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Iris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-18-07 08:43 PM Original message |
Is it legal to turn off water fountains in a public building? |
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SharkSquid (659 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-18-07 08:44 PM Response to Original message |
1. Yes |
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beyurslf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-18-07 08:46 PM Response to Original message |
2. I would never use a water fountain anyway. Who knows what is on it from the person |
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Iris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-18-07 08:48 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. I use them all the time and have yet to contract a disease from them. |
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emilyg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-18-07 09:06 PM Response to Reply #6 |
19. Give it time. |
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Iris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-18-07 09:07 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. It's been 40 years. |
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Dorian Gray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-18-07 09:12 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. After 36 |
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beyurslf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-18-07 09:18 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. I guess it is the idea. I wouldn't drink after someone so why would I drink |
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Iris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-19-07 09:38 AM Response to Reply #25 |
38. well, living in the South, |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-18-07 09:10 PM Response to Reply #2 |
21. Most of the time, that's very inconvenient to pull off |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-18-07 09:23 PM Response to Reply #2 |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-18-07 09:41 PM Response to Reply #2 |
30. Didn't your Momma tell you not to suck the water out of the spigot? |
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emilyg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-18-07 10:11 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. Love your "Notice". |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-18-07 10:15 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. Thanks... You can make them too.. |
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emilyg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-19-07 12:05 AM Response to Reply #32 |
34. Very Kool. Thanks. |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-18-07 10:17 PM Response to Reply #2 |
33. Or, what kind of corroded metals are in the pipes |
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Iris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-19-07 09:37 AM Response to Reply #33 |
37. yes, there is the whole lead thing |
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seriousstan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-18-07 08:46 PM Response to Original message |
3. Yes it's legal. Why would it not be? There is no law that the public must be furnished potable water |
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Iris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-18-07 08:47 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Actually, in many municipalities drinking fountains are required in public buildings. |
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seriousstan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-18-07 08:51 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. I am sure it is required in the building and planning stage, but it is not a law. |
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Iris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-18-07 08:53 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. so they just make people put them in the buildings without any reason to think they'd be used? |
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seriousstan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-18-07 08:58 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. You really are trying terribly hard to be obtuse. They are intended to be used. |
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Ready4Change (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-18-07 08:47 PM Response to Original message |
4. Buying water instead? That's just a $$$'s generating policy. |
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Ravy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-18-07 08:53 PM Response to Original message |
9. About auto-flush toilets. True story. |
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Blashyrkh (816 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-18-07 08:55 PM Response to Original message |
10. In Australia, the law states you must have fresh drinking water... |
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Iris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-18-07 09:01 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. So, in Australia, it's recognized that actual people work in workplaces. |
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Blashyrkh (816 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-18-07 09:26 PM Response to Reply #15 |
28. In Queensland State Government buildings at least, yes. |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-18-07 08:55 PM Response to Original message |
11. I don't see how it saves any water, unless you all magically become immune to dehydration |
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Iris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-18-07 09:00 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. That's what I've been thinking. And I have a sneaking suspicion that the water fountains |
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TomInTib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-18-07 09:03 PM Response to Reply #11 |
17. I know that I drink a LOT more water when I have bottled water at hand. |
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Iris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-18-07 09:04 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Good point. |
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TomInTib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-18-07 09:22 PM Response to Reply #18 |
26. That's why I always view municipal "fixes" with askance. |
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Iris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-19-07 09:36 AM Response to Reply #26 |
36. No joke. In fact, they school just recently installed new landscaping... |
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Islander Expat (180 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-18-07 09:01 PM Response to Original message |
14. Since when are private technical schools taught in public buildings? |
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Iris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-18-07 09:02 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. It's a state school. |
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Islander Expat (180 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-18-07 09:15 PM Response to Reply #16 |
23. Well reach down and turn the fountain back on |
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Islander Expat (180 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-18-07 09:16 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Civil disobedience is a patriots life skill, keep in practice. |
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Iris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-19-07 09:35 AM Response to Reply #24 |
35. Is it that easy? |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-18-07 09:36 PM Response to Original message |
29. Probably in their contract with Pepsi/Coke.. Gotta create a demand |
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