How we baby boomers, made it through our childhoods without (disposable) water bottles?

[Anonymous]

I remember being thirsty almost all of the time during elementary school.
- Gen X

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Gen-X er here. Don't you guys remember, that water fountains can spread things like hepatitis? That happened in my childhood. I give my kids water bottles, reusable of course. I also recall having an aluminum Girl Scout flask for water and stuff, so wasn't like we didn't drink water.

Please tell me you're not serious. If you are, you might just be too dumb to live.

Are YOU serious??? You don't know that??? A person infected with hepatitis may put their mouth on the water fountain, and then if the next people do, it can be spread. Just like when a restaurant worker has hepatitis and can spread it by preparing food. Take a second to Google before you hurl insults

[Anonymous]

I keep two reusable bottles full of water in my refrigerator and keep an empty one in my work out bag but I know I can do better.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Gen-X er here. Don't you guys remember, that water fountains can spread things like hepatitis? That happened in my childhood. I give my kids water bottles, reusable of course. I also recall having an aluminum Girl Scout flask for water and stuff, so wasn't like we didn't drink water.

Please tell me you're not serious. If you are, you might just be too dumb to live.

Are YOU serious??? You don't know that??? A person infected with hepatitis may put their mouth on the water fountain, and then if the next people do, it can be spread. Just like when a restaurant worker has hepatitis and can spread it by preparing food. Take a second to Google before you hurl insults

Yep was definitely a think in the 80s

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/6859025/

We think of it less b/c hep a vaccine invented in 1991 so many millennials are vaccinated at birth.

But another disease could arise using this vector.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Gen-X er here. Don't you guys remember, that water fountains can spread things like hepatitis? That happened in my childhood. I give my kids water bottles, reusable of course. I also recall having an aluminum Girl Scout flask for water and stuff, so wasn't like we didn't drink water.

Please tell me you're not serious. If you are, you might just be too dumb to live.

PP here- well I guess I am NOT too dumb to live, considering I've made it well into middle age...and I'm not dehydrated and don't have hepatitis here's a life tip-do your research 'before' you make yourself look ignorant!

[Anonymous]

My boomer mom will only drink bottled water. My kids and I drink tap water.

[Anonymous]

Born in 1972. Played a bunch of sports in HS & college and used a rubbery plastic water bottle. I remember chewing on the spout. I’m sure it was nasty plastic full of carcinogens.

Growing up we had a big insulated jug for ice water at family events. We were big water drinkers (even my grandmother and parents).

I have never really use disposable water bottles except sometimes on trips.

[Anonymous]

Grew up in the 80s and 90s. I always had a water bottle. On hot days, I'd throw it in the freezer the night before so I had cold water to drink. I've carried a bottle of water around in my purse for most of my adult life.

[Anonymous]

You are talking about two different issues. Disposable water bottles are bad (unless you are somewhere with truly unsafe tap water). Reusable water bottles are good. There’s nothing wrong with hydration.
I was born in 1980 and we used either the water fountain or reusable water bottles. No one was using disposable water bottles for sports, and I don’t see that happening now with my kids’ generation either— they all have reusable ones.

[Anonymous]

I'm an 80s kid. Drank a juice box at lunch and from water fountains during the day. When we went out for a day with family, my mother certainly didn't carry around 4 large water bottles like I do when my family of 4 goes out. We waited until we got the the destination and then drank from the fountain.

One of my pet peeves is all the reusable waterbottles we have and keeping them clean and filled and bringing them EVERYWHERE.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm an 80s kid. Drank a juice box at lunch and from water fountains during the day. When we went out for a day with family, my mother certainly didn't carry around 4 large water bottles like I do when my family of 4 goes out. We waited until we got the the destination and then drank from the fountain.

One of my pet peeves is all the reusable waterbottles we have and keeping them clean and filled and bringing them EVERYWHERE.

You know there are girls who don't go to school so they lug water miles upon miles each day for their families, yes?

[Anonymous]

Agree with pp's we drank a lot of soda and were not into sports much. Water quality is the issue. I am a huge believer in the taste test. If water tastes bad, I don't drink it. I always have a filter in my house for drinking tap water. Why not? I do agree that I think I grew up dehydrated to some extent.

[Anonymous]

Where do you see water fountains these days? And do you let your kids use them?

Buy a thermos.

Why pick on bottled water when they have plastic bottles for soda, tea, iced coffee, etc.

[Anonymous]

A little off topic but I'm 47 and i am still nostalgic for the taste of water out of a hose. Ours had a tinge of copper and a little rust from the nozzle.

[Anonymous]

Parents and youth sports players; I urge you to stop bringing plastic water bottles and snacks to the fields. I'm at my local field every weekend for my kid games and th sideline are an absolute mess...litter, mostly water bottles are everywhere.