"Gary Slusser" wrote in message
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As far as taste, that's usually the mind at work too. The vast
majority of people can not taste the difference between hard and
softened waters but... good water has no taste, it's the things
dissolved into water that gives it a good or bad taste.


Agreed, but it *does* taste different to me, and it can't be the mind at
work because like a good experiment, I haven't received any hints until I
know for a fact that someone's house has a softener. Sometimes, I can tell
by just washing my hands, other times by asking.

I've lived with naturally soft water (north shore of Nassau County, Long
Island), and it's quite different.