I can handle garbage. The stench that I was talking about was the left over blood and guts that they poured into causeway for 50 years, and the huge pits that they buried the leftovers in. When the tide goes out you can still smell it.
On Sun, Nov 29, 2009 at 5:20 PM, Keith Johnson <[email protected]>wrote: > > > You don't know from smell! I grew up in Fort Worth, only a few miles from a > large cattle pen that was one of the starts of the famous Chisolm Trail. For > years, there was a Swift-Premium plant there, churning out all kinds of > sausage and lunch meats. And,thanks to good old-fashioned environmental > racism, the city leaders opted to put the new sanitary landfill in my > all-black neighborhood--right across the street from my backyard. I remember > the years as a child, not understanding the implications of that callous > move, watching the tons of trash being dumped into meters-high hills of > garbage. And the smell? Oh yeah: that was ripe at times. And a few miles > down the road in the other direction was a Purina plant that churned out dog > food. > > > So, sausage, dog food, and garbage. Oh yeah: I know about some stench! > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mr. Worf" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Sunday, November 29, 2009 7:29:04 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern > Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Blamed for smell tied to killings, sausage shop > looks to recover > > > > If you haven't had the pleasure of smelling that smell, let me tell you it > is quite unique. San Francisco had a slaughter house in the Hunter's point > area that was there for 50 years. You can still smell the remains of the > cattle they killed 20+ years after it closed. Its in the soil and in the mud > where it ran off. > > On Sun, Nov 29, 2009 at 3:59 PM, Kelwyn <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I HATE when this happens! ~rave! >> >> Cleveland bodies case hard on nearby sausage shop >> >> The Associated Press >> >> updated 3:55 p.m. CT, Sat., Nov . 28, 2009 >> >> CLEVELAND - The owners of a sausage shop once blamed for a rotten >> neighborhood stench said they are trying to regroup now that police have >> determined the odor was coming from the home of an alleged serial killer. >> >> The remains of 11 women were found this month in the home of Anthony >> Sowell, who strangled the women and left their bodies in his house or buried >> in the backyard, authorities said. >> >> Neighbors had blamed the odor on a broken sewer or the nearby Ray's >> Sausage Inc. >> >> All the talk was hard on morale, said Leslie Cash, chief financial officer >> of the family owned business, which had spent $20,000 on new plumbing >> fixtures, sewer lines and grease traps, thinking that might get rid of the >> odor. >> >> Now that Sowell is behind bars and the stench is gone, Cash said the >> family feels vindicated but also grieves for the victims. >> >> Three weeks ago, when police and FBI agents searched Sowell's home, the >> Cash family feared the sausage business would suffer amid all the negative >> publicity. >> >> "I thought it was going to be the end and I was going to have to find >> something else to do," said Raymond Cash Jr., who owns the company with his >> sister, Renee Cash. Their father started the business in 1952. >> >> Family members said they are eager to put the Sowell episode behind them >> and move on. Sales, they said, haven't slipped. >> >> Larry Smith, president of the Institute for Crisis Management in >> Louisville, Ky., said companies disrupted by turmoil like the Sowell case >> often pay dearly. >> >> Ray's Sausage should be fine because it makes a good product and has a >> great reputation, said Kevin Patton, a salesman for Hillandale Farms in >> Akron, which distributes Ray's souse to Wal-Mart and independent grocery >> stores. >> >> Sowell, 50, a registered sex offender, has been charged with five counts >> of aggravated murder and, separately, with rape, kidnapping and attempted >> murder in an alleged Sept. 22 attack that prompted police to search his home >> Oct. 29. >> >> The ten victims identified were black and many were homeless or living >> alone and had drug or alcohol addictions. >> >> ___ >> >> Information from: The Plain Dealer, http://www.cleveland.com >> >> Copyright 2009 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material >> may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. >> URL: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33626624/ns/us_news/ >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------ >> >> Post your SciFiNoir Profile at >> >> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/app/peoplemap2/entry/add?fmvn=mapYahoo! >> Groups Links >> >> >> >> > > > -- > Bringing diversity to perversity for over 9 years! > Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ > > > > > -- Bringing diversity to perversity for over 9 years! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
