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2007-02-19 Home Front Economy

The prophet of garbage (not the pbuh dude)

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Posted by mhw 2007-02-19 14:40|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Sweet! I'm always a sucker for ripping apart molecular bonds.

Posted by DarthVader">DarthVader 2007-02-19 19:02|| 2007-02-19 19:02|| Front Page Top

#2 Question, does it work on people and if so, can I rent one?

Posted by Silentbrick">Silentbrick 2007-02-19 19:06|| 2007-02-19 19:06|| Front Page Top

#3 Sounds cost effective for Conneticutt.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2007-02-19 19:21|| 2007-02-19 19:21|| Front Page Top

#4 a few non trivial kinks still needed to be worked out

Uh oh. That doesn't sound like the timing will be met.

Posted by trailing wife 2007-02-19 19:33|| 2007-02-19 19:33|| Front Page Top

#5 tw

most important kink is the 'scaling up' problem

a lot of stuff that work fine at a small scale don't work right when they are made bigger; some times the scaling up problem is severe, sometimes not

Posted by mhw 2007-02-19 20:16|| 2007-02-19 20:16|| Front Page Top

#6 A Different kind of garbage story in today's New Orleans Times-Picayne:
TALKING TRASH
Garbage removal is elevated to an art form by some of New Orleans' trash collectors
The light-blue garbage can was full, but Cornelius Washington twirled it across the pavement like a 70-pound ballerina. From his gloves, the can danced to the back of a garbage truck at the edge of Canal Street, where Washington's younger colleague "T," Torreyon Davis, waited.

Davis reached out with one hand, flipped the can into the air upside down and tapped it against the truck, spilling its contents into the truck's big metal jaws. Then he flicked the empty can back to Washington.

The performance earned hoots from a group of college kids standing nearby, draped in flashing beads. "Did you see those garbage men?" said one, punching his friend on the arm. Washington raised a gloved hand in acknowledgment, then ran alongside the moving truck and hopped on.

Davis, 28, said he is proud to be earning money collecting other people's discards. But he plans to eventually return to school to become a diesel mechanic.

Not Washington. "This is my livelihood," he said. "I look at it like it's a gym. I get paid to go to the gym. I'll be 47 next month, and everyone says I'm in great shape. That's because I run behind that truck."

You can find the whole story on http://www.nola.com/news - it's pretty good.

Posted by Glenmore">Glenmore 2007-02-19 20:46|| 2007-02-19 20:46|| Front Page Top

#7 $3/share

Posted by anonymous2u 2007-02-19 23:30|| 2007-02-19 23:30|| Front Page Top

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