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From: Cindy Hamilton <chamilton5280@invalid.com>
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Subject: Re: Batch of Mirepoix
Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2025 10:11:23 -0000 (UTC)
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On 2025-02-19, Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> wrote:
> On Tue, 18 Feb 2025 19:48:35 -0500, Jill McQuown
><j_mcquown@comcast.net> wrote:
>
>>On 2/18/2025 5:53 PM, ItsJoanNotJoAnn wrote:
>>> On Tue, 18 Feb 2025 22:40:51 +0000, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>>> 
>>>> On 2025-02-18, ItsJoanNotJoAnn <ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, 18 Feb 2025 18:28:28 +0000, Ed P wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> trash taken out,
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>> I did that Sunday night and forgot Monday was a federal,
>>>>> state, and local holiday.  They picked up trash today.
>>>>
>>>> My trash gets picked up on MLK Day, Presidents' Day, Juneteenth
>>>> (I'm suprised Trump is keeping that one), and Veterans' Day.  The
>>>> local municipality contracts with a private hauler, which doesn't
>>>> feel the need to observe those federal holidays.  We don't have
>>>> any state holidays that aren't also federal holidays.
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Trash and recycle guys are all city employees and the city
>>> honors all federal holidays.
>>
>>People in this area have to hire private trash pickup.  No city or 
>>county trash pickup.  The major outfits (Republic Waste, Waste 
>>Management, Sunshine, etc.) do *not* pick up on holidays.  A local 
>>outfit does pick up on holidays and charges a hell of a lot less for the 
>>service.  Guess which one I use? ;)
>
> You have different garbage collection companies collecting garbage in
> the same street? That sounds insane.

Free enterprise.  No central planning.  

Some places also have more than one electric utility providing
power, using the same transmission lines.

-- 
Cindy Hamilton