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Try explaining that to all the people in Brixton Iceland buying 9 litres of the stuff.

Manc water is great, piped from the lakes thanks to Victorians.

https://hidden-manchester.org.uk/waterways/thirlmere-aqueduct.html

This allegedly has a 50 year shelf life so I can buy it once and comply like a good citizen: https://www.brownells.co.uk/BLUE-CAN-WATER-Blue-Water-Can-24-Pack-100016208

Shame it is out of stock. And comes from the other side of the world.

This is Stockholm syndrome

I obviously wouldn't waste my time.

Let's have a sweepstake on how many times Vennells cries today. It was four yesterday. I'll say six.

https://x.com/AccidentalP/status/1793559652770414847

Surprising that he didn't go on about his beard and jewellery again.

Your testicles very probably have plastics in them. So do your dog’s. Sources linked in article.
https://www.popsci.com/science/microplas­tics-testicles/

Surely he meant the problems that they caused?

Your testicles very probably have plastics in them

Forever Chemicals called PFAS, used in the manufacture of Teflon, have allegedly caused testicular cancer and other diseases. Du Pont dumped PFAS in drinking water and lots of people died. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/­2022/may/01/pfas-forever-chemicals-rob-b­ilott-lawyer-interview https://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/10/magaz­ine/the-law yer-who-became-duponts-worst-nightmare.h­tml

I had testicular cancer. Cause unknown - there are many theories. I have one testicle now and would prefer it not to go the same way as its companion.

From elsewhere:

When lawyers want to bury a likely outcome in a contract, a common trick is to include it second to last in a long list. “Deputy Prime Minister Oliver Dowden has revealed a new website to advise people on how to protect themselves from various risks, including biosecurity crises, flooding, power outages or another pandemic.”

Whatever you do buy as emergency food either make sure you can eat it cold/raw straight from the can/packet/etc or you have another means of cooking (e.g. camping stove with enough fuel, etc).

Otherwise you can prepare for it by watching https://www.channel4.com/programmes/blackout-drama-documentary again.

power outages

Perhaps Russian efforts to sabotage every damn thing have got the government worried https://www.ft.com/content/c88509f9-c9bd-46f4-8a5c-9b2bdd3c3dd3

There's a thread for that. Everyone will be eating pulled pork and brisket when those blackouts hit.

https://www.lfgss.com/conversations/287230/

Canned water lasts a lot longer but isn't widely available in the same way

Just need to buy it by the pallet
https://www.water-direct.co.uk/product/cano-water-500ml/

Or drink liquid death as drunk on all your favourite US podcasts

Scottish Water enters the chat....

For real eh.

2 year shelf life, no better than a plastic bottle for government mandated preping

So labour had an election launch in Kent and their only (real) mp only found out about it on twatter. Good start
Curses. Wrong thread

And even then we are snobby about area water.

https://x.com/JohnHyde1982/status/1794006596487352532

The #postofficeinquiry sees this email from Paula Vennells from 2014.
After all she has said in the last three days about her respect for
sub-postmasters.

No coming back from that.

Vennells' reaction: What I would like to say is I am very sorry.

Moloney: I know. We'll come to your apology.

Du Pont dumped PFAS in drinking water

They did a film about it - Dark Waters

Great film, that

Yea, really good