I grew up during the ecology push. People forget what the air was like with car exhaust, and the litter lining the roads. Just like encountering smokers now— it’s much less tolerable now that we’re not used to it (and smokers are getting pushed further and further away— pretty soon they’ll be taxed at 100% and have to use hermetically sealed huts in the far parking lot).
Back then most litter was biodegradable. And it was standard practice to burn trash in a barrel in the alley. Pop bottles carried a ten cent deposit. Kids played with fireworks, and had respiratory problems from pollution and cigarette smoke. Why do otherwise responsible people feel fine tossing their cigarette butts? Some building entrances are positively mulched with butts. People can smoke around me all they want, so long as they eat their butts.
I believe my hip and back arthritis is due to 3 1/2 years of bending over to pick up other people’s litter. The plastic packing peanuts blowing around were the worst. People don’t trash their own property like they do in public, but they would squawk if someone else brought their trash home to them and dumped it.
Ah he start of fall, 1952. Let’s see, September 26, 1952 and today is December 29th. A month and five days to Halloween from September 26th. I know he did Halloween strips in 1951 so assuming he did them in 1952 and we don’t loose any more strips like we lost September 6th, then Halloween should be February 3, 2017.
Templo S.U.D. over 7 years ago
Charlie Brown, you litter bug! (Even the trees are out to get Snoopy. Wow.)
snoopy1959 over 7 years ago
good old times. littering was ok.
jimmjonzz Premium Member over 7 years ago
Channeling the spirit of Ignatz Mouse.
Wren Fahel over 7 years ago
The years before “Give a hoot…don’t pollute.”
steverinoCT over 7 years ago
I grew up during the ecology push. People forget what the air was like with car exhaust, and the litter lining the roads. Just like encountering smokers now— it’s much less tolerable now that we’re not used to it (and smokers are getting pushed further and further away— pretty soon they’ll be taxed at 100% and have to use hermetically sealed huts in the far parking lot).
grainpaw over 7 years ago
Back then most litter was biodegradable. And it was standard practice to burn trash in a barrel in the alley. Pop bottles carried a ten cent deposit. Kids played with fireworks, and had respiratory problems from pollution and cigarette smoke. Why do otherwise responsible people feel fine tossing their cigarette butts? Some building entrances are positively mulched with butts. People can smoke around me all they want, so long as they eat their butts.
mulder42 over 7 years ago
Poor Snoopy can’t catch a break today…
grainpaw over 7 years ago
I believe my hip and back arthritis is due to 3 1/2 years of bending over to pick up other people’s litter. The plastic packing peanuts blowing around were the worst. People don’t trash their own property like they do in public, but they would squawk if someone else brought their trash home to them and dumped it.
knight1192a over 7 years ago
Ah he start of fall, 1952. Let’s see, September 26, 1952 and today is December 29th. A month and five days to Halloween from September 26th. I know he did Halloween strips in 1951 so assuming he did them in 1952 and we don’t loose any more strips like we lost September 6th, then Halloween should be February 3, 2017.