Comments on: Staying Hydrated Without Spending A Fortune

By: Eric

Eric — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 21:13:14 +0000

Water. Period. If your city’s tap water is any good, then tap water. Aside from utility bills, it’s FREE.

By: Gail

Gail — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 18:07:56 +0000

I always bring water bottles from home when out and about. We are on a well though and since I’m not sure about the purity of the water in regards to my health, we buy all our drinking water by the gallon. I figure it is cheaper than picking up a germ that my doctors would have a hard time diagnosing and the docs agree with my use of bottled water.

By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 14:12:56 +0000

I use and reuse my bottled water bottles over and over and over. Where I live the tap water is good. This saves a lot of money. If your tap water is not good, get a filter at the sink.

Walmart has drink mixes that are fairly inexpensive. Some of them are quite “strong” and can be diluted beyond the instructions.

By: Cassie

Cassie — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 12:11:45 +0000

After my morning cup of coffee, I drink water until bedtime. I have 2 stainless water bottles that I fill up from home and take with me to work or errands. If it’s a really hot day, I’ll add ice first. I can always stop somewhere and refill if I need to.

By: enquiries

enquiries — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 01:51:48 +0000

With regards to the your point about making iced tea, your readers might be interested in a report featured on the bbc news website telling us about research which indicates that tea (and coffee) drinkers are likely to be improving their chances of reducing heart disease – tea doesnt surprise me, but coffee?

anyway, here’s the link:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/10350373.stm

By: CreditShout

CreditShout — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 18:21:25 +0000

I’m disappointed that you don’t talk about the most important beverage to drink over the summer–WATER. You make a clear point that caffeine can actually dehydrate you, but all of your points are about soda and tea. There are so many possibilities with water, such as buying a re-usable water bottle and Brita pitcher in order to save money. The most attractive thing to me in the summer is a sweating pitcher of water with a couple slices of lemon in it!

By: Bben

Bben — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 10:15:00 +0000

The reason for the no water fountains in a casino is they do not want you to leave that slot machine for anything. That’s why they serve *free* drinks while playing. You still should tip the waitress, so they are not really free. I will go up to the bar, put a $20 into the slot machine built into each seat there, play a quarter and get a free drink (they will serve water there too) then, tip the bartender a $1, cash out and walk away. Where else can you get a mixed drink for $1.25? – I don’t gamble much but I do like to walk through the casinos there.

Note: They didn’t build those casinos with the winners money.

By: Ann

Ann — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 13:24:14 +0000

I have a stainless steel waterbottle in my car that I always make sure is full before I run any errands. When I’ve run out of water, I always have gum in the car, which seems to work a lot like the hard candies.

Also, last fall I went to Las Vegas. I was fascinated and irritated by the fact that there wasn’t one drinking fountain anywhere in the joint and a smallish bottle of water cost $4! I was there for a convention, so I paid for one of those silly bottles and then refilled it periodically from the tap in my room. If I’d driven, I would have headed to a local store and purchased a case of bottled water for what I paid for that one bottle in the casino.