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City to spend $2 million on condom problem to stop condoms from floating into Lake Michigan.
CNN ^
| 10/21/03
| Staff Writer
Posted on 10/22/2003 6:54:00 AM PDT by bedolido
Edited on 04/29/2004 2:03:18 AM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin (AP) -- Milwaukee will spend $2 million on a filtering system at a wastewater treatment plant in an effort to stop condoms from floating into Lake Michigan.
The issue drew attention in June when a fisherman said he saw hundreds of spent condoms in the Milwaukee harbor, prompting the state attorney general to threaten to prosecute the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District Commission over the problem.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; US: Wisconsin
KEYWORDS: city; condom; million; milwaukee; problem
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posted on
10/22/2003 6:54:01 AM PDT
by
bedolido
To: Skylight
the district has been paying ... for an employee to scoop spent condoms with long-handled nets from tanks at a wastewater treatment plant What did you do at work today, Daddy?
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posted on
10/22/2003 6:56:20 AM PDT
by
FourPeas
To: Skylight
I hope they don't get into the Milorganite.
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posted on
10/22/2003 6:57:49 AM PDT
by
Fierce Allegiance
(Proudly posting without reading the article since October 12, 2003)
To: Skylight
I live for the day when the leftist special interest groups take war on each other.
Who could resist the drama, as the AIDs 'activists' are attacked by the EnviroNazis
What's a few East River Whitefish among friends?
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posted on
10/22/2003 7:00:25 AM PDT
by
IncPen
To: IncPen
maybe they can be recycled...
5
posted on
10/22/2003 7:01:29 AM PDT
by
bedolido
(I can forgive you for killing my sons, but I cannot forgive you for forcing me to kill your sons)
To: Skylight
"Look mommy, I found a baby jellyfish."
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posted on
10/22/2003 7:02:27 AM PDT
by
OXENinFLA
To: Skylight
This is what's known to environmentalist as a "sperm wail".
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posted on
10/22/2003 7:23:04 AM PDT
by
whereasandsoforth
(tagged for migratory purposes only)
To: Skylight
This points out the need for a self-dissolving, bio-degradable condom. Colors & flavors optional.
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posted on
10/22/2003 7:38:51 AM PDT
by
Khurkris
(Scottish/HillBilly - Revenge is an Art Form for us. Ranger On...)
To: Skylight
Paying an employee $460.00 per day to scoop used condoms???? Where would one apply for this job?
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posted on
10/22/2003 7:48:18 AM PDT
by
trebb
To: OXENinFLA
What's a Coney Island Whitefish doing so far from its
natural habitat?
To: trebb
Where would one apply for this job? I wonder what kind of relevant experience they'd want?
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posted on
10/22/2003 7:56:05 AM PDT
by
FourPeas
To: Skylight
[T]he district has been paying an average of $460 per day for an employee to scoop spent condoms with long-handled nets from tanks at a wastewater treatment plant. Where do I sign up? Condom scoopers make over $100,000 a year this days? When I was in high school I got $1.60 an hour (and all the eels I wanted) for cleaning catch basins for the NYC Dept. of Parks.
To: FourPeas
What did you do at work today, Daddy?"Same thing I do everyday at my $120,000/year water purification engineering job, son."
To: Skylight
Sinkable condoms?
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posted on
10/22/2003 10:39:14 AM PDT
by
Cicero
(Marcus Tullius)
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