Our B.C. Water

I had a conversation with my older sister Susan last night. Initially, I wanted to discuss issues concerning passports but our conversation somehow drifted to the subject of bottled water.

I shared my views about how too many people are buying bottled water as their main drinking water source. It's so wrong in so many ways. I told her about Dr. David Suzuki and some of his views as well.

There is nothing wrong with our tap water... yet. If the strong sales of bottled water as a preferred drinking water source continues, there will be less pressure put upon our government to maintain the purity of our available tap water. Industrial and commercial contamination of our water is increasing as regulations are not deterrent enough. And cutbacks make enforcement of current regulations difficult.

If this continues, the quality of our readily available water will fall to potentially dangerous levels. When that happens, only the priviledged will be able to obtain drinkable (bottled) water since they can afford it.

I was impressed that Susan had the same views. I rarely discuss environmental, social and political issues with anyone in my family but perhaps I should more often. I have to admit that I still buy bottled water when I go out but that's in lieu of soft drinks.

Did I ever mention how much I love water?

Family

My inlaws are weird. On one side, we have my brother's wife who is over-protective of her now 6 yr old son. We rarely see him and she always took him away from us when we were playing with him. I have always felt uncomfortable about her from the start.

And then there's my other inlaws where the father is a doctor. His daughters are notoriously thrifty and cheap. Their family doesn't allow visitors to their home. At first I thought it was paranoia. And then I thought that perhaps they were being snobby and my family and I weren't good enough for them. It turns out that they are obsessive packrats and are too embarrassed to let anyone see the mess in their house. Apparently, there are stacks of newspapers, some dating far back, all over. And the mother is also very picky about things.

My older sister's sons and husband are cool though. We all have a great time together. I have to admit, my family can sometimes be the Chinese equivalent of hillbillies.
And I'm proud to be a part of them! ;)