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A very different kind of coin collector.

RogerBRogerB Posts: 8,852 ✭✭✭✭✭

The Ganges river is heavily polluted, yet some people spend most of their day diving for coins thrown in by worshipers as offerings to the Gods. "Fishing for coins to survive in India" - BBC

https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-asia-india-45130247/fishing-for-coins-in-the-ganges-river-to-survive

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  • ParadisefoundParadisefound Posts: 8,588 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Very sad....and here we are complaining about everything and anything :(:#

  • thefinnthefinn Posts: 2,657 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I think that I would r dive into the Cuyahoga!

    thefinn
  • 1Mike11Mike1 Posts: 4,422 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Paradisefound said:
    Very sad....and here we are complaining about everything and anything :(:#

    Are you complaining about us complaining? :D

    "May the silver waves that bear you heavenward be filled with love’s whisperings"

    "A dog breaks your heart only one time and that is when they pass on". Unknown
  • ParadisefoundParadisefound Posts: 8,588 ✭✭✭✭✭

    LOL @1Mike1...no complain here :)<3

  • Timbuk3Timbuk3 Posts: 11,658 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Sadly, I'm always complaining !!! :p

    Timbuk3
  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    People will do what is necessary to survive.... Cheers, RickO

  • topstuftopstuf Posts: 14,803 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Won't happen here. Stickers would soak off.

  • koynekwestkoynekwest Posts: 10,048 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @thefinn said:
    I think that I would r dive into the Cuyahoga!

    Actually the Cuyahoga is much cleaner than it used to be. I live close to it but quite a ways upstream from Cleveland.

  • koynekwestkoynekwest Posts: 10,048 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @thefinn said:
    I think that I would r dive into the Cuyahoga!

    Actually the Cuyahoga is much cleaner than it used to be. I live close to it but quite a ways upstream from Cleveland.

  • koynekwestkoynekwest Posts: 10,048 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Sorry about the double post.

  • SwampboySwampboy Posts: 13,091 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Couldn't agree more @Kkathyl

    I'm traveling to a few Cuban cities with several young adults and I suspect I'll be as enlightened as they are.

    "Inspiration exists, but it has to find you working" Pablo Picasso

  • KkathylKkathyl Posts: 3,762 ✭✭✭✭✭

    My son spent a few weeks building huts and stuff in Vietnam. Toilet hmm point to bridge over water

    Best place to buy !
    Bronze Associate member

  • gonzergonzer Posts: 3,047 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Timbuk3 said:
    Sadly, I'm always complaining !!! :p

    You? What about? Writer's cramp? :*

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