On 4 Jul 2006 10:08:02 -0700, "Paul Oter"
wrote:


Adrian wrote:
Paul Oter ) gurgled happily, sounding much like
they were saying :

Tap water does me fine anyway, so if they had tap water available at
stations I'd simply use that.

Can I nominate this for this newsgroups's "best idea of the day" award?

Drinking fountains at main NR and tube stations, where travellers can
have a drink or refil their water bottles. Just like at all BAA
airports.

Hmmm. Would you *really* trust a drinking fountain, considering what your
fellow tube passengers may very well have been doing with it beforehand?

It's not beyond the wit of man to devise a drinking fountain that is
vandal-proof. Especially if it is in a well-supervised location like
right next to the ticket barrier (and I'm referring to main stations
here).

Many older drinking fountains were designed as "non-contact" devices
which would have required a deal of intent for contamination to be
caused.
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