On Sun, 2 Aug 2009 22:45:47 -0400, "Ed Pawlowski" > fired
up random neurons and synapses to opine:

>There is money in those bins. The town loses when the aluminum goes into
>the pockets of the trash faries instead of the town coffers. I'm sure both
>sides make good arguments but I never thought enough about it to take sides.

I can't imagine that it isn't more trouble than it's worth to lock up
the recycling bins, esp. here in SoCal. All the recycling bins I've
seen at the curb aren't segregated by type (paper, cans, glass, etc.),
but just put into one big heap. How does that work, anyway? Do the
bins actually get sorted? How? Always wondered about that...

>Why isn't it? You are walking to a restaurant for lunch at $10 and pass a
>taco truck. You decide instead to grab a $2 taco instead of patronizing the
>local restaurant. Again, arguments can be made for both views but they do
>take customers away from the storefronts. That is capatalism. The truck
>should be licensed and paying business taxes though.

Generally speaking, the taco trucks park in industrial areas, near car
washes, building sites, etc., where there aren't any restaurants.
AAMOF, I don't actually recall having seen any taco trucks parked near
restaurants either in LA or here in OC.

Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd

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"If the soup had been as hot as the claret, if the claret had been as
old as the bird, and if the bird's breasts had been as full as the
waitress's, it would have been a very good dinner."

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