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[mrdna1]

Yeah!  It's much harder for me to trashspot, out here in the boonies.  I guess I could go to the dump, but that not quite the same (although it does have its charms.)

Rural trashspotting can be fun because so much more goes out on the side of the road. I remember driving by one place that was very obviously being renovated inside (ie: 6ft. pile of debris by the driveway with lots of oddball stuff nearby).

Unfortunately, after poking through the pile for a few minutes for things to take home and smash I had a surprisingly angry soccer mom on my ass.

[swinehund]

I could go trashspotting downtown, but I would have to fight off some guys who are already looking through it for cans. I'm not that dedicated.

It might be worth travelling to the more residential areas, but I don't know their recycling schedules.

[Nate_Small]

I am thoroughly enjoying Emeril's "Steady-as-a-Train-Sharp-as-a-Razor"prose.

That women must truly be embarrassed.

[wombat]

Whoa, LOTS of new trashspotting clubs.  I'm going to have to get moving. I swear the neighbors suspect something -  this past week no one had put their recycling out before bedtime.

[theinevitable]

I saw that, nate_small. I saw what you were saying there.

Is his prose like guitar-playing, though? really?

[mrdna1]

I am thoroughly enjoying Emeril's "Steady-as-a-Train-Sharp-as-a-Razor"prose.

I noticed he has the Beef-like habit of using of "such as" to replace "like". I'm beginning to wonder if it's some Achewoodian slang distortion (ie: "hell of" instead of "hella").

[Nate_Small]

I saw that, nate_small. I saw what you were saying there.

Is his prose like guitar-playing, though? really?

Yes. When I think Emeril LegoineGasque, I think Folsom Prison Blues and to a certain extent Ring of Fire.

[JorgeFabregas]

There's no curb space in Chicago, so even if there was an actual recycling program that worked (most of the blue bags do indeed end up in the trash dumps), it would have to use dumpsters, not curbside bins. Digging through dumpsters seems a different game entirely.

[theinevitable]

so, I made a comment once about eating a cake out of a trash can. My college counselor person heard, and was very disturbed.

About a month later, she came up to me and started talking about Dumpster Diving.

It was awkward.

The cake was in a box. I saw the person put it in the trash. it was on top of all the other trash. There were only a few pieces missing.

It was grelicious.

[jough]

George wanted an eclair.  He ate from the un-bitten end.  We understand, inev.

[Drastic Action]

Speaking of dumpster-diving, I took a computer security class which basically ended up being a "security in general, and how you get around it" class.  One of the many tidbits of wisdom I got from it was that if you want to go root through dumpsters (as in, office dumpsters, not food dumpsters, ick), bring a tuna giraffe sandwich, wrapped in tinfoil and then squished about.  If anybody stops you while you're there, pull out the foil sandwich ball and start biting off pieces.  Instant hobo appearance!

[ndpatel]

There's no curb space in Chicago, so even if there was an actual recycling program that worked (most of the blue bags do indeed end up in the trash dumps), it would have to use dumpsters, not curbside bins. Digging through dumpsters seems a different game entirely.

I've toured the waste management plant in Chicago and all the trash gets sorted, regardless of whether or not it's in a blue bag. So apparently some recycling goes on. The blue bags are totally a scam, though.

[AlohaDawg]

Oh, shit, so you you're saying one needn't BUY the blue bags? They are just basically a tax?

Why don't more people know this?

[ndpatel]

Oh, shit, so you you're saying one needn't BUY the blue bags? They are just basically a tax?

Why don't more people know this?

it's chicago. at some level everyone knows everything is a scam. after a while you either a: let it go or b: start to think of the $20 bill as a legitimate way of making friends.

but yeah, the blue bags were foisted upon the city by way of a sweetheart deal between waste management and the daley administration. shocking, i know.

[Drygioni]

Me and my friend (My friend and I) once ate a pack of Jaffa Cakes left outside with the rubbish. They were unopened, so no harm done, right?

Trash-Eating: More fun than Trash-Spotting. More life threatening, I guess.