The world is running out of sand — and there's a black market for it now

businessinsider.com ^ | 6/11/2018 | Rob Ludacer

[rktman]

No, I did not steal your post. 😂

[Pelham]

SoCal beaches lose sand from wave action and when storms hit.

Development inland has reduced natural replenishment. Jetties have also interfered.

This is “a big problem” when beach cities want nice sandy beaches that attract visitors.

[Mark17]

No, I did not steal your post.

Well, it’s ok if you did. By the way, I enlisted in the USAF in 1967, for the same reason you did. 👍

[PIF]

Haven’t come across anything about where Gobi dust goes.

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Its called loess and is deposited by the prevailing winds all across the mid west.

[outofsalt]

I’ll celebrate Earth Day when they add Wind and Fire!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rl-WSmryfSY&list=RDrl-WSmryfSY

[trebb]

I’m gonna start bring buckets back from the beach until my 2-car garage won’t hold another grain....in 100 years it may be worth something.

[jughandle]

That’s fine but I’m sure it’s racist to take that African sand and profit from it.

[xp38]

So I looked the term up. From the urban dictionary...

“The origin of the expression go pound sand is from a longer expression, not to know (have enough sense to) pound sand down a rathole. Filling rat holes with sand is menial work, and telling someone to pound sand down a hole is like telling them to go fly a kite. The expression dates to at least 1912 and is common in the midwestern United States.”

To tell someone that what they want isn’t going to happen. The concept of pounding sand is to do something pretty useless. You can hit sand all day long, it doesn’t change at all. So by telling someone to “pound sand” you are telling them that they will never get their request.
The debt collecter threatened me but I told him to pound sand, that he wasn’t going to get another dime out of me.

[rktman]

Weird we both have the same results huh? 😆. Been to so called "💩 hole" countries. Still like it here best. Thanks for your service.

[rktman]

Easier than saying "Go perform an impossible task on yourself!". 😁

[Mark17]

Thanks for your service too bro. 👍

[Terry L Smith]

Re less sand and more grit ... lets make that ‘grits’ “with following byproduct”

[rktman]

Shrimps and.................

[Terry L Smith]

I wrote the word ‘byproduct’, not co-product!!!

[rktman]

Oh, LOL!