Why The Recycle Men Hate Me
So I missed a week and the recycles accumulated a bit. How in the world am I supposed to fit everything in that tiny little blue bucket provided by the town?
The Ring, Part 2
Up until last night, I thought I had tried everything. Dishwashing soap, dental floss, olive oil, two different kinds of hand lotion, ice, and Windex. I was just about to give up. However, my friends McMeaty and McCheesy were not. First came the WD-40 and lots of tugging. Standing over the kitchen sink, McMeaty gave it his all. Unfortunately the WD-40 not only lubed up my finger but his entire hand as well. No go there. Next came the dental floss. But the hand cream I had put on after the WD-40 only made the floss slip right off my finger without moving the ring. At this point, I had been sitting on the couch with my arm elevated for about ten minutes or so. This made the swelling go down quite a bit (thank you Chewy ). McMeaty was confident between the hand lotion and the reduction in swelling that another few pulls and twists would work. I sat on the couch, arm still elevated, while he patiently moved the ring up to my knuckle. Then wth a few more twists, turns, and tugging, the rin
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You need a bigger blue bucket.
5 minutes later a man in a truck took 4 of the items. A broken treadmill, another workout machine, a broken snowblower and a big table umbrella. So Dad then put out 4 more items. They disappeared. Then he put out 4 old wobbly wooden chairs. By now it was Wednesday, so he put the stickers on them. The regular garbage truck came along... took off the stickers and threw the chairs in with the regular trash and crushed them. Hmm? Looks like he didn't need to purchase the stickers afterall!
The fifth item that no one took? My old computer monitor. Not even the bulk pick-up would take it.
TVs too.
At least you make an effort, far more than I do. (Great pic, still laughing..)
Chewy's story cracked me up! I was helping a friend move. (Really I was just there to get back all the shoes and clothes she had borrowed and never brought back..I am too lazy to help someone move!)Anyway we carried this heavy ass couch downstairs and sat it on the sidewalk until her brother pulled the truck around. We went back in to get something else, come back out and someone is loading up the couch! WTF? Appearantly sitting stuff on the sidewalk or by street means it is there for anyone to take. I would totally take the broken work out equipment though...it would be an excuse for people who aske me why I don't work out!
We also have a place to take electronics - we just drive up and sit in the car - they unload it and we write down our name and address - same with batteries, paint, etc.
It's kind of cool as I remember paying for green waste bags at like a buck a pop in Nebraska - cost more than some small countries per capita income during the fall when the leaves fell. What a racket.
Thank you Rubye Jean. I'd be better if my bin was bigger :)
We are lucky OC. They come every other week so things tend to accumulate.
You have to pay for bulk pick-up here Chewy? In Boston, they would take just about anything. Well, I guess after what you said you don't actually have to pay for it here either. What did you end up doing with the monitor?
I try Shrinky. At least they took it all. I'm surprised they didn't drop half of it on the lawn.
I love the couch story Samantha. Can you imagine if you were too late and saw them driving away with it?
It is nice Ms. Creek to be able to just bring it out to the curb. Of course I never do it the night before and the recyle trucks comes at 7:00 AM. At least it gets me up at a decent hour!
Hey Hahn - That's it. Next time I go to CA I am stealing one of those giant blue containers. Better nail yours down.
Cristina - Would that be green monstah like at Fenway pahhk?
It is Green Monstahh any way u want it to be.