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| 2 men sleeping in dumpsters take longer nap than anticipated |
| 2016-12-27 |
| [USA Today] TALLAHASSEE -- Two men who likely never met died the same bone-crushing way, according to recently released investigative reports: They fell asleep in dumpsters that city garbage trucks emptied and were killed in the maw of the trash compactor. The bodies of William J. "Jay" Norris and Anthony D. Todd were found two months apart at the Leon County waste transfer station. One was a longtime homeless resident of Tallahassee. The other was a more recent arrival. As coincidental as those bizarre circumstances appear, the Leon County Sheriff’s Office said no foul play was involved. The two deaths were purely accidental and seemingly avoidable. 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. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #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 |
| #8 #6 Dumpster |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2016-12-27 18:26 |
| #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 |
| #6 Next on HGTV... Dumpster Hunting. |
| Posted by: Spoter Bumble9333 2016-12-27 17:22 |
| #5 Or you'll be sleeping with the rubbishes, see? |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2016-12-27 15:20 |
| #4 Clean and safe dumpster habitats are the next big deal. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2016-12-27 14:52 |
| #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 |
| #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 |
| #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 |