The aluminum piggy bank....

[vanillafluffy]

I feel a nice sense of accomplishment (and a certain amount of horror): I cleaned out my car this afternoon. It is now possible for someone to ride in the passenger seat, novel idea. The weather, though sunny, was tolerable. I didn't have sweat running down my face, I wasn't staggering from incipient heatstroke---it was warm, not hot. Thank you, Mother/Father God.

The horror emerged from my trunk. ("The trunk? Oh, you don't want to look in there....") Two bags of cans (the kitchen-sized white ones, but still)---and another from the front and back seats. Now granted, I haven't done a can run since February, exactly seven months ago today, in fact. And because I've been lazy, they're not all crushed cans, which takes up significantly more room.

But holy cannoli, I've got a few more bags here, even more at my house---I don't think I can get them all in my car, not even if I take everything out. Not sure what the going rate is---last time it was 55 cents a pound---but it should help with either reloading my phone with minutes or a little gas for my tank.

My recycler isn't open on Monday; I'm thinking I'll do some packing tonight and tomorrow and load that and the cans into the car on Tuesday, drop stuff off at my place, grab the rest of the cans (Praying they'll all fit---I don't want to have to make a second run out there---15 cents a mile!---but I really don't want another trip like last time, where I couldn't see out of the windows and had a cop on my ass for four miles. I may wind up stomping cans flat out in the garage.)

For good measure, I think I'll bug-bomb the house, just in case. Like I said earlier, I've barely been there since early July, and I suspect the palmetto bugs have been living la vida loco. Not to mention the spiders. Guh, Florida....

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Comments

[thru-the-blinds.livejournal.com]

Not a criticism or anything - I'm genuinely curious: is there a reason why you prefer cans over, say, 2-liter bottles or whatever? I know you can get money back from the cans but it seems, at times, to be more trouble than its worth... no pun intended.

I'm just wondering because I don't think I've EVER bought a can of anything (2-liters - yes, cans - no), in my life and it's possible I'm missing something?

[vanillafluffy.livejournal.com]

I blush to admit it, but I do 2-liter bottles as well. The return-for-cash factor is one plus for cans. So is the size. I can suck doown a 2L in a couple hours of TV viewing without thinking about it. If I have to go back for another can...well, it slows me down a little. I know, I shouldn't live on the stuff, which I do---but I've tried decaffeination, and I feel wretched. Not just the headsche, but my energy level is like I'm living on Jupiter. It's like that joke, you may not live longer, but it'll feel like it.

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[thru-the-blinds.livejournal.com]

I totally understand about the decaffeination. I don't drink tons of coffee (usually only 2 cups a day) but I've GOTTA HAVE IT or I become Bitchy-Poo. And feel like absolute shit.

Granted, you probably shouldn't be drinking that much of the stuff -- and obviously you know that -- but at least it's sugar free! There's way worse things you could be imbibing, so I honestly wouldn't worry about it. We all have our vices, and at least yours and mine aren't hurting anyone else!

[pwcorgigirl.livejournal.com]

My friend Miss V. has been gifting Corgikid with her soda cans, and I was slightly horrified to look on the back porch yesterday and see three Bag-Zillas of them out there. I think she's been bathing in Diet Coke at that rate!

[vanillafluffy.livejournal.com]

She may be like me---the downside to cans is, you can't see how much is in it. I've been known to leave half-full cans all over the house and start new ones!

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[kukkurkurat.livejournal.com]

Yes, for car clean-out and the lot of cans that will give you a monetary boost!!!