"Mark & Juanita" wrote in message
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On Sun, 23 Jan 2005 09:24:19 -0500, "Norman D. Crow"
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"brocpuffs" wrote in message
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On Sat, 22 Jan 2005 17:13:35 GMT, "toller" wrote:

I'd sure love to do that too. It's illegal in our city (Rochester,
NY)
though. Damn!

I didn't know that! I will put the rowing machine back.
I almost forgot the Nordic Track, but that needed a $5 bearing
replaced.

Aw. Just leave an anonymous note where the stuff was, saying you
didn't realize its frowned upon and you will say a few words of
penance. Something like that-

From what Nahmie said, it may be a local ordinance kind of thing. Not
really sure. Aw, grab it while you can!!! That law makes no sense to
me.

Must be local. Makes me sick when guys here start talking about "dump
runs",
because our local landfill will NOT allow you to take anything. Something
to
do with liability. SIL wanted a nice Stainless Steel playground slide
that
was @ the landfill metal bin, they wouldn't let him have it.

Our landfill has a sign indicating that taking things from the landfill
constitutes theft.

Seems kinda heavy-handed.

I'm not sure that this is driven by liability so much as practicality
and
safety. At our landfill, the earth-movers are busy filling in not too far
from where people are dumping. Given the lack of common sense and common
courtesy prevalent in today's society, I can see people getting themselves
in the way of the earth movers while trying to pull out that "one really
cool thing" they see just before it is about to get buried.

Ours is at the transfer station, where you empty it into a big compactor
trailer, then they haul it out to the actual landfill. They have other
containers around for cans, bottles, etc., and a big "pit" to drop the metal
stuff into, so there's no big equipment around. They claimed if they let SIL
have it and then his kid got hurt on it, he *might* sue, that's why they
wouldn't let him have it.

--
Nahmie
Those on the cutting edge bleed a lot.