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W woofmutt Member Seattilite Telstar Joined: Mar 26, 2002 Posts: 2639	W woofmutt Posted posted on Thu, Jun 26, 2008 12:33 AM SEATTLE How about a nice ham sandwich with that ton of trash? The city's trash transfer stations (garbage dumps) want a $100 million upgrade, including a cafe, observation deck and store -- the reason for spending money on what could be called trash-tourism. "These facilities were designed and constructed in the mid-60's," said George Sidles with Seattle Public Utilities... But the south transfer station plan sounds like something you'd expect in a theme park. "All preliminary, but all within the realm of possibility," said Sidles. He's answering whether a cafe, observation deck and a store are all planned for the rebuild. The store would pull castaway items out of the heap that someone else might buy. You could watch all this from a new observation deck, but a café? Sidles says a byproduct of trash could be cash. "It's really amazing to see, how much different these facilities could look, and how much of an asset they could be to a community," he said... Seattle Public Utilities is now accepting bids and designs for the new sites. If all goes as planned, they could be up and running and serving food in the next 3 to 5 years. KOMO News I told this story to Sophista-tiki in SHOUT! the other day and... Sophista-tiki: instead of selling, they shouild just have a section where you could leave and take useful stuff so it doesnt end up in the land fill woofmutt:Yeah, and a seatin' area so yuh can watch dealers fight over cool junk! Sophista-tiki: maybe they could have some kind of gladiator compeition over the pit to win the garbage of your dreams woofmutt: With armor and weapons...FASHIONED FROM DISCARDED OBJECTS! Our next Battle: Two time transfer station champion Trixie Webber, owner of Trixie's House of Overpriced Crap versus new comer Kevin Nording who is just trying to furnish his house on the cheap. The prize: A Tiki-Eames-70s-Hippie-Nakashima coffee table with two broken legs... Sophista-tiki: I would sit in the transfer station to watch that match!

SEATTLE *How about a nice ham sandwich with that ton of trash?

The city's trash transfer stations (garbage dumps) want a $100 million upgrade, including a cafe, observation deck and store -- the reason for spending money on what could be called trash-tourism.

"These facilities were designed and constructed in the mid-60's," said George Sidles with Seattle Public Utilities...

But the south transfer station plan sounds like something you'd expect in a theme park.

"All preliminary, but all within the realm of possibility," said Sidles.

He's answering whether a cafe, observation deck and a store are all planned for the rebuild.

The store would pull castaway items out of the heap that someone else might buy. You could watch all this from a new observation deck, but a café? Sidles says a byproduct of trash could be cash.

"It's really amazing to see, how much different these facilities could look, and how much of an asset they could be to a community," he said...

Seattle Public Utilities is now accepting bids and designs for the new sites. If all goes as planned, they could be up and running and serving food in the next 3 to 5 years.* KOMO News

I told this story to Sophista-tiki in SHOUT! the other day and...

Sophista-tiki: instead of selling, they shouild just have a section where you could leave and take useful stuff so it doesnt end up in the land fill

**woofmutt:**Yeah, and a seatin' area so yuh can watch dealers fight over cool junk!

Sophista-tiki: maybe they could have some kind of gladiator compeition over the pit to win the garbage of your dreams

woofmutt: With armor and weapons...FASHIONED FROM DISCARDED OBJECTS!

Our next Battle: Two time transfer station champion Trixie Webber, owner of Trixie's House of Overpriced Crap versus new comer Kevin Nording who is just trying to furnish his house on the cheap. The prize: A Tiki-Eames-70s-Hippie-Nakashima coffee table with two broken legs...

Sophista-tiki: I would sit in the transfer station to watch that match!

Post #389670 by woofmutt on Thu, Jun 26, 2008 12:33 AM