Between 1972 and 1976, fresh-water shrimps in a mason jar was brought to my alma mater, Aldergrove Secondary School, now known in PC terms as Aldergrove Community High School.
Oddly though, no rival high school in School District #35 ever called us assholes.
I guess scatological terms of endearment were frowned upon as they are today, except in the politically correct times of the post-modern era, defenders of morality are apt to add "community" to prevent the stink of scatological terms.
Anyways, I digress.
At one time during the 1970s, fresh-water shrimps used to abound in an unknown pond, supposedly near the high school.
While it is unknown if over the next 30 years, pollution got so bad in Aldergrove that the shrimps died out, it is more probable that development might have polluted any fresh water springs in the immediate area, possibly due to contamination by fertilizers, herbicides and pesticides.
I am not even sure if frogs are known to still make their loud mating calls at night in the area.
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