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Michael Woudenberg's avatar

Ironically water softeners are named as the counter to hard water but soft might have be used to describe something easy but I don't think that was intended.

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Andrew Smith's avatar

Soft, easy. Difficult, hard. I can see this being a thing.

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Daniel Nest's avatar

"Hard Water" sounds like a straight-to-DVD Steven Seagal movie. So, you know, a Steven Seagal movie.

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Andrew Smith's avatar

I can't believe they made a JCVD movie that takes place in New Orleans, but not a Seagal one. Seems like "Hard Water" could be exactly this - like a swam of Louisiana near NOLA; maybe Seagal can like aikido some snakes or something the way JCVD punches one.

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Daniel Gmyrek's avatar

Note to self: descale the Keurig

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Andrew Smith's avatar

Stop making me think about my coffee maker!

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Rabbi Eli L. Garfinkel's avatar

Great piece, I learned a lot!

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Andrew Smith's avatar

Hey thanks! I was hesitant at first, but when I dug into the factory aspect I was sold.

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David Perlmutter's avatar

Hard water is still better than high water.

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Andrew Smith's avatar

Like high tide?

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David Perlmutter's avatar

Like a flood.

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Andrew Smith's avatar

We used to call jorts and capris pants "highwaters" when I was young, I think. It was derogatory.

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Andrew Sniderman 🕷️'s avatar

Time working the Dookie District and the dealing with frozen water transmission up in the mountains has made me realize we wouldn’t trade all the AI in China for indoor plumbing

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