Mundane News

[NorthernDave]

Black bin day today.

I know this as my neighbours have also put their black bins out. So if it's wrong, the whole street is wrong.

 

[postman]

No no no don't yes i am.

One week i failed to put the bin out the man asked where's yer bin.I have bin to the mother in laws,and got back late

 

[Andy in Germany]

No no no don't yes i am.

One week i failed to put the bin out the man asked where's yer bin.I have bin to the mother in laws,and got back late

Thsat happened to me as well. I told him I'd bin to Germany.
He said "No, where's tha Wheelie Bin?"
I said I'd wheelie bin to Germany...

After that joke it's probably better to stay in Germany too...

 

[classic33]

Our system of binnage is now so complicated I have to refer to the handy cut-out-and-keep calendar the council provided, which is now 'magneted' to the fridge.*








* again, in the spirit of reducing anxiety, the following information is to diffuse any fridge magnet identification stress. At the top of the calendar is a horizontal magnet depicting the gardens of Marqueyssac in France. The magnet to the lower aspect of the calendar features a copy of an artwork in monochrome depicting two sheep grazing.

Local council printed and had one posted to every house. The following week those doing the bins delivered their own. Neither matched the other.

 

[Gravity Aided]

I have numbered brown bins. My brown bin with brown lid is for garbage, and my brown bin with yellow lid is for recycling. They are wheelie bins, as well. Recycling is single stream, so I need but the one. Today is Thanks-Giving, but they are coming for the bins tomorrow anyway. As they are all the same, I have marked mine with blue tape, rather reminiscent of a St. Andrews' Saltire. I do not have a calendar,as the town notifies me through Facebook. As it is Thanks-giving today, we will have a goodly bit of garbage this week, and about a 3/4 full recycling bin as well. That's all what's bin news in Normal, Illinois, U.S.A..

 

[Grant Fondo]

I got fined £75 for putting a black bin bag out on the 'wrong' wednesday, it should have been green..it was 3 weeks into the black/green bag and brown/grey/green bin switchover some of which are weekly some bi-weekly. My council are fascists.

 

[Reynard]

The girls' Zooplus order turned up this morning.

12kg of cat biscuits, 120 pouches of wet food and 40 litres of litter.

I have also been sawing and hauling logs.

 

[Reynard]

Fantastic seeded brown loaf from M&S today, just the right amount of maltyness for me and a snip at £2.85

Bake your own?

 

[Reynard]

On the wooden hill?

Halfway in terms of distance. The wooden hill is very short - the advantage of living in a tiny cottage.

The disadvantage is that I'm really running out of space for books.

 

[Andy in Germany]

Just got a very positive reference from the Chief, with a comment of 'Let me know if you want anything else put in'...

 

[Grant Fondo]

Bake your own?

 

[LeetleGreyCells]

The house is clean, and my and the kids’ cycling year is washed and now drying.

What an exciting life I lead....

In other news, my new Charge Spoon saddle is on the MTB and the lockable bar ends are fitted to the road bike (the old push-in ones kept working their way out).

 

[postman]

I have sent off an e mail sharpish to POST OFFICE COUNTERS Ltd.To tell them about the attitude of one of it's branches and the staff.How dare they be cheery,give good service have a conversation with me.I have just started to use this branch after our local one suddenly shut down.A wonderful branch it is a pleasure to wait in the queue,i have told POC they ought to give them some sort of reward.

 

[Speicher]

The girls' Zooplus order turned up this morning.

12kg of cat biscuits, 120 pouches of wet food and 40 litres of litter.

I have also been sawing and hauling logs.

Can you add sawdust to the cat litter, or are the girls not used to that?

 

[Tenacious Sloth]

I’ve ranted on here about pretentious crisp flavours before.

The latest crisp flavour to incur my wrath is...

“Tesco Finest, Crinkle Cut, Cave Aged Chedder & Bramley Apple Chutney.”

Cave Aged? My Arse!.

IT MAKES ME SO MAD.

Mind you, i could smell the bat guano when I opened the bag.