The Retirement Thread

[classic33]

Clever dog.
What are its favourite subjects

It has a ruff knowledge of geography, and paws to think about it's maths credibility.

 

[welsh dragon]

Still raining here. Very fine stuff that looks like mist from a distance.

 

[Paulus]

We have no collections here so anything has to be taken to the dump yourself. We used to get an annual skip free of charge for the whole street but that stopped a long time ago.

We used to get the free skip twice a year from our council, but that stopped several years ago.
The green bin charge started last year, £70.
Collected fortnightly, but not in late December and January. They seem to think that households with gardens don't do any gardening/tidying up in the winter.

 

[classic33]

Been looking up with bio of one of the advisors listed in the credits of Traces, Professor Niamh Nic Daeid.
Her bio on the Dundee University site states

It doesn’t say whether she likes cake.

Well she's Irish for starters. Trinity College , Dublin.

Professor Niamh Nic Daéid · CChem, FCSFC, FHEA, FRSC, FRSE.

 

[Mo1959]

We used to get the free skip twice a year from our council, but that stopped several years ago.
The green bin charge started last year, £70.
Collected fortnightly, but not in late December and January. They seem to think that households with gardens don't do any gardening/tidying up in the winter.

No wonder there’s so much fly tipping!

 

[GM]

Morning all... Got rudely awoken at 8.30 this morning by our four legged friend licking my face. Think he was trying to tell me to get up!

Been binge watching Spiral, getting very exciting now. Also watched the first episode of Traces, looking interesting. Sorry Mo but I had to put the sub titles on!

 

[Dirk]

We used to get the free skip twice a year from our council, but that stopped several years ago.
The green bin charge started last year, £70.
Collected fortnightly, but not in late December and January. They seem to think that households with gardens don't do any gardening/tidying up in the winter.

Same here, only our green bin charge is £36pa.

 

[Mo1959]

Morning all... Got rudely awoken at 8.30 this morning by our four legged friend licking my face. Think he was trying to tell me to get up!

Been binge watching Spiral, getting very exciting now. Also watched the first episode of Traces, looking interesting. Sorry Mo but I had to put the sub titles on!

Worst of it is I suspect from the dodgy accents very few of the actors are actually Scottish!

 

[classic33]

Bloody hell....letter from the council saying the permit for the garden recycling waste bin is £40 this year. Lucky if I put it out twice with the clippings from my shrubs. I’d be as well to try and take it to the skip myself.

£50 here, with a view to putting it to £70 last year, because not many were making use of it.

 

[GM]

We used to get the free skip twice a year from our council, but that stopped several years ago.
The green bin charge started last year, £70.
Collected fortnightly, but not in late December and January. They seem to think that households with gardens don't do any gardening/tidying up in the winter.

Just checked and the Green bin collection starts back this Saturday for us. Also if you don't want to pay the £70, they'll do a one off collection for £10.

 

[gavroche]

Bloody hell....letter from the council saying the permit for the garden recycling waste bin is £40 this year. Lucky if I put it out twice with the clippings from my shrubs. I’d be as well to try and take it to the skip myself.

That's what I do, much cheaper in the long run as the Recycling Centre is only half a mile away.

 

[classic33]

Just checked and the Green bin collection starts back this Saturday for us. Also if you don't want to pay the £70, they'll do a one off collection for £10.

I've a waste carriers licence, for garden waste, so don't have to pay.

Just got to get my licence for the type of vehicle used, pedal cycle.

 

[oldwheels]

We used to get the free skip twice a year from our council, but that stopped several years ago.
The green bin charge started last year, £70.
Collected fortnightly, but not in late December and January. They seem to think that households with gardens don't do any gardening/tidying up in the winter.

I had to cut back a large Bay which a neighbour was complaining about for no obvious reason but with no trailer could not get the bits to the dump. I just piled it up an an inconspicuous corner and it has been added to from time to time but settles down over time. I call it my hibernation refuge as it is probably used by all sorts of beasts hibernating overwinter.

 

[Flick of the Elbow]

Worst of it is I suspect from the dodgy accents very few of the actors are actually Scottish!

Did you spot Val McDermid’s cameo ?

 

[Dirk]

£50 here, with a view to putting it to £70 last year, because not many were making use of it.

Odd that isn't it?
Start charging for a previously free service and people stop using it. Whodathunkit?
It's self defeating.