What are you doing today?

[hollydolly]

@hollydolly someone is hired to wash out the trash bins?

No it's a Bin cleaning company..... they follow the Trash trucks and once the wheelie bins are emptied they power wash the bins inside and out inside a specific washing truck...

 

[katlupe]

Taking a ride on Jazzy to the store, then laundry and vacuum packing two packages of chicken.

 

[hollydolly]

Don't you folks have wheelie Bin cleaning companies ?

 

[debodun]

I brought up some of the stoneware crocks and jugs that were in the cellar.



Washed some this morning. Probably can't get the money back on them that I spent on hot water and dish detergent. Spotted a built-in cabinet under the cellar stairs. Disappointed to find it empty.

 

[Aunt Marg]

I brought up some of the stoneware crocks and jugs that were in the cellar.

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Washed some this morning. Probably can't get the money back on them that I spent on hot water and dish detergent. Spotted a built-in cabinet under the cellar stairs. Disappointed to find it empty.

Do I smell a yard sale coming up?

 

[hollydolly]

I brought up some of the stoneware crocks and jugs that were in the cellar.

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Washed some this morning. Probably can't get the money back on them that I spent on hot water and dish detergent. Spotted a built-in cabinet under the cellar stairs. Disappointed to find it empty.

cleaned up.. and brought to a boot sale et al.. here in the Uk they would sell very quickly...

 

[Glowworm]

Don't you folks have wheelie Bin cleaning companies ?

Nope, new one on me. What’s a trash truck? Where did the dustmen go?

 

[hollydolly]

Nope, new one on me. What’s a trash truck? Where did the dustmen go?

The trash truck is what the dustmen empty the wheelie bins into ......

Given you left the UK at age 10.. a lot of things would be new to you....

 

[Homeschoolie]

Don't you folks have wheelie Bin cleaning companies ?

How I wish we did...but no....
I don't put filth inside our trash and recycle bins .. keep mine clean, germ and smell free but ALL my neighbors are lazy pigs. Theirs are always disgustingly sticky, slimy and dirty inside and out. And smell bad.
IMO people like them are narcissists who never give a second thought to how what they do affects others. I feel sorry for the garbage collectors. And am very glad/thankful they are there to help us.

 

[Glowworm]

The trash truck is what the dustmen empty the wheelie bins into ......

Given you left the UK at age 10.. a lot of things would be new to you....

Yes, my dad called it the dustcart and dustmen, but I suppose that isn't politically correct any more.

 

[hollydolly]

How I wish we did...but no....
I don't put filth inside our trash and recycle bins .. keep mine clean, germ and smell free but ALL my neighbors are pigs. Theirs are always disgustingly sticky, slimy and dirty inside and out. And smell bad.

Yes I try and keep everything in my 3 wheelie bins wrapped and smell free using bin deodorant ( can't do that with the grass bin)... I'm sure many people here have horribly filthy bins.. it's not a job I'd want to do....

 

[Glowworm]

How I wish we did...but no....
I don't put filth inside our trash and recycle bins .. keep mine clean, germ and smell free but ALL my neighbors are pigs. Theirs are always disgustingly sticky, slimy and dirty inside and out. And smell bad.

Here we have thick brown paper bags that you put your trash in before it goes in the bin. We can get them free of charge at all supermarkets

 

[Rosemarie]

Nope, new one on me. What’s a trash truck? Where did the dustmen go?

Oh thank you for that. I do hate all these Americanisms creeping into our language, as though our own words are not good enough. Even the BBC is saying 'bin lorry' instead of refuse collectors.

 

[Homeschoolie]

Here we have thick brown paper bags that you put your trash in before it goes in the bin. We can get them free of charge at all supermarkets

I quick rinse everything that can be...i.e. cans, plastic containers, take out food boxes, especially sardines, fish etc. And we seal everything in a bag so all the Garbage men need to do is pull out a clean sanitary bag.
Oh, and I make sure there is nothing sharp that can hurt hem.
I don't use sanitizers/deodorants .. I don't need them the way I do it.
And the workers don't need to be exposed to yet another unhealthy chemical/perfume etc.

 

[SetWave]

Different day, same old thing; preparing for the great escape........

 

[SetWave]

Oh thank you for that. I do hate all these Americanisms creeping into our language, as though our own words are not good enough. Even the BBC is saying 'bin lorry' instead of refuse collectors.

Heck, I'm American and I hate the creeping and idiotic Americanisms.

 

[Aneeda72]

Don't you folks have wheelie Bin cleaning companies ?

Nope, we have hoses and when it gets really nasty we use them

 

[hollydolly]

Oh thank you for that. I do hate all these Americanisms creeping into our language, as though our own words are not good enough. Even the BBC is saying 'bin lorry' instead of refuse collectors.

Well it is a bin lorry tbf... and Americans don't use the word lorry

 

[Aneeda72]

I quick rinse everything that can be...i.e. cans, plastic containers, take out food boxes, especially sardines, fish etc. And we seal everything in a bag so all the Garbage men need to do is pull out a clean sanitary bag.
Oh, and I make sure there is nothing sharp that can hurt hem.
I don't use sanitizers/deodorants .. I don't need them the way I do it.
And the workers don't need to be exposed to yet another unhealthy chemical/perfume etc.

You have garbage men? We have trucks, people never touch the garbage or the can

 

[hollydolly]

Nope, we have hoses and when it gets really nasty we use them

well we have hoses too.. but we also pay someone else to clean the bins if we want... also all the people who live in apartments.. how do they clean their bins with a hose where you live ?

 

[CinnamonSugar]

Don't you folks have wheelie Bin cleaning companies ?

Nope Not in small towns Maybe bigger cities? Surely that would be a better use of utility money that those street sweepers that just rearrange dust and leaves

 

[hollydolly]

I quick rinse everything that can be...i.e. cans, plastic containers, take out food boxes, especially sardines, fish etc. And we seal everything in a bag so all the Garbage men need to do is pull out a clean sanitary bag.
Oh, and I make sure there is nothing sharp that can hurt hem.
I don't use sanitizers/deodorants .. I don't need them the way I do it.
And the workers don't need to be exposed to yet another unhealthy chemical/perfume etc.

We wash out the recycle item which go in our Blue bin.. they also go into a Plastic recycleable refuse bag first..

general rubbish goes into plastic sacks into the Black bin...

The Brown bin is for grass and small tree branches etc.. ( used to be for food too but that changed last month)..

The bin men put the bins onto the back of the lorry, and an electronic lift empties it.. the bin men don't touch the inside of the wheelie bins..

Go to 2.20..to see how the lift at the back of the truck works..

 

[hollydolly]

Bin colours vary around the country... Our recycle bins are Brown & Blue ... they are collected and emptied the same day one week....

.. and our general trash in the black bin is emptied the following week... (this is not my street or area)....

In Spain because it's hot, and the trash would attract rodents and stink , all trash bins are emptied every single night

 

[debodun]

Do I smell a yard sale coming up?

You smell correctly, Marg.

 

[hollydolly]

I ordered a pair or prescription specs online, for the first time.. less than half the price of specs from the opticians and more choice of styles .... bit anxious that they'll be ok...