Posted on 08/06/2016 1:33:48 PM PDT by JoeProBono
PHILADELPHIA, The city of Philadelphia is cracking down on "Dumpster pools" after a pair of residents devised the idea as way to escape the summer heat.
One Dumpster pool organizer told CBS Philadelphia that the adults-only block party was initially well received by the community.
"It was lined with pool noodles and double tarped. It was a 21 and older thing, so we didn't have to worry about any kids wandering in," he said. "The public loves it. I've seen so much good feedback and support."
The organizers successfully obtained a permit to acquire the Dumpster, but the Department of Licenses and Inspections later learned that an illegally opened fire hydrant was used to fill the pool.
A department official warned that the use of the hydrant could leave less water for emergencies such as fires, while the extreme water pressure could cause serious harm to the water main as well as the people around.
According to Philadelphia Magazine, the department encouraged residents to pursue "safer" and "more sanitary" forms of summer recreation and stated they would no longer issue block party permits in the area.
"We are not screwing around, Philly. The Streets Department will not issue any future block party permits to the 2400 block of Cedar, and officials have contacted the Dumpster rental company regarding its failures to obtain the proper closure permits and to take mandatory measures to protect the street during placement of the Dumpster," they wrote in an e-mail.
Reinforces every negative stereotype of Philthy that I developed while living there LOL
The city provides individualized pools to all residents.
Sigh.... My People....
Or Ortleib’s.... or Ballantine... or even... STEGMEYER!!!!
(”Stench Water”, as we used to call it...)
You ain’t alone...
Hell, we used to just swipe a fire plug wrench from one of our friends’ dad’s tool bench (he was Philly FD) and crank open the fire hydrant... then spray the hell out of every car that drove by....
We opened it up so much it would blast you across the street on your ass, bouncing and rolling all the way.
Then the cops would come, yell at us, “Where’s the wrench?”, and shut it off. We’d wait till they drove away and turn it right back on again...
Great times, growing up there. Rizzo was mayor, and the streets were safe.
"An electric chair on every corner" -- Frank Rizzo
It’s funny until you realize that if there were a fire, the homeowners and those living there would be SOL.
I see the problem: White people.
But the dangers of urine are highly overrated. Urine is actually quite sterile - having been cleansed of impurities by the human liver.
“Somebody’s having fun.....we can’t have any of that.”..
There’s always some party pooper that will mess it up for everyone else. Probably can’t swim either.
Whatever happened to Schlitz beer?
Many years ago it was everywhere.
apropos?
The company flourished through the 1970s, being ranked as the No. 2 brewery in America as late as 1976. But problems with its production, specifically its attempt to cheapen the brewing process by using a high-temperature fermentation, which produced a product that the public deemed inferior, combined with a crippling 1981 strike by workers at the Milwaukee plant, led to serious financial difficulties. On June 10, 1982, the Joseph Schlitz Brewing Co. was acquired by Stroh Brewery Company of Detroit, Michigan. Schlitz beer is still produced, but in relatively small quantities.
The rights to the Schlitz name now belong to the Pabst Brewing Company.
What remains of the historic Schlitz Brewery complex has been transformed in to a business park called Schlitz Park. Many of the buildings, including the Keg House, Bottle House and Malt House, have been turned into commercial office space and a middle school.
..schmidts still around..?? I lived down the street from the brewery when it was on poplar st in North Philly...Dad owned a luncheonette.
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