Sunday, October 2, 2005

You've Come A Long Way Baby

In my other life when Hal was alive, I loved Toronto, the theater, wonderful restaurants and outdoor markets.

Now I live in an anything-but-cosmopolitan city and one of my favorite places is the landfill site. Okay, sometimes we call it The Dump.

This place is a joy to behold; enormous bins designated for household waste, cardboard, and yes, even toilets.

I suppose the only downside is that I live close by and there is the occasional day when the air does not smell fresh. I put that very kindly.

Along this row, you toss your things down below and you can see a truck about to switch one of the dumpsters.
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This was the original entrance and it still looks bucolic.
There's an eighteen-hole golf course at the left which proves to me that golfers are seriously addicted to their game, not fazed by their proximity to the landfill on the right.
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This is simply housekeeping on a giant scale and a thing of beauty.

Long may it reign.

2 comments:

bozoette said...

I love our "solid waste transfer station" in Montgomery County Maryland -- I have made many contributions to its coffers.

Anonymous said...

My mom, who originates in Toronto also loves the Montgomery County Transfer Station, in fact until she went into a nursing home, it was her favorite activity. She didn't even leave trash for the trashmen!

Is there something about people from Toronto and trash?