On Sun, 09 Aug 2009 19:44:15 -0700, sf > fired up
random neurons and synapses to opine:

>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.

What are they stealing? Something you're throwing away? Does your
garbage company reimburse you in some way for your recyclables? Not
trying to be combative here, I'm just curious as to how one can steal
something that has been discarded/abandoned.

And my original post referenced the LA city council contemplating
mandatory locks on recycling bins - seems to me another cost that
would be a burden on the homeowner. Not only would the container have
to be reconfigured/replaced to be tamper proof, but the garbage vendor
would have some costs to send downstream to allow their employees to
access the tamper proof bins.

OB: What is the deal with "personal watermelons"? They're just really
small, seedless, tasteless fake watermelons, AFAICS. My Uncle Mac, God
rest him, had a small truck farm of watermelons when I was growing up
and he'd laugh himself silly over these things.

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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