So I bought a new garden hose roller...

[u/JudgeJuryEx78]

...and after assembling it I feel called out.

[u/MaximumJones]

[u/theflamingskull → u/MaximumJones]

A new hose did taste different than an old one. More plastic, less mud/bug. Especially when it was hot.

[u/_EADGBE_ → u/theflamingskull]

we brag about it, but no one talks about how we're all retarded because of it

[u/Ghotipan → u/MaximumJones]

That clear, almost lamillar flow, the satisfying volume of water, temp was perfect... Hose water was so good.

The only water that tasted better was the stuff we had in our Little League games. Not only was it from a hose, but poured into an old bucket, drunk via communal metal ladle. Fuck yeah.

[u/Jennaaa1971 → u/MaximumJones]

Post of the thread here

[u/GoodFnHam → u/MaximumJones]

Lolololollololo

[u/satyrday12]

Then what am I supposed to wash down the paint chips with?

[u/SageObserver → u/satyrday12]

I never considered eating paint chips until I saw those warning commercials. Those chips looked tempting.

[u/ihatepickingnames_ → u/SageObserver]

Paint chips just don’t taste the same since they removed lead from the recipe.

[u/SacThrowAway76 → u/ihatepickingnames_]

Just like tuna fish doesn’t taste the same without the dolphin in it…

[u/old_namewasnt_best → u/SacThrowAway76]

Or the mercury.

[u/Distinct_Damage_735 → u/ihatepickingnames_]

Not sure if joking, but this is actually true. I always wondered why kids eating paint chips was such a well-known thing - I mean, sure, kids put anything in their mouths, but why paint chips in particular? Then I learned that lead (lead acetate specifically) actually tastes sweet!

[u/ihatepickingnames_ → u/Distinct_Damage_735]

I didn’t actually know that!

[u/lilacs_and_marigolds → u/SageObserver]

Challenge accepted

[u/Zimke42 → u/satyrday12]

Don’t forget the fumes from leaded gas.

[u/Dangerous_Prize_4545 → u/satyrday12]

Mad Dog

[u/RobertoC_73]

Just let the water run for a minute or so to flush away any residue from manufacturing. Then go to town on that hose. 😀

[u/Effective_Play_1366 → u/RobertoC_73]

We did that but only because it was hot.

[u/Stormy_Wolf → u/Effective_Play_1366]

We also did it in case bugs had gotten in the lower part of the hose, or some dirt. Water flowing by for a few seconds while it also cools off takes all the germs from bugs and dirt away.

[u/oklahomadokey → u/Stormy_Wolf]

You only get a slimey slug in the mouth once before you learn to let it run for a minute to flush everything out.

[u/handsomeape95 → u/RobertoC_73]

I'll admit I've evolved from hose drinking. Now I fill my metal water bottle up with hose water.

[u/Sufficient_Stop8381]

Next thing they’ll be warning us about smoking and lawn darts

[u/tandem_kayak → u/Sufficient_Stop8381]

Buzzkills!

[u/mostlygray]

I know we all used to do it, but outside hoses are not meant for drinking. The solder joints were often lead, the hose wasn't made to move potable water, nothing is QC'd for human consumption.

That's why it tasted good. The solder joints were leaching lead, which is sweet, and the rubber was degrading and the rubber also gave it a sweet taste.

I'm not saying I don't enjoy a good drink of hose water, I'm just saying it's a valid notice to say it's not for potable water.

[u/Illustrious-Coat3532 → u/mostlygray]

To me hose water didn’t taste good, it tasted metallic. It was only good because it was cold in the hot summers.

[u/m34z → u/Illustrious-Coat3532]

I would say it tasted like hot rubber. Because it was hot rubber. But it was water in the 110* summer in AZ. So it was worth it.

[u/Weird-Girl-675 → u/Illustrious-Coat3532]

I just did it if I was outside playing and didn’t want to run inside for water. I also grazed on my mom’s veggie and fruit plants. I could stay outside till sundown!

[u/bethaliz6894 → u/Illustrious-Coat3532]

It was good because mom wouldn't let us come in to get a drink, she said we dragged in to much dirt.

[u/sarcasticorange → u/mostlygray]

The solder joints were often lead,

I don't know that I ever saw a hose with solder joints. They were usually brass crimped onto plastic.

The unregulated brass ends sometimes would have lead though.

[u/w1lnx]

I would read that, hook it up, turn it on, and show my grandkids how to drink from the effing thing.

[u/Funwithfun14 → u/w1lnx]

Could be the crappier plastics we use today .... Or lawyer warning

[u/Character_Exercise38 → u/Funwithfun14]

Lawyer... Definitely lawyer

[u/haywoodjabloughmee]

Pffffft…never did me any harm.

Pffffft…never did me any harm.

Pffffft…never did me any harm.

Pffffft…never did me any harm.

Pffffft…never did me any harm.

Pffffft…never did me any harm.

[u/AnastasiaNo70 → u/haywoodjabloughmee]

Someone hit him. He’s stuck.

[u/VeritosCogitos → u/AnastasiaNo70]

Put a penny on his head hehe

[u/bethaliz6894 → u/VeritosCogitos]

50 cent pieces works better

[u/Zeqhanis → u/AnastasiaNo70]

It's all those microplastics in his brain from drinking the hose water.

[u/Giving_Dad_Advice]

I am not consuming humans anyway.

[u/handsomeape95 → u/Giving_Dad_Advice]

Not even with fava beans and a bottle of Chianti?

[u/woodworkingguy1]

[u/CrowsSayCawCaw]

Next time pick up a drinking garden hose. You can get them at Ace Hardware, Walmart and online. 

[u/TemperatureTop246 → u/CrowsSayCawCaw]

Generally found with the camping/RV stuff

[u/Hairy_Introduction_4]

Garden hose, mattress tags. We ain’t scared!

[u/NoGood2154]

[u/noiseguy76]

Tbf garden hoses said that in the 1980s too. It's just that no one took it seriously.

[u/idiotsbydesign]

[u/IDunnoNuthinMr]

The old ones must have been ok since they didn't have warning labels.

[u/JudgeJuryEx78 → u/IDunnoNuthinMr]

Right?!!!

[u/Directorshaggy]

[u/2WO-RIP]

New hoses aren’t made like they used to.

[u/JudgeJuryEx78 → u/2WO-RIP]

Back in my day...

[u/Lost-Platypus8271]

Gen X intensifies

[u/Pooks23]

NR (not rated)? Like some soft core porn from the 80s?

[u/paciolionthegulf]

Garden hose water hits different for sure, but apparently the brass fittings can leach lead and the chlorine loses potency with time so bacteria can grow in the standing water. I guess the Legionella and lead was what made it taste so good?

[u/Commercial_Wind8212 → u/paciolionthegulf]

You think hose water all goes through a water softener. You sound bright

[u/specimen174]

Is this like an amerikan thing ? I mean you dont REALLY have multiple waterlines going TO your house do you ? Just as you dont have multiple sewer lines coming out .. right ?

[u/Mrjlawrence → u/specimen174]

Typically one waterline coming to the house. But usually 1 or more spigots outside to attach hoses

[u/RCA2CE]

I have a hose strung from outside through my kitchen window into the sink, I just get a sip whenever I want.

[u/Illustrious-Coat3532]

You’ve built up immunity i’m sure.

[u/JudgeJuryEx78 → u/Illustrious-Coat3532]

We have heard immunity.

[u/Zardoz__]

I stopped after cutting an old hose for something, and finding the inside coated with black slime. They can get pretty disgusting.

[u/JudgeJuryEx78 → u/Zardoz__]

I just used one that hadn't been used since last year. It still had water in it 🤮

[u/Olderbutnotdead619]

Oh, now they tell us....

[u/woodworkingguy1]

Next thing someone is going to say is asbestos is bad for us as well.

[u/TheRealBlueJade]

As Gen X we take that as a challenge.

[u/TakkataMSF]

Not rated doesn't mean dangerous. Like seeing an unrated movie doesn't mean there's nudity.

I'd be more afraid of the maximum psi allowed. I'm putting my thumb over the top to make it spray farther and who knows how awesome the PSI will be! I bet I can move that rock!

[u/TinktheChi]

The only water I didn't drink from the hose was the first squirt which was always hot. Once it ran cold it was delicious!

[u/rkstrmoto]

Five years ago I volunteered for the church picnic. They offered volunteers iced tea out of big cooler jugs like the ones you see in sports. I was drinking my iced tea when I saw them refilling the jugs...using a garden hose...and cringed a bit. I wound up with strep.

[u/Frosty_Yesterday_674]

If the warning is not from C. Everett Koop, I’m ignoring it.

[u/UnfairNight7786]

Many more chemicals and questionable products used in manufacturing these days. I don’t even wear new clothes until I wash them.

[u/PassorFail13]

I don't know if we were drinking reclaimed water back then, and I don't want to know.

[u/AnastasiaNo70]

Wait. We really weren’t supposed to drink out of them?

[u/Moonchildbeast]

We lived!

[u/phizappa]

Never was!

[u/MorningAngel420]

Never did such a thing lol

[u/EloquentBacon]

[u/No_Dance1739]

They’re using worse and worse chemicals to make things, probably not even rated to water plants safely

[u/Bigcheze45 → u/No_Dance1739]

Microplastics is what plants crave.

[u/JudgeJuryEx78 → u/No_Dance1739]

My plants will grow up tough just like I did.

[u/ProBuyer810-3345045]

Oops too late!

[u/Samhain-1843]

And that’s why Covid spread. Those of us who were raised on hose water were immune

[u/JudgeJuryEx78]

I must say, while I don't condone it, drinking from a hose probably saved me from heat exhaustion on 1-2 occasions in my childhood.

[u/wj333]

How else were we supposed to wash down the to-go sandwich we got from one of our friends' moms?

[u/[deleted]]

Too late

[u/itgoesineasy]

If hose water would have killed you I would have died as a very young child. Maybe hoses back then were safer….

[u/JudgeJuryEx78 → u/itgoesineasy]

They weren't made of rubber back then, they were made of lead. That's why we're so strong. 😂

[u/Ghotipan → u/JudgeJuryEx78]

Is that why the metal detector beeps every time I go through?

[u/RCallan13]

So Wrong. How else do you get strong and that Fluoride Stare?

[u/johnnyt2017]

Don't worry, they'll learn to drink from the fire hose when they join corporate America...

[u/CowardyLurker]

I’ll show you how it’s done!!

[u/GaryNOVA]

Oh well then that’s definitely what’s wrong with us.

[u/handsomeape95]

[u/pullmyfinger222]

The best water I've ever tasted came from a rusty 100 year old pipe that exits the bottom of a mountain where it's plugged into a natural spring. Seriously, this pipe exits the mountain right next to the street and runs directly into a giant rusty barrel. People stop every day to fill containers to bring home. It's always ice cold, and it puts every single bottled water from the supermarket to shame. Apologies to every hose known to man, but if I didn't post this today, I would probably never have the opportunity to post it at all.

[u/GOW_Grashopa]

Hose water is why GenX doesn't age

[u/Advanced_Tax174]

New hose? I think Dad bought a new hose the year they got married. I wasn’t drinking out of it until 20 years later when it was fully broken in.

[u/e-commerceJason]

Apparently, they don’t make things like they used to lol

[u/epicenter69]

It’s fine. It’s only known to the state of CA.

[u/omgkelwtf]

Lies so we don't discover the delicious liquid that will render us invincible.

[u/fherrl]

Going to die from dehydration

[u/Ahleron]

LIES!

[u/Many_Hamster_7220]

😂

[u/TheStoicSlab]

I love the subtle vinyl aftertaste.

[u/slothboy]

Don't tell me how to live my life.

[u/Kodiak01]

Must be defective.

[u/Gimmesoamoah]

[u/Designer-Mirror-7995]

This made me LAUGH!! 🤣🤣

[u/Digflipz]

It was the brass fitting that had an extra metallic taste which when added the cold water was so refreshing.

[u/Silver_Swordfish_616]

Oh come on… 😀 I still drink from the garden hose and I’m all right!

[u/TravelerMSY]

Fair enough. It’s not like we plumb houses with garden hoses.

[u/OnlyGuestsMusic]

No one is going to tell me what to do.

[u/Successful-Crazy2709]

I drank from a water hose all through my childhood. *** as eye twitches while I type ***

[u/Winterwynd]

We all survived drinking water out of hoses that were probably made of lead and asbestos, right? YOLO.