i don't want. because we're going to eat these.
me: ... ??? groundwater=no, rainwater=yes?
jenny: sure.
me: but the rainwater is from bodies of water, and the ground, and plants--evaporated into the atmosphere and then precipitated.
jenny: sure, but clouds MOVE. it might not be the SAME water from around here.
me: ... that's true. clouds move. ::looks for knife with which to stab out eyes::
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Date: 7 May 2004 04:46 pm (UTC)+rain is often acid; groundwater never is.
+tap water doesn't come from ground water, it comes from bodies of water, which contribute far more directly to rain than the groundwater does.
+the tap water tastes bad because it's 'hard'--trace minerals. like kansas, only worse. it's not harmful to drink.
+eating a pepper from a plant that was watered with contaminated water is HIGHLY unlikely to hurt you. the contaminants generally don't get past the plants. that's the great thing about organic systems. they filter.