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What not to flush in toilet during pandemic

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One fine afternoon while the ship was inport, myself and a couple of the guys I worked with were on the aft mess decks eating lunch. Before we had finished eating we heard a gawd-awful noise coming from the galley, and guys waiting in line to be served starting running out of the chow line, with the galley crew right behind them. Shortly after that black water and "scupper puppies" (turds) came rolling over the bottom lip of the watertight door leading into the serving line/galley area. Lunch was officially over at that moment.

Being that me and my buddies wete the guys responsible for such occurances (and other shipboard repair, firefighting/damage control stuff, we had to go check it out. Had a brand new pair of work boots and they were ruined the minute we waded into the thick of the disaster. We worked the rest of the day and into the night tracing-down piping systems, and finally found a major clog in the "jack-of-the-dust" storeroom below the galley. They called in infectious control from the naval hospital, gave us all tetnus shots, had us strip-down to our skivvies, walk through some shallow metal containers of disinfectant. They bagged our uniforms, and my new boots! Got some new ones the next day, but unfortunately it wouldn't be the last time I literally waded through crap as part of my job, at least on that particular ship. Oh, and if the Chief Corpsman they send over asks you if it's salt water or fresh water running through the pipe you've removed a cleanout cap from, do not, I repeat, do not stick your finger in the water then taste it like my buddy did. The Chief will almost faint. That's what caused us to get the tetnus shots. 🤤

My apologies for the long-winded story. 😊
 
Many years ago while living in Connecticut the city started a major project of separating the storm and sewer lines. At the same time replacing the main water supply lines. This involved completely digging up the whole street, during this work it was my front yard chosen to where they deposited a large pile of dirt. I had recently renovated my bathroom and still had the old toilet in the garage. One Friday night after the work crews had gone home I went out and placed the toilet onto the top of the dirt pile. Someone from the neighborhood called the local news and we made the Saturday evening news.
It was the talk of the neighbors for years.
 
Keystone19250 said:
Many years ago while living in Connecticut the city started a major project of separating the storm and sewer lines. At the same time replacing the main water supply lines. This involved completely digging up the whole street, during this work it was my front yard chosen to where they deposited a large pile of dirt. I had recently renovated my bathroom and still had the old toilet in the garage. One Friday night after the work crews had gone home I went out and placed the toilet onto the top of the dirt pile. Someone from the neighborhood called the local news and we made the Saturday evening news.
It was the talk of the neighbors for years.
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That sound like a lot of laugh during the construction phase. I bet it helped a little to get through it. People talking about the toilet and not complaining about the work.
 
For the sake of your own sewer lines, on your property, don’t flush wipes, paper towels, or food that is oily. Once you start putting fats and oils down your lines it just starts clinging to stuff. And ultimately costs yourself a lot of money as a tax payer, too.

We pour oils and fats (NOT WHILE HOT) in the trash.

Another pointer is to always put food waste in the compost or trash. The organic material in food is infinitely more economical to process as leachate at the landfill that at the wastewater facility.
 
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