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« on: April 09, 2008, 10:04:27 AM »
Just FYI, the results of the clean-up. That's a lot of trash!

Philly Spring Cleanup in numbers:
§ 2.56 million pounds of trash collected - goal set was 1 million
pounds
§ Estimated 15,000 volunteers - goal set was 10,000 volunteers
§ 71 commercial corridors - goal set was 50
§ 28 Recreation Centers - goal set was 10
§ 27 Fairmount Park sites - goal set was 10
§ 186 abandoned cars removed from the streets
§ Supplies used:
o      65,600 biodegradable paper trash bags
o      14,050 biodegradable paper recycling bags
o      17,269 pairs of gloves
o      9,804 brooms
§ Over 200 community organizations involved
§ 3,649 volunteers attended the post-Cleanup BBQ at Lincoln Financial Field
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« Reply #1 on: April 09, 2008, 10:31:19 AM »
THanks Pete! That is f***ing awesome! It was a great day and I feel great about myself!

Listen to this sh*t, I am driving down the road on Sunday, the day after this, and I am at the light by Tommy Guns and some total a-hole d***he bag throws an empty plastic coke bottle out of his window! I was infuriated and was about to ram him, but I didn't. I mean, what a total waste of a human. Who does that crap!?!?!?!?!?!!?? 

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« Reply #2 on: April 09, 2008, 10:48:03 AM »
Yeah my wife and I hauled out a lot of trash that day, and we were saying how amazing it is that people are such complete pigs. It's great that that much trash was picked up, but it's really sad that there was that much to pick up in the first place.

When I see people throw stuff out of their car I usually yell "PIG!" at them as loud as possible, hoping that they'll feel embarrassed and not do it next time. I guess it can have the opposite effect sometimes: One time my father was at a stop light and the car in front of him tossed a fast food cup or something out the window. He yelled "litterbug", and in response the pigs through the rest of the trash in their car out as well. Animals.
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« Reply #3 on: April 09, 2008, 10:55:04 AM »
Thats why man invented the taser....

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« Reply #4 on: April 09, 2008, 11:41:25 AM »
You forgot one more statistic

1 dead badly decomposed body found in the river by Strawberry Mension bridge.

What do you yell at people when they toss dead bodies out of their vehicles?!  Shocked

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« Reply #5 on: April 09, 2008, 11:51:05 AM »
was that the only statistic that came in under estimates?

gotta be fun to run a crew boat down the river....
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« Reply #6 on: April 09, 2008, 11:55:24 AM »
What do you yell at people when they toss dead bodies out of their vehicles?! 


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« Reply #7 on: April 09, 2008, 11:57:34 AM »
Quote from: Dmitri on April 09, 2008, 11:41:25 AM
You forgot one more statistic

1 dead badly decomposed body found in the river by Strawberry Mension bridge.

What do you yell at people when they toss dead bodies out of their vehicles?!  Shocked

dz

Ack. Did they ever find the body of that guy who jumped in some months ago on the east side near Falls Bridge? I take it that wasn't him?
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« Reply #8 on: April 09, 2008, 12:01:10 PM »
I'd be afraid to yell anything at anybody, now-a-days.  Next thing you know you'll have some A-hole with road rage trying to gun you down.
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« Reply #9 on: April 09, 2008, 12:04:27 PM »
That's a lot of trash, and the karmic gods are smiling on us all. I feel good, not to mention sore. I think we must have had one of the toghest work sites. Hauling trash up a steep sideslope all day. Good times. Actually it was a good time despite the less than ideal work task, the company and mood of everyone was very uplifting.
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« Reply #10 on: April 09, 2008, 12:04:39 PM »
You should try riding a road bike!  Man, nothing brings out the shitty in some people more than seeing someone riding a bike on the road.

Leaves you at a massive disavantage and sometimes it's really hard to keep the mouth shut.
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« Reply #11 on: April 09, 2008, 01:52:53 PM »
Well gents, I'm in Istanbul, Turkey right now for work and I have to tell you they need a serious city clean up session. Everytime I think Filthadelphia can't get any worse I travel abroad for work and see how the rest ofthe word lives!! No excuse for how we live in our city because everyone should take pride in how and where they live.

PS. Yes, PMBA is that important to me that I consistently check the website even when I'm on the other side of the big pond. Call it my return to sanity.  Grin
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« Reply #12 on: April 09, 2008, 04:28:50 PM »
yes we are very sane.


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