First swim of the season
No no no … not mine!
No fat! No cholesterol!
In bell peppers: amazing? How do they do that? Must be genetic modification….
“If at first you don’t succeed” redux
Ah yes, has only been a few days since I posted about an obvious bit of bad planning.
Looking back toward where I took that picture, you can see that it subsequently occurred to someone to make a clean-out access.
My “redux” refers to another 7-day wonder a few blocks up. See here and here.
*Sigh.* At least they tried to fix it.
Not real clever (Géant)
Granted, not a big thing, but always amazes me to see this in Géant, a French Wal-Mart sort of thing. This is a view from inside. Except for the two shallow ones abandoned in front, you cannot get a shopping cart after going through the security entrance. You have to go back out and pull one out backwards.
In addition to the inefficiency of that, instead of all shopping carts getting equally wear and tear, the same ones get used over and over. Granted, this is only some of their carts, but really, what as someone (not) thinking?
Battery recycling
At Tienda Inglesa, amidst potted plants, posters and banners, motorcycles, video rentals (?), and even lurking dinosaurs, there exists a place to recycle batteries (pilas). Who knew?
Another engineering FAIL
Beyond the corner, the builders buried about 50 meters of culvert, inaccessible except from either end, eliminating the drainage ditch. I could have told them this was a bad idea. A few days later, I didn’t need to. Simply demonstrates that the private sector can match the incompetence of the public sector.
Curupay
I always enjoy looking at this house. In five years, I’ve seen people in it only a few times. Curupay, the name, presumably refers to the wood of the column (which needs some maintenance).
Sensibly, they’re not using it as firewood.
Mixed messages
Trash containers, over time
It has been 2-1/2 year since the trash containers appeared. And less than two years since the one on our corner was burned to the ground (for the first time).
The spray paint on this one has mostly disappeared, showing the UV protection it offered the otherwise now-faded plastic.
I don’t know if this resulted from rough handling or solar ultraviolet. Probably a combo. It’s not the only one, by a long shot.