Mundane News

[perplexed]

Further to the bin updates :
We've put out our blue bin out which is full of cardboard and paper. We are also allowed to put in tetra packs.
Our black bin with the pink lid (Salford council have the pink colour scheme on a lot of council stuff) is out too, which is full of leaves and food waste.

My list of what to put in which bin and the calendar of which bin to put out when, is bluetacked to the inside of the cereal cupboard. The calendar is essential because the various bins are emptied, weekly, fortnightly or 3 weekly !

Bin retrieval anxiety is another thing that all good householders should consider.

Some people pay for their wheelie bins to be jetwashed, some don't. * Being tight, I am in the latter catagory.

This action can lead to the exacerbation of the bin-person/operative/hygiene executive's enthusiastic game of bin-scattering. With this in mind, I feel it is essential to reduce stress levels by identifying one's own bins by the affixing of the house number on the bins. I've painted our house number on ours.**

This issue was particularly underscored when Mrs Perplexed accidentally kidnapped the next door neighbours' blue bin for 3 weeks.***



* I clean my own out now and then and save £££s...
** To reassure the readership, two points here. 1) I've done it neatly, without dribbling the paint, and 2) they are painted in plain white.
*** I had already retrieved the blue bin and put in the garage. She didn't realise, and due to the aforementioned bin-scattering game she thought the bin outside our house was ours - it wasn't. If only the neighbours had helped reduce bin-retrieval stress by identifying their bin...

 

[Levo-Lon]

It is Friday...lie in ,day off, woo,hoo

 

[MikeG]

.........This issue was particularly underscored when Mrs Perplexed accidentally kidnapped the next door neighbours' blue bin for 3 weeks.***.......

*** I had already retrieved the blue bin and put in the garage. She didn't realise, and due to the aforementioned bin-scattering game she thought the bin outside our house was ours - it wasn't. If only the neighbours had helped reduce bin-retrieval stress by identifying their bin...

I've completely solved this difficult problem. I got rid of neighbours.

 

[MikeG]

It's Friday thank goodness , lets have a good one all

Phuh. You just wrecked it, by using half the requisite number of apostrophes. Roll on Saturday.

 

[Illaveago]

Morning! Can you buy any colour other than black today?

 

[Illaveago]

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.

You haven't been lawing and sauling hogs have you?

 

[Salty seadog]

Bin retrieval anxiety is another thing that all good householders should consider.

Some people pay for their wheelie bins to be jetwashed, some don't. * Being tight, I am in the latter catagory.

This action can lead to the exacerbation of the bin-person/operative/hygiene executive's enthusiastic game of bin-scattering. With this in mind, I feel it is essential to reduce stress levels by identifying one's own bins by the affixing of the house number on the bins. I've painted our house number on ours.**

This issue was particularly underscored when Mrs Perplexed accidentally kidnapped the next door neighbours' blue bin for 3 weeks.***



* I clean my own out now and then and save £££s...
** To reassure the readership, two points here. 1) I've done it neatly, without dribbling the paint, and 2) they are painted in plain white.
*** I had already retrieved the blue bin and put in the garage. She didn't realise, and due to the aforementioned bin-scattering game she thought the bin outside our house was ours - it wasn't. If only the neighbours had helped reduce bin-retrieval stress by identifying their bin...

There's a house I drive past whose wheelie bins have full bin size West Ham stickers on the front face. I think he's a gooner....

 

[Katherine]

Bin retrieval anxiety is another thing that all good householders should consider.

Some people pay for their wheelie bins to be jetwashed, some don't. * Being tight, I am in the latter catagory.

This action can lead to the exacerbation of the bin-person/operative/hygiene executive's enthusiastic game of bin-scattering. With this in mind, I feel it is essential to reduce stress levels by identifying one's own bins by the affixing of the house number on the bins. I've painted our house number on ours.**

This issue was particularly underscored when Mrs Perplexed accidentally kidnapped the next door neighbours' blue bin for 3 weeks.***



* I clean my own out now and then and save £££s...
** To reassure the readership, two points here. 1) I've done it neatly, without dribbling the paint, and 2) they are painted in plain white.
*** I had already retrieved the blue bin and put in the garage. She didn't realise, and due to the aforementioned bin-scattering game she thought the bin outside our house was ours - it wasn't. If only the neighbours had helped reduce bin-retrieval stress by identifying their bin...

Impressive bin management @perplexed .
I think we are in full agreement.
Sometimes the bins get left on the verge, sometimes they are left in front of the drive, other times they'll be found randomly on the pavement. I bought some stickers with the house number on from Aldi, they have yellow flowers on. Although the council have issued everyone with some large plain stickers which we can write our own numbers on.
Mr K has put the bins away this morning, he's also done next-door's and the old lady's on the end. I always put hers out for her and whoever gets there first out of us and next-door brings them all in. - which could be anything between 3 and 9 bins.
I occasionally clean our bins with the hose, the outside broom and some multipurpose liquid. - which I quite enjoy.

 

[Illaveago]

Should they come up with Smart bins? They could have a light which flashed to indicate which one to put out on the correct day.

Right I'm off to Dragons Den!

 

[Threevok]

I upset my neighbor yesterday, after she bitched on FB about her neighbors refusing to take her parcels in anymore

I publicly listed many reasons why

Her post has now been removed

 

[classic33]

Bin retrieval anxiety is another thing that all good householders should consider.

Some people pay for their wheelie bins to be jetwashed, some don't. * Being tight, I am in the latter catagory.

This action can lead to the exacerbation of the bin-person/operative/hygiene executive's enthusiastic game of bin-scattering. With this in mind, I feel it is essential to reduce stress levels by identifying one's own bins by the affixing of the house number on the bins. I've painted our house number on ours.**

This issue was particularly underscored when Mrs Perplexed accidentally kidnapped the next door neighbours' blue bin for 3 weeks.***



* I clean my own out now and then and save £££s...
** To reassure the readership, two points here. 1) I've done it neatly, without dribbling the paint, and 2) they are painted in plain white.
*** I had already retrieved the blue bin and put in the garage. She didn't realise, and due to the aforementioned bin-scattering game she thought the bin outside our house was ours - it wasn't. If only the neighbours had helped reduce bin-retrieval stress by identifying their bin...

Numbers only work to a point. You live near a junction they'll not always work.

 

[classic33]

Should they come up with Smart bins? They could have a light which flashed to indicate which one to put out on the correct day.

Right I'm off to Dragons Den!

How do you plan onn getting round any changes they make?

Wheelie bin is of the chipped variety, so already a "smart bin".

 

[PeteXXX]

Our bin day changed from Saturday to Wednesday. Consequently, I now think it's the start of the weekend on Tuesday evening!

<doh! >

 

[PeteXXX]

Oops. Sorry. I forgot report that I bought a new roll of Greaseproof Paper this morning as the one in the kitchen draw (far right, top) has only about 15" remaining.

 

[Reynard]

I've completely solved this difficult problem. I got rid of neighbours.

I won't ask...

My nearest neighbours are around 100 metres down the road - on the other side of the road. The nearest neighbour on my side of the road is about a mile away.