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Mosey
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- Joined
- Jan 4, 2002
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- Conifer, Colorado
- Tractor
- 2000 New Holland TC29D with 7308 FEL, and top & tilt. 1950 John Deere B. 1940 Farmall A.
On the way into work today, I realized another con. Trash. Yes, there's trash in the city too, and a lot more. But, I didn’t usually find it in my yard in the city, it tended to be in the business areas more than in the residential areas. Unfortunately, it's more noticeable in the country, at least to me. This is where some “country” people are a real disappointment. I don’t know anyone personally that would drive along and just throw their soda bottle, beer bottle, fast food drink cup and bag, etc out of the window when they’re done with it, so I can’t get a clue as to what kind of people do this. Are they just plain dense or what? Sometimes I’d like to sit out there with a shotgun and wait for the next moron that throws something in my ditch! I cleaned it up a couple of weeks ago and found all kinds of things: cigarette butts and packs, soda bottles, beer bottles, fast food cups and bags, gum wrappers, and a muffler. Cigarette butts are the most common, smokers don’t even think there’s anything wrong with throwing it down when they’re done. It’s the only form of trash I actually see people throw out their window, and I see it a lot. What do these people do at home, just throw their toilet paper on the bathroom floor when they’re done with it?
I think most of it is kids who don’t want their parents to know they’ve been smoking and drinking, so the “ditch” the evidence. But why the soda and fast food stuff? Is it just a habit?
I did catch one guy throwing trash in my ditch once. He was “cyclist”, one of these guys who gets all dressed up in tights and rides a bicycle. There’s a group of them that ride past my house every Wednesday. They go by one way, then turn around at the corner about a half mile down, and go back, and turn around somewhere down the other way and repeat the process a few times. I was standing in my breezeway and watched one of them stop and take a drink, then get out a candy bar and eat it and then throw the wrapper down and leave. I got in my Jeep and went after him, with my wife screaming “don’t do something stupid!” because she was afraid I was going to run him over. Unfortunately, the 3 or 4 minutes that it took me to get the keys and get the Jeep out of the garage was enough for him to get far enough down the road that I didn’t know which way he went. So, I went back home and waited. Sure enough, some guy came back. I wasn’t sure if he was the one or not, but I walked out there and showed him the wrapper and asked him if it was his. He said it wasn’t. So, I explained what I saw and asked him to talk to his group and ask them not to throw any more trash on the ground. He seemed embarrassed and said he would talk to them.
I think most of it is kids who don’t want their parents to know they’ve been smoking and drinking, so the “ditch” the evidence. But why the soda and fast food stuff? Is it just a habit?
I did catch one guy throwing trash in my ditch once. He was “cyclist”, one of these guys who gets all dressed up in tights and rides a bicycle. There’s a group of them that ride past my house every Wednesday. They go by one way, then turn around at the corner about a half mile down, and go back, and turn around somewhere down the other way and repeat the process a few times. I was standing in my breezeway and watched one of them stop and take a drink, then get out a candy bar and eat it and then throw the wrapper down and leave. I got in my Jeep and went after him, with my wife screaming “don’t do something stupid!” because she was afraid I was going to run him over. Unfortunately, the 3 or 4 minutes that it took me to get the keys and get the Jeep out of the garage was enough for him to get far enough down the road that I didn’t know which way he went. So, I went back home and waited. Sure enough, some guy came back. I wasn’t sure if he was the one or not, but I walked out there and showed him the wrapper and asked him if it was his. He said it wasn’t. So, I explained what I saw and asked him to talk to his group and ask them not to throw any more trash on the ground. He seemed embarrassed and said he would talk to them.
