Once I parked my car near the Penn Bookstore on Sansom St. As I got
out of my car, I was stuck in the back of the head and fell to one
knee. I thought I was being mugged, or something else violent. Then I
saw a trash can lid wobbling down the street, like a kid rolling a
hoop. It was insanely windy, and 36th and Sansom is some kind of
vortex. The trash can lid then lifted of the ground, bounced down the
street, and smashed a short Asian girl in the face, and popped the lens
out of her glasses. It then kept going, and crossed Walnut.
It was like Phantasm.
Pete
On Wednesday, September 8, 2004, at 02:30 PM, Mayer, Ann wrote:
No, this could apply to others but it does not explain MY lid losses.
I DON'T put the cans out with the lids still on on trash pickup day.
In MY experience, the lids are stolen when the cans are NOT on the
curb.
Someone walks up to my porch area when it is NOT trash day (and also
not particularly windy) and steals the lids, lids that are sitting
quietly on the top of the cans.
-----Original Message-----
From: Stephen Fisher [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2004 2:20 PM
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [UC] The odd behavior of my neighbors
In my experience the lids usually don't get stolen but rather get
tossed
off the cans during trash day and then roll and blow to neighbor's
houses where they get thrown away. I've had no problems so far with my
lids but I also take them off the cans when I place the cans on the
curb. Then again, I may just be lucky...
Cheers,
Stephen
[ADDRESS PROTECTED] -- to protect my trash can lids
Mayer, Ann wrote:
To the list:
Stealing a trash can with a neighbor's address painted on it and then
planting it so the victim can see the stolen trashcan full of others'
garbage has got to be a new low.
But, has anyone ever solved the mystery of the stolen lids? I have
only
had a few instances where my garbage cans have been stolen, but the
lids
always seem to get stolen within a month or two of their first
appearance.
WHAT does one do with collections of stolen garbage can lids, I
wonder?
Does anyone understand WHY it is worth someone's efforts to purloin
these?
Ann Mayer
4312 Pine
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