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Don't Drink The Water!

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    Don't Drink The Water!

    Texas residents warned over brain-eating microbe in tap water | London Evening Standard

    Residents of a city in Texas have been warned to be careful with tap water, after a deadly brain-eating microbe was found in the water supply.

    Lake Jackson was one of eight communities in Texas that were told not to use tap water on Friday after tests confirmed the presence of Naegleria fowleri, an amoeba that can cause a brain infection.

    Authorities launched the probe after the death of a six-year-old boy earlier this month.

    Warnings were lifted for seven of the communities on Saturday but remain in place for Lake Jackson, a city of nearly 27,000 people near the coast, south-west of Houston.

    City authorities said in a statement that people must boil tap water before drinking it. Residents were also told including to not to go up their noses while taking a shower or bath.

    Children, people with weakened immune systems and the elderly are "particularly vulnerable," they added.
    "You’re just a bad memory who doesn’t know when to go away" JR

    #2
    'brain eating'? - it'll starve to death in south texas.

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      #3
      Originally posted by BR14 View Post
      'brain eating'? - it'll starve to death in south texas.


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        #4
        Originally posted by SueEllen View Post
        Texas residents warned over brain-eating microbe in tap water | London Evening Standard

        Residents of a city in Texas have been warned to be careful with tap water, after a deadly brain-eating microbe was found in the water supply.

        Lake Jackson was one of eight communities in Texas that were told not to use tap water on Friday after tests confirmed the presence of Naegleria fowleri, an amoeba that can cause a brain infection.

        Authorities launched the probe after the death of a six-year-old boy earlier this month.

        Warnings were lifted for seven of the communities on Saturday but remain in place for Lake Jackson, a city of nearly 27,000 people near the coast, south-west of Houston.

        City authorities said in a statement that people must boil tap water before drinking it. Residents were also told including to not to go up their noses while taking a shower or bath.

        Children, people with weakened immune systems and the elderly are "particularly vulnerable," they added.
        Eh? How do you get the water to stay in the shower such that it reaches your nose? They've got drainage issues as well then

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          #5
          Originally posted by BR14 View Post
          'brain eating'? - it'll starve to death in south texas.
          Why are you commenting on South Texas when you don't live there?
          Brexit is having a wee in the middle of the room at a house party because nobody is talking to you, and then complaining about the smell.

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            #6
            that makes this a documentary:

            BrainDead (TV Series 2016) - IMDb

            actually well worth a watch!
            Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.

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              #7
              Originally posted by darmstadt View Post
              Why are you commenting on South Texas when you don't live there?

              Maybe he used to live there and regrets moving away, so he needs to post about how bad it is now to convince himself to stay in the country that brought us so much joy in the 20th century?
              Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.

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                #8
                Originally posted by darmstadt View Post
                Why are you commenting on South Texas when you don't live there?
                Originally posted by vetran View Post
                Maybe he used to live there and regrets moving away, so he needs to post about how bad it is now to convince himself to stay in the country that brought us so much joy in the 20th century?


                spot on, you got me!

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by vetran View Post
                  Maybe he used to live there and regrets moving away, so he needs to post about how bad it is now to convince himself to stay in the country that brought us so much joy in the 20th century?
                  Well he's obviously been drinking the water...
                  Brexit is having a wee in the middle of the room at a house party because nobody is talking to you, and then complaining about the smell.

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                    #10
                    Originally posted by darmstadt View Post
                    Well he's obviously been drinking the water...

                    I'm not the one who posts about brexit in General or compares us to Russia during the German Blockade and looks forward to eating brexiteers.

                    Your definition of normal is far short of mine.
                    Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.

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