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Comments about litterThere are 100 comments about "litter"
Allan: Richie,
I DID live in the same building as Judy O. We both lived on the first floor. I was in the front. Her family in the back. She had a male dog 'Nipper' and I...... trixie gross: well, to me boring is if there are no clubs, nice lil cafes -places where adults and I mean us who are over 40,can go to and chat with folks...to me sports mean lil, so...... zagg: *shakes fist* damn youngings and their rap music and their littering; why I oughta!... serlingrod: Here’s a list of contact numbers for city services…..
##NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES##
City Hall Operator 215.686.1776
Abandoned Car (Automated Service) 215.683.2278
Abandoned Car Supervisor 215.685.9500
Barking Dogs, PAACA 215.685.9040
Citizen Crime Commission 215.546.TIPS
Illegal Dumping (Neighborhood Services) 215.685.3097
Nuisance Bar, Underage Drinking 215.726.6200
Public...... river otters21 girl: It is a darn shame to see hear what happened to Kensington. Oh, I agree with YourOwnFault 100% except that this cancer known as white flight took place more recently than the 50s and...... Jesse: We moved to the northside when moving here from Ontario. Fredericton is about 20 yrs behind well anywhere else in Canada especially when it comes to shopping. My god its a capital city and full...... Passerby: I live in HP and you can label me as a yuppie, or whatever stereotype you want. I can tell you this: I don't like the litter all over my lawn. I don't enjoy the...... ChiPhi: Christopher and others, why is there always a: "...somebody needs to do something to help..." why don't people take responsibility and pride for their own? I have lived in this neighborhood for 5 years...... Paul: I live in downtown Toronto and I think our downtown is quite impressive, with the coloured lights on the Skydome and CN Tower it really enhances the night view and the Royal Bank Plaza glitters...... jack: litter bug, stinking pig, the smoker should be jailed.... Montrice Weathersby A.K.A Sconey Wrong: I was born and raised in the Henry Horner Homes projects in 1975 in the building 2145 w.lake St.We loater moved to 2215 w.Lake st and all i could remember is gun fire and purse...... been: But I think, ultimately, the fourth is my favourite. Love the dendritic effect of the leafless tree, so sharp in the foreground. The transition from the glittering bay up to the murky sky, through the...... jack: barry you took these i'm guessing from 30 rock, and they are beautiful shots, this is manhattan in fall, autumn in new york, why does it seem so inviting, autumn in new york, it...... jack: so where's the dirt, the grime, the littered papers and turned over trash barrels, the tons of garbage, the people the tons of people all walking over each other not even a cloud, how does...... brando: Ive lived in HP for 5 years and love many things about the Hood, like being so close to wicker Park and paying alot less rent. ., but I have never been able to understand...... TiffT: Ha Ha! Oh so true...if you hear some of the local myths about Tim's you'll hear everything from tobacco in the paper lining of the cup to vanilla in the grounds to bolster addiction. I...... 99˘Dreams: Peter, you didn't just run with my idea -- you sprinted with it! And I guess the finish line isn't yet in sight since you titled it "part 1". Great work -- I just...... Tony T: Chris, thanks for posting the Freedom Square pict. I grew up a block away on Evergreen and Willoughby. I'm 42 now and live in Japan, but I still enjoy looking at old photos of where...... joey: i see where the litter comes from. the waste management trucks do a sloppy job of emptying the dumpsters. several little milk cartons were blowing around in the street this morning.... joey: i noticed the litter has come back. little orange juice boxes, gum wrappers, broken pencils... jack: i remember masim's on chambers street, as a matter of fact from cedar street at washington to church street to chambers was litterally an electronics street fair, every store had radio components laid out on...... joey: some strong gusty winds lately have 'cleaned' the schoolyard of it's usual litter... Frank S. Besner: Not quite. Retard actally means "belated" or the state of being late.
The sign litterally translates to: "Blocking (the metro) doors: illegal belatement"
the employ of the word "retard" and the basic design of the thing obviously...... briaunna rachel and dustin: ok the head things are a tad bit weird but they look good to eat and they look pretty cool but the things in the kitty litter box are really freaky and whoever the crazy...... Terryl: Loved the cat litter tray cake! Would this work with something savoury? Barf up pizza. No, maybe not...... Catherine Penfold-Waxman: I took the sugar skulls to a halloween party where several people nibbled them. I also made this cake. Yes it is a cake. A cat litter cake. I cheated somewhat and used two squarish...... Catherine Penfold-Waxman: The liquor store is always a treat.
Yesterday at work I dressed up as Fidel Castro. Tonight I'm wearing a fantastic witch costume. And Monday I'm going to be Devil Debbie Reynolds. I'm going to...... emma b.hope: fab images take me from small town america to mysterious filmic reality phantasy david lynchish territory... to where i am not infrequently found-hospital, trying to be in touch despite feeling alienated and bewildered (often).but hey,int...... Nibs: It is not Tim Hortons making the mess it is the lazy customer that cannot be bothered to put the cup or garbage in its right place, that being a garbage can. Pretty sad when...... Grandfather Time: the scene looks desolate, even tho theres a building, and discarded toys... it seems almost somber, and sad, every item on the ground is either discarded, littered, or forgotten almost (the bicycle laying on the...... ksedge: this post reminded me of how much i love the look of broken glass. although, like zagg, i detest littering, as well as the safety issues of it, my eyes find it appealing.
[[img:14693]]... zagg: i detest littering, i love the effect the broken glass though in this shot... chiamattt: I have only ever seen one cigarette vending machine in Korea. In Japan there are more cigarette vending machines than pieces of litter on the street. It's paradise!... C: Downtown Calgary is littered with drugs and generally unsavoury characters, not just the East Village. In fact, over the past two years I've noticed that it's cleaned up a lot (40 hours a week, nights...... Chris Erb: The ultimate solution would be for everyone to carry a reuable coffee mug with a cover on it. There would be no litter, garbage or complicated recycling processes. It would also save a...... EvilGentleman: There has been some confusion as to defining exactly what constitutes an outdoor structure or patio. I have heard that any structure enclosed on more than two sides will be considered to be indoors, and...... Elicar: Can they eat my neighbour's cats? The use my fowerbeds as their kitty litter. There is not but one but three of them. I don't want to end up in a post like [[3629:this]]. I...... Experienced: Rest assured, you noticed a group/gang trying to locate the buyers for their drugs. Stop by and check out the corner of Maplewood and LeMoyne around 3:00pm. You'll see a series of thugs...... cynic: Fined for smoking outside is a bit bent, even if it is TTC property. People smoke, inside or outside, because there are addicts: an addiction, like gambling, that the gov't has encouraged one way...... EvilGentleman: I wish I knew a safe way to patent ideas without risking the idea being stolen. I have so many ideas for neat inventions, but I am so afraid to take the big step.
jack, it...... Concerned HP'er!: Is it necessary to blast the bass thumping radio at 6:00 AM? Is it necessary to hang out on corners and deal drugs? Is it necessary to live in public/low income housing and...... EvilGentleman: In October of 1988, I was 19 and still lived with my parents in the officers' house assigned to my Dad in Canadian Forces Base Greenwood, Nova Scotia. One day that month, the paper boy...... Cassandra: I would just like to say, you may be trying to prove something about it not existing but in fact. It did exist, why? Because it just so happened to have torn up my uncle's...... GGP: the cigarette companies should be forced to offer 10 cent deposits on every butt, to encourage people to return their butts and reduce litter ... Elicar: The problem? Litterbugs! If there is that many butts everytime the snow melts, there should be an ashtray there. Not having one will not discourage smokers to butt out!... chiamattt: Oh my. Litter sucks. I agree. But then you bring up headstones! People die with or without cigarettes. What is the problem? ... jack: again my daughter and my wife helped me on this, but i think i'm starting to get it. i may just become computer litterate. i always thought that the word litterate meant a...... S: That's because we have lots of litter bugs in this city.... shelley: there is to much tim horton's litter.... jeeff: today during the 10 minute walk home from the grocery store i counted tim hortons cups that i saw on the ground. i saw 13. there is no tim hortons in the neighbourhood....... jeeff: ##"A study done in Nova Scotia in 1998 showed that Tim Hortons disposable coffee cups made up more than 20 per cent of the province's litter."##
[[http://www.cbc.ca/ns/story/ns-hortons-trash20050302.html]]... Rapunzel: That must be a Tim Horton's cup!!! Sorry, I've been out of country for a while, and even the litter seems nostalgic! JOKING!! Saw the photos of the courier who'd thrown stuff back into a...... grange: Wheres a courier when ya need one ! Teach that litterer a sorely need lesson ."Hold on sir , i just have to slam this little bit of litter back in your car".... Peter: heh! ill have to suggest that as a tshirt idea. the folks who operate this race, the new york bike messenger's association ([[http://www.nybma.com]]), ran the story on their site, so they would def empathize. heh.
LITTERERS...... jeeff: i wonder if they'll incorporate littering motorists somehow...... grange: Nice animal , I had a whole family living in the field behind my house .The Vixen ( female) had a litter of kits every year .It was great .In the winter I would go...... GGP: the indignity of littering seems even more severe on snow.... grange: Yes Catherine they do .Although not because they are shy .Raccoons are in a word "clean freaks" ( actually two words ) Like cats the groom themselfs .Often raccoon's self groom and the young will...... Tails: i lived right here in ptown all my life and i used to always watch the trains roll by. i loved to see all tha graff and wonder how it was posible for people...... martin Zeilinger: no, it's for illiterate litterers.... xen: The environmental damage caused by littering doesn't compare to that caused by car spew. It's ugly, but does a good job of showing city goers what happens when you jam millions of people together. That...... wake up!: have you people forgoten there is people out there to pick up the shit,garbage people,the guy that goes around in the machine pickin up the garbage with the vacuum sucker,i pay the taxes for those...... Both sides: To Coachrob59 ... just wanted to point out that you fit in one the of the many groups you laid out and that group would be 15) The "people who didn't proof read their post"...... Fragthemall.: I am curently working on a mod for Counter Strike called "Kengsinton Market". It is a "Patty defusing " scenario. Litterbugs versus Vigilantes. The Ulock armed Vigilantes try to prevent the baseball bat toting litterbugs...... veggieburger: this guy is a jerk, anyone who litters is a jerk. our earth is paying because of people like him... 15minutes of fame: whant your 15 minutes of fame,show up in the market tomorrow and start littering... rocky jorge: what kills me from most of the people who support leah is that your probably the roomates who never do your own dishes,dont ever clean the bathroom,or the house ,who cant even fill a fuckin...... Liam: you know the worst part about this, that guy is a stupid socially irrispobsible frat boy that never grew up, and his wife is hot, that's karma for you.
Leah there are better ways to make...... What's Really Going On Here: Many feel the attention given to this matter is as shameful as some aspects of the event itself. Certainly a few nutbars roused themselves from the backwaters from which they monitor society. ...... Snidwiget: I had a vegatable patty for lunch and threw up is that littering?... show respect - trash has its place : Timmy's has to add a surcharge onto each coffee to help pay for clean-up of all the cups littering the roadside.
Their drive thrus don't work well for cyclists as well... 9C1: I think it would have been far more effective to have just picked up the garbage, just walk to his window, and start shaking her head. Or even better, to have him roll down his...... mtb4ever: I've read through many of these postings and am astounded at some of your comments. On the subject of what started the whole thing - littering. Mad Max actually said, "So he littred big...... Litter did I Know: SHOW RESPECT...you raise good points... I guess because i have been trained in non-violent civil disobedience, I have never had to deal with more than verbal threats and abuse. I do not just dump...... Litter did I Know: If any Driver/person/biker throws litter on the ground/ out their window into to my path, I am always ready to regift it to them. I don't need to throw it at them but if they...... show respect - trash has its place : Careful to "Litter do I know"
Your confrontations could lead to action not just at the scene, but both in Crimminal and Civil court. And in the end no one comes out the winner.
Picture a...... Viceroy Snuffleupagus: This forum discussion is an excellent example of discursive disintegration by virtue of anonymous expression. I'll explain, as this message board was an opportunity squandered. Sure, an argument can be made on behalf of...... RiTarDid: No harm no foul on her. SOB deseved it, littering's not cool....everyone I know from other countries can't get over how clean our country is, we should be proud of it. Besides, what kinda...... Mach: Just btw here, didnt any Ontarians catch wind of a great film called CRASH? And I dont mean Cronenbergs sleazoid celluiod number. CRASH will make
you think LONG AND HARD about incidents such as this. Mark...... Vancouver Cyclist: Any chance of the Morotorist and the Cyclist getting together with Hool to shoot some pictures and talking this out?
Let's assume that both are sorry for their actions.
And that we all agree that littering is...... Iceman: If I spit/litter in Kensington, the I'm rude and irresponsible citizen. But if some bitch or malebitch comes up to me and does what SHE did, I'd smack the bitch. It's not for her to...... driver's brother: to finish i want to thank all the people here who supported my brother and ask the people who didn't to please think about what i said,it wasn't his fault,yes he was wrong when he...... driver's brother: in my brothers name i would like to apolagize to leah,we accept the fact that she doesn't,and that is ok it is her own will.and to all the people in kensington market,and he would also...... Mad Max: I cant believe all you people favour that stupid woman who instigated this whole thing. If you drive in Toronto you know how difficult and stressful it can be in traffic. The last thing you...... roobs: they're both quite attractive people. canadia breeds healthy specimens and i'd rather see them make love, not war. i don't think cars should be keyed. or littering tolerated. but fighting (as...... city by-law guy: just put the trash in the can or keep it in the vehicle until you get home.... and people.................................................................................................................................................................. stop putting cigarette butts on the ground or you may get charged with littering.............................................. $360.00... the dude is inocent: but the toronto star states another version the driver says:
i didn't litter,i chocked on the patty and my girlfriend hit me in my back so i would spit it out... Gad zoots: The real hero of all this is the guy pulling of litter boy from courier girl. Koodos to you who ever you are.... the new guy: I just moved to Toronto this past fall. I have lived in Vancouver, a small college town in the U.S. midwest (Iowa City, IA) and most recently, Edmonton. Having only ever visited Toronto...... Pedro: Litterer or Vigilante: that's the choice.
If it was a guy opening a woman's car door and tossing a piece of garbage at her the guy would be in a jail cell. Total hypcorisy here.
... Sabbath: Was'nt this a hamburger pattie. Its not like its tim horton cups. Let the animals have a snack also. Remember feeding the birds at Macdonalds, we...... Iceman: Clearly two wrongs were made and from the ensuing events there is no way in hell anyone is right.
The jack should not litter.
The jill should not impose her views (confrontationally).... James: The move he made to dump her bike, the foot against wheel and pull on seat is a move taught to cops, so I doubt if he was charged for anything. Why did he...... Six : I would and have given people there garbage back when they drop it. I almost always do it politley( ok a little sarcasticly, but its funny for people to look like such idiots for so...... MeatMan: What a shame...
This really tends to show what happens when you pack a bunch of humans into a small area -- they start eating each other like rats. It all comes down to a...... protestarmy: I found and posted what is attributed to be the couriers version of this story. I found this on Spacing Wire. It presents a slightly different angle on the whole keying of the car issue....... justanote: it is not a matter of each thinking the other wrong, and gwbush has shown the mayham of 'principled confrontation'.
Does the word vigilanty come to mind?
Civil life means electing people and institutions which satisfy our...... Litter did I Know: I read this story carefully. I have already dealt with a similar situation in a similar way in Victoria BC. A Car whizzes by me on a narrow downtown street and out the window flies...... We don't have these problems in Vancouver: Kudos to the motorist...Who does this woman think she is? Mother Earth's right hand lady. Honestly, if she had a problem with the litter, why not throw it in the trash. Its...... Randy: "If you threw my litter back in the car at me, you better believe you're getting your ass kicked. Stupid hippies."
I dream of dumbasses like you. Nothing more satisfying than having a right-wing neanderthal......
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