Todays question Tuesday 8-19-08

[studedude]

Originally Posted by Magnum Mike

Hmmm, StudeDude - since you've had stuff picked up by someone coutless times, you could place those drums outside.... You'll never know! That might be one way to give them away!

If you lived a little closer here in Arizona, I would have picked them up and used them as targets for any one of my high-powered rifles!

Depending on how large those barrels are, if they're less than 5 feet tall, I would fill them up with water, then shoot them with my Ruger M77 .300 Winchester magnum hunting rifle. The water explosion would be spectacular!

I've tried putting them out with a sign that says "free take me". At this point I'd almost be willing to pay to ship them to AZ so you can shoot them.

I was thinking you would be the strangest you put out hoping someone would pick you up. I guess you are in the wrong town. To quote Jackson Browne & Glenn Frey;

Well, I'm a standing on a corner
In Winslow, Arizona
And such a fine sight to see
Its a girl, my lord, in a flatbed
Ford slowin down to take a look at me

[NCN]

We have a very unique situation here. We have a post office box and we take our own trash and our cat is self sufficient so we can leave home and no one knows. We just leave lots of water in the back yard for the cat and lots of food for her cat party. The birds and possums come to the party too. We have to pay 25 cents per bag to the trash dump attendant and anything that can be recycled is free. We used to be able to drop off one bag for free if we had a bag of recycleables but they stopped that. We pay about 50 cents per week for two bags of kitchen trash plus the gas to go to the dump. I have a compost bin for the leaves and grass and vegetable scraps.

P. S. I always let a neighbor know I am leaving, just in case the cat gets sick or anything. They know which vet we use. We all watch out for each other. Great neighbors!

[NCN]

Karla, stay safe tonight.

Same for nomoresnow and a great life and anybody else in Fay's path.

[AksarbeN]

One large can of recycling stuff and one large can of just garbage per week. However the city comes by four times a year and will pickup all the yard wastes from trees, bushes, etc that you can put near the curb in front of the house. Most things of value I donate to one of the charities instead of dumping it. However my garage is full of stuff so this fall I’m working on reducing that.

[Rcm58]

We put out one trashcan a week for a family of five which is always enough because we recycle the paper cardboard, plastic, cans and bottles. The recycled stuff we have to deliver to a city supplied dumpster that is only about 1/2 mile away.
Back when we rented in a less desirable area everything we put out to be hauled off was picked up by someone long before the city truck showed up. I thought it was funny until we started getting bothered by them, yes they actually came back and asked what exactly is wrong with this or that, do I still have the paper work, complaining about how much they had to spend on getting it fixed, it was unreal. After the first few run ins with the local dumpster divers I told my kids to start breaking everything beyond recognition before setting it out.

[Granny Sue]

Todays Question:

How many trash cans/bags do you put out each week. 1 main garbage bin

Bonus Question:

Does your city have a separate bin for recycling ? Yes, papers and cans/bottles

Extra Credit Question:

What is the strangest thing you have put out for pickup. Hubby...they didn't take him.

And a because I can

Extra Extra Credit Question:

Have you ever put something out only to have it picked up by someone before the trash pickup folks got there ?
Yes, our trash compactor. We think it was gone before we closed our front door.