Comments on: Two down, ? to go http://www.jimcarson.com/2005/two-down-to-go/ Three standard deviations from the mean Wed, 07 Jan 2009 18:55:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: jim http://www.jimcarson.com/2005/two-down-to-go/comment-page-1/#comment-1716 jim Wed, 07 Sep 2005 15:29:56 +0000 http://www.jimcarson.com/2005/two-down-to-go/#comment-1716 Mice do not eat styrofoam. Mice do not eat styrofoam.

]]> By: diane http://www.jimcarson.com/2005/two-down-to-go/comment-page-1/#comment-1715 diane Tue, 12 Jul 2005 02:13:28 +0000 http://www.jimcarson.com/2005/two-down-to-go/#comment-1715 Do mice eat styrofoam? I just gotta know! diane Do mice eat styrofoam? I just gotta know! diane

]]> By: Claire http://www.jimcarson.com/2005/two-down-to-go/comment-page-1/#comment-1714 Claire Thu, 27 Jan 2005 15:39:52 +0000 http://www.jimcarson.com/2005/two-down-to-go/#comment-1714 Have you considered freecycling your old furnature and other junk? It's amazing what people will take off of your hands. For example, I had a bunch of chipped and cracked dishes that someone cheerfully took home to make a decorative border for their garden. We've had old stereo speakers that were cat-peed-on, car seats the goodwill wouldn't take, unbootable and obsolute computers, all kinds of crap that we would have taken to the dump instead taken away by other people who had some sort of plan for the item we would have discarded. We were supposed to get our garage organized this summer so a car wouldn't be parked in the garage. Unfortunately, we still have too many bicycles. We got rid of the trailer, but we still have an extra kid's bike, a beater bike, and a nice hybrid needing good homes. And even so, parking the remaining tandems, road bikes, and mountain bikes around the two cars will remain a challenge. Have you considered freecycling your old furnature and other junk? It’s amazing what people will take off of your hands. For example, I had a bunch of chipped and cracked dishes that someone cheerfully took home to make a decorative border for their garden.

We’ve had old stereo speakers that were cat-peed-on, car seats the goodwill wouldn’t take, unbootable and obsolute computers, all kinds of crap that we would have taken to the dump instead taken away by other people who had some sort of plan for the item we would have discarded.

We were supposed to get our garage organized this summer so a car wouldn’t be parked in the garage. Unfortunately, we still have too many bicycles. We got rid of the trailer, but we still have an extra kid’s bike, a beater bike, and a nice hybrid needing good homes. And even so, parking the remaining tandems, road bikes, and mountain bikes around the two cars will remain a challenge.

]]> By: tedder http://www.jimcarson.com/2005/two-down-to-go/comment-page-1/#comment-1713 tedder Tue, 25 Jan 2005 17:48:09 +0000 http://www.jimcarson.com/2005/two-down-to-go/#comment-1713 We've been working on getting rid of stuff, too. We started with our second car- now we are back to one car. I have a big pile of scrap wood, plus some styrofoam. They'll meet different ends; the scrap wood will become fuel for a backyard s'mores session. The styrofoam will be cut up and go in our (tiny) garbage can as space allows. We usually only have one kitchen trash bag per week, but it'll still take a couple weeks to toss the styrofoam. It's too bad Seattle doesn't recycle styro. We’ve been working on getting rid of stuff, too. We started with our second car- now we are back to one car. I have a big pile of scrap wood, plus some styrofoam. They’ll meet different ends; the scrap wood will become fuel for a backyard s’mores session.

The styrofoam will be cut up and go in our (tiny) garbage can as space allows. We usually only have one kitchen trash bag per week, but it’ll still take a couple weeks to toss the styrofoam. It’s too bad Seattle doesn’t recycle styro.

]]> By: ben http://www.jimcarson.com/2005/two-down-to-go/comment-page-1/#comment-1712 ben Tue, 25 Jan 2005 05:30:38 +0000 http://www.jimcarson.com/2005/two-down-to-go/#comment-1712 A tip o' the hat to you, sir, for the uday/qusay joke. Masterful! A tip o’ the hat to you, sir, for the uday/qusay joke. Masterful!

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