On Aug 10, 12:15*am, "cybercat" > wrote:
> "sf" > wrote in message
>
> ... > On Sun, 09 Aug 2009 17:24:44 -0700, Terry Pulliam Burd
> > > wrote:
>
> >>In an earlier post in the thread about homeless people rummaging
> >>in recycling bins set out for collection, there was an interesting
> >>article in the "New York Times" this morning entitled, "Is It Now A
> >>Crime To Be Poor?"
>
> > It is if they are stealing. *I have a contract with the garbage
> > company not with them.
>
> I really don't understand this. What harm are they doing you?

In our area, if you don't put out the recycle bins with stuff in them,
they won't take your trash.

maxine in ri