http://share.triangle.com/node/14905 Comments for "It was just 3 feet away..." en http://share.triangle.com/node/14905 <!-- BeginContext name="" q="forum" --> <p>&#160;</p> <p>I saw something amazing and disturbing this morning regarding the Raleigh Solid Waste recycling crew who serve my neighborhood.  </p> <p>Some background:  When I bought my house and received my green recycling bin, it had two bungie cords that, when extened from opposite corners, were connected by a clever spring-loaded latch.  The purpose of connected the cords, of course, was to keep light-weight articles from being blown from the bin by the wind.</p> <p>The latch probably lasted a year or two before one of Raleigh's impatient recycling crews broke it.</p> <p>I didn't trouble the city by requesting a new bin.  I improvised.  I took a long &quot;twist-tie&quot; and tied it first around just one bungie cord, leaving two long ends loose.  In order to connect to the other cord, I just tied the long ends of the twist tie to the other cord.  This worked for several years.</p><!-- EndContext --> <!-- BeginContext name="forum-teaser" q="*" --> &#160; I saw something amazing and disturbing this morning regarding the Raleigh Solid Waste recycling crew who serve my neighborhood.  Some background:  When I bought my&hellip;<!-- EndContext --> <p><a href="http://share.triangle.com/node/14905">read more</a></p> http://share.triangle.com/node/14905#comment general discussion Wed, 02 Apr 2008 14:13:26 -0400 thumtax 14905 at http://share.triangle.com