AV Geeks 16mm Lunch 8-8-2025

Hi everybody, this is Skip Alzheimer. Welcome to the AV Geeks lunchtime streaming show where we watch old 16 mm films and uh it is another pre-recorded show because I am not at my house. And today we're going to do a theme water uh films about water. The first one is kind of an interesting film that I stumbled across recently called a journey of the blob which is uh kind of has this kid thinking about water and where it comes from and where it goes uh when it leaves the house. Uh the second one is visit to the waterworks uh which is a classic film about how water is processed for drinking. Uh then two USDA films which is a department of agriculture. One is friendly waters uh which I believe is about damning water and controlling it. And the second one is muddy waters which I think is a general I I'm not sure what that one's about. We'll discover that one together. And then finally is your water old-fashioned? Uh this film is made to sell water softeners and uh talks about how uh basically this housewife discovers that her water is indeed old-fashioned and it is ruining her life and uh discovers a way to take care of that. So, thanks for joining us today. Uh, hope everybody has a great weekend and uh we will probably pre-record on Monday uh because we're going to be traveling that day. So um everybody have a great time. Hit the thumbs up, hit the like button um and we will see you soon. Take care. Bye. [Music] [Music] Oh [Music] a ah. [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] [Music] Look at me. [Music] [Music] ah ah Ah. Ah. [Music] Ah! Ah. Ah. Ah. [Music] [Applause] Suppose the water all over town was suddenly cut off. would certainly be mighty uncomfortable for many of us. [Music] What's more, we have a real problem in getting safe water to drink. But except in emergencies, we do have water to drink and to use as we need. [Music] All the water for our daily needs comes from a waterworks. Let's go along on a visit to the waterworks and see what goes on. Mr. Mr. Burke, the superintendent, likes to have visitors come to his plant. His plant gets its water from a lake, and that's where our visit starts. >> We're lucky. We have this big lake to supply our water. We've run long pipes way out into the lake. >> What about towns that aren't a lake? >> Well, every town must make use of the best water supply available. Some towns dig deep wells, and these very deep wells are called artisian wells. Some towns get their water from rivers. Another towns dam up streams to collect water. This is called a reservoir. Sometimes the reservoirs are many miles from the town. And big pipes called aqueducts carry the water to the town. No matter how a town gets its water supply, the water has to go through the waterworks before it's fit to drink. Is all that water in the building? >> No, you're standing over a lot of it. It's in tanks underground. 6 million gallons of it. You want to see it? >> Yeah. >> Well, come on. Let's go. >> Many waterworks have their tanks above ground, but this plant has found it more convenient to store the water underground. >> All right, here we are. Now, let's wait till I open this up for you. There we are. There are different kinds of storage tanks here. To learn more about them, let's go inside to the laboratory, which is one of the most important parts of the waterworks. Here's a picture chart of what we do here. First, we bring the lake water into the waterworks. And here in the waterworks, we make the water fit to drink. Then, we pump the safe water out into the city. Why can't we drink the water from the lake? >> Well, lake water is full of germs and dirt that might make you sick. >> Now, this is water taken right from the lake. And this is water that we've treated. You see the difference? [Music] >> Jim, this is Mr. Franklin from our laboratory. He tests the water every few hours to see if there's any germs or impurities. Jim, would you tell him something about your work? >> Surely. Every day we take samples of the raw water and the drinking water and add it to these tubes which contain a broth the germs live on. If there are any germs in the water, this broth becomes cloudy. Here are samples of water I tested yesterday. As you can see, the lake water is very cloudy, but the drinking water is perfectly clear. >> Thank you, Jim. We keep taking pools of water every two hours to make sure that it's safe. In the water works, we do three kinds of things. First, we add different kinds of chemicals and mix them up in the water to kill the germs and help take out the dirt. And second, we let some of the dirt settle down to the bottom. And third, we take out any dirt that's left by running the water through a filter. >> What's a filter? >> But I'll show you one in a little while. But first, come along with me and we'll take this picture with us. Let's go see what's happening out in the plant. >> The first thing the plant does to the raw water, as the water is called, before it has been treated, is to add chemicals in exactly the right amounts by these automatic machines, which are called chemical feeders. This white powder is alum. It helps settle out dirt and other materials that may be floating in the water. See how the machine sits the powder into the water. Jeff wants to know if chemicals don't make the water taste funny. But Mr. Burke shows them this machine that puts in activated charcoal, a chemical that actually makes the water taste better. In a room above the chemical feeders, a worker refills the machines with bags of chemicals. He wears a mask to keep from breathing the dust. These chemicals go into so much water that there's only a tiny bit in each gallop. Each feeder has a horn and a red light as a danger signal. This signal means that the feeder needs adjusting. This yellow liquid inside the glass is chlorine which is carefully fed into the water through this machine. Mr. Burke explains that chlorine kills whatever germs may be in the water. But Lucille doesn't see any water. She wants to know where it is. Mr. Burke explains the building is standing over big water tanks right under the floor. Big paddle wheels keep turning in some of the tanks called mixing tanks. They stir the chemicals into the water. After the chemicals have been stirred up in the mixing tanks, the water goes to other tanks called settling tanks. There the alum has a chance to settle out some of the dirt. Then the water goes to the filtering tanks and that's one of the most interesting sites in the waterworks. Mr. Burke explains that in this plant the filtering tanks are in a separate building called the filtering plant. Each filtering tank has been built in a special way. If you could see underneath the water, you'd find layers of sand and gravel. The water slowly drips through and the sand and gravel catch the dirt and other material so that the water comes out past these tile blocks crystal clear. And that's the answer to Bob's question about filters. The filters are kept clean by washing them. Does that sound odd? Well, this is how it's done. First, the tank is open so that all the water already in it is slowly drained out. [Applause] Then, clean water is forced up through the bottom of the filter. It takes up to the surface the material that's been caught in the filter. This is washed back into the lake where it came from. This is the way the filters are made clean to use. Again, this cleaning is called a back wash. Can you tell why? The last job that the water works does in the plant is to pump the clean, safe water out to the town. Huge electric pumps do this. Workers in the plant have many gauges to let them know just how much water is going out. Big gasoline motors can take over if an electric motor should break down. [Music] [Applause] As the water is pumped out to the town, some of it goes to a high tower for storage. The water goes to the tower and to other places where it is needed through large underground pipes called mains. From these mains, the water goes in small underground pipes to houses and to all the places where water is used. Some of it will be used by the fire department and goes to fire hydrants all through the town. Many businesses have a special need for water and couldn't do their work without it. How does this business use water? [Music] And this big street sweeper gets its water from the fire hydrants. But however water is used in this town, it is all clean and safe because it comes from the waterworks. >> Thanks for showing us around. >> Thank you. >> Goodbye. >> Bye. >> Bye. [Music] >> Gee, I'm thirsty. >> Well, let's get some water right from the waterworks. >> I'm [Music] hurry up. Come on now. Storm clouds billowing up over the southwest brought an end to its worst recorded drought. For 77 months, the land had been dry, much too dry, and the crops had failed. Now the people of Texas and Oklahoma were getting the rains they had prayed for. rains that would soak into the soil and fill the streams. Rains that would replenish the almost dry reservoirs. The rains came, but they did not stop when the ground was saturated and the streams were full. The waters raced to the rivers, and they were filled, and the waters crept over the banks and flooded the lands. Storm followed storm with no pattern or meaning. Rivers and places became news and confusion. The Trinity was miles wide below Dallas and the Brazos was creeping into Rosenberg. [Music] The Red River was cresting in a dozen places while these Sabine, the Witchita, and the Arkansas rivers all took their turns in the headlines. Quietly, the waters spread out over the lowlands, choking the fields with mud and debris, drowning the crops so hopefully planted a few weeks before. and leaving a dirty mark on the flood gauge. The streams cut and bulldozed a wave of fertile soil. And the farmer's road when it stood in the way. Homes or buildings that were flooded could be repaired or replaced, but the soil that was washed away was gone forever. Farmers living in these uplands had long since learned the importance of soil conservation measures. Contour terraces on sloping fields caught the water and let it sink deep into the earth. When the rains came too fast, the excess water was chattled slowly into grass- covered outlets and removed without damage. Orchards too had been planted across the slopes in a strip cropping pattern to resist the erosive action of the rains and hold the beneficial moisture in the soil. Land treatment is the first step. But for watershed protection, more had to be done. Streams had to be controlled. Farmers working through their soil conservation districts organized watershed associations that were able to raise money, get easements and rights of way. Then with the technical help of the United States Soil Conservation Service, they built many dams on the tributary streams. Small dams designed to catch and break the crest of flood waters that gathered in their drainage areas. These dams had waited some a long time for the floods that were sure to come. This dam photographed during the height of the flood shows how such structures operate to protect. The emergency spillway is on the left. In the center below the embankment, you can see the outlet. Flood waters have been brought under control and have formed a quiet lake behind the dam. The emergency spillway is an important safety device. For sometimes high intensity come with such frequency that the dam has not had time to discharge the water it previously caught. The extra flow could wash out the embankment if the emergency spillway were not able to pass it safely around the dam. The water bubbling out below the dam is from the draw down or outlet tube. This is a pipe built through the base of dam water even as the dam is filling. It's similar to the d in a bathtub. No dam holds a large amount of water. They average about 1,000 acre feet, which is to say 1,000 acres of water 1 ft deep or the equivalent. The impactment is spread in layers and compacted into a tight solid mass with rollers. Protects the dam from surface erosion. Key dams on a whed have stage recorders and depth gauges so that during flood periods can be kept of the depth and movement of water through the dam. This dam has a depth of 26 ft on the lower gauge. Site is usually fenced to prevent damage from trespass. A frequent check is made during high water periods to detect immediate maintenance. Downstream. The waters pass quietly under highway bridges that would have been washed away if the flood had not been checked. Along its course, the stream is well within its banks, for the controlled flow emerging from the dams joins the main stream and keeps it at a safe level. Formerly, these streams went dry a few days after the flood had passed. Now, they will flow slowly and steadily for many months. In some locations, they have become year round streams to the delight of fishermen and possibly the fish. Floodwaters entering a dam are muddy with sediment. As the water is stilled, the mud settles to the bottom. When the water leaves the dam through the outlet tube, it is mostly cleared. This is of great benefit to the irrigation and domestic water supply reservoirs downstream. [Music] The storms that hit the southwest brought death and tragedy to many people and destruction to the land. Storms in excess of 11 in of rain were experienced while the total rainfall for April and May was four to five times the normal. The small watershed dams were tested with a severity that not even the engineers had expected. Some spilled over their emergency outlets as many as six times before the weather settled down. Yet, in those wheds where all the needed dams had been built, where the flood waters had been tamed, the farmers were proud and happy. One farmer who sat idly fishing because his fields were too wet to work, put it this way. This dam is the best thing that ever happened to our little valley. Heat. Heat. The southwest is a semi-arid land of towering forested mountains and high grassy tablelands divided by aluvial valleys and a few desert areas in the lowlands. When the white man came to the region he found game on the grasslands he found Indian pbllo centuries old perched on the banks of the few rivers. The Indian diverted the river waters to the valleylands where he raised his corn, squash, and beans. More than a thousand years ago, he had developed one of the two possible permanent industries of the Southwest, irrigation farming. In this semi-arid land, the mountains are the first reservoirs. In the mountains, there is moisture, 20 to 30 ines of rain a year to support extensive forests. Slowly, the rain is filtered by the forest and released crystal clear through countless springs. [Music] In the winter, snow piles up. In the spring and early summer, it melts, moves in even flowing streams from the mountains to the rivers below. [Music] This steady flow of water is essential to the white man of today and tomorrow. The white man built into a vast industry the simple irrigation farming that was started by the Indians. With his engineering skill, he has built great reservoirs to store the waters of the Southwest. Harnessed, they produce power and give life to valuable crops on thousands upon thousands of acres of irrigated valleyland. Collected first in the mountains, the water flows through streams and rivers to storage behind stone and concrete, then on through modern irrigation canals. In the desert, it turns cactus land into orange groves, productive farms, and thriving cities. It waters thousands of acres of cotton in an arid land. It grows desert lettuce, truck crops, date palms brought over from Arabia. So the white man has transformed the irrigation farming practiced for the Indian of the southwest 10 centuries ago. But to the southwest he brought the other possible permanent industry of the region. He brought cattle and sheep, goats and horses. Gradually over all the grassland and forest of the country, stock increased and spread. They harvested the grass from millions of acres and in the summer grazed even the highest mountain areas where rich meadows are watered by the snow and rain. Stock gave to the grass country new meaning because stock meant beef and mutton, wool and blankets for the market. And wherever the stock industry went, the horse went also with the cowboy. To the southwest, then the white man brought transition. His giant dams and reservoirs have turned arid valleys to productive use, transformed the patchwork farming of the Indian into a vast agricultural enterprise. His stock supplies the markets of the world. But the transition also created new problems. When the white man came, most of the land of the southwest was well covered with grasses. Grass held the soil in place. The land was in balance, the delicate balance of a semi-arid land. But with his plow and axe, his livestock, his railroads, mines, and all his other works, man upset that balance. Where once the grass was belly high to a horse, deepening a royals grew. As cattle and sheep were added to the range, the grass gave way. Soil began to move. Dry gullies took the place of streams. The willows and cottonwoods of the valleys disappeared. The valleys that once were the hay fields southwest were often nearly barren. [Music] Then it was that southwestern rivers ran muddy with a color of soil no longer anchored with the grass. Floods became larger and more frequent. Turgid waters tore apart the farmlands of the middle valleys. Hundreds upon hundreds of acres every year. [Music] into the reservoirs that man had built to irrigate his valley fields. The rivers began to pour a mighty load of silt to fill precious space reserved for water. Mud replaced water. Mud 12 ft deep and more over many acres. It took only a few years for stolen soil, deep as the rod is long, to replace badly needed water in this southwestern reservoir. Forests in the mountains will ensure a continued supply of water for the southwest. Grass on the range will anchor the soil, keep water clear as it moves from the mountains through the valleys to the rivers. The stock industry is based on grass. Irrigation farming on great reservoirs. Grass is the permanent guarantee of both these industries of the Southwest. It will feed the cattle and sheep of the stockman and protect the great reservoirs on which irrigation farming depends. The future of the southwest lies in covered watersheds. Muddy waters will have to become more nearly clear waters if stock is to continue grazing and farmers to go on raising crops. Now each year more and more farmers and ranchers are joining together in soil conservation districts to meet this challenge. And today, a new balance is being established to replace that which the white man found and disturbed such a short time ago. [Music] [Music] Glory. Hallelujah. [Applause] [Music] Have you ever stopped to think what rain means to too. If you're a farmer, you have [Music] and if you're a weatherman, you have [Music] But chances are when you're thinking about rain, you're not thinking how important it is to you. [Music] [Music] It's easy for all of us to forget that rain is so important, that rain is water, and without water, nothing could live. [Music] Our [Music] [Music] entire lives revolve around water. The water we drink. Oh, Joey. Mother said to wash your hands and face. Yes. The water we wash with. [Music] The water we wash our clothes with. The water we cook with, the water we clean with, the water we all just take for granted. [Music] Yet, the time has come when we should stop taking it for granted. We're not getting the most out of our water these days. We're not getting the most out of it because the water we're using is old-fashioned. >> Water old-fashioned? What in the world do you mean? >> Look around you. Look at your home. Modern as tomorrow. all these appliances to save you time and work. Yet, you're ignoring the most basic time waster and work maker of all. You're using old-fashioned water that streaks your glasses. Water that spots and stains your sink and leaves a ring around your bathtub. Water that won't get your clothes really clean or even give you a decent bath. Water that makes your hands rough and clogs your pores. It sticks to your hair and makes it dull and hard to manage. Why the >> What are you talking about? >> I'm talking about old-fashioned water. Hard water. >> Oh, hard water. You had me scared for a minute. Our water's not hard. >> Oh, but really it is. But then most water is hard. Some's just harder than others, that's all. Look, I'll show you what I mean. The only time water is really soft in nature is here in the clouds when it's water vapor. When it falls as rain, it begins to absorb gases such as carbon dioxide and oxygen from the air. Yet, when it first reaches the ground, rain water is still soft and easy to use. In fact, for years, folks collected it in barrels and sistns to wash with instead of using the hard water from their wells. Because as soon as the rain hits the ground, it begins to pick up minerals both as it runs over the surface and beneath the surface. Among the minerals in the ground are the two principal elements that make water hard, calcium and magnesium. And as they dissolve in the water, they become tiny particles called ions. Thus, when the water reaches your home through your well or through your city water supply, it contains these hardness ions. If it contained just a few, your water would be almost as soft and as easy to use as rainwater. But when it contains more hardness ions, as yours does, it's hard, difficult to use, inconvenient, old-fashioned. Now, you can't tell that water's hard by looking at it, but the chemist can tell by analyzing it. If his measurements indicate that in 7,000 gallons of water, only one pound of hardness minerals is present, he says the water has a hardness of one grain per gallon, or it's one grain hard. Completely soft water has no grains of hardness. But since water up to 3 and 1/2 grains is relatively easy to use in the home, most chemists agree that it can be called soft. And they call water containing more than 3 and 1/2 grains hard. But to you, the important thing is, does the hardness in your water affect you? And since soap and water are just natural goto togethers around the house, here's a test to show you just how hardness minerals and water react with soap. [Music] First, put a small amount of pure soap in the bottle of soft water and shake it. suds, >> right? Suds because there are no hardness minerals in the water to prevent the soap from forming suds. And see how clear and clean the water beneath the suds is, too. That's important. Now, the other bottle, use the same amount of soap. That's right. Now, shake it. >> Well, what do you know? Is that the way hard water acts with soap? >> Yep, that's it. See how milky the water is? That's because the soap has combined with the hardness minerals to form a soap curd. And since the kurd makes dirt stick to everything, you can imagine how much harder it is to get clothes or yourself really clean. >> I guess it would be hard to get almost anything clean with that. >> Do your clothes get clean when you wash them? >> Well, of course they do. I have a brand new automatic washing machine and it just works. >> I'm afraid you're not giving your new washer a chance to do its best job for you. >> What do you mean? >> The bottle labeled hard water was filled from your faucet. The very same water you thought was soft. >> You're kidding. >> No, I'm not kidding. But don't be so upset. Most people use water that acts the same way. In fact, the water in 85% of this country is hard. In many places, it's harder than yours. And those people are battling Kurd all the time. They can't help but know they have a problem. Especially today when people are using more water than ever before. [Music] Why? In many places, entire cities have installed municipal hardness reduction plants. Yet, this is only a start in the right direction. You see, hardness reduction plants just can't completely soften all the water a city uses economically. So, usually they merely reduce the hardness of the water to about 5 to eight grains. And that's a big help in areas where the water is naturally 20, 30, or even more grains hard. But 5 to8 grain water in your home is still hard enough to rob you of the benefits of truly soft water. Even though an entire industry has been developed to provide you with modern washing compounds that make suds in hard water. Yet in spite of these modern compounds, you're cheating yourself by using old-fashioned water. >> Cheating myself? >> Exactly. Let's take a look at your washing machine. As long as you're about to wash these clothes anyway, I can show you what I mean. I think that's enough for our demonstration. Now, put in the soap. >> Well, you mean detergent, don't you? I can't use soap in this machine. The man plainly said that I >> You see, that's one way you're cheating yourself. It's not your machine. It's your water that soap won't work in. Yet, many home economists agree that soap is one of the best and least expensive cleaning agents there is. And it's easy on clothes and on your hands, too. You have to use synthetic detergents, syninds, usually just called detergents. Yet, if you had soft water, you could use soap or detergents. Well, let's suppose you have soft water in your washer. When you put soap in, the tiny particles go to work on the dirty fabrics immediately. They break up the dirt, surround it, and float it away. Then the fresh, soft, rinse water washes all the particles away, leaving your clothes fresh and really clean. And since detergents work well in soft water, you can use soap or detergents, depending on your personal preference. But suppose you put soap in your hard water. Look what happens. The soap particles immediately join the hardness minerals instead of going to work on the dirt in the clothes. And so what happens is the soap must soften the water instead of washing the clothes. It forms a sticky curd, that milky substance you saw in the bottle test. The soap and hardness particles cling to the sides of the tub or still worse, stick to the cloth. The kurd can't remove dirt. In fact, it actually holds dirt in the clothes. So you have to add more soap. It's only after all the hardness ions have been dealt with that the extra soap can start to wash. But by now, the sticky curd is all over everything. And furthermore, your rinse water is hard, too. So, it reacts with the soap that's left in the clothes and tub and forms more hardness curd. The rinsing action flushes out the suspended particles, but much of the kurd stays behind on the tub, or more important, spread all over your clothes. Besides, kurd can keep your starch from penetrating evenly, and the kurd can cause annoying irritations when it comes in contact with tender skin. Did your little boy ever have a diaper rash when he was a baby? >> Well, yes, he did. You don't suppose it does? >> Might have been. In water as hard as yours, you'd never get clothes really clean. >> Oh, now I remember. That must be the reason this came with a washing machine. Yes, softeners do a good job of softening wash water, but remember, it's pretty inconvenient to soften rinse water in automatic washers. And a soft water rinse is just as important to a really clean wash as soft wash water. >> Well, then let's get back to my detergent. It doesn't give me any trouble. >> That's right. It doesn't. Because detergents were developed for hard water, and they do a good job, but hard water won't let them do as much as they're capable of doing. Here, I'll show you. >> Detergents aren't bothered by water hardness at first. They go right to work on the dirt, breaking it up and floating it away. But hardness ions in the water interfere with these tiny particles and cause some of the dirt to be redeposited on the fabric. Although the hard rinse water can carry away the floating particles, it can't budge the redeposited dirt. Detergents, too, would work better if you weren't using that old-fashioned water. It eventually causes white clothes to discolor even though most detergents contain artificial whiteners. And it causes colored fabrics to lose their brilliance. But you're cheating yourself in other ways by using old-fashioned water. It makes bathing a chore for every member of your family. Soap won't lather when you want it to, and the curd is hard to rinse off. And of course, there's the old bathtub ring. You have to scour it off and that doesn't help the glazed finish on your tub. [Music] And if all that sticky film stays on the tub, think of your skin when you wash your face. [Music] And think of your hair. Even though the kurd is minimized by some lotions, shampoos, and soaps, it just won't rinse off completely as long as you're using hard water. It's the same with glassear and dishes, pots and pans, silverware, and baby's bottles. The deposits won't rinse off them easily. Actually, kurd can be a breeding place for bacteria and eventually hard water deposits can clog up automatic dishwashers besides making hand dishwashing really unpleasant. Some vegetables are shriveled, toughened. They actually act as water softeners, absorbing the hardness minerals right out of the water. And do you know hard water can change the good flavor of coffee and tea? But hard water causes other hidden problems. Look what it's done to the inside of your tea kettle. >> Well, for goodness sake. And I thought our water was soft. >> It's too bad more people can't see inside their tea kettles. then they'd understand what's happening in their water pipes, [Music] especially their hot water pipes. This pipe, for example, had to be replaced after only a few years use in an area of moderately hard water, just about the same as yours. Now, imagine what your water heater looks like inside. >> Well, that's not good for the heater, is it? It >> sure isn't. Hard water scales ruined lots of heaters. And besides that, it costs more to heat the water through all the scale. [Music] >> Why, I had no idea that soft water was so important in so many ways. >> Well, that's just it. Most people don't. But then, how could you? You've never had the chance to enjoy really soft water. If you had, you'd know. Soft water is a dream. A dream. [Music] Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Heat. [Applause] Heat. [Music] Where are you? All right. Wow. [Music] It doesn't have to be just a dream. >> It doesn't. >> Not anymore. There's a way to take the hardness minerals right out of the water in your home with these tiny beads of highcapacity resin. Already at work in hundreds of city hardness reduction plants, high-capacity resins are now available for home water softening equipment. [Music] A home water softener is simply a resin filled container connected in your plumbing system. The resin works on a phenomenon of nature called ion exchange to completely remove the hardness from your home water supply. These tiny beads are the secret. Each fairly bristles with ions of sodium. And sodium isn't a hardness element. When hard water flows through the resin, the beads have a stronger attraction for the hardness ions than for their own sodium ions. So presto, the ions trade places with each other. It's as simple as that. The hardness ions, calcium and magnesium, become attached to the beads and in exchange, the harmless sodium ions take their place. So they call it ion exchange. Periodically, the beads are rinsed with salt water to give them a fresh supply of sodium ions and to flush the accumulated hardness ions down the drain. That's all it takes to keep the beads at work. High-capacity resins have made home water softeners so efficient and economical that they take their place with other modern home appliances as practical necessities. You can buy a home water softener, rent it, or subscribe to a softwater service. >> Well, this certainly has been an education. I just wish my husband had been here to Oh, excuse me. There he is now. Honey, I've just been hearing about the You lucky man. You You've just had a soft water rinse. [Music]