Sip that gyp: crazy for water

Water. Who could have predicted at mid-century (meaning the past one) that we’d be buying water in bottles and jugs along with our groceries? Could you even buy water back then? I don’t think so. At least not drinking water. I could be wrong. Maybe sellers of water marketed a distilled version to people with steam irons. Mother didn’t have a steam iron. Did m...

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