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Mark & Juanita wrote:

On Fri, 1 Jul 2005 13:13:47 -0400, (Jeff Gagnon) wrote:

Right with you there, buddy. Seems like there's nowhere you can go
ANYWHERE... shore, parks, even state forests... and there's plastic
bags, bottles and wrappers wherever you go. Not to mention "empty"
plastic cigarette lighters.
They're like mushrooms... everywhere.


Funny, we just spent a day in Rocky Mountain National forest a few weeks
ago. Very little litter anywhere, neither at the picnic area nor around
Bear Lake or Nymph Lake, nor in any of the parking lots.

Spent time on the beach in Oceanside, California in April. Again, no
real significant amount of trash except in a few places along the wave
barriers where some had been deposited by waves -- but not in any real
great amounts.

If "Littering" becomes an olympic sport, the USA will take the gold,
silver, and bronze medals every year. It IS a local thing, people. Pick
up the first plastic bag you see in the woods, and I'll bet you can fill
it with other litter in 15 minutes. You'll feel a little better when you
drop it off in a trash can.


Wouldn't exactly bet on that. Had some friends who spent time in Japan,
they climbed Mt Fuji and were astounded at the huge amount of litter (bags,
water bottles, etc.) on the trail. They indicated it was worse than
anything they had seen at US Parks.

Back to the shop. Gotta finish the solid walnut bathtub before the
plumber gets here.

Jeff



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If you're gonna be dumb, you better be tough

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I agree. While we're not terribly clean we're doing a lot better than we
did in the 70's. It's also regionally worse in places. It was not
uncommon to see someone toss something out a car window when I lived in
Pensacola FL but when I lived in Washington state you never saw that
and I suspect people would have tracked you down if you had. I see some
on my weekend hikes here in MD but it's usually Sat am and attributable
to kids out partying on Friday night and such. I'm also not the only one
I see hiking with a shopping bag and rarely is my bag ever full.

Allen