tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8049802.post953793159801358390..comments2024-03-22T10:52:36.273-07:00Comments on snarkolepsy: Oh - you will assimilate.she said:http://www.blogger.com/profile/15003430767746896739noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8049802.post-4371762732633272342010-10-08T14:56:32.876-07:002010-10-08T14:56:32.876-07:00That's actually a good point with the extra tr...That's actually a good point with the extra trucks to pick up three bins. <br /><br />My city claims they want to reduce landfill by 75%. Good luck with all that.she said:https://www.blogger.com/profile/15003430767746896739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8049802.post-82657953066298834502010-10-08T00:25:16.140-07:002010-10-08T00:25:16.140-07:00A friend of mine is a contractor in Spokane, and h...A friend of mine is a contractor in Spokane, and he was at the dump one day dropping off a trailer full of junk from a remodel he was doing.<br /><br />He watched as the recycle truck rolled up and dumped an entire load of glass and plastic bottles....right into the landfill.<br /><br />Most residential recycling programs are useless "feel good" programs. Most smaller communities don't have the resources to actually do the recycling, and have to pay to have it trucked to somewhere that does.<br /><br />Not to mention the fact that in the name of the environment, you've doubled the amount of big, smelly diesel trucks on the road to pick up trash separately from recycling.<br /><br />Gaia hates that.Steve Bhttp://bitsofbrain.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8049802.post-39355218657856297522010-10-07T15:28:37.615-07:002010-10-07T15:28:37.615-07:00Good thing you check in - I'd have needed to s...Good thing you check in - I'd have needed to send out a search party.;)<br /><br /><i>"what really made Seattle start to suck was when all those Californians sold their homes and moved up here 20-25 years ago. Nasty Californians!"</i><br /><br />Oh believe me - Washingtonians have been hating Californians for as long as I've been alive. Which is longer than 25 years. I was born up there. I see a lot of you guys down here lately though.<br /><br />You should start a travel blog. You must see lots of interesting stuff on those long commutes. Sorry to hear about your parents.she said:https://www.blogger.com/profile/15003430767746896739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8049802.post-68268988504559088712010-10-06T18:01:39.225-07:002010-10-06T18:01:39.225-07:00First, I've been over to Seattle visiting my p...First, I've been over to Seattle visiting my parents for almost a week. No internet for my computer. So I'm sorry your visits dropped dramatically.(grin.) Someone told me that Virgin offers a pay as you go "internet jobbie"for my usb port. I'll REALLY have to look into that.<br /><br />Anyway, when I was over in Seattle, I see that the city council has mandated that fast food restaurants have two, yes two, garbage cans everywhere one used to do. One is for recyclables and one is for landfill. I'm hoping someone doesn't have to go through the garbage garbage can because that's where I think it all should go.<br /><br />My poor parents have a big can for yard waste, a medium can for recycle (and it seems like everything is recycleable) and a miniature, wee little can for garbage.I mean I have a larger waste basket next to my desk than their garbage can.<br /><br />Seattle's known as the Berkeley (Berkley?) of the North. Back in the old (60-70 yrs ago) days, there were "47 states and the soviet of Washington." It was the home of the IWW Union during the teens last century and has always as much leftist as liberal. But what really made Seattle start to suck was when all those Californians sold their homes and moved up here 20-25 years ago. Nasty Californians!<br /><br />I'll probably be hit and miss here for a while (but then it looks like you have sorta been that way too, lately). I've been hitting the highways between here and Seattle every 2-3 wks to see my 89-year-old bedridden dad. Then last weekend,my 85-year-old mom fell and broke her femur. So while she's recuperating and until we can get good (affordable) nursing in for him, their kids are rotating days off and providing "nursing" care. We all live 200 to 300miles away so it's been fun. <br /><br />Darn... another long post.<br /><br />JohnJohn from Pomeroy on the Palousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01581562496086759948noreply@blogger.com