en-us https://www.intensedebate.com/users/303436 Comments by usnrbb http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Plant-workers-Dont-toss-needles-in-recycling-bin-162665186.html#IDComment403653838 Loved the "used cat litter." I have a cat and lots of used litter but never thought of mixing it together with my used needles. Brilliant. Tue, 17 Jul 2012 19:42:34 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Plant-workers-Dont-toss-needles-in-recycling-bin-162665186.html#IDComment403653838 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Plant-workers-Dont-toss-needles-in-recycling-bin-162665186.html#IDComment403652549 I am glad you have found an acceptable solution. I would also emphasize that you should put the end caps back on after you use your needle. I do. It saves added waste and all but ensures that no one gets accidentally stuck, even if they are stupid enought to open the bottle. You are correct in that you are a worrier. Where and how druggies get their needles is something you have absolutely no control over. If they are going to go dumpster diving there is nothing you can do to stop them short of watching every dumpster that may have used needles in them. By the way, what do you suppose your pharmacy, your clinic, or hospitals do with them if they accepted your containers? You guessed it! They go right into the non-recyclable garbage! Tue, 17 Jul 2012 19:40:00 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Plant-workers-Dont-toss-needles-in-recycling-bin-162665186.html#IDComment403652549 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Plant-workers-Dont-toss-needles-in-recycling-bin-162665186.html#IDComment403091745 There is nothing wrong with using a 2 liter pop bottle. The only difference is that it is not a bright red container marked as sharps. If you really want to spend your money you can buy a "sharps" container at your local pharmacy. But why waste your money on something you don't need. It's not as if the needles, especially if they are recapped, are going to poke threw and get someone. By the way: I am diabetic and have used pop bottles for years. Since I buy a lot of diet pop it turns out to be an economical way to dispose of both. Tue, 17 Jul 2012 02:18:44 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Plant-workers-Dont-toss-needles-in-recycling-bin-162665186.html#IDComment403091745 http://www.komonews.com/news/consumer/Visa-MasterCard-in-6B-settlement-over-card-fees-162432386.html?clmob=y#IDComment401716121 You are quite correct. However, every business, whether a Safeway or a Subway, wants to maximize their profit margin. In my opinion there is nothing wrong with that. If any business can reduce costs just a little bit here and there everyone wins. Sat, 14 Jul 2012 19:00:37 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/consumer/Visa-MasterCard-in-6B-settlement-over-card-fees-162432386.html?clmob=y#IDComment401716121 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Tacoma-homeowner-shoots-intruder-trying-to-break-down-door-162467966.html#IDComment401712048 I'm not one who's very pro gun, what with all the shootings going on. But stories like this one where someone is protecting their life and property warms the cockles of my heart. Good going dude! The perp got exactly what he deserved. Sat, 14 Jul 2012 18:49:16 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Tacoma-homeowner-shoots-intruder-trying-to-break-down-door-162467966.html#IDComment401712048 http://www.komonews.com/news/national/Tigers-maul-man-to-death-at-Copenhagen-Zoo-162072975.html#IDComment400601366 For sure. Those poor tigers have no idea where that guy has been or what he'd been doing! Thu, 12 Jul 2012 21:06:16 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/national/Tigers-maul-man-to-death-at-Copenhagen-Zoo-162072975.html#IDComment400601366 http://www.komonews.com/news/tech/NASAs-Mars-chief-frets-over-spacecrafts-heat-shield-161932055.html#IDComment399481680 Very good clip. Glad I watched it and recommend others watch too. Wed, 11 Jul 2012 02:18:56 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/tech/NASAs-Mars-chief-frets-over-spacecrafts-heat-shield-161932055.html#IDComment399481680 http://www.komonews.com/news/boeing/Boeing-lands-72-billion-order-from-Air-Lease-Corp-161784145.html#IDComment398721830 Sorry but she didn't go to London to sell airplanes. She went to sell Washington State, its business climate, and businesses. Just for giggles I suggest you read today's (Monday, 7/10) editorial in the Times. It explains a lot. Mon, 9 Jul 2012 22:50:09 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/boeing/Boeing-lands-72-billion-order-from-Air-Lease-Corp-161784145.html#IDComment398721830 http://www.komonews.com/news/national/Fla-lifeguard-helps-save-drowning-man-gets-fired-161380165.html#IDComment395919650 Unbelievable? Maybe, but just look what happened a while back with Metro Transit's tunnel security. They wouldn't intervene when a young girl was being beat by several other girls. Same situtation but different ending. Because the employees were "following the rules" of non-intervention the company was fired by Metro. Not because they did anything wrong but because they made Metro look like pluperfect fools. Thu, 5 Jul 2012 06:29:16 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/national/Fla-lifeguard-helps-save-drowning-man-gets-fired-161380165.html#IDComment395919650 http://www.komonews.com/news/national/Fla-lifeguard-helps-save-drowning-man-gets-fired-161380165.html#IDComment395916179 Mouse64, the Good Samaritan laws also prevent suits for inaction, Thank Heavens! I think Jeff Ellis & Assoc. need to have their clocks cleaned! Yes, he broke their rules and probably should have a verbal reprimand for that and an immediate job well done for helping the man survive. Jeez, you'd think people (managers) would have common sense about such situations. Jeff Ellis should know there is no way they are going to come out ahead in this debacle of their own making. Thu, 5 Jul 2012 06:20:02 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/national/Fla-lifeguard-helps-save-drowning-man-gets-fired-161380165.html#IDComment395916179 http://renton.komonews.com/news/health/762828-free-lunches-school-aged-students-all-summer#IDComment394371855 Guess again. Even in Washington State there is no such thing as a "free lunch." The money has to come from somewhere. Whether it is from grants, donations, or other funding sources the money doesn't just appear from nowhere. Mon, 2 Jul 2012 23:24:44 +0000 http://renton.komonews.com/news/health/762828-free-lunches-school-aged-students-all-summer#IDComment394371855 http://renton.komonews.com/news/health/762828-free-lunches-school-aged-students-all-summer#IDComment394370095 This is good news. I always worried what all the children who were receiving help during the school year were going to do during the summer. Mon, 2 Jul 2012 23:22:51 +0000 http://renton.komonews.com/news/health/762828-free-lunches-school-aged-students-all-summer#IDComment394370095 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Space-shuttle-trainer-arrives-in-Seattle-aboard-Super-Guppy-160957285.html#IDComment393477897 Close! It was a Boeing Stratocruiser. They were the civilian offshoot of the B-29. Sun, 1 Jul 2012 18:59:30 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Space-shuttle-trainer-arrives-in-Seattle-aboard-Super-Guppy-160957285.html#IDComment393477897 http://www.komonews.com/news/national/Jetblue-pilot-pleads-not-guilty-in-mid-air-meltdown-160728375.html#IDComment391572589 A person's plea at arraignment has little to do with the facts available at the time. It has everything to do with preserving a person's legal rights, including trial by jury. Thu, 28 Jun 2012 21:37:25 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/national/Jetblue-pilot-pleads-not-guilty-in-mid-air-meltdown-160728375.html#IDComment391572589 http://www.komonews.com/news/national/NTSB-Why-didnt-train-wait-before-deadly-crash-160379555.html#IDComment390091212 Once a year anywhere in the world is way too many. I would expect, in this technical day and age, there should have been positive control of both engines in a dispatch center somewhere. Tue, 26 Jun 2012 23:04:27 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/national/NTSB-Why-didnt-train-wait-before-deadly-crash-160379555.html#IDComment390091212 http://www.komonews.com/opinion/kenschram/Ken-Schram-We-must-punish-drunk-drivers-before-they-kill-160262315.html?clmob=y#IDComment390086854 Magic 8: The only thing I have against an immediate jail sentence is that jail time is expensive to the max. Plus we already have crowded jails. I say wait and see if there is a second offense, then lower the boom. After all, everyone is entitled to one mistake. Besides, my suggested mandatory car interlock and suspended license is no slap on the wrist. Tue, 26 Jun 2012 22:54:27 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/opinion/kenschram/Ken-Schram-We-must-punish-drunk-drivers-before-they-kill-160262315.html?clmob=y#IDComment390086854 http://www.komonews.com/news/boeing/Jim-Albaugh-Boeings-head-of-commercial-planes-to-retire-160429845.html#IDComment390085184 Ray's biography give me great hope for the future of BCA. The best part is that he is true blue Boeing! Tue, 26 Jun 2012 22:50:37 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/boeing/Jim-Albaugh-Boeings-head-of-commercial-planes-to-retire-160429845.html#IDComment390085184 http://www.komonews.com/opinion/kenschram/Ken-Schram-We-must-punish-drunk-drivers-before-they-kill-160262315.html?clmob=y#IDComment389383792 There are many, many options Magic 8, regardless of 8wrong and 2009ultra's snide remarks. Ultimately it is up to our State Legislature to set the rules. They can be from permanent removal of your driver's license to X number of years in jail and $????.?? fines to something far less draconian. I suggest progressive mandatory punishments. 1st: 1 year car interlock, 8 hours of drunk classes, and court costs. 2nd: 6 month suspension of driver's license, 2 year car interlock after suspension, alcohol addiction evaluation with 16 hours of class time. And of course, court costs. And the list goes on. Feel free to suggest your own ideas. Mon, 25 Jun 2012 21:51:38 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/opinion/kenschram/Ken-Schram-We-must-punish-drunk-drivers-before-they-kill-160262315.html?clmob=y#IDComment389383792 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Old-Navy-cruiser-at-Bremerton-to-be-auctioned-159723425.html#IDComment385769393 This one's chance of becoming a yacht is slim to none. The Long Beach was a nuclear powered vessel and it has had the reactor and all the other radioactive components removed. The only way this vessel will move is by being towed! Wed, 20 Jun 2012 18:55:16 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Old-Navy-cruiser-at-Bremerton-to-be-auctioned-159723425.html#IDComment385769393 http://mukilteo.komonews.com/news/911/758958-four-injured-after-radiator-blows-rear-engine-school-bus#IDComment385063241 I hate to disillusion you but the floors on buses, including school buses, are plywood on a metal frame. That is so they can easily attach the floor covering and seating while saving weight. Tue, 19 Jun 2012 22:40:01 +0000 http://mukilteo.komonews.com/news/911/758958-four-injured-after-radiator-blows-rear-engine-school-bus#IDComment385063241