Illinois Chapter November 2018 BS Thread
11-07-2018, 09:40 PM
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The Illinois River is a by product of Chicago's toilets and runoff from the farmland.
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The Merrimack river that runs from NH through MA to the ocean was once one of the dirtiest..
11-07-2018, 09:47 PM
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When we were boating when I was a kid dad pitched all of his empty beer cans in the water. A lot of rusting cans on the bottom.
11-07-2018, 09:49 PM
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I am sure that is the least of the pollution.. LOL
11-07-2018, 09:53 PM
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I am sure that is the least of the pollution.. LOL
Most all of the pollution is runoff of chemicals from the farmers fields into the river.
11-07-2018, 09:54 PM
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Most all of the pollution is runoff of chemicals from the farmers fields into the river.
Yeah we have quite a few farms along the river too
11-07-2018, 09:59 PM
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They say the Mississippi River has passed through the human gut 4 times by the time it gets to Batten Rouge Louisiana.
11-07-2018, 10:02 PM
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They say the Mississippi River has passed through the human gut 4 times by the time it gets to Batten Rouge Louisiana.
I am surprised people are able to live there...
11-07-2018, 10:07 PM
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I am surprised people are able to live there...
Isn't that where they film The Walking Dead? LOL
11-07-2018, 10:09 PM
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It could be... I don't watch that.. LOL
11-07-2018, 10:14 PM
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It could be... I don't watch that.. LOL
I don't watch it either. If the people drank from the Mississippi there, that must be what they look like.
11-07-2018, 10:15 PM
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Probably why we have all the health issues in the world...
11-07-2018, 10:21 PM
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That very well could be.
11-07-2018, 10:23 PM
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Yeah never heard of half of the diseases when we were kids..
11-07-2018, 10:30 PM
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