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Dirty Jobs: The Pit
Mike Rowe enters the pit -- the place where runoff from San Francisco's garbage trucks collects -- in order to fix a backed-up pump, a task every bit as pleasant as it sounds.
Added: Jan 18, 2011
Views: 6468 Views
Runtime: 01:30
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