Volunteering without getting off your motorcycle

[wladziu]

Swing by your local Water Resources Department. 
Ask them to inspect the addresses in their drain marker program.  They'll give you enough maps to keep you busy for as long as you want.  Slap the map into your tank bag and press "Play". 





And, lo, it was decreed by President @$$hole that every GSer should do something for their community (not just court-ordered). 

[annguyen1981]

Can you clarify this a little?

[yamahonkawazuki]

Can you clarify this a little?

Hes our resident @$$hole 

[Majorhavoc]

Me thinks the Buddha has some competiton in the "I know he's saying something, but I'll be danged if I can figure out what it is" department.

[wladziu]

Community service.  That thing you do to help lazy people, so they can call you an @$$hole. 

Nevermind.  Just go back to whacking off. 




And it's Vice President, not resident.  That's 85 lashes, Yama!   

[spc]

Vice Pres @$$hole, eh?  I didn't know you had a cokehead daughter.

[yamahonkawazuki]

Community service.  That thing you do to help lazy people, so they can call you an @$$hole. 

Nevermind.  Just go back to whacking off. 




And it's Vice President, not resident.  That's 85 lashes, Yama!   

Only if youre female and attractive

[yamahonkawazuki]

Community service.  That thing you do to help lazy people, so they can call you an @$$hole. 

Nevermind.  Just go back to whacking off. 




And it's Vice President, not resident.  That's 85 lashes, Yama!   

WTH i thought i had typed that lol oooops, and i was sober too. my mind was elsewhere 

[ohgood]

Can you clarify this a little?

i read it twice (and twice is too much) and have no idea. none. something about water. something about maps, and something about gs500's. other than that, i think the-booda has a budding protege.

Can you clarify this a little?

ditto. in english ?

[nightrider]

rofl Yama's tag... somebody call the waambulance

[wladziu]

Et tu, ohgood?! 
Geez, my duck-tatorship isn't working out so well. 


If you like doing community service and/or you're a pre-med that wants about 2500 hours before applying to Wake Forest, you might notice a lack of interesting volunteering opportunities outside of cleaning toilets at the YMCA.  Sure, there's the Boys and Girls Club, if you can stand pre-teens; the Red Cross, if you can stand the wanna-be nursing students; Urban Ministries, if you're not worried about contact-syphillis from homeless people, etc. 
But, none of those things offer you an ability to rack up hours without ever getting off your motorcycle. 

So, find your local Water Resources Department.  It's a division of your local government.  They should have something called the "Drain Marker Program".  If you've never heard of it, then it means it's not available in your area. 
On the Eastern seaboard, there's a widespread ignorance that storm drains are places to dump used motor oil and diapers, etc, without knowing or caring that the drains empty directly into local rivers and streams (without being sanitized).  The program I mentioned is a funded method of placing permanent placards on the drains, telling people not to dump their garbage there. 

A lot of people volunteer to place the placards, but no one volunteers to check behind the volunteers. 
Ask them for a map of locations, and you can ride around and check... without leaving your motorcycle. 
When you finish that map, then go back for another one.  If the program is supported in your area, then they probably have a lot of drains to check. 



If you live in dry-as-a-bone Arizona or somewhere, this doesn't apply to you, and you probably still have no idea what I'm talking about. 
Anyone that grew up next to a river and is concerned about their environment should have had a clear understanding from the beginning, and would not have appreciated a drawn-out explanation.  If you didn't, then shame on your parents.   

[wladziu]

I've got government clearance to ride my distasteful hooligan bike through gated neighborhoods, which I haven't had a chance to take advantage of, yet.  (But, believe me... I will.)

And, since I've been kicked out of the Habitat for Humanity Re-Store for taunting the other volunteers, I figured it's good to do something by myself. 


If you run out of maps to check, then you can sign for a placard kit.  It consists of a caulking gun, a pack of signs, and a bucket.  You don't need the bucket, and the other stuff fits in a backpack.  I can't really figure out how to keep the tip of the caulking gun clean, but I'll figure something out. 
Plus, it's hella-good training for riding in urban terrain.  Slipping the clutch, and whatever crap comes along. 


On the downside:  sh!tty Spring TeleNav won't let you set waypoints or choose your own route. 

[yamahonkawazuki]

Ill be damned, will have to look into that

[Majorhavoc]

So, find your local Water Resources Department.  It's a division of your local government.  They should have something called the "Drain Marker Program".  If you've never heard of it, then it means it's not available in your area. 
On the Eastern seaboard, there's a widespread ignorance that storm drains are places to dump used motor oil and diapers, etc, without knowing or caring that the drains empty directly into local rivers and streams (without being sanitized).  The program I mentioned is a funded method of placing permanent placards on the drains, telling people not to dump their garbage there. 

A lot of people volunteer to place the placards, but no one volunteers to check behind the volunteers. 
Ask them for a map of locations, and you can ride around and check... without leaving your motorcycle. 

Ahhhhhhhhh.   See, I knew you were saying something. 

I think you lost most of us (me at least) when you said in your OP "Swing by your local Water Resources Department.  Ask them to inspect the addresses in their drain marker program.  "  I just couldn't figure out how you could be volunteering if you were demanding local government get out an inspect their d*mn addresses.

But what you're describing sounds cool.  Good on you.

BTW, you got kicked out of HFH for taunting other volunteers?  Hmm, you say you ride a hooligan bike.  If the bike fits.....

[wladziu]

What a shocker.

[PuddleJumper]

Here's how to keep the tip of the tube of caulking clean.

Find a nice big fat wood screw about 1 inch long.

Cut the tip of the tube so that the screw won't quite go in without twisting it in.

Release the pressure on the tube of caulking, then twist the screw in.

Ta Daaaa!
BeSafe
pj

[bombadillo]

Here's how to keep the tip of the tube of caulking clean.

Find a nice big fat wood screw about 1 inch long.

And drive it square into your.........
pj

There, fixed it for ya!!

[spc]

And, since I've been kicked out of the Habitat for Humanity Re-Store for taunting the other volunteers, I figured it's good to do something by myself. 

OUTFUCHINGSTANDING!!!!!

[wladziu]

Another volunteer tried to supervise me as I was moving furniture off a truck, thinking I was there by court-order. 
So, I staged a coup between him and the actual court-ordered guys.  But, I forgot about the outside security cameras. 

Apparently, there's a volunteer who's solely responsible for watching the security camera footage and eating cheetoh's.  Bunch of lazy, hippy bastards, really. 





I'll try that with the caulking gun.  Thanks. 
I don't want that stuff all inside my backpack.