[RP TownTalk] The good old days!

Wed Aug 6 11:09:49 UTC 2008

Even after the metal cans had outlived their usefulness, Public Works
employees still pulled trash from the back yards of older people or those
with disabilities who could not set out their own trash. Does the current
program still make those accommodations?

Chris Davis

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Oh Audrey - you are so funny.  I remember those

days.  I never could get my bag to the curb w/o

it tearing up from so much trash & critters tugging

at it.  Good Ole Days.   Em

In a message dated 8/5/2008 4:12:18 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
ABragg7393 at aol.com writes:

Does anyone remember back in the good ol' days (1970) when the town
furnished each household with a metal trash can stand.  In this stand was
placed a paper bag  which was filled with trash.  The public works people
would walk down your driveway, yeah its true, and pick up the paper bag and
haul it away to the trash truck.  The town also furnished the paper bags.
All included in our taxes which were quite low back then.  We had fewer
workers, trucks, staff then too.  It was wonderful not to have to worry
about totting  trash cans out to the curb and actually made the town look
better since there were never any containers lining the streets waiting for
people to come home from work or getting out on the wrong day.  Then came
the progress where we were instructed to haul our own bags out to the
street.  Saving time and money here.  So, that wasn't so bad we got used to
it.  Then came more progress.....those bags were getting messed up by the
dogs and the birds and trash was getting all over so now we would be
required to get a container which had to meet specific specifications and
haul that out to the street.  OK, we did that.  Now we have progress again.
I can't wait to see what 2020 brings for us!   Imagine.....no gas, so we
have to wheel those containers to the dump.  I can see the little old lady
(that would be me)  struggling down the East West Highway with my container.
I'm smiling happy I'm still here to witness the progress!

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