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To: ichabod1
"...but I agree with you on any place where the whole country smells like a fart."

One of my sons recently returned from a trip to Argentina and said that, while he enjoyed the trip, there was a pronounced sewage smell in the cities. The reason, apparently, is because after many decades of socialism the plumbing deteriorated greatly, so everyone tosses used bathroom tissue into the trash bin, rather than trying to flush it.

Hopefully this problem gets addressed as they slough off socialism, as the Argentenians are very fine people.

37 posted on 11/27/2025 7:47:16 AM PST by The Duke (Not without incident)
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To: The Duke

Interesting comment about disposing of used toilet paper in Argentina. Mexico does this. Here on the U.S./Mexican border you find used paper thrown in the waste baskets in Cafes and shops by Mexican visiting the U.S.. In Mexico their sewage systems are not set up to carry the paper in toilets, in businesses and in homes. When they come to the U.S. they don’t have sense to realize that we have sanitation rules here. Doubt if they will every adapt and update their sewage.


43 posted on 11/27/2025 9:34:01 AM PST by dvan (Send Them Home!Napolatono)
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To: The Duke

Interesting comment about disposing of used toilet paper in Argentina. Mexico does this. Here on the U.S./Mexican border you find used paper thrown in the waste baskets in Cafes and shops by Mexican visiting the U.S.. In Mexico their sewage systems are not set up to carry the paper in toilets, in businesses and in homes. When they come to the U.S. they don’t have sense to realize that we have sanitation rules here. Doubt if they will every adapt and update their sewage.


44 posted on 11/27/2025 9:34:27 AM PST by dvan (Send Them Home!Napolatono)
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To: The Duke

Interesting comment about disposing of used toilet paper in Argentina. Mexico does this. Here on the U.S./Mexican border you find used paper thrown in the waste baskets in Cafes and shops by Mexican visiting the U.S.. In Mexico their sewage systems are not set up to carry the paper in toilets, in businesses and in homes. When they come to the U.S. they don’t have sense to realize that we have sanitation rules here. Doubt if they will every adapt and update their sewage.


45 posted on 11/27/2025 9:35:06 AM PST by dvan (Send Them Home!Napolatono)
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