On Mon, 17 Sep 2007 02:23:47 -0700, PhattyMo
wrote:

John Larkin wrote:
We went by the Southeast sewage treatment plant and picked up six free
sacks of compost. They loaded them into the car for us, gave us their
DVD "The Sewers of San Francisco", and a free mouse pad!

They have real tours, too; we'll have to schedule one. I've done the
Sewers of Paris tour, so it will be interesting to compare.

John



Why in the world would you subject yourself to a tour of a SEWER?
*Baffled*

I've always thought it interesting that, under every city, there's
another set of structures we never see: foundations, caissons,
transformer vaults, pumping stations, subway tunnels, water and gas
distribution, wire and fiberoptics communications, and one or often
two separate wastewater systems, all sorts of things. I'm an
electrical engineer, but civil engineering really impresses me.

OK, some people don't think of stuff like this, and would rather watch
reruns of "Gunsmoke" without thinking about the cable distribution
system underneath the streets.

John