Not Missing Seattle #2: 20 Cents Per Bag

I recycle, I don't like throwing away things I shouldn't, I would never own a Hummer, and when I lived in Seattle I recycled everything King County told me to...but for me they really have gone too far now. Customers are to now be charged 20 cents for each bag they use in stores. The thing about it though is that plastic bags are recyclable in Seattle and paper bags are used fundamentally for holding the recycling [at least in my house]. Even though the bags I take from stores in the end will be recycled and have zero effect on the environment [except the creation expense I guess], I would still have to pay the fee. To bad I'll miss it I guess.

Oh wait...hold on a second...my fiance told me plastic bags get into the ocean and turtles try to eat them and they choke on them and they die...I am now doing a full reversal on that earlier paragraph...I now believe that we need a full ban of plastic bags!

Gomez -- Shitbag

Gomez -- Shitbag 9
From the Abandoned Shopping Trolly Hotline album.

The Stereophonics -- Handbags and Gladrags
From the Handbags and Gladrags EP.

Not Missing Seattle #1: Spikes in the Water UPDATE

You might remember my post about the metal spikes put in the water at the Green Lake Beach in Seattle...well the case might be solved. So who did the intrepid Seattle Police find as the culprit? None other than the City of Seattle! Whoopsy.

From today's Seattle Times:

Turns out, the dozens of spikes plucked from the lake bottom probably were put there not out of malice but with the best of intentions as part of a campaign launched more than two decades ago to rid the lake of milfoil, a pesky weed that clogs the lake.

Kathy Whitman, city aquatics director, confirmed Friday that looped metal spikes were used in the early stages of milfoil control in the 1980s to hold down plastic sheeting, and the spikes found this month may be those devices. The metal spikes were replaced later with plastic ones, she said.

Not Missing Seattle #1: Spikes in the Water

I did a little series about the things I would miss when leaving Seattle and now here's one I'll start when I find something that I won't miss...First item, metal spikes put in the local beach by someone to cut the feet of swimmers...The Post-Intelligencer has more:

Four dozen metal spikes had to have been intentionally lodged in shallow Green Lake waters, city officials say, but almost a week after they were found, police have no idea who put them there.

Authorities still aren't exactly sure how long the spikes, found Sunday, were under water. They say the corrosion on the metal spikes, ranging from 12 to 18 inches long, shows they were likely there for at least a month.

UPDATE: They've found some more spikes!