On 2013-04-25 19:05:13 +0100, Charlie Pridham said:

"Sacha" wrote in message
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A friend of ours recently told us that he was staying in a London hotel
on Friday night, prior to taking part in the Marathon. On arriving, he
decided to make himself a cup of hot chocolate, using the kettle in his
room. As the kettle was still full, he simply switched it on and made
the drink. After taking one swig, his mouth and gullet felt as if they
were on fire. It turned out that the staff had descaled all the kettles
and someone had forgotten to empty and rinse out this one. He had
horrible stomach upsets all night but recovered to do the Marathon and
was offered £100 compensation by the hotel. He put this towards his
charity and told them it would not indemnify them against repercussions
if he developed any further illnesses as a result. But as he said to
me "do you empty bedroom kettles and refill them?" and I said "always".
His reply was that was a 'woman thing' and men normally just boil up
what's still in there. Don't!!
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Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
www.helpforheroes.org.uk

Because we have a well our water is not chlorinated and we often find
the tea made from mains water tastes disgusting so we take water from
home - how sad is that!

It never occurred to me that anything worse than a rubbish cup of tea
could happen though

Our mains water is chlorinated so we have a filter on the kitchen tap.
I can tell without tasting the tea if someone has filled the kettle
from the 'wrong' tap!
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Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
www.helpforheroes.org.uk