Nancy2 said...

> 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
>> > neurons and synapses to opine:
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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
kin
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>> 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
price
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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
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>> have separate recycling bins like we do today. I'm not positive but
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>> for the return-deposit bottles, the public is not allowed to privately
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>> 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.)
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> 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.
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> N.


My long ago roommate in San Diego had the local kids hunting down aluminum
cans. He paid them a few pennies per can. Then he'd proceed to drop in lead
nails into each can, crush them and turn them in to a recycling center.
Wrong as it was, it kept us in beer. Very enterprising of him. Laying in
the sand. No worries.

Andy