I'd for sure rather pour it down the sink diluted than leave it around outside for animals to poison themselves with.
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I'll second this. I'm sure the intent there was harm reduction definitely.I'd for sure rather pour it down the sink diluted than leave it around outside for animals to poison themselves with.
Yeah both county dumps (which in my county are just solid waste transfer station, nothing they house or process on site) will do normal household trash, reno/demo waste, tire/appliances/electronics (with a fee per item) but no oil or hazardous waste, with a lot of signage threatening fines/arrest for it.If you can only find oil takers then put some oil in it and tell em you blew a head gasket. If you don't have a septic system and are on state/county systems you can highly dilute it and just pour it down the drain. DO NOT do the same thing with oil.
Very surprised to hear you don't have a dump near you. Mine will take almost anything, but has designated days of each month for certain things (electronics, batteries, old fire extinguishers, etc.) but they ALWAYS take my oil and coolant.
That happened to one of my bands once as well. No shit, they left with a bouquet of flowers somebody must have given them. To this day I have no ideas to explain any of it.Speaking of cops, I had a cop come into the bar when I was performing last weekend
Cop: "it's loud in here..." Bartender: "really?" What a dude.
How many amps do you think they are stealing for their hive operations? smhCheck out this massive hornets nest on this house I'm working on. Fuuuuuck this.
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I'd for sure rather pour it down the sink diluted than leave it around outside for animals to poison themselves with.
Re: Police intereactions
One time my dad got pulled over for running a red (it was yellow) light. Turned out he had an insurance lapse, which in NYS (I'm not sure how it is elsewhere?) means an automatic suspension of registration. And in NYS, driving with an unregistered vehicle is a BIG deal (as we find out that day).
So one cop car became four cop cars. One cop at the window and three or more around the window shining their lights inside. It was pretty chaotic but the conversation was pretty tame.
After the original cop came back to the car, he handed my dad a paper "here, fill out this arrest report" and he's like "wait, arrest report?" "yes" "what am I being arrested for?" and the cop opens the door YANKS him out and drags him to the back to the patrol car, cuffed him and slammed him against the door. Said he was doing him a favor letting him fill out the report at the car and not at the police station, so shut up and do it or he'll catch a resisting charge.
Car full of kids and my parents so he cooled off and yes sir, no sir. Filled out the report and we were on our way. Over a ~5 day insurance lapse.
I've had other terrible police interactions but that was the excessive use of force one that stands out.
Quoting for emphasis; it's even worse than this, though. Basically if they show up at all you're hosed. Unless you're talking about a jury trial, you're asking a judge, employed by the state, to rule against....the state. It's a long story but my old man got arrested for a "DUI" that had absolutely no standing. Tl;dr he was not driving, did not intend on driving, was under the legal limit, was on private property, and was trying to get a guest that had turned violent off of the property and away from the kids. The whole thing is the epitome of 'no good deed goes unpunished.'That's if the cop even shows up to court- one of the few steps which is within their own discretion. They definitely will show up to court just to say so-and-so was agitated, condescending, or unremorseful- and at that point, Buddy, you're fucking DONE.
No idea how the laws have changed since this but in the early 90s I knew a guy that was arrested for DUI for "sleeping it off" in his car PARKED ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD TURNED OFF because the keys were within reach.Quoting for emphasis; it's even worse than this, though. Basically if they show up at all you're hosed. Unless you're talking about a jury trial, you're asking a judge, employed by the state, to rule against....the state. It's a long story but my old man got arrested for a "DUI" that had absolutely no standing. Tl;dr he was not driving, did not intend on driving, was under the legal limit, was on private property, and was trying to get a guest that had turned violent off of the property and away from the kids. The whole thing is the epitome of 'no good deed goes unpunished.'