From jflofland at ucdavis.edu Mon Sep 13 15:27:02 2004 From: jflofland at ucdavis.edu (John Lofland) Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2004 15:27:02 -0700 Subject: [OldNorth] New Clipping Pick Up & Sweeping Days Message-ID: Old Northers, For people like me who have not paid attention, I am surprised to learn that today starts the new schedule for picking up yard clippings we put in the street. Rather than Monday, the clippings will now be picked up on Wednesday. Street sweeping will be on Thursday, a person at DWR told me on the phone today. Since a great many people work in their yards on weekends and therefore put out clippings on Sunday, we are likely to have piles in the streets for three days rather than for one. This provides more opportunity for outside car parkers to park on these piles and otherwise to scatter them. This might get to be interesting, especially when we soon combine the piles with the new trash and recycle cans. John Lofland From jflofland at ucdavis.edu Mon Sep 13 15:48:27 2004 From: jflofland at ucdavis.edu (John Lofland) Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2004 15:48:27 -0700 Subject: [OldNorth] Car Numbers & Speed Counters on Our Streets Message-ID: Old Northers, At about 11 AM this morning, I saw two young men driving in an unmarked, white pick-up truck without diamond E plates taped a rubber cord across E Street at about 524/530 E. The cord is connected to a box and the box is chained to the electric pole at that location. The cord goes across the street and returns to the box, suggesting that it is measuring speed and not only the number of cars. People who would like to drive a car to E Street and see how well it rolls over the two-direction cord would be most welcome to do so. Some few people might like to take the opportunity to test--within limits--their acceleration on city streets. It is a rare opportunity to make a scientific record of how fast a car can go on a city street. Best, John Lofland P. S. I have just learned that there is at least one more double-counter rubber cord on our streets. It is on Sixth between B and C. Ditto the suggestions above.