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The Irony Of It All
Brad Hollerbach

Meth -- Or Possibly Mentos -- Has Been On My Block

Posted Tuesday, December 15, 2009, at 12:00 AM

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    What else can I say?

    -- Posted by ParkerDaws on Tue, Dec 15, 2009, at 5:55 AM
  • Bad idea for a story Brad, not a good idea at all...

    -- Posted by John in Jackson on Tue, Dec 15, 2009, at 7:27 AM
  • My question is whats the labels on those Mountain Dew bottles made of?

    The bottle appears to of been burnt, which if memory serves me correctly plastic creates a lot of heat but the label seems to be intact.

    Maybe NASA should talk to the Mountain Dew R&D department ...

    -- Posted by Cutlass1964 on Tue, Dec 15, 2009, at 7:54 AM
  • John, this was on the top of my mind. I've picked up the litter left by others in front of my property which includes half of one block and a good section of the well-traveled Good Hope and have never in 16 years ever found any discarded (presumably) drug paraphernalia. Never.

    Cutlass, I didn't even notice the gaping hole burned in the bottle when I originally threw it away. Amazing chemical reaction. Even more amazing is the fact that people use the results of this explosive cocktail to get buzzed.

    Thanks for reading.

    -- Posted by Brad_Hollerbach on Tue, Dec 15, 2009, at 8:30 AM
  • Maybe an alternative explanation:

    Some ditzy gal was powdering her nose and put down her soda next to a space heater. From that point to the curb in front of your house remains a mystery without a logical explanation. A lot of things without logical explanations happen frequently.

    So we continue loading up our trash barrels with other people's carelessly discarded trash.

    -- Posted by voyager on Tue, Dec 15, 2009, at 9:39 AM
  • Maybe someone pulled off the road onto a grassy shoulder and the plastic bottle was touching the catylitic converter and stuck there, later falling.

    -- Posted by Old John on Tue, Dec 15, 2009, at 11:40 AM
  • Good thought Old John, but not likely. First of all, the label would have burned off. While I'm no forensic scientist, this bottle appears to have burned from the inside out leaving the label untouched.

    And while I said the bottle was out by the curb, it was actually about 5 feet from the roadway on the sidewalk. Big nasty stain is still on the concrete even though we've had a couple of showers.

    TFR

    -- Posted by Brad_Hollerbach on Tue, Dec 15, 2009, at 12:33 PM
  • Brad, I'd contact the health dept. ASAP! It appears you MAY have created a hazardous waste site on your property now. All of your neighbors should be warned & your entire house quarantied. Your wife is not goin' to be happy with you. Besides you wouldn't want the 'cops' to find that bottle in YOUR trash, now would you? ☻

    btw, in regards to the octogenarians, perhaps they live off a trust fund and don't need to work. Just a thought.

    -- Posted by Turnip on Tue, Dec 15, 2009, at 1:31 PM
  • Be thankful its octogenarians and not an octo-mom. I couldn't imagine all those little brats running around, not to mention if they got a TV show.

    -- Posted by almighty on Tue, Dec 15, 2009, at 2:21 PM
  • Turnip, I figure it is as much of a health risk as lead paint since it was dried up. It would be a pretty small SuperFund site pretty much encompassing the point of impact -- which I might add is City sidewalk -- and my trashcan-in-law Old Bluey. If I had to part with Old Bluey I supposed that would be OK considering that we're getting all new trashcans in the spring that will work with the city's new trash collection system.

    The stain is pretty nasty on the sidewalk. It looks like bird droppings. Really big bird droppings. Kind of like if an ostrich could fly and decided to relieve itself at about 1000 feet. It's that big.

    As far as the octogenarians, I've heard they get this thing called "social security." Not sure exactly what that is. Probably won't exist by the time I retire.

    You are correct, Almighty. I will take a dozen octogenarians any day as a neighbor over the octo-mom and her brood.

    TFR

    -- Posted by Brad_Hollerbach on Tue, Dec 15, 2009, at 2:34 PM
  • Nice find Brad! Haven't seen any of those around my house. But I am always finding beer bottles and fast food wrappers out front. Guess we need to pay closer attention to "strangers" in our neighborhood.

    As for the octogenarians, I don't think they pose much of a threat. Although they are related to me...

    -- Posted by PeggySue on Wed, Dec 16, 2009, at 11:27 AM
  • Brad I would certainly be leary of the octogenarians, they always seemed a little fishy to me as well. That was before we sold you the last 1/3 of the 1/2 of the street. Glad to hear things have not really changed much in the old neighborhood.

    -- Posted by thatguy25 on Wed, Dec 16, 2009, at 8:28 PM
  • If the people are not bothering you, I would mind my business. Not a good idea to anger people on meth. HAHA!!!

    -- Posted by sbyates1s on Thu, Dec 17, 2009, at 12:18 AM