On Aug 4, 3:15*pm, Andy > wrote:
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> > 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
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> >> >>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
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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
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> >> 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
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> >> ones they stand inside with grills, etc., cooking good food at fair
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> >> There are plenty of restaurants blocks or so away but with the
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> >> of jurors, etc., they are all easily overrun at lunch. Jurors get a clip
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> >> lapel pin to get quicker service and 10% off in the interest of time and
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> >> 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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> 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.
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We take recyclable cans to the supermarket recycle center - 5 cents
per can - they go into the machine whole and come out (out of sight)
crushed. There isn't any premium for weight. The recycling machines
can't accept crushed cans.

N.