Wanted: People with a life

Here’s a sign there’s not near enough entertainment venues in your community. A story in the St. Petersburg Times today relates:

“The town of Hollis, N.H., has found it necessary to limit its citizens to a 30-minute stop at the town dump. The New York Times reports that the dump has become a sort of social club, where friends catch up while unloading their garbage. ‘There’s no joy greater than coming to the dump on Saturday morning,’ said resident Ted Crane. Peter Band, a former town selectman, says there should be no limit, but if one is necessary, it should be no less than 90 minutes. ‘It takes me at least an hour and a half to empty my truck,’ he said. ‘It’s tyranny.’ A big part of the problem seems to be the ’still good’ table, which is basically a sophisticated dumpster dive where people put functioning stuff they no longer want on a table, and people wait and wait for something worth swooping in to claim. ‘They’re here all day long,’ said Peter Carroll, ‘like seagulls waiting for someone to drop a piece of food.’”

Evidently, the residents of Hollis have never heard of yard sales.