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262583 Don Schwartz <dks@t...> 2017‑06‑26 Re: Galootish Odors
On 2017-06-26 6:09 AM, John Ruth wrote:
> Don't be tempted to "stock up", lest your heirs be left to deal with disposal.
This brought back memories...

One branch of my wife's family was in the extermination business. For 
many years, they had a stockpile of old-school rat poisons and such 
stored in a quonset hut out in a small town in southern Manitoba. It 
eventually became illegal to transport these materals so they stayed 
there until a small tornado happened nearby. The quonset and its 
contents were untouched, but they had to get special license from 
government officials to move the materials to a hazmat disposal facility 
somewhere in the Dakotas.

In a former life, my wife & I kept bees, and used cyanide powder to kill 
off the colonies before winter set in. In those days, it was considered 
uneconomic to overwinter them, as bee packages were readily available at 
little cost. But we moved and gave up the bee-keeping, and sold our 
equipment But a small container of cyanide powder remained in our garage 
until I called the fire dept. to ask about disposal. A police cruiser 
arrived shortly thereafter, and after asking a few questions about our 
possession of the stuff, had the accompanying hazmat team - in full gear 
-  take it away.

Don

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Recent Bios FAQ