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Greg K · Dec 11, 2014

Sooooo, when they call feminine products "sanitary" napkins and such they must not figure on flushing them down a toilet. Because me digging around in raw sewage is anything but sanitary! It should say "do not flush" in giant bold letters on the outside. Done with my rant for the day.

mkirsch · Dec 11, 2014

A club member brought an empty "Women's Ultra Mega" (some sort of overpriced vitamin/nutritional supplement powder) container in to the meeting last night to hold the raffle tickets.

Smelled just like the pills we used to give the cows when they'd get sick...

Two Dogs · Dec 11, 2014

I've always thought it odd to call the city sewer system the sanitary sewer. It is anything but sanitary. I guess that is one way to differentiate it from the storm sewer without calling it what it really is, the ###t sewer. TDF

Frankmn · Dec 11, 2014

The worst part is they say flush-able on the box. You can't convince the dumb "women" in their 20's that you cant flush them unless you pull one out and bill them for the pipe cleaning.

Wemedeeres · Dec 11, 2014

No different than using "flushable" wipes instead of using toilet paper. The last coupe of years at the annual wastewater conference there has been a lot of discussion about these and how bad they are for municipal and septic systems. There is actually a lobbying group in D.C. working to get these things banned on the account of how much of a mess they cause.

Animal · Dec 11, 2014

If that excites you, you must not have a garbage disposal.

glennster · Dec 11, 2014

yup, nothing better than wearing waders, sitting on a bucket in raw sewerage and augering out a drain. that is just some good clean fun right there. i give all my tenants a form letter that tells them what not to flush. most but not all listen. the following are the items on my list that i have recovered from drains.
baby wipes,paper towels,q-tips, cosmetic make up pads, disposable shaving razors, molten candle wax, straws, socks, wash cloths, bath towels, cleaning pads, sponges, feminine hygiene products, fabric softener sheets, personal cleaning wipes, metal and plastic objects, and small toys. if it is not toilet paper, do not flush it.

Prawn Farmer · Dec 11, 2014

"It should say "do not flush" in giant bold letters on the outside."

My dad owned a small lobster boat and ran traps in Maine for several years. On the door to the boat's head (toilet) he had a small sign that said, "Nothing goes in here that you haven't eaten first".

Billy NY · Dec 11, 2014

Don't forget contractors, handy(person) etc., I've seen it in occupied high rise buildings, whereas left over, discarded materials, plugs up a riser/stack in a pipe chase, lots of fun to just get to, let alone clear the grout, adhesive or anything these trades use and think the toilet is a municipal waste disposal service for anything they need to get rid of.

Don't feel bad, having been in the site work excavation and underground utility field as an operator, its not always brand new systems being installed. Repairs, tie ins etc. It's great fun when the boss sends you to retrieve a pair of grinder pumps in the bottom of a manhole filled with 6 feet of raw sewage coming from a navy base, you look down and you see prophylactic rings on your boots. Sure you ask yourself, "now why hasn't a pump truck been here first? yet the boss wants the job done like yesterday.

Some people just have no common sense.

rrlund · Dec 11, 2014

I knew a guy who ran a trailer park. He said you wouldn't believe some of the things they cleaned out of sewer lines. He said they even found bath towels.

Dave H (MI) · Dec 11, 2014

I started my working career at the bottom. Part of it was cleaning the toilets. We had a little white waste can in the ladies room. I was 15 at the time and I asked the boss what the can was for. He told me and I never went near that thing again. Cleaned the whole place but never even moved that little white can with the pop up lid.

Mike(NEOhio) · Dec 11, 2014

FIL used to have a guy who pumped tanks spread sludge on the fields. You wouldn't believe the trash I would find. Tampon applicators and cigarette filters mostly, but also pens, rubbers, toys, even a screwdriver. I guess if you flush it, it's gone forever.

Craig45 · Dec 11, 2014

There is a reason plumbers make good money

Dick2 · Dec 11, 2014

Let me know if you find the set of keys that my wife flushed away!

RayP(MI) · Dec 11, 2014

I have a contract with local septage hauler - 4 or 5 acres per year, to inject his pumpings. You wouldn't believe the stuff that ends up in my soil. Most is small stuff that degrades over time. Perhaps the worst are plastic wrappers, feminine products,and personal wipes. What doesn't degrade,or get plowed under, I get to pick up before planting the next spring.

Mark6005 · Dec 11, 2014

Keep an eye out for rings seems you always read something about a ring being lost.

Old Iron · Dec 11, 2014

If you have a weak stomach don't read any further.

One of my uncles was a plumber in Lawrence KS, and years ago he told me a story I'll NEVER forget.
He worked for another uncle of mine, and was sent to clean a plugged sewer line.
He said an old lady patiently watched him as he worked on the line.

Turned out, one of the things causing the plug in the line was a pair of false teeth.
The old lady told him they were her's, and she took them over to a water hydrant,... rinsed'em off,.... and stuck'em in her mouth. :shock:

DLMKA · Dec 11, 2014

Was at a customer shop on the NW side of Fort Worth a few weeks back at these signs were plastered all over the head. Wonder how many people wiped with shop towels to plug up an industrial site septic tank.

37chief · Dec 12, 2014

The neighbor has a pre school. She usually comes to me for help. One of the little kids dropped a cell phone in the toilet, and flushed it. I took my wet and dry vacuum, and stuck it in the toilet, and sucked it out. I don't think the phone worked after that. (another toilet story) This happened at work. One of the main sewer lines became plugged. A snake was used to clean the plug. When it was pulled out some ones underwear was hooked on the end. I guess someone pooped his shorts, and flushed them. Stan

JerryS · Dec 12, 2014

I once had a second job as a maintenance man at an apartment building. When we had plugged sewer lines, the problem was usually a backlog of tampons. The plumber we used to snake the lines called them "white mice" on his bill statement.

Dr. Walt · Dec 12, 2014

Many, many years ago I saw one on the wall above a boat's head that read:

"Hold Handle Down Till Bowl Is Clear,
Otherwise "IT" Will Stay Right Here!"

:>)

sms · Dec 12, 2014

Little old plumber working in my aunts apartment house, with college students renting, cut a hole in cast iron waste line and reached in to clear blockage ended up with a hypodermic needle stuck in his hand.

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