pilderwasser

As this calendar year winds down, 2008 is nearly in sight and I’d like to take a look back at 2007 and examine a few of the things I’ve left behind:

277 12oz paper coffee cups (short Americano, no room)

84 16oz paper coffee cups (tall drip, no room)

50 coffee cups (Foster Pepper free coffee)

97 small Styrofoam clam shells (spicy Teriyaki chicken with rice)

92 large Styrofoam clam shells (café Zum Zum daily lunch special)

92 soft drink cups (café Zum Zum daily lunch special)

43 Styrofoam large deli trays (Dan’s grocery, meatloaf sandwiches)

43 Styrofoam small deli trays (Dan’s: jo-jos, chicken sticks, pizza pockets etc)

34 paper plates (Asian Express buffet)

257 plastic zip-loc bags (snacks from home)

478 chewed pieces of gum (scattered on the streets of downtown Seattle)

479 gum wrappers (in the bottom of my messenger bag)

203 plastic six pack rings

203 black plastic bodega bags

17 broken spokes

16 punctured tubes

12 trashed tires

10 spent brake pads

6 frayed cables

4 worn out chains

3 busted wheels

2 shark-finned chainrings

And a partridge in a pear tree

I don’t own a car. I don’t drive cars very often, unless my friends or relatives are too tired or drunk to drive or we’re going on a road trip (in their car). I am a big fan of FlexCars. So it’s easy to say I’m doing my part…and taking it easy on the environment. Yeah whatever, I don’t ride a bike because I’m worried about the environment. I ride a bike for a lot of personal reasons and the low carbon dioxide emissions are a side effect. But take a look at that pile of trash I put out during the work day.

Happy Holidays.

5 Comments

You just have visible instead of invisible emissions. But, don't kid yourself, a car driver doing what you do has about the same number of drive-thru wrappers & teriyaki clamshells lining the floorboards. They do leave the invisible emission behind that you don't, and they keep a lot more of that teriyaki in the form of insulation. Each year, it grows a little more. Both of you are needed...for now.

nice to see you posting kev, hope all is close to well. As for you matt I thought 257 ziplocks referred to your herb consumption. copy?

I copy that Kevin, right on. And I copy you 39, my herb consumption equals one zip loc, and like I told security at the courthouses "Oh, that? that's not mine, that's for my special lady friend".

This is about all i can do right now, 39. I think I'm going to try some office work this Monday. A little phone answering, dispatching, writing, counting, moving magnets around, punching buttons, whatever. Better than sitting at home and in the game from a different angle at least.

257 ziplocks? High Roller?

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