Topic: Michael Vandeven's Radio Trainwreck (All Trainwreck Threads Merged)

[Frys Girl]

Hi Borr,

Can I ask you a question about water treatment? I wish I had been able to call in sooner. I wonder about the products we use and how they end up in the river - like pesticides. But here, they end up killing biology but what about when they end up in the drinking water again? Sorry if I sound like Alex Jones!

[Michael Vandeven]

the next airing of MVDRT will be Sunday, june 14 at 7pm us central time.

[Michael Vandeven]

i have made a lot of changes over at ufoship.com.

posts are now categorized by announcements and downloadable shows.
you can now listen to each broadcast in a flash player or you can download the show outright. 
and... drumroll... you can now subscribe to the podcast!!  yessssss.  i finally got off my arse and took care of that.  if you DO subscribe to the podcast, please let me know how it works for you.  i've not tested it.

[Caruthers612]

     Please go back to using the term 'jizz bucket'.

Wilford Brimley

[EvB]

As opposed to WHICH of the charming and colorful terms our Michael uses?

[EvB]

OH!  and where the fuck have you been?

Good to see you.

[Pirate King Atomsk]

Yeah, Mordred. You just up and disappeared man. Wb.

Hm, frankly, my favorite term MV ever used was "jizzum satchel". It always made me think of an old perverted Indian guy who carried around his spunk in a side-pouch. A rather funny thought..if you're stoned, anyways.

[Frys Girl]

Good job starting this thread Mordey. Also, MV, it's not "Morgellons", it's MorJellons....

[Michael Vandeven]

Also, MV, it's not "Morgellons", it's MorJellons....

are you serious?

oh my.

[Michael Vandeven]

and mordred... wtf have you been up to? i've been thinking about shooting you a PM to see what's been going on with you.  glad you're not room temperature.

[Frys Girl]

are you serious?

oh my.

OMFG. You haven't heard the way George says it? MORE JELLLLLLANNzzzzzzz

[EvB]

are you serious?

oh my.

You were fine - FG's was yanking your chains.

The Morgellons Research Foundation

[EvB]

Fry's Girl - That avatar is giving me the creeps.  WTF?

[Frys Girl]

Fry's Girl - That avatar is giving me the creeps.  WTF?

It's ashley todd!! The girl who twittered about being attacked by an Obama monster.

[EvB]

It's ashley todd!! The girl who twittered about being attacked by an Obama monster.

Oh yes - her - the one who has helped the image of abused women everywhere. 

[Michael Vandeven]

You were fine - FG's was yanking your chains.

The Morgellons Research Foundation

haha... well, i was wondering if noory was her phonetic source... which meant i had plenty of lifelines on my side in this matter.

[Frys Girl]

Oh yes - her - the one who has helped the image of abused women everywhere. 

Actually, I learned about twitter because of this moron. What an advertisement.

[EvB]

It's ashley todd!! The girl who twittered about being attacked by an Obama monster.

Ashley Todd SPEAKS! SHOCKING TRUTH!

[PhantasticSanShiSan]

Two terms that I have used extensively directly as a result of being exposed to this site - Jizzsm Satchel & Douche nozzle.

[Frys Girl]

Two terms that I have used extensively directly as a result of being exposed to this site - Jizzsm Satchel & Douche nozzle.

oh god. Once i was going over the technical term for logic with a class and some ass asked if it was solilogism or solilojizm. I said jizm. Then I wanted to die.

[PhantasticSanShiSan]

oh god. Once i was going over the technical term for logic with a class and some ass asked if it was solilogism or solilojizm. I said jizm. Then I wanted to die.

repressed urges.

[EvB]

repressed urges.

Nah - just a smart kid who set her up.   

[PhantasticSanShiSan]

Nah - just a smart kid who set her up.   

Was it "Little Johnny"?

[Caruthers612]

Two terms that I have used extensively directly as a result of being exposed to this site - Jizzsm Satchel & Douche nozzle.

     That's it!!! Thanks, guys, for reminding me. Jizz satchel and douche nozzle. MV, you are as a god amongst fertilizer nuggets. Come to think of it, that's not a bad one either. "Can you believe that congressman so-and-so? What a fertilizer nugget."
     
M

[Frys Girl]

     That's it!!! Thanks, guys, for reminding me. Jizz satchel and douche nozzle. MV, you are as a god amongst fertilizer nuggets. Come to think of it, that's not a bad one either. "Can you believe that congressman so-and-so? What a fertilizer nugget."
     
M

[Caruthers612]

Yeah, Mordred. You just up and disappeared man. Wb.

Hm, frankly, my favorite term MV ever used was "jizzum satchel". It always made me think of an old perverted Indian guy who carried around his spunk in a side-pouch. A rather funny thought..if you're stoned, anyways.

      I forgot to thank you, Pirate, for this image. I laughed out loud when I read it.
     
     Michael, listening further into your first show, I heard you use both jizz bucket (I stand corrected) and jizz bagel (a new one?), which made me guffaw till I added greenhouse gas to the atmosphere.

R

[Borr]

Hi Borr,

Can I ask you a question about water treatment? I wish I had been able to call in sooner. I wonder about the products we use and how they end up in the river - like pesticides. But here, they end up killing biology but what about when they end up in the drinking water again? Sorry if I sound like Alex Jones!

The most prevalent herbicide found in agricultural runoff is atrazine. I can't speak for everybody, but we test for it quarterly. Fertilizers are also a problem because they cause massive algae blooms that take all the oxygen out of the water and cause fish die-offs. Algae blooms are also a pain because they make your turbidity skyrocket. An operator's daily concern is keeping his water turbidity low. The lower the turbidity, the lower the amount of matter in the water, the less you have to clean it.

One of the big reasons that there's such a scare nowadays about pharmaceuticals in the water is that testing for parts per billion has now become cheap and feasible for labs. Until recently, the standard has been to check for parts per million, which even I can run tests for in my rinky-dink lab. It's always been there...we can just check for it now.

The US has the best municipal drinking water in the world. The reason that people get so scared about it is because we are also the best about telling you about it. Consumer confidence is a big priority and you do have a right to know what's in your drinking water, even if it's in minute amounts. For example, trihalomethanes are a carcinogen biproduct of the interaction between chlorine (the standard in water sanitation) and organic matter. We have to send out consumer confidence reports if our THM MCLs (maximum contaminant level) averages too high over a 4 quarter testing period. You have a right to know that. What we can't tell you in the CCR is  you have to drink 8 glasses of THM contaminated water everyday for 60 years to get a 1 in 100,000 chance of getting cancer.

[Frys Girl]

The most prevalent herbicide found in agricultural runoff is atrazine. I can't speak for everybody, but we test for it quarterly. Fertilizers are also a problem because they cause massive algae blooms that take all the oxygen out of the water and cause fish die-offs. Algae blooms are also a pain because they make your turbidity skyrocket. An operator's daily concern is keeping his water turbidity low. The lower the turbidity, the lower the amount of matter in the water, the less you have to clean it.

One of the big reasons that there's such a scare nowadays about pharmaceuticals in the water is that testing for parts per billion has now become cheap and feasible for labs. Until recently, the standard has been to check for parts per million, which even I can run tests for in my rinky-dink lab. It's always been there...we can just check for it now.

The US has the best municipal drinking water in the world. The reason that people get so scared about it is because we are also the best about telling you about it. Consumer confidence is a big priority and you do have a right to know what's in your drinking water, even if it's in minute amounts. For example, trihalomethanes are a carcinogen biproduct of the interaction between chlorine (the standard in water sanitation) and organic matter. We have to send out consumer confidence reports if our THM MCLs (maximum contaminant level) averages too high over a 4 quarter testing period. You have a right to know that. What we can't tell you in the CCR is  you have to drink 8 glasses of THM contaminated water everyday for 60 years to get a 1 in 100,000 chance of getting cancer.

This was more than I could have hoped for. THANK YOU. I forwarded this to a few people, also.

On Frontline, I believe a study with the WSSC and some labs showed that algae build up is also hurting the Potomac River (and Chesapeake Bay), also our drinking source. It's causing dead zones.

One other question, what about animal waste? In maryland there are a bazillion chicken farms who are technically going to be polluters if water reform passes. Purdue and others who own the chicks but not their shits, don't want to be responsible so they write it in the contract. So does that nitrate build up also hurt us or just the fishies?

Again, thank you so much!

[Borr]

The nitrates we can get down to acceptable levels with standard flocculation and sedimentation levels. We do regular tests to make sure they aren't over maximum containment levels. Mind you, I wouldn't be terribly happy if a chicken house was directly upstream of my water source. Rivers in general are a pain to draw and treat water from. Like the ol' Greek philosopher said, "you never step in the same river twice". Besides the fact that the river turbidity can change in minutes, you never really know what's coming down the stream at you. Fortunately, our plant draws from a lake, which acts as a giant settling basin.

I've always found it interesting that meat processing plants have to have their own in-house water treatment plants. Granted, they don't have meet the same requirements that a drinking water plant, but you can't just dump all that bloody slurry directly into the sewage system.

Really, a plant operator's biggest fear is getting petrochemicals like gasoline in their water source. The only way to get long chain hydrocarbons out of water is aeration.

[Frys Girl]

The nitrates we can get down to acceptable levels with standard flocculation and sedimentation levels. We do regular tests to make sure they aren't over maximum containment levels. Mind you, I wouldn't be terribly happy if a chicken house was directly upstream of my water source. Rivers in general are a pain to draw and treat water from. Like the ol' Greek philosopher said, "you never step in the same river twice". Besides the fact that the river turbidity can change in minutes, you never really know what's coming down the stream at you. Fortunately, our plant draws from a lake, which acts as a giant settling basin.

I've always found it interesting that meat processing plants have to have their own in-house water treatment plants. Granted, they don't have meet the same requirements that a drinking water plant, but you can't just dump all that bloody slurry directly into the sewage system.

Really, a plant operator's biggest fear is getting petrochemicals like gasoline in their water source. The only way to get long chain hydrocarbons out of water is aeration.

My dad does my car repairs and maintenance. His hands are always a giant mess when he's finished and I always ask him to wear gloves and he says he always forgets. Anyway, all that mechanic's mess goes into the water too. I wonder what that does to your chemicals and treating process.

This is so fascinating. Thanks Borr, the chemist!