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Sybil Derrible

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Ridiculous Rules of the English Language & How Infrastructure Keeps Cities Moving

Well, then there's different treatments for that. It's called the sludge. And so usually you try to dry it, and then it ends up in a landfill with the waste that you throw as well, your garbage. So it just goes to a landfill, yeah.

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Ridiculous Rules of the English Language & How Infrastructure Keeps Cities Moving

Well, then there's different treatments for that. It's called the sludge. And so usually you try to dry it, and then it ends up in a landfill with the waste that you throw as well, your garbage. So it just goes to a landfill, yeah.

Something You Should Know
Ridiculous Rules of the English Language & How Infrastructure Keeps Cities Moving

Well, then there's different treatments for that. It's called the sludge. And so usually you try to dry it, and then it ends up in a landfill with the waste that you throw as well, your garbage. So it just goes to a landfill, yeah.

Something You Should Know
Ridiculous Rules of the English Language & How Infrastructure Keeps Cities Moving

I mean, every city is different. The older a city, the more infrastructure you'll have there. The funny thing about cities is that, at least for the ones that really expanded in 1950s and 60s, we don't even know what's out there. You can ask your electric utility or sometimes the sewer systems.

Something You Should Know
Ridiculous Rules of the English Language & How Infrastructure Keeps Cities Moving

I mean, every city is different. The older a city, the more infrastructure you'll have there. The funny thing about cities is that, at least for the ones that really expanded in 1950s and 60s, we don't even know what's out there. You can ask your electric utility or sometimes the sewer systems.

Something You Should Know
Ridiculous Rules of the English Language & How Infrastructure Keeps Cities Moving

I mean, every city is different. The older a city, the more infrastructure you'll have there. The funny thing about cities is that, at least for the ones that really expanded in 1950s and 60s, we don't even know what's out there. You can ask your electric utility or sometimes the sewer systems.

Something You Should Know
Ridiculous Rules of the English Language & How Infrastructure Keeps Cities Moving

They don't really know what's out there because a lot of it was built in 1950s and 60s, and they didn't keep detailed record about that. That's the funny bit. So often, you know, that's why you hear stories of, oh, we've started digging and then we, you know, found this and we didn't expect that.

Something You Should Know
Ridiculous Rules of the English Language & How Infrastructure Keeps Cities Moving

They don't really know what's out there because a lot of it was built in 1950s and 60s, and they didn't keep detailed record about that. That's the funny bit. So often, you know, that's why you hear stories of, oh, we've started digging and then we, you know, found this and we didn't expect that.

Something You Should Know
Ridiculous Rules of the English Language & How Infrastructure Keeps Cities Moving

They don't really know what's out there because a lot of it was built in 1950s and 60s, and they didn't keep detailed record about that. That's the funny bit. So often, you know, that's why you hear stories of, oh, we've started digging and then we, you know, found this and we didn't expect that.

Something You Should Know
Ridiculous Rules of the English Language & How Infrastructure Keeps Cities Moving

And so something that was supposed to take two weeks actually takes two or three months just because, yeah, we don't necessarily know everything that's down there.

Something You Should Know
Ridiculous Rules of the English Language & How Infrastructure Keeps Cities Moving

And so something that was supposed to take two weeks actually takes two or three months just because, yeah, we don't necessarily know everything that's down there.

Something You Should Know
Ridiculous Rules of the English Language & How Infrastructure Keeps Cities Moving

And so something that was supposed to take two weeks actually takes two or three months just because, yeah, we don't necessarily know everything that's down there.

Something You Should Know
Ridiculous Rules of the English Language & How Infrastructure Keeps Cities Moving

Exactly. So natural gas naturally is odorless. So when you collect it, it's odorless. When they transmit it in those large gas lines, it's odorless. And then just when it arrives at the city, they add something called mercaptan that gives it its wonderful, beautiful rotten egg smell.

Something You Should Know
Ridiculous Rules of the English Language & How Infrastructure Keeps Cities Moving

Exactly. So natural gas naturally is odorless. So when you collect it, it's odorless. When they transmit it in those large gas lines, it's odorless. And then just when it arrives at the city, they add something called mercaptan that gives it its wonderful, beautiful rotten egg smell.

Something You Should Know
Ridiculous Rules of the English Language & How Infrastructure Keeps Cities Moving

Exactly. So natural gas naturally is odorless. So when you collect it, it's odorless. When they transmit it in those large gas lines, it's odorless. And then just when it arrives at the city, they add something called mercaptan that gives it its wonderful, beautiful rotten egg smell.

Something You Should Know
Ridiculous Rules of the English Language & How Infrastructure Keeps Cities Moving

They started to add that smell, I think it was in 1920s or 30s, when there was a big tragedy in Texas in a school where a lot of children died.

Something You Should Know
Ridiculous Rules of the English Language & How Infrastructure Keeps Cities Moving

They started to add that smell, I think it was in 1920s or 30s, when there was a big tragedy in Texas in a school where a lot of children died.

Something You Should Know
Ridiculous Rules of the English Language & How Infrastructure Keeps Cities Moving

They started to add that smell, I think it was in 1920s or 30s, when there was a big tragedy in Texas in a school where a lot of children died.

Something You Should Know
Ridiculous Rules of the English Language & How Infrastructure Keeps Cities Moving

Oh, there's always a plan, right? There's always a plan for transportation. If there's one thing that people need is to be able to go from places to places. I mean, there's very few infrastructure systems as important as transportation for the economy. As people can go as far as possible, as fast as possible, it's probably one of the leading factors for the economy. So there's always a plan.

Something You Should Know
Ridiculous Rules of the English Language & How Infrastructure Keeps Cities Moving

Oh, there's always a plan, right? There's always a plan for transportation. If there's one thing that people need is to be able to go from places to places. I mean, there's very few infrastructure systems as important as transportation for the economy. As people can go as far as possible, as fast as possible, it's probably one of the leading factors for the economy. So there's always a plan.