tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post6640045729580266929..comments2023-11-05T03:56:08.325-08:00Comments on Murrmurrs: Murr, Murr, Quite ContrurrMurr Brewsterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comBlogger39125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-12969545138212813032011-11-24T03:11:07.333-08:002011-11-24T03:11:07.333-08:00Tanya and I have one bag of garbage per week and o...Tanya and I have one bag of garbage per week and our neighbours half a bag. IF we could recycle paper and cardboard and empty plastic or glass bottles we would have so little garbage it wouldn't fill a grocery bag. Tanya won't compost though we certainly could. she says it attracts rats.The Blog Fodderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11441978691701289074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-45872648344410956242011-11-23T03:18:26.122-08:002011-11-23T03:18:26.122-08:00Recycling is still a bit in its infancy here in Sp...Recycling is still a bit in its infancy here in Spain, changes a lot from one town to the next... but we're getting there! And yeah, it's definitely kids pressuring the parents to do it right ;o)CrazyCrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17512240982215608638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-57160636144661101872011-11-22T22:25:31.339-08:002011-11-22T22:25:31.339-08:00I've got compost in the back yard too, so I...I've got compost in the back yard too, so I'm conflicted. Now I can put meat, actual meat, in my kitchen bin, so I have to think about what's in there before I put it in my own compost, or worse, sort the bad bits out into the yard debris and the rest in compost. On the other hand, if my worst problem is having to keep track of extra meat on my plate, I don't have any problems.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-90122295217628365302011-11-22T21:44:24.702-08:002011-11-22T21:44:24.702-08:00Good God.
I'd have to just slit my throat and...Good God.<br /><br />I'd have to just slit my throat and which freaking bin would THAT go in???<br /><br /> seriously, we just opened a recycling center in my little town so we no longer have to drive 25 miles to recycle our stuff. It's like heaven. And now you don't have to sort anything. That just doesn't seem right. Maybe it's part of putting Amerika back to work./<br /><Akanniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00513632434353119491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-41411300797641132642011-11-22T13:34:27.368-08:002011-11-22T13:34:27.368-08:00Oh, R.J., I'd believe anything. For instance, ...Oh, R.J., I'd believe anything. For instance, my "share" button works for me only randomly. Sometimes it just sits there all sullen. Other times it pops up and wants to play. I blame its mother. In fact, my entire method of dealing with computers, which otherwise would make me feel stupid and depressed, is to figure out something to blame that is not me. Menopause worked for a long Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-16078972535498991602011-11-22T12:44:31.108-08:002011-11-22T12:44:31.108-08:00I'll bet you wouldn't believe I've alr...I'll bet you wouldn't believe I've already written six comments to this post but you haven't seen any of them. To be honest, it was only four. I had to discover that I can not post comments to your blog from Firefox. It has to be through a different browser. This is a test of I.E. I think Safari will talk to your blog. <br /><br />As to recycling, we are lucky that they collect R. J.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10291839202970032184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-26032624055431651072011-11-20T18:13:25.130-08:002011-11-20T18:13:25.130-08:00Yeah, it's not all that funny. I'll fix th...Yeah, it's not all that funny. I'll fix that the next time though, don't you worry.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-83843169700561040672011-11-20T15:56:17.173-08:002011-11-20T15:56:17.173-08:00Wow, for the first time I didn't laugh at all....Wow, for the first time I didn't laugh at all. I realize that sarcasm just sounds normal to me. But I agree with everything you say. Excuse me, I have to stir my compost pail.ellenoregonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13614616629522707860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-60305997696768295852011-11-20T12:48:03.485-08:002011-11-20T12:48:03.485-08:00We are in a small midwestern town. Our garbage is ...We are in a small midwestern town. Our garbage is picked up every week, every other week a separate recycling bin is collected; it no longer needs to be separated. When we have large groups of holiday guests, it looks as though we have a house of ill repute, with empty beer cans, liquor and wine bottles, newspapers, magazines, cardboard boxes. I almost feel guilty recycling, thinking that I Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-84438935057501738312011-11-20T10:34:50.765-08:002011-11-20T10:34:50.765-08:00Our multicolored bins are not so full as they used...Our multicolored bins are not so full as they used to be. We recycle most food to our geriatric potbellied pig, except for the carbs which we put on the deck railing for the crows.<br /><br />The garden waste goes into a compost bin for future use.<br /><br />The emptier the bins, the better, to our way of thinking.Linda Myershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05706455533282204519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-83876133269752045912011-11-20T04:54:10.769-08:002011-11-20T04:54:10.769-08:00Oh my. Thanks for stopping by my little nature blo...Oh my. Thanks for stopping by my little nature blog. It's been awhile and I absolutely love your wonderful sense of humor and irony. I do believe we have the same view of contemporary political life. I just tend to get mad and mostly keep quiet about it. You have a wonderfully sharp knife and know right where to put it. Thanks!troutbirderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14087811292280881959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-11932577573556467192011-11-19T23:08:38.677-08:002011-11-19T23:08:38.677-08:00Welcome, Astri, and say hello to any Skaris you se...Welcome, Astri, and say hello to any Skaris you see over there, because we're probably related. Speaking of forebears, Rob, Pootie is pretty particular about his creature comforts. Then again, he's not a bear. He's a dog.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-64889549434412561492011-11-19T23:01:23.469-08:002011-11-19T23:01:23.469-08:00Here in Oslo (Norway) we sort foodwaste and plasti...Here in Oslo (Norway) we sort foodwaste and plastics in to 2 separate colored bags and place them in our garbage cans. There are colletion points for cans and bottles around the city. The remainder of trash goes in a plastic bag. I have found that I have very little other garbage. Trash is burned as fuel in the local heating plant. Sorting and recycling works!Astrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04340197765901616490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-24363126347214743132011-11-19T22:52:13.808-08:002011-11-19T22:52:13.808-08:00Greetings to whatever is left of Occupy Portland f...Greetings to whatever is left of Occupy Portland from the tiny bit of what's left of Occupy Saskatoon.<br /><br />Garbage isn't a "big thing" when the temperature hits 0°F. It can wait until the world thaws. Finding homes for the homeless who have adopted us is a "big thing." And we're finding "the system," which is supposed to be helpful, isn't as Rob-bearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00171692478879522588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-81243397792639396832011-11-19T21:54:14.085-08:002011-11-19T21:54:14.085-08:00Here in backwoods Florida it all goes together int...Here in backwoods Florida it all goes together into the cans and then to the local landfill. Nothing is wasted, because it raises the ground level to allow housing units for retirees to be built above the hurricane surge level. <br /><br />TedAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-77917508779094081312011-11-19T20:03:36.063-08:002011-11-19T20:03:36.063-08:00True, true...as a former mailman I would like to m...True, true...as a former mailman I would like to mention that the junk mail pays the bills for the USPS, even at the reduced postage rate--it's been subsidizing the first class for years. Still, from a paper point of view it's wasteful. This has been a public Postal Service announcement.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-25892131204363279502011-11-19T19:50:13.506-08:002011-11-19T19:50:13.506-08:00Check out catalogchoice.org to find out how to sto...Check out catalogchoice.org to find out how to stop pesky phone books, catalogs, etc. It's easy.Carolynnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-7182961061736491612011-11-19T19:30:52.866-08:002011-11-19T19:30:52.866-08:00Turning waste to energy can solve so many problems...Turning waste to energy can solve so many problems. My husband (former astrophysicist and contractor to NASA et al. in computational fluid dynamics)spent his last decade developing an improved process to turn most garbage and combined recycling/yard waste(or any plant matter)into ethanol or other products. The process was proved at UC-Davis w/ part DOE money and help, but we couldn't raise Rosemary Lombardhttp://chelonianconnection.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-9521191074335746242011-11-19T19:15:25.195-08:002011-11-19T19:15:25.195-08:00I love it when you get all tongue-in-cheek, Murr. ...I love it when you get all tongue-in-cheek, Murr. Good one! Yrs truly, the Compost Queen.Tiffinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13778085151055551720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-2904030968325423712011-11-19T17:01:53.590-08:002011-11-19T17:01:53.590-08:00City picks up yard waste here, or you can take it ...City picks up yard waste here, or you can take it to several places for removal to landfill for composting. Then you can go BUY the finished compost that you provided the raw materials for at said landfill or BUY it in plastic bags at local nursery/greenhouses.Carolinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09646529544107229536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-53139861765313203872011-11-19T13:56:24.300-08:002011-11-19T13:56:24.300-08:00I would love to have a pick up for the garden wast...I would love to have a pick up for the garden waste. We have the regular garbage (kitty litter and the like) picked up weekly, recycling (newspapers, cans, bottles) picked up fortnightly but the green waste has to be taken to the dump. Or sneaked into the regular bin. If you do the right thing and take it to the dump a dump person goes through it telling you what can go in green waste (free) Elephant's Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06650565833097914052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-47316982861415667482011-11-19T12:26:11.109-08:002011-11-19T12:26:11.109-08:00That could never happen here. Wet newspapers don&#...That could never happen here. Wet newspapers don't fly.<br /><br />LO'S BACK! LO'S BACK!Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-64782794955719942052011-11-19T12:18:10.344-08:002011-11-19T12:18:10.344-08:00Great stuff. I agree with every word. Well, maybe ...Great stuff. I agree with every word. Well, maybe not literally 'every' word, but you get my drift. We go through the same thing here. My only gripe is that the bastards who are supposed to pick up the recyclable stuff in the blue bins often don't show up until about 7:30 pm on a trash/recycling day and that means if it's windy the whole street gets a nice dusitng of old Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-25852478690493693872011-11-19T10:43:13.280-08:002011-11-19T10:43:13.280-08:00Murr.....wonderful blog. Just home from hospital ...Murr.....wonderful blog. Just home from hospital so do not have the energy to rave properly.<br /><br />Fab treatise on garbage...oh, I do admire you.Lohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08398370059689865989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-2592059293367468592011-11-19T10:41:02.512-08:002011-11-19T10:41:02.512-08:00I for one am amazed at the sheer volume of stuff l...I for one am amazed at the sheer volume of stuff like junk mail and phone directories that I still get, even in the internet age. I then have to do the work of taking it all to the paper-recycling bin. Millions of others are presumably doing the same with thousands of tons of this stuff. Surely it would be more efficient for the junk mailers and phone-book mongers to ship their output <i>en Infidel753https://www.blogger.com/profile/10965786814334886696noreply@blogger.com