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2016-12-27 -Short Attention Span Theater-

2 men sleeping in dumpsters take longer nap than anticipated

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Posted by Besoeker 2016-12-27 10:37|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top

#1 Dumpsters generate their own heat from decomposition. Hard-core homeless folks in the northern regions find that helpful on cold nights.

Plus, they're out of the wind and somewhat hidden when the lid is closed.

Posted by Mullah Richard 2016-12-27 11:04|| 2016-12-27 11:04|| Front Page Top

#2 Their deaths raise questions about the safety of trash bins and whether enough precautions are in place to prevent people from getting trapped in trucks' compactors

How about this lesson from Darwin: "Don't sleep in trash bins"?

Posted by Frank G 2016-12-27 11:04|| 2016-12-27 11:04|| Front Page Top

#3 Don't laugh Frank G. Soon enough, OSHA will require that dumpsters be labelled accordingly in 36 different languages + braille at specified locations. Then, of course, there's the literacy problem...and lawsuits!

Posted by Vast Right Wing Conspiracy 2016-12-27 13:44|| 2016-12-27 13:44|| Front Page Top

#4 Clean and safe dumpster habitats are the next big deal.

Posted by Shipman 2016-12-27 14:52|| 2016-12-27 14:52|| Front Page Top

#5 Or you'll be sleeping with the rubbishes, see?

Posted by swksvolFF 2016-12-27 15:20|| 2016-12-27 15:20|| Front Page Top

#6 Next on HGTV... Dumpster Hunting.

Posted by Spoter Bumble9333 2016-12-27 17:22|| 2016-12-27 17:22|| Front Page Top

#7 Why don't they just give all the homeless folks big red "occupied" magnetic decals?

Man, do I have to think of everything?

Posted by gorb 2016-12-27 17:33|| 2016-12-27 17:33|| Front Page Top

#8 #6 Dumpster ~~Tiny~~ Homes

Posted by Procopius2k 2016-12-27 18:26|| 2016-12-27 18:26|| Front Page Top

#9 @#7: I like your thinking - a local grocery store has (3) of 'em.

An enterprising member of the "dispossessed" could set up a folding table identifying him/herself as the Desk Clerk and rent bouquet-bucket time for 1/2 their can money (wakeup call extra).

My vig would be nominal.

Posted by Blossom Unains5562 2016-12-27 21:44|| 2016-12-27 21:44|| Front Page Top

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