Recycle, reuse.
Some years ago, Dave Attell had a series on Comedy Central in which he performed standup in various cities across the US. While in each city, he visited all the late night hot spots. In the New Orleans episode, he visited a sewage treatment plant. The workers there referred to used condoms as rainbow trout.
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"Well my son, life is like a beanstalk, isn't it?"--Dalai Lama
My Dad and Mom have decided to move to a senior center next summer. Good for them.
My father recently wrote a 30+ page semi-fictional piece imagining, starting with his great-grandfather leaving the slums of Manchester, UK, how his parents met. Pretty good, actually.
Cobra handling and cocaine use are a bad mix.
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I have a couple of these boxes and an electronic device graveyard.
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I don't like country music, but I don't mean to denigrate those who do. And for the people who like country music, denigrate means 'put down.'- Bob Newhart
It isn't.
And we all do. The graveyard of gadgets is, as I read somebody else describe it, a kind of "fossil record of technology." Old phones, old remotes, old recorders, old stereo equipment, old computers, old software.
I have a couple of junk drawers I'm trying to have designated as World Heritage sites.
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My Mom's culling the herd-
Mom: "Do you want this?"
Me: "No."
(Next time I'm over)-
Mom: "This box of stuff is for you."
I have two boxes of chipped dimestore glassware that Ma ordered me to take! The minute I toss it, her Ma ESP will cause her to ask to see her 60’a cheap-assed punch bowl! Those boxes will make it to the dumpster before the Funeral Home receives her remains some day!
The Ice Cream Lady Wet her drawers........To see you in the Passion Playyyy eeee - I. Anderson
"It's kind of like deciding not to date a beautiful blonde anymore because she farted." - Top Cat
I was expecting to be kinda meh, but it made my nips stiffen - Jerjo
(Zamran) "that fucking thing man . . . it sits there on my wall like a broken clock " - Helix
Social Media is the "Toilet" of the Internet - Lady Gaga
My uncle worked in then owned a TV repair shop most of his working life. When he retired, he ended up with a garage full of old TVs of no use to anyone. The state of California only allows the disposal of a few TVs a year. So he's still working on getting rid of them, about 2 decades after he retired. Meanwhile, the cost of disposing of CRT TVs is going up each year.
"Well my son, life is like a beanstalk, isn't it?"--Dalai Lama
A pet peeve of mine is people dumping their useless junk on charities, like Goodwill. Not only is one not actually giving them anything, one is stealing from them what one would otherwise have to pay to have the junk properly disposed of. A non-profit I used to work for had to shut down their thrift store for this very reason. It turned into a money losing proposition.
"Well my son, life is like a beanstalk, isn't it?"--Dalai Lama
There is a local guy here that is asking people to help fill a shipping container with stuff to send to Zambia.
Chances are good that Zambians really don't need the stuff, and it messes with their economy to dump "free stuff from America".
Perhaps he started out with a house clearing project.
"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it."
-- Aristotle
Nostalgia, you know, ain't what it used to be. Furthermore, they tells me, it never was.
“A Man Who Does Not Read Has No Appreciable Advantage Over the Man Who Cannot Read” - Mark Twain
To say nothing of the fact that it's probably racist.Originally Posted by markwoll
I'm not sure about Zambia specifically, but many third world nations leapfrogged the west in wireless communications because they had no outdated infrastructure to overcome, and they actually have faster speeds and better infrastructure than we do.
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I think Garyhead's mother and my mother were separated at birth....
Mom had one of those things you dip your fingers in to make them younger, or whatever it's supposed to do. Sat in the cabinet above the tub for maybe thirty years unused. So I tossed it.
A couple of months later she pulls the step stool in there searching for it. Asks me where it's at. I claim ignorance.
How she even remembered it was in there baffled me. It had been hidden for years under some blankets when I tossed it.
Carry On My Blood-Ejaculating Son - JKL2000
The Ice Cream Lady Wet her drawers........To see you in the Passion Playyyy eeee - I. Anderson
"It's kind of like deciding not to date a beautiful blonde anymore because she farted." - Top Cat
I was expecting to be kinda meh, but it made my nips stiffen - Jerjo
(Zamran) "that fucking thing man . . . it sits there on my wall like a broken clock " - Helix
Social Media is the "Toilet" of the Internet - Lady Gaga
My mother, Doris, passed away this evening at home with my family. The dementia shut down her body and she was unable to do anything. She was 92 and had a good life. Her last six years she was living with us. I will dearly miss her but know she is at peace.
NEVER UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF STUPID PEOPLE IN LARGE GROUPS!
Sorry to hear this. Very honorable that you cared for her around the clock. May she rest in peace.
My deepest sympathies to you and your family, Ed. Even though you know the end is coming, it stills hurts like a mofo.
I don't like country music, but I don't mean to denigrate those who do. And for the people who like country music, denigrate means 'put down.'- Bob Newhart
Sorry for your loss Ed.
"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it."
-- Aristotle
Nostalgia, you know, ain't what it used to be. Furthermore, they tells me, it never was.
“A Man Who Does Not Read Has No Appreciable Advantage Over the Man Who Cannot Read” - Mark Twain
My sympathies, Ed. Knowing that it's best for her and that a full life was lived doesn't always make it easier. Cherish your memories.
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