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#671

(04-20-2015, 06:11 PM)Punchwood Wrote:
(04-19-2015, 03:24 PM)The Solar System Scope Wrote: It's water, but cleaner and more filled with good stuff. And I love water. I once tried hot water after brushing my teeth. It tasted like thick syrup. o_0

Not true. Mineral water is usually tap water with added chemicals because going to these mountains, burns (streams), rivers and loach's (lakes) cost a lot of money. Tap water is better for you plus if you live in Scotland its free!!! Smile I love tap water but I hate bottled or mineral water.    

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#672

(04-20-2015, 11:48 PM)Bonaugure Wrote:
(04-20-2015, 06:11 PM)Punchwood Wrote:
(04-19-2015, 03:24 PM)The Solar System Scope Wrote: It's water, but cleaner and more filled with good stuff. And I love water. I once tried hot water after brushing my teeth. It tasted like thick syrup. o_0

Not true. Mineral water is usually tap water with added chemicals because going to these mountains, burns (streams), rivers and loach's (lakes) cost a lot of money. Tap water is better for you plus if you live in Scotland its free!!! Smile I love tap water but I hate bottled or mineral water.

We got one of the largest aquifers in the globe below us (the Guarani Aquifer), so natural mineral water is pretty common. Also, we differentiate both kinds: "agua mineral"=natural, and "agua mineralizada"=tap water with added minerals... I don't like the second.

Wait, Guarani Aquifier? Then you either live in one of these countries:

Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, or Uruguay?
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#673

(04-20-2015, 11:19 PM)Ryccia Wrote: Really?! How can Scotland have free water?!

If I move to Scotland, the water bill won't be a problem...

*prepares bags*
Punchwood, expect me in Edinburgh or Glasgow in 5-20 years!

And yes, I do recognize that water is an essential asset to human life, but gosh, its disgusting for me.

And I like juice the way it is. Apple juice, grape juice, orange juice, that carrot-mango or whatever(like Mistic) juice, fruit punch juice, cherry juice(only the caprisun one), etc.

You wouldn't want to. It votes in every UK General Election (to date) for a Labour government (a socialist party) the current party in charge of the Scottish Parliament is a former socialist party (now its a social democratic party), and before the Parliament was run mainly by Labour. (They had a collation deal with the Lib Dems). So the free water is a socialist idea.
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#674

(04-21-2015, 09:10 AM)Ryccia Wrote:
(04-20-2015, 11:48 PM)Bonaugure Wrote:
(04-20-2015, 06:11 PM)Punchwood Wrote:
(04-19-2015, 03:24 PM)The Solar System Scope Wrote: It's water, but cleaner and more filled with good stuff. And I love water. I once tried hot water after brushing my teeth. It tasted like thick syrup. o_0

Not true. Mineral water is usually tap water with added chemicals because going to these mountains, burns (streams), rivers and loach's (lakes) cost a lot of money. Tap water is better for you plus if you live in Scotland its free!!! Smile I love tap water but I hate bottled or mineral water.

We got one of the largest aquifers in the globe below us (the Guarani Aquifer), so natural mineral water is pretty common. Also, we differentiate both kinds: "agua mineral"=natural, and "agua mineralizada"=tap water with added minerals... I don't like the second.

Wait, Guarani Aquifier? Then you either live in one of these countries:

Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, or Uruguay?

Indeed. I'm an Argentinean living in Paraguay.

"Find a way or make one."

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#675

agua mineral=natural water with natural minerals
agua mineralizada=tap water with added minerals
aqua vitae=concentrated alcohol
aqua fortis=nitric acid, capable of giving you a nasty burn without your even noticing

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#676

(04-21-2015, 06:14 PM)Bonaugure Wrote:
(04-21-2015, 09:10 AM)Ryccia Wrote:
(04-20-2015, 11:48 PM)Bonaugure Wrote:
(04-20-2015, 06:11 PM)Punchwood Wrote:
(04-19-2015, 03:24 PM)The Solar System Scope Wrote: It's water, but cleaner and more filled with good stuff. And I love water. I once tried hot water after brushing my teeth. It tasted like thick syrup. o_0

Not true. Mineral water is usually tap water with added chemicals because going to these mountains, burns (streams), rivers and loach's (lakes) cost a lot of money. Tap water is better for you plus if you live in Scotland its free!!! Smile I love tap water but I hate bottled or mineral water.

We got one of the largest aquifers in the globe below us (the Guarani Aquifer), so natural mineral water is pretty common. Also, we differentiate both kinds: "agua mineral"=natural, and "agua mineralizada"=tap water with added minerals... I don't like the second.

Wait, Guarani Aquifier? Then you either live in one of these countries:

Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, or Uruguay?
Oh. Then I got questions for you.

How is it in Paraguay? Is it good, or bad?

Why are you living in Paraguay, if you are an Argentinean?

What do you think about the Falklands dispute?

Indeed. I'm an Argentinean living in Paraguay.
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#677

(04-21-2015, 06:48 PM)Ryccia Wrote: Oh. Then I got questions for you.

  1. How is it in Paraguay? Is it good, or bad?
  2. Why are you living in Paraguay, if you are an Argentinean?
  3. What do you think about the Falklands dispute?

Let me answer them in order...

  1. To answer this I must include some different topics:
    • Climate: The average temperature is among 20 and 30℃, BUT... It can vary from around 40 degrees to below zero in the same day, having lots of different weathers (except for snow... it used to snow about 80 years ago tho). So you almost never go outside without an umbrella.
    • Biomass: Plenty of animals and plants. However, illegal hunters and lumberjacks are causing struggles in national reserves; they sell the animals and woods to foreign countries in the black market.
    • Economy: Mostly agricultural, so there are a few "regular" cities, I live in a city that's based on tourism due the Carnival among other things. The industry is growing slowly... nonetheless, it's fortunately growing. Ah, and we got low taxes. The commerce is slowly abandoning piracy... I cannot tell if you know how happy I am to finally be able to find and buy original games.
    • Education: Regular and inexpensive; you can go to university paying averagely USD 100 a month  in a good one without loans nor anything like that. Also, many scholarships are available but just a few get them because of the knowledge gap between high school and college. Although, private schools are like the common rule, because public schools have been suffering from corrupt jerks delaying the educational reforms.
    • People: At least in the city I live, more than the 70% of families are immigrants; so you'll find people from many cultures and speaking different languages in almost every block. Although, from such mixture some values get stronger with certain groups and some vices root into others (unpunctulity, apathy, disrespect for private property and promiscuity are problems slowly getting fixed).
    • Politics: Our current president is a businessman, powerful enough for the narcos to fear him. He's trying to improve the economy through industrialisation, education, agricultural reforms and the cleansing and transparency of the government... So it's natural for the 60% of the population to hate him.
    I rather let you choose whether is good or bad.

  2. They are neighbouring countries, so it's not much of an issue. We moved when I was a toddler.

  3. I am not much interested in that issue. The war was a mess, both sides committed atrocities against humanity. If I had to do something at that time, I'd have let them be English whilst (by agreement) keeping a defensive base in the islands to avoid irregularities.

"Find a way or make one."

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#678

Oh. That was very interesting. Sure learned a lot.

1. The climate is very interesting. Just like in the north of Puerto Rico, it rains a lot, although Im from the south, so, it feels a little bit like a desert in here. Those poor animals! And low taxes, that's good. And in education, the same thing is happening here: a lot of corruption and the schools don't improve. Instead, there is a shortage of teachers in some or a lot of public schools because there are few and more recently, many teachers quit in protests about their retirement. 70% of the people are inmigrants... that must be some cultural melting pot city. And I liked that president until the transparency of the government thing. Now that's corruption, or so I think.

2. Good.

3. That's a wise answer. You don't know how many argentineans I heard in the internet say "The Malvinas are ours!", and other stuff. For me, they don't understand that they lost the islands in an era that it was normal to start wars for just land.
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#679

(04-22-2015, 06:19 AM)Ryccia Wrote: Oh. That was very interesting. Sure learned a lot.

1. The climate is very interesting. Just like in the north of Puerto Rico, it rains a lot, although Im from the south, so, it feels a little bit like a desert in here. Those poor animals! And low taxes, that's good. And in education, the same thing is happening here: a lot of corruption and the schools don't improve. Instead, there is a shortage of teachers in some or a lot of public schools because there are few and more recently, many teachers quit in protests about their retirement. 70% of the people are inmigrants... that must be some cultural melting pot city. And I liked that president until the transparency of the government thing. Now that's corruption, or so I think.

2. Good.

3. That's a wise answer. You don't know how many argentineans I heard in the internet say "The Malvinas are ours!", and other stuff. For me, they don't understand that they lost the islands in an era that it was normal to start wars for just land.

Well, it is indeed a cultural melting pot.

And regarding the current government, the president ordered everybody in the government to post online, in the government's website, their income and origins of it since "they work for the people and is the people they ought to be accountable to". Thus, charges like "elevator manager" (USD 20000/month) and "personal maid" (USD 50000/month) among others were visible to the private sector; whilst the public sector being majority began rallying because "it was an inhuman action from the president and he deserves being couped for messing with our jobs". Would you expect somebody trying to destroy the status quo to be loved for it?

"Find a way or make one."

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#680

Apparently we are going on a "free air life" trip in the woods on 28-29 May. Let's see how that goes.
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