@dee yeah I am amazed that more people dont realise that shampoo behaves quite differently with hard water vs soft.

I joke with my mum (who now lives somewhere that has ultra-soft water) that we need a "water hardener" unit installed that is just basically pumping the water through a block of limestone to have usable tea

I've resigned to the idea that I will not be able to transition away from preferring "dirt water earl grey" taste wise

@eta And having to blitz the kettle every ~6 months, otherwise you end up sometimes drinking limestone razor blades from time to time