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Cake day: July 22nd, 2023

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  • Meh. It’s got far better in my lifetime. (My anecdotes span 3 states and 40 years.) Used to be the residential trash guys were picky bastards, never knew what refuse they would refuse. Now they pop the lid, no car batteries, sulfuric acid or tires? Good to go.

    Used to be everything that didn’t fit in the can had to be burned or hauled. My guys will pick up about anything that fits in a 4’x 8’ space if you give a call. And they’ll do it 4 times a month. No charge.

    Not so environmentally great, but we have 2 trash haulers in competition. Company A piss you off? Company B will take over the next day.


  • You would fucking DIE if I took you back to 70s America. I truly love how offended people get by littering, I really do!

    Trash was piled on the side of every road, especially highways. People just chunked their McDonald’s bag when they were done, no big deal.

    I’ve hauled a couple hundred pounds of crap out the woods surrounding our hood. About gave me a stroke on the larger items. But I keep at it, and it seems to prevent the broken window effect. Hadn’t been out in 3-weeks, figured it would be awful. Nah. Only got a single grocery bag out, and half was my own beer cans! (I did drag an electric scooter out. Fuck me. Try that over 1/2 mile of deep sand.)