fun and games

Okay, as Imentioned, Tuesday I went to the Multnomah County clinicto drop off my full sharps container and pick up a new one. I got the new one, but was informed they no longer took them.

I was told (and a *large* poster next to me also said) that I could take the full container to any fire station.

Well, I looked up fire stations and found one that was only about a mile and a half away. A nice ride for this early in the season.

So I get there. And get informed tthat there's been a recent policy change and *they* aren't supposed to take them either. (They let me do it this once, thankfully)

So after I post this I'm calling the clinic to let them know and ask where exactly I am supposed to take them *now*?

I don't expect to get much of an answer, so my *next* stop will likely be emailing a local TV station.Especially since they recently did a bunch of stories about used needles being dumped on riverside property that eventually turned out to be owned by the city or county. And they took the better part of a week to clean it up. And a week later, there were just as many needles.

So I'd say these policy changes are a reasonable followup story, yes?


I took a couple side trips on the way home, so I got some extra mileage. Speed is low because I had to walk the bike back up the hill.


bike stats
distance: 4.91 miles
moving time 55min 27 sec
max speed 12.3 mph
moving average: 5.3 mph

Evil thought

Something got me thinking about high school sports and the mess they are in so many places. Football is the worst, I understand, but other sports can be pretty bad as well.

One of the biggies is the "sports players can get away with anything" attitude.

I started out thinking about eligibility requirements, such as minimum GPA. And it occured to me that if you could find people with the gumption to actually *do* it, you could shut down the parents (who are the ones putting on muchof the pressure) with one simple statement:

"You *do* realize that you are asking use to lie on official documents. That's a felony. And you are therefore soliting a felony. You want to reconsider what you just said? Ort shall I just call the police now?"

But similar things apply to all the *other* stuff that the parents want swept under the rug.