bobbibonn said:

Oh yea, best water ever, direct from the hose. I lived in a rural area, and our water was well water, and tasted so good, even out of the garden hose.

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Wheream1? said:

Absolutely! The corner drug store sold penny candy. My friends and I would buy fireball candies. We'd take them home and as we ate them, there would be a race, pushing and laughing to the water hose to soothe the fire from the fireballs.

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dkleslie52 said:

I grew up on a farm. In the summertime that was my go to drink, we had well water and it was so good!! It didn't smell or taste like chlorine!!!

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families2008 said:

We didn't have a pool in our yard or air conditioning so...
We sprayed each other with a hose and yes drank out of it.

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Cindy k said:

I grew up with a big backyard. My backyard was perfect for playing baseball, as we backed up to woods. My father had planted three trees in our yard. They lined up roughly like first second and third bases. We spent many summer days playing baseball in that yard, at least until we could play in the local school yard. I so loved those summer days.

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Hazeleyes said:

Always drank out of the garden hose. While watering the plants and garden, while playing outside, or while sunning myself .

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Peterbee said:

Yes I did every summer playing outside,getting sweaty, and turning onthe hose to take a drink or spray one of my friends down.

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Gayle B. said:

Oh yeah we did! During the summer we were locked out of the house until the street lights came on. We fended for ourselves. The closest we were allowed to the house was the backyard hose. We let the water run for a beat until the warm water cleared out to get to the sweet cold water. Ah, refreshing! Lol

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ConnSC1945 said:

Didn't have a hose. We had a hand pump on the well. Also a community cup that hung by it. Water was also very cold.

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lindaswilliams55 said:

Thats just funny this would be the topic today. I do have a cute story. My dearest friend, when I was 12, and I decided to walk to the local pool. Mind you, it was a few miles of walking. Going was fine, all down hill, coming back, ugh! Lol It was summer and it was hot. Climbing that immense incline was definitely a thirst maker. We finally got into a neighborhood and someone had their hose laying on the grass. We just were so hot and so thirsty we didn't think twice about turning it on and indulging ourselves. As we were getting our fill we here a voice, " can I help you? We were 12 remember, and we looked at each other like "oh no! we're in trouble now. But, It all worked out in the end. She took pity on us and had us come inside to cool down, gave us lemonade and cookies and sent us on our way with happy smiles and grateful hearts. That renewed my faith in some humans that day, as I was truly doubting them.
I'm 70 now and I pray hope to always remember that day and the kind woman.

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angib55 said:

We lived in the country and had an outside water spicket. Our water came from a well and the water was always cold no mater how hot it was. Great way to cool off

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