Comments on: Why We Have To Look At This *ucking Thing Every Day – May 7, 2010

By: monte merrick

monte merrick — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 05:43:51 +0000

this was a mean article. the good ship *uck yeah was a lot less offensive than the mercantile esprit de corps that doesnt allow an easily accessed public washroom in the municipality. so you forced him to tell you where he dumps his urine. now that’s investigative journalism. never really read the “eye” due to its relative irrelevance, but now i’m decidedly anti_eye

By: Sommer Halligan

Sommer Halligan — Thu, 27 May 2010 20:38:11 +0000

I don’t care much at all about parking the bus here is town, but I must say that I find the “*uck yeah” on the back to be pretty offensive. I shop at Co-Op several times a week, usually with my two kids it tow. I feel bummed out every time I see the bus, and I was sad when I had to discuss this issue with my eleven year old daughter. I may be in the minority, as the guy in the bus says, but it bothers me enough to write this note. I’d like Arcata to be a sweet and gentle place for us all.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Wed, 26 May 2010 14:07:06 +0000

Re: “I wonder how they’d like a statue of President McKinley in Klong Tooey”
I wonder if anyone would notice it. Honestly, reaction to visually unappealing objects out in the third world is most often one of bemusement. Heck of a lot better than looking at what is floating in those canals!

By: kevpod

kevpod — Wed, 26 May 2010 04:39:04 +0000

I wonder how they’d like a statue of President McKinley in Klong Tooey.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Wed, 26 May 2010 04:28:56 +0000

Well folks, I would suggest a little perspective. Come on out to the north suburbs of Jakarta, to any suburb of Bangladesh, maybe Klong Tooey in Bangkok, or any of thousands of other suburbian locations around the world. That bus can quickly become music for the eyes.

Please try to keep in mind there is no civil right that defines what a person has to look at, unless you want to start defining what is aesthetically appealing and passing laws against anything that might offend. Holy objectivity! That is one that could sustain the sleazier politicians right into the 23rd century!

By: Keyser Söze

Keyser Söze — Tue, 25 May 2010 04:55:27 +0000

“I love Arcata, thanks for letting me park here and throw my shit away in your dumpster.”

Funny.

By: Jennifer Thelander

Jennifer Thelander — Mon, 24 May 2010 00:28:36 +0000

Couldn’t he just paint over *UCK YEAH! with something clever, funny or uplifting? I’d love to see a bus parked someplace with “Love each other” or “Spay and neuter your pets” or “I love Arcata, thanks for letting me park here and throw my shit away in your dumpster.”
Despite what income an individual receives or what their disability is, they can still show pride in their community whether they live in a bus or in a tent or in a house. I know artists who would come paint that bus in a second. It could boast a mural that tourists and children could enjoy.
However, this bus pales in comparison to the camper that says “Eat pussy not cow.” I cringe each time I drive or walk by.

By: dominic

dominic — Fri, 21 May 2010 07:05:22 +0000

not to mention the disability thing! Ryan, i want to address your post in particular, if i may. you speak as if the subject in question were the Rom of Eastern Europe, some destitute Vietnam vet on the streets of a major urban center, or a brown teenage gang member…in other words, people who are routinely and systematically disenfranchised, oppressed, and ostracized by the dominant culture. We DO only have one planet, and this “drainbow” of the yellow bus is helping *uck it up, not to mention giving sane, non-drug using advocates, such as myself, of the legalization of medical cannibus and other drugs a terrible name.

By: dominic

dominic — Fri, 21 May 2010 06:54:17 +0000

this person is a drain on society, and a blight, no matter what your opinion is. this is fact. those buisnesses pay for their dumpsters and the bodily waste needs no comment. Interestingly enough, I have long hair and actually lived in Arcata, some of that time on Clam Beach, my point being I am not some “bourgeouis” commentator, but someone who takes sustainability and alternative living seriously.

By: jay p

jay p — Wed, 19 May 2010 02:47:04 +0000

when i was parking my bus on the streets of arcata (while living in a house, believe it or not, lol, on 10th street directly behind the recycling center, next to the autoshop there), the APD told me there was a weight limit to what could be parked on the city street. so, i was ticketed (even though i moved my bus regularly) and just parked it in my yard. they were to impound it if i did not move it.

secondly, i was ticketed in the state of CA (near santa barbara in a los padres? nat’l forest campground) for having a yellow school bus.

this bus may indeed be painted enough (not sure), but the weight is probably not much different than mine (also ~35 ft long). i wonder why the city has not gotten more legal with this fellow, as they did with me in 1992/1993, who actually had a residence.

lastly, i thought human waste was hazardous waste that could not be thrown in the “trash.” mr lewis suggested that he might be throwing his waste into trash containers. perhaps i am incorrect about the legality of this.

while i disagree with the law about living in a vehicle (which i see as a way to protect real estate values), this law exists. we, as a community, would do better to find a solution less reactionary and more proactive than the illegal vehicle camping law.