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Blue balls on British beaches originated from power plant
UPI ^
| NOV. 20, 2023 / 12:09 PM
| By Ben Hooper
Posted on 11/22/2023 9:00:13 AM PST by Red Badger
Spongy rubber balls that have been washing up on British beaches in recent days originated from the Hartlepool Power Station, the Tees Valley Wildlife Trust said. Photo courtesy of the Tees Valley Wildlife Trust/Facebook
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Nov. 20 (UPI) -- Thousands of mysterious blue rubber balls that washed up on British beaches in recent days originated from a power plant, officials said.
The Tees Valley Wildlife Trust said the spongy rubber balls are used to clean pipes at the Hartlepool Power Station and occasionally spill out into the sea when too much pressure builds up.
"The balls are made of rubber and are not radioactive, but of course they are still a danger to marine wildlife," the trust said in a Facebook post.
The trust is asking members of the public to report locations at which the balls wash up on the beach so energy company EDF, which operates the power plant, can retrieve them.
TOPICS: Outdoors; Society; Weather; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: brassmonkey
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To: Red Badger
I’m just going to sit back and enjoy this thread.
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posted on
11/22/2023 9:02:05 AM PST
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: dfwgator
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posted on
11/22/2023 9:02:39 AM PST
by
Boogieman
To: Red Badger
Or sexually frigid British women?
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posted on
11/22/2023 9:03:24 AM PST
by
jmacusa
(Liberals. Too stupid to be idiots.)
To: martin_fierro
Blue Balls ... does this indicate genitals of a cerulean hue?
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posted on
11/22/2023 9:03:57 AM PST
by
dayglored
(Strange Women Lying In Ponds Distributing Swords! Arthur Pendragon in 2024)
To: dfwgator
A good reason to spend more time in the water.
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posted on
11/22/2023 9:04:05 AM PST
by
bleach
(If I agreed with you, we would both be wrong.)
To: Red Badger
Blue Balls - the dreaded final stage of Beer Nuts.
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posted on
11/22/2023 9:05:12 AM PST
by
PGR88
To: bleach; dfwgator
>
A good reason to spend more time in the water. Modulo shrinkage.
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posted on
11/22/2023 9:06:18 AM PST
by
dayglored
(Strange Women Lying In Ponds Distributing Swords! Arthur Pendragon in 2024)
To: Red Badger
I thought it was another Arctic Vortex blowin’ through. LOL!
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posted on
11/22/2023 9:07:16 AM PST
by
FlingWingFlyer
(It wasn't "genocide" when Hamas did it. Hypocrites!!!)
To: Red Badger
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posted on
11/22/2023 9:07:59 AM PST
by
gov_bean_ counter
(Eccl 10:2 - The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of the fool to the left )
To: Red Badger
"...and are not radioactive..."
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posted on
11/22/2023 9:08:37 AM PST
by
moovova
("The NEXT election is the most important election of our lifetimes!“ LOL...)
To: FlingWingFlyer
Beat me by .43 seconds. A lifetime on FR…
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posted on
11/22/2023 9:09:05 AM PST
by
gov_bean_ counter
(Eccl 10:2 - The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of the fool to the left )
To: moovova
>
"...and are not radioactive..."DO NOT TAUNT HAPPY FUN BALL!
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posted on
11/22/2023 9:11:42 AM PST
by
dayglored
(Strange Women Lying In Ponds Distributing Swords! Arthur Pendragon in 2024)
To: dfwgator
Yeah, blue balls when pressure builds up. I hear ya...
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posted on
11/22/2023 9:11:53 AM PST
by
jagusafr
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To: Red Badger
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posted on
11/22/2023 9:12:57 AM PST
by
rdl6989
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To: Red Badger
At least this thread isn’t about the 7th planet in our solar system.
To: Red Badger
Blue balls; takes me back to the drive in theaters of my teens.
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posted on
11/22/2023 9:13:16 AM PST
by
Islander7
(There is no septic system so vile, so filthy, the left won't drink from to further their agenda.)
To: Red Badger
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posted on
11/22/2023 9:14:29 AM PST
by
dynachrome
(War does not determine who is right, but who is left.)
To: Disambiguator
Not necessarily.
They could have emerged from Uranus.
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posted on
11/22/2023 9:14:48 AM PST
by
Bratch
To: gov_bean_ counter
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posted on
11/22/2023 9:15:16 AM PST
by
FlingWingFlyer
(It wasn't "genocide" when Hamas did it. Hypocrites!!!)
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