Sporting Wood and other Random Thoughts

by **Bucky** » Tue Nov 17, 2009 14:47:40

Mrs. Vox wrote:Around here, it's apparently a huge cost savings for the municipality to promote recycling because the cost to dump each truck at the landfill. Just after we moved they switched to RecycleBank and gave every house a 96 gallon container for comingled weekly recycling. We fill that thing to the brim every week, and only fill a smaller trash can with trash. It would be much less trash if not for diapers.

You get points for every pound of trash the municipality recycles (in someplaces you get points based on what YOU recycle, but our trucks don't have the barcode readers). But unfortunately the points reward system is pretty useless.

I've done OK from the points. A local Home Depot has coupons for $5 off a $25 purchase (50 points) and $20 off a $100 purchase (200 points). Also a $10 home depot gift card is 1,000 points. For perspective, I get about 100 points a week (we have the barcodes).

by **Trent Steele** » Tue Nov 17, 2009 14:54:28

I'm waiting for the call that will (may) have an enormous impact on my professional future. I think today is the day. Tom Petty was right, as usual.

by **phatj** » Tue Nov 17, 2009 14:57:23

Trent Steele wrote:I'm waiting for the call that will (may) have an enormous impact on my professional future. I think today is the day. Tom Petty was right, as usual.

Coming down is the hardest thing?

by **Phan In Phlorida** » Tue Nov 17, 2009 15:12:13

Harpua wrote:I am reading a Washington Post story on electric cars. Apparently Nissan is coming out with something called the Leaf. The Nissan Leaf. I mean...come on. You've got to do better than that.

Woody wrote:I'll wait for the Infiniti Twig

Dunno if I should await for a car that runs on butterfly farts, or just get this...

http://www.teslamotors.com

by **lethal** » Tue Nov 17, 2009 15:26:01

Trent Steele wrote:I'm waiting for the call that will (may) have an enormous impact on my professional future. I think today is the day. Tom Petty was right, as usual.

Best of luck!

by **MrsVox** » Tue Nov 17, 2009 15:43:33

Bucky wrote:
Mrs. Vox wrote:Around here, it's apparently a huge cost savings for the municipality to promote recycling because the cost to dump each truck at the landfill. Just after we moved they switched to RecycleBank and gave every house a 96 gallon container for comingled weekly recycling. We fill that thing to the brim every week, and only fill a smaller trash can with trash. It would be much less trash if not for diapers.

You get points for every pound of trash the municipality recycles (in someplaces you get points based on what YOU recycle, but our trucks don't have the barcode readers). But unfortunately the points reward system is pretty useless.

I've done OK from the points. A local Home Depot has coupons for $5 off a $25 purchase (50 points) and $20 off a $100 purchase (200 points). Also a $10 home depot gift card is 1,000 points. For perspective, I get about 100 points a week (we have the barcodes).

I should check then... I could use the Home Depot gc's, I'm in a painting frenzy again.

by **MrsVox** » Tue Nov 17, 2009 15:48:26

Went with the Wal-Mart gift card.... average about 48 points a week

by **Slowhand** » Tue Nov 17, 2009 17:45:27

I don't feel like going to the store but I have absolutely nothing to drink in the house and I'm getting thirsty.

by **Slowhand** » Tue Nov 17, 2009 19:42:30

They've really dumbed down the Discovery Channel.

by **TenuredVulture** » Tue Nov 17, 2009 20:02:29

Slowhand wrote:I don't feel like going to the store but I have absolutely nothing to drink in the house and I'm getting thirsty.

You got running water? You got a cup? Fuck the store.

by **Slowhand** » Tue Nov 17, 2009 20:06:17

That's disgusting.

by **Bucky** » Tue Nov 17, 2009 22:20:07

Slowhand wrote:They've really dumbed down the Discovery Channel.

by **FTN** » Wed Nov 18, 2009 02:13:58

i had a really cool idea for a mix cd, and i was going to post it, but vox would dump all over it, so i wont.

by **VoxOrion** » Wed Nov 18, 2009 08:13:54

Would I dump all over it because you'd post the mp3's here or because I'd criticize the selection?

by **Trent Steele** » Wed Nov 18, 2009 08:37:33

Trent Steele wrote:I'm waiting for the call that will (may) have an enormous impact on my professional future. I think today is the day. Tom Petty was right, as usual.

Yesterday was not the day. Maybe today.

by **Houshphandzadeh** » Wed Nov 18, 2009 10:08:50

Shoulda copped that bacon egg cheese on the way over here

by **MrsVox** » Wed Nov 18, 2009 10:20:48

What's that music recognition app for the ipod/iphone?

by **Woody** » Wed Nov 18, 2009 10:22:05

Shazam

by **MrsVox** » Wed Nov 18, 2009 10:24:13

Thanks so much, let's see if it works with classical music... (I made CDs to play at our wedding, just found them, but of course there's no track information on them.

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