Okay, this is gross. Seems there’s been four feet of fat removed from the walls of London’s sewers. From the Independent:
Enough fat to fill nine double-decker buses is being removed from sewers under London’s Leicester Square.
A team of “flushers” equipped with full breathing apparatus has been drafted in with shovels to dig out an estimated 1,000 tonnes of putrid fat.
And powerful jets are being used to break it down.
The operation, which began in the early hours of this morning, is claimed to be the largest-ever sewer clean-up of its kind.
The build-up is the result of years of “sewer abuse” – when anything other than water, human waste and toilet paper is put down drains – according to Thames Water.
Danny Brackley, the water company’s sewer flusher, said: “We’re used to getting our hands dirty, but nothing on this scale.
“We couldn’t even access the sewer as it was blocked by a four-foot wall of solid fat.”
The clean-up is expected to last a couple of weeks.
Thames Water spends £12 million a year clearing around 55,000 sewer blockages across London and the Thames Valley.
Read the article and see a picture here.
You’re welcome.
There are 237 millionaires in Congress. I don’t think this is what is meant by “for the people by the people.” Interesting quotes below:
Even in tough times, it’s good to be a lawmaker: According to a report released this week by the Center for Responsive Politics, there are 237 millionaires serving in Congress, according to 2008 figures.
The least wealthy member of Congress, the report found, is Florida Democrat Alcee Hastings, whose net worth is calculated to be negative $4,732,002 (!). Other lawmakers to make the bottom 25 are Montana’s Max Baucus and Ohio’s Dennis Kucinich. Keep in mind, however, that these lawmakers likely have substantial unreported assets, including their residences.
“The top companies at which members of Congress are investing, many of them are TARP recipients that have received billions and billions of dollars from you and me,” he said.
Hope this brightens your day a bit!
Article originally found at Disinfo.com
James Joyce
Use the quote below as your meditation, or something, for the week.
Countlessness of livestories have netherfallen by this plage, flick as flowflakes, litters from aloft, like a waast wizzard all of whirlworlds. Now are all tombed to the mound, isges to isges, erde from erde.
What’s Joyce talking about here? Does it relate to anything you’ve been thinking about lately?
Think and have fun.
Found this on Gizmodo: “The Seven Types of Employees You Meet at Best Buy”
I worked in the in the home theater department at Best Buy for about 6 months in 2001. It was easily one of the worst experiences of my life. I found myself laughing my ass off on this one because it is absolutely spot on. I’ve personally witnessed all seven stereotypes, both as an employee and as a customer.
Especially this one:
Slick Careerist Manager
This guy wants to go right to the top. He runs team meetings, irons his blue polos, and gets a hard-on when talking about accessory sales and service-plan attach rates. He’s climbing the ladder with everything he’s got, and he spews corporate nonsense with the passion of a true believer. You’ve never seen him have an actual human interaction with someone, and you wonder if he even has any furniture in his apartment. He may be a robot.
One of the guys I worked with was a regular sales associate like me and now, still working in the same store, he’s assistant manager.
On a side note, I love going into Best Buy and shopping for, say, HDTVs, and seeing how much crap the sales associate will pull out of his/her ass. I think I’m pretty knowledgeable in the area of technology and get real enjoyment out of seeing sales people lie directly to my face about how great their products are but how I really need to buy a “service plan” because the product will most likely fail after the limited six-month guarantee.
And I love seeing their complete dissapointment when I don’t opt-in for one of those plans. I sort of get a sense of retribution for my months of bullshit I was forced to endure.
Happy reading.
