What have you done today thread?
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Looked on there previously. Nearest to me is Southwark, which is a fair poke, and you have to be a resident. Same as all the ones in Essex.
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Since it's all gone water based even that option is closed.....
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I've had a very successful blagging day, a petrol cement mixer, an air compressor, an air receiver, a roller shutter door for a van, an IBC tank, several windscreen crates, a pallet of boat mooring rope, a 12V battery charger and a waterproof fluorescent light.
And laid some concrete pads for an ISO container.
And laid some concrete pads for an ISO container.
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I tell ya what....The Generation Game has gone downhill since Brucie died.....
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You've got enough chins to replace him
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Have done much head shaking watching a couple of techs trying to remove a seized and snapped M16 bolt in a blind hole.
So far it's been drilled, ez-out, hit, sworn at and heated - it's going nowhere. Told them to call a place with spark erosion kit but no one listening.....
So far it's been drilled, ez-out, hit, sworn at and heated - it's going nowhere. Told them to call a place with spark erosion kit but no one listening.....
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Most household recycling sites will accept paint (IIRC). Some will have an arrangement with a third sector reuse organisation.
Your waste is your waste, your council is obliged to take some of it from you but not all.
I wouldn't fuck around with the bin men too much. It's not their decision / fault what they take, they're probably more pissed off that you and probably harder than you too. And there's probably at least three of them. And they've got a crushing lorry with them.
Your waste is your waste, your council is obliged to take some of it from you but not all.
I wouldn't fuck around with the bin men too much. It's not their decision / fault what they take, they're probably more pissed off that you and probably harder than you too. And there's probably at least three of them. And they've got a crushing lorry with them.
To a kid looking up to me, life ain't nothing but bitches and money.
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I left a load of mostly (as in 90-95%) empty cans in my garage with the lids off for about 6 months, occasionally stirring them, so that they would set. I was then allowed to put the 'pucks' into bin bags and chuck them in the general waste section at the tip.Asian Boss wrote: ↑Tue Jan 26, 2021 3:51 pm Most household recycling sites will accept paint (IIRC). Some will have an arrangement with a third sector reuse organisation.
Your waste is your waste, your council is obliged to take some of it from you but not all.
On my way out I saw the "Paint" bin
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I just hoy them all on the golf course at night along with some smashed up MDF units and old porn mags.Mr. Dazzle wrote: ↑Tue Jan 26, 2021 3:54 pmI left a load of mostly (as in 90-95%) empty cans in my garage with the lids off for about 6 months, occasionally stirring them, so that they would set. I was then allowed to put the 'pucks' into bin bags and chuck them in the general waste section at the tip.Asian Boss wrote: ↑Tue Jan 26, 2021 3:51 pm Most household recycling sites will accept paint (IIRC). Some will have an arrangement with a third sector reuse organisation.
Your waste is your waste, your council is obliged to take some of it from you but not all.
On my way out I saw the "Paint" bin
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LOL - what goes in the bottom of the wheelie bin bag no one knows, let alone checks. As long as you can make it small enough to fit in the bottom of the wheelie bin, the bin men take it no question. Apparently.
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No wheelie bin here, bin bags go straight on the pavement...so they'd notice
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Used to be the case that most crap would be taken, no questions asked on the basis of a tip at Christmas, in fact my gaff was on the 'favours list' as the F-I-L was 'the Guv'nor' of the bin men. He's long since retired and it's all change. The new lorries have live feed cameras to the control room as well as GPS tracking. I can look online and see the time my bins were emptied and, if not, why not ('Wheelie bin not quite the right shade of Bromley green', etc). I'm sure they could still take a drink if they wanted to, but as they can't shove anything in the back of the lorry that can't fit in a black sack, I ain't got no reason to give them a drink. Last naughty think I gave them a drink for was a shower tray (bloody heavy!), shower screens and boxes of tiles off the wall along with assorted bathroom crap and that was a few years back now.Wreckless Rat wrote: ↑Tue Jan 26, 2021 4:09 pm LOL - what goes in the bottom of the wheelie bin bag no one knows, let alone checks. As long as you can make it small enough to fit in the bottom of the wheelie bin, the bin men take it no question. Apparently.
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150 kettlebell swings done, tried to tidy the garage and got hungry so gave up,
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Highlighted for clarity.gremlin wrote: ↑Tue Jan 26, 2021 4:18 pmUsed to be the case that most crap would be taken, no questions asked on the basis of a tip at Christmas, in fact my gaff was on the 'favours list' as the F-I-L was 'the Guv'nor' of the bin men. He's long since retired and it's all change. The new lorries have live feed cameras to the control room as well as GPS tracking. I can look online and see the time my bins were emptied and, if not, why not ('Wheelie bin not quite the right shade of Bromley green', etc). I'm sure they could still take a drink if they wanted to, but as they can't shove anything in the back of the lorry that can't fit in a black sack, I ain't got no reason to give them a drink. Last naughty think I gave them a drink for was a shower tray (bloody heavy!), shower screens and boxes of tiles off the wall along with assorted bathroom crap and that was a few years back now.Wreckless Rat wrote: ↑Tue Jan 26, 2021 4:09 pm LOL - what goes in the bottom of the wheelie bin bag no one knows, let alone checks. As long as you can make it small enough to fit in the bottom of the wheelie bin, the bin men take it no question. Apparently.
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I leave my cardboard out in the rain or take a hose to it as then it folds up into small enough size to go into the recycle bags, otherwise they leave it.gremlin wrote: ↑Tue Jan 26, 2021 2:46 pmF-I-L was a binman (man and boy, 'ardest job in the world, etc, etc) and he once told me that paint tins in the bin lorries are bad news as they explode when crushed and either run out in the road, covering cars and leading to claims, etc. or jamming up the mechanisms, so fair play on not putting them in black bags. Bromley, IIRC, will collect them is the tins are left next to the bins as they have a cage on th elorry they can put them in (may have changed, haven't chucked any paint away in years now I'm middle-aged, see above).
But if the tip won't accept them, what are people going to do? Council has sort of made a rod for it's own back.
My piss boiler was the cardboard. I left it out with the cardboard & paper collection boxes, but they left it (granted, it was a fair bit to man-handle), which means I have to get in my car, cause pollution and traffic by queuing at the tip, when their bin lorry was stopped right by my house. I'm tempted, next time I see them, to get a tenner out of my wallet, go to hand it through the window, then put it back saying, 'You could have had it, but I understand you only take paper if it's in the proper box...sorry!'
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There would be no truth in the rumour that I have disposed of a bathroom sink, toilet, smashed shower screen and damaged wheelie bin in the same fashion. Allegedly the trick is to hide the items 2/3rds of the way down to prevent cursory checks, plus the dead weight pushes everything else out.Wreckless Rat wrote: ↑Tue Jan 26, 2021 4:09 pm LOL - what goes in the bottom of the wheelie bin bag no one knows, let alone checks. As long as you can make it small enough to fit in the bottom of the wheelie bin, the bin men take it no question. Apparently.
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I could neither confirm, nor deny that I know of someone who has disposed of all sorts of unacceptable items in this manner.Silly Car wrote: ↑Tue Jan 26, 2021 6:11 pmThere would be no truth in the rumour that I have disposed of a bathroom sink, toilet, smashed shower screen and damaged wheelie bin in the same fashion. Allegedly the trick is to hide the items 2/3rds of the way down to prevent cursory checks, plus the dead weight pushes everything else out.Wreckless Rat wrote: ↑Tue Jan 26, 2021 4:09 pm LOL - what goes in the bottom of the wheelie bin bag no one knows, let alone checks. As long as you can make it small enough to fit in the bottom of the wheelie bin, the bin men take it no question. Apparently.
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I didn't leave a BMW (car) engine and a load of random interior trim in the garage of my flat when I moved out. The landlord was a twat and never gave us an inventory despite repeated asking, so of course I was able to deny all knowledge of the stuff I didn't leave behind.
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Took the wifes car for an MOT test which it passed. I still want to fit new rear discs, but that can now wait until spring...