Southern California has particularly mineral rich ground water. So much in fact that it spawned its own particular design of pressure control valves that can handle it.
Back in the 50's water softeners became all the rage. My dad had the wisdom to plumb ours into everything except the kitchen sink.
We all grew up drinking hard water that must have had an ample amount of naturally concurring fluoride. no dentist ever made a living off of me or my siblings.
Can't say the same for my wife or the others I know that weaned to deionized water.
You were told wrong Scottish knob. Fl has no whitening effect unless you include that chalky white. Mos people have been told wrong. But the logic based on the disinformation is solid 100 per cent. But that doesnt make the conclusion correct, just the logic.
Holy CRAP! You almost gave me a heart attack batrock. I had no idea what this thread was going to be about. Just got off work and logged in for the first time today and saw this thread title and thought "uh-oh??".
FYI it's spelled fluoride :)
Why the name? Two reasons. One, the day I logged in way back in the day I'd just come back from the dentist and got the standard cleaning lecture and I thought it was an innocuous handle that would suffice for the time being. Didn't intend to stay with it but I just did.
The second is the bass player for the Dead Kennedys was Klaus Fluoride. The greatest stage name ever. So between those two things that's how I came on the handle (dentist plus punk rock equalled ID at the time. Made sense to me at then at least). And there's already a Klaus around here.
I'm fine, alive and well. Still climbing on weekends in JT (through the summer yes, I am officially a local. I have shady routes dialed now) and Tuolumne for a couple of long trips this season.
edit: yer welcome, Beth! and speaking of healthy teeth and great smiles, your trips to the dentist have obviously paid off...gorgeous! and glad to here you have been having some fun climbing this summer. it is a delight to have a few badazz gals here on ST, that have their priorities right. thanx fer sounding in, & keep on rock'n!
Flouride. OK
That's good - one of my fav ST friends.
Haiti has some of the most gourgous human beings in the world.
I had forgotten until seeing those pics.
I'm telling ya - in any triage line ya could pull 4 or 5 supermodels out with out even trying.
The kids are so happy, smiling, and heathy.
It's a real irony..
1st world problem..
Had me worried as well. Can't be letting anything happen to the real deal.
But in the drinking water - great idea, but it can be a tough sell here in Portland as a Portlandia bastion of an uneducated anti-vaccine, anti-science, anti-anti crowd. The guberment's out to poison us...!
PS batrock isn't a troll. He's a local firefighter who has been a good presence on this site for some time. I think he was just asking an honest question and didn't realize the correlation.
healyje - do you watch Portlandia the show on IFC? Hilarious!!! Can find great clips on youtube for those who have never seen it....it's the greatest love letter slash truthieness (Colbert term) to that city ever.
Let us know!