Some patrons show up with a tea bag for a free hot-water refill or quietly unwrap homemade sandwiches, he says.

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Another element that mirrors Johnson's efforts on tour: There are free water refill stations to encourage the use of reusable water bottles.

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He urged residents to fill up their cars, stockpile three days' worth of food and water, and refill prescriptions in case evacuations become necessary.

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M. zeroes in on even more shortcomings: His report mentions that bathroom windows compromise privacy, bistro servers left us to refill our own water glasses, the veal tongue on his lunch plate was unseasoned and very chewy, and the cheese trolley lacked a cover.

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In one, he captures the experience of being from a "jerkwater" town: a village so small that steam-train crews had to "jerk" water up from streams or from people holding buckets along the tracks because there was no water tower from which to refill the engine.

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In the meantime, Kile said the water supply could remain shut off for days while the towers refill.

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This is essentially a stainless steel water bottle, designed in a way to encourage everyone to refill their own bottle rather than using hundreds of plastic ones.

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After summiting the craggy Ragged Jacket, 2, 462ft, and 2, 782ft-high Mount Meader's sparsely pine-covered crest without finding a water source, we needed to get back down to Wild River as soon as possible to refresh and refill.

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