Recycling in 1963

[Bongo Lewi]

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They forgot to mention... poison your well, die of cancer.

Here's a related fun fact: In the early days of oil refining, the primary product was kerosene. Gasoline was considered a useless byproduct and too volatile to be used as a fuel. So in many early refineries, they disposed of gasoline by pouring it on the ground.

 

[Racer88]

And they had smoking / no-smoking sections on airliners. That's like having pee / no-pee sections in a pool.

There were also cigarette ads featuring DOCTORS endorsing smoking.

Cars without seat belts and metal dashboards.

 

[Bongo Lewi]

"In my day... we had no seatbelts and metal dashboards. When you had an accident, they would scoop up your brains with a shovel. And we loved it!"

- Grumpy Old man

Irony:

 

[Bobster]

There were also cigarette ads featuring DOCTORS endorsing smoking.

AND smoking in the exam room...

 

[Bobster]

They forgot to mention... poison your well, die of cancer.

We used to pour waste oil along the fence line to kill weeds before we knew any better.

Back in the 80s, they heavily fined a local repair shop for doing oil changes above their floor drain which happened to be connected to the storm drain. They had done 1000s of oil changes this way!

This day and age, there is NO REASON someone shouldn't dispose of waste oil properly. ANY place that sells motor oil (like an auto parts store) is required to accept waste oil (at least here in FL). Counties have drop off locations. Someone who pollutes is simply lazy AND ignorant.

It is easy to recycle oil from an oil change, all you need is a funnel. Drain the old oil into a pan, put new oil in, dump the old oil into the now empty container the new oil came in, mark "waste oil" on the outside of the container, drop off at a recycle location.

 

[Bongo Lewi]

AND smoking in the exam room...

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Our family doctor when I was a kid smoked. In the office. He was formerly an surgeon in an Army mobile medical unit in Korea. Like in MASH. Became a small town doctor. Also head of surgery at the nearby hospital. He was a good physician and a decent man. He always asked about your mother and father, your siblings and cousins. He knew all of his patients by name. His wife was the practice nurse. Also a warm hearted and thoughtful person.

A simpler time. You don't see that much anymore. At least not in the sprawling cities where I spent most of my adult life.

 

[Bongo Lewi]

We used to pour waste oil along the fence line to kill weeds before we knew any better.

Back in the 80s, they heavily fined a local repair shop for doing oil changes above their floor drain which happened to be connected to the storm drain. They had done 1000s of oil changes this way!

This day and age, there is NO REASON someone shouldn't dispose of waste oil properly. ANY place that sells motor oil (like an auto parts store) is required to accept waste oil (at least here in FL). Counties have drop off locations. Someone who pollutes is simply lazy AND ignorant.

It is easy to recycle oil from an oil change, all you need is a funnel. Drain the old oil into a pan, put new oil in, dump the old oil into the now empty container the new oil came in, mark "waste oil" on the outside of the container, drop off at a recycle location.

Tires, batteries, anti-freeze. Also toxic as Hell. Agree there's no reason today for not disposing of used-up material correctly. No idea why some people don't.

An old friend of mine still refuses to wear seat belts. Because he doesn't like rules. Lucky for him, he has not had any head on collisions or rolled his car and been ejected. Yet. When the cheerful girl at the dry cleaner says, "Have a nice day", you can count on him replying... "Don't tell me what to do!"

I've known the guy since we were in 7th grade. He's a professional a-hole. Always been that way. I'd bet he dumps oil. Just to be spiteful.

 

[One Ping Only]

Though I think seatbelts are usually key safety items, my wife wouldn’t be here today if she had seat belts in her ‘65 nova when a tractor trailer rig jackknifed, and its bogies went over the top of her car. She’d be flatter than the blue mass of steel it became. I know I told that story here a few months ago. A rare instance, but true nevertheless.