You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them. - Ray Bradbury
I am a native eastern Oregonian, and have lived here 50 of my 62 years. I left at 20, but was back by age 32 to be near my parents to help them in times of need. I don't fit in politically here because I view things from a decidedly left wing perspective... but that's o.k. because I love the people, I love the area and for the most part I like living here. I enjoy family time, listening to music, reading books, traveling, bird watching, hiking, backpacking, watching movies, keeping up on politics, watching sports, sitting at the computer so much I get sores on my ass, and playing music... if you need a band for your party or celebration, let me know; I play keyboards and sing for a rock and roll band, and we do mostly "classic rock". (I also like to play guitar and bass and other instruments, but those are for my private enjoyment only!) I am mainly an agnostic/skeptic, but would consider myself spiritual. I work in schools and in clinical settings as a speech/language therapist. It is enjoyable work and it pays some of the bills. I have a rather unpredictable sense of humor, which can get me in trouble at times, but hey, is life worth living without laughter? I think not!
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I do that too. For the lucky change (not cause I'm poor.) I used to recycle cans that people pitched alongside the roads when they had a machine for it at the grocery store. And I counted that as lucky change as well.
Why did they get rid of all the aluminum can drop offs? It makes me sad to think that we are recycling even less now than in the 1980s.
When I was in Hungary, they had places to recycle bottles and cans for money. In New Zealand they took just about every variety of plastic in the curbside pickup, and yet my city only takes #1 and #2 plastics. When I complained about it, they said it wasn't economically viable.
How is it viable in a nation that only has 3.5 million people in the middle of nowhere, but not viable in a city of 1.5 million in the world's most powerful---blah, blah, blah?
What an incredible crock of shit, eh?
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