[lit-ideas] Re: "It moves ..." (or at least used to)

  • From: david ritchie <profdritchie@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Tue, 6 Dec 2016 16:28:48 -0800


On Dec 6, 2016, at 1:28 AM, epostboxx@xxxxxxxx wrote:


"Neolithic humans who were learning how to smelt were responsible for the 
world's first polluted river approximately 7,000 years ago, a team of 
international researchers has found.”

I should think the first polluted river was a bit before that.  I was talking 
with a Chinese student yesterday.  He has relatives up by the Russian border.  
The outhouse is located directly over a stream.

David Ritchie,
remembering without fondness an outdoor toilet of his 
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