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Old 03-15-2023, 09:41 PM
 
Location: WA
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Men pouring green dye, from a boat, in the Chicago River, in honor of St. Patty's Day.do they still do this ? Saw this from a window, inside a insurance office, where I worked, located on Wacker Drive. A drugstore was on the ground floor. The year ? 1965 !
(Believe the office , North American Life Insurance Company is no longer in business)

Saw a Thread for a location for pizza. Chicago had the best ! Remember it was thin crust, , it was cut into squares, not slices. Friends would bring it to our townhome, don't remember the name.
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Old 03-15-2023, 11:52 PM
 
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It was celebrated on the weekend.
Usually done the weekend prior to the holiday.
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Old 03-16-2023, 08:24 AM
 
Location: Sioux Falls, SD area
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I don't know what the big deal is about the Chicago River being green.

We have few rivers around where I'm at that are green 24/7/365.
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Old 03-19-2023, 08:53 AM
 
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I don't know what the big deal is about the Chicago River being green.

We have few rivers around where I'm at that are green 24/7/365.
Thought everything is pollution-less out there
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Old 03-19-2023, 09:09 AM
 
Location: Sioux Falls, SD area
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Thought everything is pollution-less out there
Nutrient runoff. "Out here" we don't have factories and city runoffs filling the rivers with chemicals like you're used to. We do have the runoff from farms that can be animal based which can get bad, but mostly is field based. Farm country is worse than ranch country for obvious reasons. Thus, the green tinted rivers in many areas.

Unless you get in the high mountains, there is nothing pollution-less in the country when it comes to ground water.
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Old 03-19-2023, 09:37 AM
 
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Yup, the river is green and the financial books are deep red !
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