I saw it happen today. I was headed home from running errands and
passed a housing development under construction. I saw something up in
the air and thought it was a bird because it was going up and down and
around, but as I got closer, I realized that it was a plastic bag. It
was floating around 50-100 off the ground. I flew a couple hundred
yards, across the road and then into a tree where it got snagged.
It happens.

On Mon, 30 Oct 2017 13:05:01 -0400, Dave Smith
> wrote:

>I saw it happen today. I was headed home from running errands and
>passed a housing development under construction. I saw something up in
>the air and thought it was a bird because it was going up and down and
>around, but as I got closer, I realized that it was a plastic bag. It
>was floating around 50-100 off the ground. I flew a couple hundred
>yards, across the road and then into a tree where it got snagged.
>It happens.

There was one in a tree opposite my bedroom window, I saw it there in
the moonlight and thought, tomorrow I will take a pic. Should have
taken it then, wind came up in the night and thankfully it was gone by
daylight. I was glad because it was unreachable, I could only think
I would get my grandson to come past with the power washer and try
with that.

"Dave Smith" > wrote in message
...
>I saw it happen today. I was headed home from running errands and passed a
>housing development under construction. I saw something up in the air and
>thought it was a bird because it was going up and down and around, but as I
>got closer, I realized that it was a plastic bag. It was floating around
>50-100 off the ground. I flew a couple hundred yards, across the road and
>then into a tree where it got snagged.
> It happens.

Wow. I'll bet that made your day.

On 10/30/2017 2:14 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>
> "Dave Smith" > wrote in message
> ...
>> I saw it happen today. I was headedÂ* home from running errands and
>> passed a housing development under construction. I saw something up in
>> the air and thought it was a bird because it was going up and down and
>> around, but as I got closer, I realized that it was a plastic bag. It
>> was floating around 50-100 off the ground.Â* I flew a couple hundred
>> yards, across the road and then into aÂ* tree where it got snagged.
>> It happens.
>
> Wow. I'll bet that made your day.

I had no idea he could fly!

On 10/30/2017 1:05 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
> I saw it happen today. I was headedÂ* home from running errands and
> passed a housing development under construction. I saw something up in
> the air and thought it was a bird because it was going up and down and
> around, but as I got closer, I realized that it was a plastic bag. It
> was floating around 50-100 off the ground.Â* I flew a couple hundred
> yards, across the road and then into aÂ* tree where it got snagged.
> It happens.

I don't doubt it happens, not at all. The confusion was why there
was a road where all the trees were full of plastic bags.

nancy

Dave Smith wrote:

> I saw it happen today. I was headed home from running errands and
> passed a housing development under construction. I saw something up in
> the air and thought it was a bird because it was going up and down and
> around, but as I got closer, I realized that it was a plastic bag. It
> was floating around 50-100 off the ground. I flew a couple hundred
> yards, across the road and then into a tree where it got snagged.
> It happens.


I'd say it was Steve Wertz paying you a visit, but he is too F-A-T to "float", he'd have to *burrow* up to Canada, and then CBSA would charge him duty as being a garden gnome, lol...


--
Best
Greg

On 10/30/2017 4:13 PM, Ding - Dong Daddy wrote:
> Dave Smith wrote:
>
>> I saw it happen today. I was headed home from running errands and
>> passed a housing development under construction. I saw something up in
>> the air and thought it was a bird because it was going up and down and
>> around, but as I got closer, I realized that it was a plastic bag. It
>> was floating around 50-100 off the ground. I flew a couple hundred
>> yards, across the road and then into a tree where it got snagged.
>> It happens.
>
>
> I'd say it was Steve Wertz paying you a visit, but he is too F-A-T to "float", he'd have to *burrow* up to Canada, and then CBSA would charge him duty as being a garden gnome, lol...
>
>

Jaba The HEB, heh...

On Mon, 30 Oct 2017 17:58:05 -0400, Nancy Young >
wrote:

>On 10/30/2017 1:05 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
>> I saw it happen today. I was headed* home from running errands and
>> passed a housing development under construction. I saw something up in
>> the air and thought it was a bird because it was going up and down and
>> around, but as I got closer, I realized that it was a plastic bag. It
>> was floating around 50-100 off the ground.* I flew a couple hundred
>> yards, across the road and then into a* tree where it got snagged.
>> It happens.
>
>I don't doubt it happens, not at all. The confusion was why there
>was a road where all the trees were full of plastic bags.
>
>nancy

Most likely a road leading to the town landfill.

On 10/30/2017 7:01 PM, wrote:
> On Mon, 30 Oct 2017 17:58:05 -0400, Nancy Young >
> wrote:
>
>> On 10/30/2017 1:05 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
>>> I saw it happen today. I was headedÂ* home from running errands and
>>> passed a housing development under construction. I saw something up in
>>> the air and thought it was a bird because it was going up and down and
>>> around, but as I got closer, I realized that it was a plastic bag. It
>>> was floating around 50-100 off the ground.Â* I flew a couple hundred
>>> yards, across the road and then into aÂ* tree where it got snagged.
>>> It happens.
>>
>> I don't doubt it happens, not at all. The confusion was why there
>> was a road where all the trees were full of plastic bags.

> Most likely a road leading to the town landfill.

It was leading from an airport, but as I said previously, I
found myself on such a road when this conversation started,
empty treed lots right there on the road all the garbage
trucks take to the dump. There, I thought, I'll see tons of
bags in trees I never noticed. None.

Note that I'm not saying there aren't bags in trees, just
wondering why it would be so many.

nancy

On Mon, 30 Oct 2017 19:12:04 -0400, Nancy Young >
wrote:

>On 10/30/2017 7:01 PM, wrote:
>> On Mon, 30 Oct 2017 17:58:05 -0400, Nancy Young >
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On 10/30/2017 1:05 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
>>>> I saw it happen today. I was headed* home from running errands and
>>>> passed a housing development under construction. I saw something up in
>>>> the air and thought it was a bird because it was going up and down and
>>>> around, but as I got closer, I realized that it was a plastic bag. It
>>>> was floating around 50-100 off the ground.* I flew a couple hundred
>>>> yards, across the road and then into a* tree where it got snagged.
>>>> It happens.
>>>
>>> I don't doubt it happens, not at all. The confusion was why there
>>> was a road where all the trees were full of plastic bags.
>
>> Most likely a road leading to the town landfill.
>
>It was leading from an airport, but as I said previously, I
>found myself on such a road when this conversation started,
>empty treed lots right there on the road all the garbage
>trucks take to the dump. There, I thought, I'll see tons of
>bags in trees I never noticed. None.
>
>Note that I'm not saying there aren't bags in trees, just
>wondering why it would be so many.
>
>nancy

I believe I remarked on the amazing quantity of bags in trees on the
highway going west from Heathrow. They mostly seemed to be the very
light quality bags, our supermarkets tend to use slightly heavier ones
but I notice stores like drug stores, dollar stores etc. use them.

Both times when a bag was in the trees in front here it was the
heavier grocery bag type. Two in 14 1/2 years.

On Monday, October 30, 2017 at 4:14:16 PM UTC-4, Julie Bove wrote:
> "Dave Smith" > wrote in message
> ...
> >I saw it happen today. I was headed home from running errands and passed a
> >housing development under construction. I saw something up in the air and
> >thought it was a bird because it was going up and down and around, but as I
> >got closer, I realized that it was a plastic bag. It was floating around
> >50-100 off the ground. I flew a couple hundred yards, across the road and
> >then into a tree where it got snagged.
> > It happens.
>
> Wow. I'll bet that made your day.

Best Julie post. Evhar.

Our city garbage trucks are all enclosed, from top to bottom. They use a
mechanical arm to lift the container off the curb, place it down over the proper
opening in the top of the truck, and tip it over to empty it. It would be very
difficult for a bag to go flying...usually it is neighbors who don't contain their
own refuse properly, who are guilty in the flying plastic bag crimes.

N.

"Julie Bove" > wrote in message
news
>
> "Dave Smith" > wrote in message
> ...
>>I saw it happen today. I was headed home from running errands and passed
>>a housing development under construction. I saw something up in the air
>>and thought it was a bird because it was going up and down and around, but
>>as I got closer, I realized that it was a plastic bag. It was floating
>>around 50-100 off the ground. I flew a couple hundred yards, across the
>>road and then into a tree where it got snagged.
>> It happens.
>
> Wow. I'll bet that made your day.

LOL

Ding - Dong Daddy wrote :
> I'd say it was Steve Wertz paying you a visit, but he is too F-A-T to
> "float"
>

You're in *NO POSITION* to be calling anyone fat, lardass.

https://imgur.com/a/mawKF <--- OMG!!

On 10/31/2017 3:43 AM, Casa de los peregrinos wrote:
> Ding - Dong Daddy wrote :
>> I'd say it was Steve Wertz paying you a visit, but he is too F-A-T to
>> "float"
>>
>
> You're in *NO POSITION* to be calling anyone fat, lardass.
>
> https://imgur.com/a/mawKF <--- OMG!!

forged.

On 10/31/2017 11:18 AM, Gary wrote:
> Dave Smith wrote:
>>
>> I saw it happen today. I was headed home from running errands and
>> passed a housing development under construction. I saw something up in
>> the air and thought it was a bird because it was going up and down and
>> around, but as I got closer, I realized that it was a plastic bag. It
>> was floating around 50-100 off the ground. I flew a couple hundred
>> yards, across the road and then into a tree where it got snagged.
>> It happens.
>
> Yeah, never say never. That reminds me of a funny that Sheldon
> claimed a few months ago. He said that a neighbor hangs her bras
> out on the line, wind comes along and blows them off and he sees
> her bras hanging in his maple trees. LOL. Wishful thinking
> there, no doubt.
>

Maple?

Feh, no acorns there...

On 10/31/2017 11:20 AM, Gary wrote:
> Exactly. Someone once posted that (driving home from the airport,
> I think) saw trees loaded with plastic bags. That's hard to
> believe. It does happen but not all that often. I finally did see
> one in a tree but it's very rare to see.


Not in these parts it ain't!

http://krwg.org/post/one-year-later-...an-not-working

Known as NM's unoffficial state flag.

http://payload140.cargocollective.co...Puente_G_8.jpg

http://l7.alamy.com/zooms/bd54f2fb29...ree-h2te0a.jpg

LOTSA wind here...

On 10/31/2017 11:23 AM, Gary wrote:
> Nancy2 wrote:
>>
>> Our city garbage trucks are all enclosed, from top to bottom. They use a
>> mechanical arm to lift the container off the curb, place it down over the proper
>> opening in the top of the truck, and tip it over to empty it. It would be very
>> difficult for a bag to go flying...usually it is neighbors who don't contain their
>> own refuse properly, who are guilty in the flying plastic bag crimes.
>>
>> N.
>
> None of my grocery store plastic bags end up in trees. I use
> them for garbage bags and also ferrets steal the empty ones to
> play in then drag back to their secret forts. They love to pick a
> hidden place...back of closets or underneath a dresser, etc then
> drag the bags in there for bedding.
>

I don't think you have quite the wind and open spaces combination the
desert SW does...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BJpJkXSlxw

...is very typical from Feb. - June!

Dave Smith wrote:
>
> I saw it happen today. I was headed home from running errands and
> passed a housing development under construction. I saw something up in
> the air and thought it was a bird because it was going up and down and
> around, but as I got closer, I realized that it was a plastic bag. It
> was floating around 50-100 off the ground. I flew a couple hundred
> yards, across the road and then into a tree where it got snagged.
> It happens.

Yeah, never say never. That reminds me of a funny that Sheldon
claimed a few months ago. He said that a neighbor hangs her bras
out on the line, wind comes along and blows them off and he sees
her bras hanging in his maple trees. LOL. Wishful thinking
there, no doubt.

Nancy Young wrote:
>
> On 10/30/2017 1:05 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
> > I saw it happen today. I was headed home from running errands and
> > passed a housing development under construction. I saw something up in
> > the air and thought it was a bird because it was going up and down and
> > around, but as I got closer, I realized that it was a plastic bag. It
> > was floating around 50-100 off the ground. I flew a couple hundred
> > yards, across the road and then into a tree where it got snagged.
> > It happens.
>
> I don't doubt it happens, not at all. The confusion was why there
> was a road where all the trees were full of plastic bags.
>
> nancy

Exactly. Someone once posted that (driving home from the airport,
I think) saw trees loaded with plastic bags. That's hard to
believe. It does happen but not all that often. I finally did see
one in a tree but it's very rare to see.

Same with sea turtles being strangled with the plastic 6-pack
holders. LOL

Nancy2 wrote:
>
> Our city garbage trucks are all enclosed, from top to bottom. They use a
> mechanical arm to lift the container off the curb, place it down over the proper
> opening in the top of the truck, and tip it over to empty it. It would be very
> difficult for a bag to go flying...usually it is neighbors who don't contain their
> own refuse properly, who are guilty in the flying plastic bag crimes.
>
> N.

None of my grocery store plastic bags end up in trees. I use
them for garbage bags and also ferrets steal the empty ones to
play in then drag back to their secret forts. They love to pick a
hidden place...back of closets or underneath a dresser, etc then
drag the bags in there for bedding.

Casa de los peregrinos wrote:
>
> Gary wrote:
> > Yeah, never say never. That reminds me of a funny that Sheldon
> > claimed a few months ago. He said that a neighbor hangs her bras
> > out on the line, wind comes along and blows them off and he sees
> > her bras hanging in his maple trees. LOL. Wishful thinking
> > there, no doubt.
> >
>
> Maple?
>
> Feh, no acorns there...

My street is lined with willow oak trees. Small acorns and plenty
of leaves and acorns dropping each day now. I was driving home
and going down the street slowly the other day. As I neared my
parking spot, it sounded like a popcorn popper going off
underneath the van....tires smashing many acorns and each one
with a pop sound. lol

Casa, only the female gingkos have fruit. My ex planted one in our front yard .. First tree for
this new house .. in 1969, and even then, the nursery could determine which ones were male
trees. I have no clue why anyone would plant a female tree unless it was w-a-y out there in
the back 40, where the wildlife might like them, but no humans would step on them and track
them into a building.

Our campus suffered for years with female trees close to sidewalks and busy buildings. The Asian
students would pick them up to eat...I was assured they tasted nothing like they smelled...but after
one of the VPs walked into the administration building and asked if someone had vomited in the
hallway, TPTB have slowly taken down the female trees and replaced them with male trees.

I hate to see beautiful trees removed, but in this case, since I worked in that particular building, I
was in favor of it.

N.

On Tue, 31 Oct 2017 12:18:47 -0500, Gary > wrote:

>Dave Smith wrote:
>>
>> I saw it happen today. I was headed home from running errands and
>> passed a housing development under construction. I saw something up in
>> the air and thought it was a bird because it was going up and down and
>> around, but as I got closer, I realized that it was a plastic bag. It
>> was floating around 50-100 off the ground. I flew a couple hundred
>> yards, across the road and then into a tree where it got snagged.
>> It happens.
>
>Yeah, never say never. That reminds me of a funny that Sheldon
>claimed a few months ago. He said that a neighbor hangs her bras
>out on the line, wind comes along and blows them off and he sees
>her bras hanging in his maple trees. LOL. Wishful thinking
>there, no doubt.

The only wishful thinking was wishing she was in those big bras. When
laundry is hung outside it's the flimsy undies that are first to fly
on a windy day. A lot of people here hang laundry outdoors.

On 2017-10-31 1:20 PM, Gary wrote:
> Nancy Young wrote:
>>

> Exactly. Someone once posted that (driving home from the airport,
> I think) saw trees loaded with plastic bags. That's hard to
> believe. It does happen but not all that often. I finally did see
> one in a tree but it's very rare to see.

The only place I ever saw masses of bags in trees was by a large
landfill site. I just thought it was interesting to see this one lone
bag floating aloft, being blown up and down and then across the road and
then getting snagged in a tree.

On 10/31/2017 2:15 PM, Nancy2 wrote:
> Casa, only the female gingkos have fruit.

Aha!

> My ex planted one in our front yard .. First tree for
> this new house .. in 1969, and even then, the nursery could determine which ones were male
> trees. I have no clue why anyone would plant a female tree unless it was w-a-y out there in
> the back 40, where the wildlife might like them, but no humans would step on them and track
> them into a building.

It's a real darn mess, that much I do know.

> Our campus suffered for years with female trees close to sidewalks and busy buildings. The Asian
> students would pick them up to eat...I was assured they tasted nothing like they smelled...but after
> one of the VPs walked into the administration building and asked if someone had vomited in the
> hallway, TPTB have slowly taken down the female trees and replaced them with male trees.

Ayup.

> I hate to see beautiful trees removed, but in this case, since I worked in that particular building, I
> was in favor of it.
>
> N.

Thanks for the lesson on sexing them.

Their leaves are brilliant yellow at their best, but the "fruit" stinks
to high heaven.

On 10/31/2017 2:23 PM, wrote:
> A lot of people here hang laundry outdoors.

Are you in a low income area?

Folks who hang laundry here have to drive to Tejas to get it back.

Casa de los peregrinos > wrote in
news
> On 10/31/2017 2:23 PM, wrote:
>> A lot of people here hang laundry outdoors.
>
> Are you in a low income area?
>
> Folks who hang laundry here have to drive to Tejas to get
> it back.
>

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