Does anyone have a garbage truck I can borrow?
For the past 10 years, I have ordered wood chips from The Chicago Department Of Forestry. Wood Chips keep our yard from becoming a mud pit. I ordered a full truck load twice a year. The city delivered them in a great big garbage truck. When Cole was little, it was almost as exciting as Christmas. A delivery date was never guaranteed; when the “wood chip call” came you dropped everything, met the garbage truck, watched the driver dump the chips and quickly move the wood chips from the alley into the yard. Chicago discontinued the service. Today this letter arrived one year after my initial wood chip request. During an earlier follow-up phone call, the city informed me the wood chip program was canceled but they neglected to tell I me, I could bring my garbage truck to the wood chip location and load her up. Good to know. Really.
Letter from Chicago Bureau of Forestry
Dear Katie Ruscitti:
Our records indicate, you placed a request for mulch to be delivered to you in July of 2009. Due to overwhelming economic constraints at present, we are unable to honor your request.
However, I am to happy to announce, that you may bring your garbage truck to our site and load it with free mulch.
Best wishes and thank you for your patience and your service request.
I would love to hear from you in the comment section of this blog, or on Facebook or Twitter! Glad you were in my Odd neighborhood. Feel free to drop by any time. Odd Loves Companyand odd loves you and you and you!!
Katybeth
Dam…my garbage truck is in being detailed…could take a couple of weeks but then its all yours!! 😀
Karen, thank you. Do let me know when its available. I promise not to eat in it and get french fries on your floor mats.
Don’t you just kind of wonder if other people do have garbage trucks in their driveways or alleys? I mean are you the only person without your own garbage truck?
I lose sleep wondering this. Just because I don’t see them in my neighbors driveways and garages does not mean they aren’t hiding them….perhaps from ME. It could be a conspiracy.
Can we say new mayor? The wood chip program was terrific and was nice benefit to the people who lived in Chicago…so naturally it was the first program to be cut when the economy went south.
If someone does have a garbage truck to loan you….I want a picture of you driving it…before and after….
I am saying new mayor. It would be nice to have one who put the people of Chicago first–as in parking, salt, wood chips….
Pictures? Let me think about it!
I wish I’d known. You could have borrowed mine….
I know Cynthia, If only we had known!
Due to overwhelming economic constraints at present, I am unable to honor your request.
Should you locate your garbage truck I will certainly loan you my garbage truck loader.
Thank you. I so appreciate your response! I will keep you kind offer in mind in case someone does have a garbage truck they are willing to loan me.
Wow…free mulch…what an awesome program!
Sorry, one of my teenagers took my garbage truck on a date…makes it way easier to see the movie at the drive-in! LOL!
What about borrowing a pickup and making several trips?
Wendy
It was a great program. Thanks for the suggestions…at the very least we would need a dump truck and several strong people–Cole’s friends don’t need the money that bad…and my friends are well past the moving stage…but something will turn up.
Nice to see you!
Thank god, now I finally know what to get you for Xmas!!!!M
I have always wanted one Mom, always.
Any special color? I’m sure they come, one size fits all.
M
Bright Orange…kind of like the one in the picture. Hey–remember when you decorated the little snack fridge with all those flowers—I want my garbage truck to look like that—Bright Orange…covered in big flowers .Ok?