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Old Jan 12th 2013, 2:36 am
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Brisbane dump... Summer heatwave...

There appeared to me to be someone driving a bulldozer type vehicle backwards and forwards along a concrete chasm into which people throw their rubbish.

The bulk of the rubbish that I could see sat in large mounds on the other side of the concrete throwing in area. On top of the piles of rubbish, hungry Ibis foraged.

It was hot and I thought the smell was out of this World.

I hope people who work at the dump get paid lots of money.
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Old Jan 12th 2013, 2:49 am
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Yeah, it really must honk in this heat. Only been there once!!!
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I went to Coles.
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The toilets at the Down Under Bar
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Old Jan 12th 2013, 3:28 am
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Stuck in a 2hr plus traffic jam on the M6 near Stoke, Was the last time I really hated a place.
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Probably a mcdonalds near amtrak station downtown Seattle.

The furniture is arranged so you have to file through a one metre gap, guarded by a manager who is really a security guard. The next two customers are ejected, seems they like to shoot up with their fries.

Outside, scabby, aged, alien like teens ( my kids age) bounce around obviously high as hell, lives already wrecked, so sad, and decaing old junkies and grandma aged hookers, also high as hell deal with them.

2 cops on pushies appear, crowd of 40+ is gone in less than 5 seconds...


Best, a gospel church in Harlem, not the tourist one, and a african american meal in a cafe afterwards, most welcoming people all dressed in their sunday best, absolutely fantastic
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Old Jan 12th 2013, 8:10 am
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Originally Posted by brissybee
Brisbane dump... Summer heatwave...

There appeared to me to be someone driving a bulldozer type vehicle backwards and forwards along a concrete chasm into which people throw their rubbish.

The bulk of the rubbish that I could see sat in large mounds on the other side of the concrete throwing in area. On top of the piles of rubbish, hungry Ibis foraged.

It was hot and I thought the smell was out of this World.

I hope people who work at the dump get paid lots of money.
The tip at Dakabin apparently self-combusted yesterday in the heat, makes you wonder whats under all the mess. Still smouldering I'm told
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Old Jan 12th 2013, 8:14 am
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Originally Posted by Pollyana
The tip at Dakabin apparently self-combusted yesterday in the heat, makes you wonder whats under all the mess. Still smouldering I'm told
Apparently sawdust can self-combust.......it only needs water to start the reaction......
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Originally Posted by Pollyana
The tip at Dakabin apparently self-combusted yesterday in the heat, makes you wonder whats under all the mess. Still smouldering I'm told
Probably all the methane it produces..
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Old Jan 12th 2013, 8:36 am
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Probably all the methane it produces..
Isn't that produced in George St in the cbd?
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Old Jan 12th 2013, 9:12 am
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The mulch at the green waste up here regularly self-combusts if it isn't split into small enough volumes, and it doesn't need to hot weather.
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Been trying to think up a fish-themed "worst plaice" joke, but I've had a long day with a cranky baby and the reward wine has gone straight to my head. I'll leave a space below for a punchline and you can fillet yourself.




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Old Jan 12th 2013, 10:15 am
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Wellington NZ.
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