bwainwright

bwainwright t1_ja7ld3l wrote

It doesn't.

The date is for the plastic bottles they come in. Chemicals from the plastic will eventually leech into the water over longer periods of time. As far as I know, this isn't dangerous, but it can 'taint' the water affecting the taste, which is why it's a best before date.

Worth noting a 'best before' date is just a recommendation - the product is still safe to consume after this date, it's just that it's likely past its optimum condition.

However, products with 'use by' dates should not generally be consumed past this date as they can start to be dangerous for consumption - ie, fresh non-pasteurised foods can grow harmful mould/bacteria.

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bwainwright t1_j6i420f wrote

Attack Of The Grey Lantern was a much under rated album. I had it in heavy rotation when I was at college/university, and managed to see them live a couple of times around the same time.

The arrangement on "The Chad Who Loved Me" is still a beautiful piece of music with the strings, the subtle acoustic guitar dropping in and then the lead electric guitar echo'ing the melody of the strings.

"Wide Open Space" is - for me at least - still one of the standout tracks of the 90s/BritPop era. To the point where it became massive across genres. As well as being a great indie guitar anthem, DJ Paul Oakenfold created the "Perfecto" remix of it which was massive in clubs at the time, especially Cream when he was resident there.

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