Re: [Paddlewise] It's $250 a pop for a balloon on the loose

From: Michael Daly <mikedaly_at_magma.ca>
Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2007 19:32:03 -0400
cholst_at_bitstream.net wrote:

> I used to wonder where they came from

While paddling near home last spring, I found a balloon that was 
labelled with advertising.  I recognized the ad from a prominent US 
retailer in Buffalo, NY.  I figure it had travelled at least 40km to 
where I was on the Ontario side of Lake Ontario.

Balloons, as trash, can travel a long way.

Mike
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