On Aug 3, 3:45*am, Andy > wrote:
> Terry Pulliam Burd said...
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> > On Fri, 31 Jul 2009 07:53:42 -0500, Andy > fired up random
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> >>That paints a terrible mental picture. We used to get poor people going
> >>through curbside trash looking for aluminum cans and they would toss
> >>anything in their way onto the curb. We called them human roaches.
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> > The LA City council has been discussing putting locks on homeowners'
> > recycling bins b/c of this. Personally, I think it's a petty, cruel
> > move for the more affluent to lock away something that's being thrown
> > out. Counterintuitive, IMHO, but the City council insists that it will
> > keep the "undesirables" out of residential neighborhoods. They also
> > attempted to keep the taco trucks from parking for more than one hour
> > in one place - claimed it hurt local restaurants. Like a taco truck is
> > going to be competition for a restaurant? Likewise, the Santa Ana city
> > council has been discussing banning the ice cream handcarts. What a
> > crock. What's next? Ban the little old ladies in SA from using their
> > iconic umbrellas?
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> > Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd
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> Around center city Philly, there are food carts all over, serving all kinds
> of cuisine. Some of the best, actually.
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> At the courthouse in town, a family holds permits to two food carts, one at
> the front and one at the side entrance. They do a landslide business for
> the legals who can't stray too far from the courtrooms. The carts are the
> ones they stand inside with grills, etc., cooking good food at fair prices.
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> There are plenty of restaurants blocks or so away but with the population
> of jurors, etc., they are all easily overrun at lunch. Jurors get a clip on
> lapel pin to get quicker service and 10% off in the interest of time and as
> a courtesy for doing their civic duty. I'm very proud of that, having
> served jury duty several times.
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> On recycling... In L.A., at the time, recycling wasn't mandatory. We didn't
> have separate recycling bins like we do today. I'm not positive but except
> for the return-deposit bottles, the public is not allowed to privately turn
> in recyclable materials. In any case, nobody's ever swiped our curb
> recycling. Maybe down on the flatlands they do. I dunno.
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We see various homeless people and retirees regularly salvaging cans
from recycle containers so they can get the 5 cents each at the
supermarket recycle center. No problem; nobody resents it; as long as
they get recycled, they're up for grabs. (Iowa has a can/bottle
deposit law that applies to beer and soft drinks, but not fruit juice
or water - go figure.)

Anyone here can take anything they want to a recycle center without
any problem. As a matter of fact, that's the only way we can recycle
glossy magazines and glass at the present time.

N.