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Commented on Legend of "pull tabs for dialysis" lives on
I work at a Ronald McDonald House, and I can tell you, the recycling program brings in a lot more than $5. Folks commenting seem to think that it isn't possible to generate any money with the program, but they...
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Charlie Stross' Accelerando gets at this concept a bit, as the human race mines the inner planets of the solar system to set up vast arrays of networked drives....
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Just thought I'd point out that his collection of covers for Fables is now available in hardcover. I haven't seen the inside of the book, beyond what Amazon has seen fit to show me, but it looks like it includes...
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I like the Edgar Winter cameo at the 59 sec mark. Truly a special advertisement all the way around....
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Where's Deckard when you need him? That's replicant talk that thing is espousin'....
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It certainly gave that boy a case of the heebie-jeebies.* *"that boy" being me....
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they remind me of the weird faceless beings in the Eyemaze Games....
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Just a quick note on the actual attack: more recent news sources are saying that Bhutto was actually shot twice before the bomb went off. She was clearly the primary target, and the attacker(s) didn't want the random destruction of...
Commented on Music and video clip from Village of the Giants
I remember this movie as being one of my favorite MST3K episodes. It appears to be one that has yet to make it onto DVD, which saddens me greatly. Crow T. Robot: The Beau Brummels! Tom Servo: The Beau Bridges...
Commented on Vinge's BRILLIANT "Rainbows End" as a free download
I finished this book up just a month or so ago, and I still find myself flashing on it when people are sitting around talking about where the internet will be in 20 years. It's very tempting to say, "just...
Commented on Jack of Fables: Jack of Hearts - comic adventures of the legendary Jack continue
I've been reading this monthly since the start, and loving with what's going on with Jack, and I'm almost jealous of you, Cory--the next collection is going to blow your friggin' mind. No spoilers here--I'm just saying that it gets...

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hhype commented on Legend of "pull tabs for dialysis" lives on
A few years ago I was shocked to see a Ronald McDonald house tab collection box at my work like #10 says above. I actually went to the Ronald McDonald house in the area to investigate. They take them because people give them to them and then they got $0.42/lb for them as scrap (in 2006). I felt so bad that I wrote them a check on the spot for a donation. Just don't tell people that the effort would be better spent do almost anything else but collecting the tabs for Ronald McDonald house. For comparison a pound of...
Narual commented on Legend of "pull tabs for dialysis" lives on
It was surprising just how pissed off one of my coworkers got when I pointed this out to her a few years ago. She'd been a pop tab nazi since long before I started with the company and always gave people crap for not putting pop tabs in the box. I gave her a dollar and told her that should cover me for the next 5 years, and sent her the info from snopes, plus a couple of websites on pricing of bulk aluminum, recycling, etc... The reaction was something that I think approximated to "I'm right because I believe...
J France commented on Legend of "pull tabs for dialysis" lives on
In my neck of the woods we get AU$0.10/can or glass bottle ... why not just recycle the whole thing?...
justn1185 commented on Legend of "pull tabs for dialysis" lives on
OK people, I'll be blunt. Pull tabs are just that east to collect and they add up. I've been the Resident Director of Johnson Cities RMH for two years now and I thought it was the stupidest idea in McHistory too... but man was I wrong. There are so many reasons why this was a good idea - They compact VERY well;they DON'T STINK, and (most importantly) they give people a chance to keep the House in mind every time they open a coke, beer, or energy drink (obviously quite often from the amount of tabs I see come through...
rondodog commented on Legend of "pull tabs for dialysis" lives on
(This may have been voiced in the comments above-- sorry) While the actual value the tabs bring in is nominal, the awareness they raise about kidney dialysis is worth its weight in advertising gold. How many people ask, "Why are you saving those tabs?" Each time the saver answers, it brings kidney dialysis (and the Ronald McDonald House) into that person's awareness. Often tab-sendings are accompanied by larger cash donations. Look at it this way: how often do you mention a favorite charity to random people? Probably not a lot...but ask for a pull tab (or have them see you...

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