E.W.D. land barge

[Marius Hancu]

Hello:

I wonder what an "E.W.D. land barge" is.

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From the street outside came the sound of a dumpster being emptied into
an E.W.D. land barge.

D.F. Wallace, Infinite Jest, p. 25
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Could it be something like:
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provided with an Early Warning Device, to be used when moving about?
:-))

Thanks.
Marius Hancu

[Django Cat]

Post by Marius Hancu
I wonder what an "E.W.D. land barge" is.
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From the street outside came the sound of a dumpster being emptied
into an E.W.D. land barge.
D.F. Wallace, Infinite Jest, p. 25
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I'm going 'waste department' for the 'W.D'... E could be
'environmental'... or are we in a city that starts with letter E?

DC

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[Marius Hancu]

Post by Django Cat
I'm going 'waste department' for the 'W.D'... E could be
'environmental'... or are we in a city that starts with letter E?

Seems a good guess.

Thank you all.
Marius Hancu

[Peter Duncanson (BrE)]

On Sun, 20 Jan 2008 16:16:14 -0500, Marius Hancu

Post by Marius Hancu
I wonder what an "E.W.D. land barge" is.
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From the street outside came the sound of a dumpster being emptied into
an E.W.D. land barge.
D.F. Wallace, Infinite Jest, p. 25
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I'd guess that a land barge has a roughly similar shape to a
river barge, and moves on wheels.

E.W.D. could be the name of the organisation (local government
or private) which operated one or more land barges for
trash/waste collection.

E.W.D. might be something like Ernestville Waste Disposal.

I'm reminder of a visit to the Gold Coast, West Africa, in the
mid-1950s. There were vehicles on the roads marked simply PWD,
my initials. In that case PWD stood for Public Works Department,
a goverment department..

Post by Marius Hancu
http://response.restoration.noaa.gov/book_shelf/572_e_land_barge_no02_32900.jpg
provided with an Early Warning Device, to be used when moving about?
:-))

You never know.

[Robin Bignall]

On Sun, 20 Jan 2008 22:28:42 +0000, "Peter Duncanson (BrE)"

Post by Peter Duncanson (BrE)
On Sun, 20 Jan 2008 16:16:14 -0500, Marius Hancu

Post by Marius Hancu
I wonder what an "E.W.D. land barge" is.
-----
From the street outside came the sound of a dumpster being emptied into
an E.W.D. land barge.
D.F. Wallace, Infinite Jest, p. 25
------

I'd guess that a land barge has a roughly similar shape to a
river barge, and moves on wheels.
E.W.D. could be the name of the organisation (local government
or private) which operated one or more land barges for
trash/waste collection.
E.W.D. might be something like Ernestville Waste Disposal.
I'm reminder of a visit to the Gold Coast, West Africa, in the
mid-1950s. There were vehicles on the roads marked simply PWD,
my initials. In that case PWD stood for Public Works Department,
a goverment department..

You should have brought one of those back with you. Much more
upmarket (and cheaper) than a personalised number plate.

[Peter Duncanson (BrE)]

On Sun, 20 Jan 2008 22:45:52 +0000, Robin Bignall

Post by Robin Bignall
On Sun, 20 Jan 2008 22:28:42 +0000, "Peter Duncanson (BrE)"

Post by Peter Duncanson (BrE)
On Sun, 20 Jan 2008 16:16:14 -0500, Marius Hancu

Post by Marius Hancu
I wonder what an "E.W.D. land barge" is.
-----
From the street outside came the sound of a dumpster being emptied into
an E.W.D. land barge.
D.F. Wallace, Infinite Jest, p. 25
------

I'd guess that a land barge has a roughly similar shape to a
river barge, and moves on wheels.
E.W.D. could be the name of the organisation (local government
or private) which operated one or more land barges for
trash/waste collection.
E.W.D. might be something like Ernestville Waste Disposal.
I'm reminder of a visit to the Gold Coast, West Africa, in the
mid-1950s. There were vehicles on the roads marked simply PWD,
my initials. In that case PWD stood for Public Works Department,
a goverment department..

You should have brought one of those back with you. Much more
upmarket (and cheaper) than a personalised number plate.

It would have been difficult to fit it on the plane to London
(Heathrow).

The plane was a Canadair DC-4M Argonaut operated by BOAC.
Details and picture of the DC-4 and lists of derivatives at:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_DC-4

The DC-4Mes that I travelled on were reliable, but my sisters
(high school age) had an interesting flight when 2 engines of
their plane failed over the Sahara. I have never flown in their
company.