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Tegger[_4_]

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On Thu, 29 Aug 2013 09:29:02 -0700 (PDT), "
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I suppose there might be some rare places dumb enough not
to have a reasonable way for residents to properly dispose of these
things, but I'd sure like to see some examples.

There are.

My county is one of them. Yes, there are legal ways here to get rid of
large and inconvenient objects containing substances currently considered
naughty, but the environuts have ensured that those ways remain
unadvertised, inconvenient, and uncomfortable.

Just try visiting our local county dump. Once you get past the quarter-
mile-long lineup (everybody MUST pass the scale even if he has only a
single bag of garbage!), you get the third-degree as to what, exactly,
you're bringing in. And then there are the charges: Minimum charge is $5.
Four bags of garbage is $9. You're charged by the pound; how much do you
have, and how much will it cost? You won't know until you go back across
the scale on the way out.

Garbage is a moral issue these days: It's the modern equivalent of
adultery, sodomy, or some other form of moral dissipation. If you've
managed to generate garbage of some kind, then you are a depraved and
defective person and must be -- if not punished -- at least be made
abundantly aware of your sins.

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Tegger