This time of year sucks for walking. Went for a walk and the sidewalk got so bad in one spot that it was impassable so I had to climb over the snow bank to get to the road. Road is so narrow that when there is a car I need to move and push against the snow bank so it can pass. Kind of sketch as it gets pretty slippery trying to stick to the edge like that.
Only found one syringe so far this year. I presume more of them will show up as the snow/ice layers continue to melt.
First, why doesn't everyone in Canada outside of maybe Toronto, have crampons? But even if you don't want to go full 'Sir Edmund Hillary,' you can get short, 4-5 mm shoe spikes set in an elastic web that just stretch over your shoes. I haven't used mine in a while but that's mainly out of laziness. Plus I like to try to hone my gazelle-like reflexes even if that means the occasional face-plant.
Second, where is your entrepreneurial spirit? OK, I'm going to guess that Canada gives junkies free needles - since as a general rule, junkies don't tend to toss their "works." But that's fairly rare here in the US. I think NY State might do something similar but I don't think that's true of very many other states. Plus you've got like what, 6 other needy continents? Harvest those bad boys, set up a storefront on the dark web, profit.
I'm assuming that these are the nice, slender and almost invisible insulin needles - the fave of all junkies everywhere. I take 2 injectable meds and I swear, you can barely feel those puppies slide past your epidermis.
And of course being a moral, caring, normal human, you'd have to sterilize them. But a gallon of bleach should be good for hundreds of needles.
Normally I'd charge you a 10% finders fee, but since you're doing all of the work and it might be illegal in some countries, I have to allow for the additional overhead.
