I GOT A NEW BIN DELIVERED YETERDAY FOLKS NO NOTICE AT ALL IT JUST DROPPED .
OFF ONE OF THE LOCAL COUNCIL WAGONS IT MADE ME JUMP I WAS SHOCKED.
I WAS SAT IN THE LOUNGE READING QUIETLY AND SUCH A RACKET RANG OUT.
MY HEART SKIPPED A BEAT AS I SAT UP SO THROUGH THE WINDOW I THEN LOOKED OUT.
ANOTHER GREEN CONTAINER FLUNG DOWN FROM A WAGON TRAVELLING AROUND .
JUST THROWN OUT THE BACK OF THE WAGON AND LOUDLY IT FELL TO THE GROUND.
I WONDERED WHAT REALY HAD HAPPEND IT HIT THE GROUND WITH A BANG.
THEN CONTINUOUS BANGS WERE HEARD UP AND DOWN CONTAINERS DROPPED WITH A CLANG.
THE DRIVER WAS SAT WELL BACK IN THE CAB ANOTHER MAN THROWING THESE DOWN.
GOOD GRIEF I THOUGHT I CAN DO THAT JOB AND I WOULDN'T HAVE MADE A SOUND.
I WOULD AT LEAST HAVE AIMED FOR THE GRASS INSTEAD OF THE DRIVE OF CONCRETE.
DO THESE COUNCIL WORKERS DO ANYTHING RIGHT THATS SENSIBLE AND NEAT.
I LOOKED AT THIS GREEN CONTRAPTION LIKE A MILK CRATE AND THOUGHT WHAT IS THIS.
MY NEIGHBOUR BESSIE SHOUTS OUT THANK GOODNESS KATH THEY HAVE HAD A NEAR MISS.
I WAS JUST COMING OUT TO GO SHOPPING AND MINE HAS JUST FLOWN RIGHT PAST.
MY LEG AND I WONDERED WHATEVER WAS HAPPENING AND THE WAGON JUST DROVE ON QUITE FAST.
ONLY FOR JARS AND BOTTLES IT STATES WELL HOW MANY FLIPPING JARS .
DOES A SINGLE OCCUPANT EMPTY IN ONE WEEK NOT MANY I THOUGHT WHAT A FARSE.
I AM LUCKY IF I EMPTY ONE A WEEK MARMALADE OR BEETROOT LETS SAY.
THEN THERES THE GREEN BIN FOR PAPER BUT NO SHREDDINGS TO PASS THIS WAY.
NO PAPER SHREDDINGS TO BE PLACED IN HERE HOW STUPID DOES THAT SEEM I ASK.
ARE THEY RIGHT IN THERE MINDS THESE COUNCILLORS RECYCLING IS NOW A REAL TASK..
NO PIREX GLASS IN THE GLASS BIN NO PLASTIC DISHES OR TRAYS.
NO LIGHT BULBS OR BROKEN DRINKING GLASSES THREE BINS NOW STAND IN MY WAY.
THERES ANOTHER TO COME YET AND THEY ARE ASKING TO KEEP THESE INSIDE THE HOUSE.
NOW FRIENDS I AM THINKING I BEST HAVE A COUPLE A DAY OF SOME FAMOUS GROUSE.
HE-HE.
OR MY GLASS BIN WILL BE QUITE EMPTY EACH WEEK WHEN THEY COME ROUND TO COLLECT.
AND EMPTY IT INTO THERE WAGON MY EXUSE FOR A TIPPLE PERFECT. HE-HE
THEN AGAIN SOME PEOPLE ARE LEAVING THESE BINS OUTSIDE FOR ALL TO SEE.
WHEN GANGS AND TEENAGERS THEY PASS BY I CAN VISION WHAT I MIGHT SEE.
GLASS BOTTLES AND JARS THROWN AT THERE RANDOM UP AGAINST ANY WALL.
IT DOESN'T TAKE LONG FOR SOME LUNATICS TO CLICK ONTO DOING THIS AT ALL.
A FRIEND OF MINE HAS ALREADY HAD THIS DONE IN HER AREA ONLY LAST WEEK.
WHEN SHE SHOUTED OUT TO THE TEENAGERS ALL SHE GOT WAS LOTS OF CHEEK.
THE GENERAL WASTE IS BEING EMPTIED NOT FORTNIGHTLY BUT THREE WEEKS NOW.
SO I BETTER START DRINKING NOT EATING TO FILL UP THESE BINS SOMEHOW.
I WILL NEED A LARGE EXTENTION AS WELL I HAVE THAT MANY BINS IN MY HOME.
AM I NAGGING OR AM I RIGHT WOULD YOU SAY HAVING A REAL GOOD MOAN.
NO SERIOUSLY THOUGH I FEEL RIGHT NOW US PENSIONERS COULD DO WITH A GOAD..
TO HELP US WITH A CRATE FULL OF GLASS TO BE LIFTED DOWN PATHS TO THE ROAD.
WHAT IF WE FELL AND DROPPED IT ALL AND THEN HAD AN ACCIDENT ON GLASS.
I KNOW I DON'T TRUST MYSELF CARRYING ONE AS YOU KNOW WELL THIS YORKSHIRE LASS.
HAS MANY A TIPPLE THE ALL FALL DOWN TYPE NOT THE ONES FROM A BOTTLE.
I AM LIVID AND LET ME TELL YOU AT THIS TIME I WOULD LOVE TO THROTTLE.
THE PERSON WHO CAME UP WITH THIS BRIGHT IDEA HE'S NOT PUT MUCH THOUGHT IN TO ME.
AS THE GENERAL WASTE BIN WEIGHS A TON ALSO WHEN FULL UP WOULDN'T YOU AGREE.
THESE WORKMEN THERE JOB GETS EASIER AND STILL THEY GET THE SAME PAY.
BRING BACK THE COAL FIRES I SAY AND LETS BURN OUR RUBBISH AWAY.
NO VERMIN AROUND NO BINS IN THE HOME NO SMELLS AND ALL OF THE REST.
THE COAL FIRE AND OLD METAL BINS OF YESTERYEAR WERE SURELY IN MY MIND THE BEST.
SO I AM GOING SHOPPING TODAY FRIENDS AND MY LIST IS MADE OUT AS SUCH.
SEVEN BOTTLES OF FAMOUS GROUSE WHOO-HOO AND ON MY FOOD LIST NOT MUCH . HE-HE
SEVEN JARS OF LOVELY BEETROOT AND SEVEN JARS OF COFFEE TOO.
SEVEN JARS OF MARMALADE AND NOT FORGETTING BOTTLES OF TONIC A FEW . HE-HE.
A BOX OF CANDLES FOR EVENING TIME AS LIGHTBULBS I CANNOT PLACE .
IN THE GREY BIN OR GREEN BIN OR NEW CONTAINER SO WHERE DO THEY GO A DISGRACE.
HOW DO YOU RATE THIS NEW RECYCLING JOB I KNOW WHAT THE REASON IS FOR.
BUT THE OLD FASHIONED COAL FIRE FOR BURNING THINGS IS STILL IN MY MIND QUITE RAW.
WELL IT'S RAINING CATS AND DOGS AGAIN FOLKS SO AT LEAST I WON'T HAVE TO WASH.
MY GREY BIN TODAY I'LL JUST LEAVE THE LID UP AND LET THE RAIN DO IT MY GOSH.
IV'E BEEN LOOKING AROUND JUST NOW AND IV'E SPOTTED MILLIONS OF SNAILS HAVING FUN.
EATING ALL MY PANSIES AND BEDDING PLANTS I'LL HAVE TO GET MY PELLET GUN.
WHAT WITH RECYCLING PAPER AND GLASS TIN CANS SNAILS TO RID DO YOU THINK.
I WILL GET CHANCE AT ALL TO HAVE AFTERNOON NAPS AS I NEED MY FORTY WINKS.
I AM HOPING THAT WHEN ALL IS SORTED THE BIN MEN ARRIVE HERE ON TIME .
OR I'LL BE UNDER MY RUBBISH TANKED UP NO TIME TO WRITE "MY SIMPLE RHYMES".
21 comments:
Lol Kath. Love the Bin pic! Great entry. Love Pam xx
Dont you dare get tanked up on Grouse and not be able to write your journal ,Seriously Kath these bins are so complicated ,when we moved ,we found what went into the green bin,in one area is quite different to another ,we now have black for rubbish , blue for recycling stuff,and green for grass cutting ,cabbage leaves and potatoe parings etc,your right we didnt have this problem when we had coal fires ,but I suppose the chimney smoke polluted the atmophere ,but oh life was so simple then ....love Jan xx
In our neighborhood we still have the old fashioned cans, but you can put out recyled newspapers in a blue bag and in a seperate blue bag you can put out tins and glass bottles. At work they have given us one of those heavy blue bins. The nice thing is that anything can go in it and recyling hasn't started there yet. It will as time progresses I'm sure. It sits out back of our building and has wheels to be pushed to the curb on rubbish day. Take it easy with all those bottles my dear...
'On Ya' - ma
LOL....Loved it Kath. :o)
Lisa
Hi Kath,really enjoyed you entry today you had me laughing. when we were in Norfolk the cottage had two bins and I never knew what went where I wandered up and down the path wondering what went where all the time. at home we still have rubbish collected one a week garden bin every fortnight during the growing season and paper b in once a month it make my calender look like we are very busy people with all those entries ha ha. have a nice day. Love Joan .
LOL, have a nice rest of the week. :)
Huggies,
Sugar
Oh Kath, I know, I know. Our road is closed further on, but nothing to say access to the village, so my papers and tins will go uncollected. Has it dawned on us that we are doing all the work? At least we have the space for a burnup. I shall make an effigy of the Council chairman and put him on top! At 73 I am fed up with humping rubbish.
Bunny xx
Kath;
Isn't it strange how the more that those in high places "learn" about the enviroment ....the more we simple folk have to do the WORK for those who find them out???? lol
Please don't get too "groused" and fall into one!!! hehehe
love ya,
carlene
You should see our house. We don't have plastic bins. We are allowed two black bags of rubbish a week.
We have to recycle glass,cans,foil,paper,cardboard,plastic bottles cartons,clothes,shoes,batteries,plastic carrier bags, you name it we recycle it. And we have a bag for each different article.!!!!! Our shredded paper goes in the compost bin. We have two of those. Phew!!!!
Thanks for making me smile today.
Don't you go toppling in one of those bins now.
Take care Kath
Hugs
Carolxx
Our council doesn't supply bins but still we're expected to recycle, which we try to do. But it's the manufacturers that need prodding, not us. They need to use more recyclable packaging etc.
Enjoy the grouse Kath. ;O)
B. x
Another smashing entry Kath. Which bin is it they want you to keep in the house? That's bad. We have a big green wheelie for general, a brown wheelie for garden and compost stuff, a red wheelie for cardboard and plastic, a green plastic box for glass and tins and a blue plastic box for paper. We can put shreddings in the paper box. If you areover 60 or disabled you can arrange with the council to have the binmen move your bin and put it back - as long as you don't have any able bodied person in the house who could do it. I hate putting aerosol cans in the general rubbish - you'd think they would want to keep them separate but no, I asked and they 'have no facilty' for them.
love, Angie, xx
I have started to recycle newspaper and plastic. We live in the country and all they will not pick up is paint cans, wood, arasol cans, lawn clipping & etc, battery... but they will take anything else. I wonder when they are going to make us recycle our stuff? Gee! Hope you have a wonderful week Kath with lots of blessings, Janie
KATH, WE HAVE A GENIUS OR TWO HERE IN HIGH PLACES TO THINK UP GREAT THINGS.
A FEW YEARS BACK WE HAD FOISTED UPON US THE 'SUSAN B. ANTHONY' SILVER DOLLAR. IT WAS SLIGHTLY LARGER THAN A QUARTER. HAVE NOT SEEN ONE IN CIRCULATION FOR YEARS.
HOWEVER, RECENTLY CAME ANOTHER DOLLAR COIN, SAME SIZE AS THE SILLY SUSAN B. ANTHONY EXCEPT IT IS GOLD COLORED. WE RECEIVED THEM IN CHANGE FOR A SHORT TIME UNTIL PEOPLE REFUSED TO ACCEPT THEM.
TOO BAD THOSE TYPE PEOPLE REMAIN ON THE GOVERNMENT PAYROLE.
THE RE-CYCLING HERE IN MY NECK OF THE WOODS HAS IT'S UPS AND DOWNS. EVEN IF THE EMPLOYEES ARE RECEIVING MINIMUM PAY, THE COST FOR THE VARIOUS RECEPTACLES, TRUCKS, WAGES (MUCH HAS TO BE SORTED) MUST BE PAID. UNCLE SAM HAS GOOD CREDIT AND CAN JUST ADD IT TO THE NATIONAL DEBT I SUPPOSE.
IT IS 'PEANUTS' COMPARED TO THE DUMB FARM PROGRAM WHICH AWARDS HUGE SUMS TO WEALTHY LAND OWNERS MANY WHOM ARE THE LAWMAKERS, LAWYERS AND LOBBYISTS. MOST DO NOT LIVE ON THE FARM.
THE SMALL FARMS WORKED BY THE RESIDENT FAMILY RECEIVES A 'PITTANCE' CHECK TO SHOW APPRECIATION FOR THE FARM PROGRAM.
KATH, I HAVE URGED PEOPLE RECENTLY TO RESEARCH BY PRINTING IN THE KEYWORD 'UNITED STATES FARM PROGRAM' TO LEARN WHERE THE BILLIONS GO EACH YEAR.
AS WITH THE 'RE-CYCLING PROGRAM', THE AVERAGE PERSON JUST SHAKE THEIR HEAD AND SAY, WHAT CAN I DO ABOUT IT ? sam
It's frustrating isn't it!!! We are still getting our rubbish picked up fortnightly, but for how long! I don't think we will ever be able to manage with it only being picked up every three weeks! We do recycle our glass and tins, but there is hardly any glass to recycle as we are not drinkers. They don't pick that stuff up at the house either. We have to do down to the depot and drop it off ourselves! The big house gets away with putting all sorts in it's bins, but then they leave a really healthy tip at Christmas! (Can you believe it, they have 4 big green bins and there's only the two of them in that big house! AND they're always filled to overflowing every fortnight!)
Marie
http://ayearatoakcottage.blogspot.com/
Oh yes, I long for the good old days when we simply carried all rubbish out back, dumped it into "the trash barrel" and burned it. Simple..simple..simple. When the barrel was full of things that would not burn (glass) Dad would take it to the local landfill. Simple...simple....simple!
Hi Kath, took my time getting here (took the bus and you know they go the long way round lol) but made it in the end. We have 3 bins one for garden and kitchen waste, one for recycling plastic paper and that type of stuff and one for normal rubbish, I hate them. The damn things are such an eyesore in our little garden and you have to get the bloody car out before you can put the bin out for emptying such a pain. hope you are well.
Love
Debbie
xxx
We have a black bag for rubbish and an orange for recycling and they get picked up every week. We also have lots of rats and foxes that catch the rats. I dread to think what would happen if they picked up rubbish fortnightly.
Jenny <><
Haha, Kath, you make me laugh. We have recycle bins but we can put everything in one bin, which is unusual. Glass, paper, plastic, metal all together. They pick that up every other week. Trash every week. Our trash men are none too gentle either. When they empty the bins, they just throw them. They end up in the middle of the street or wherever. Mine got broken so I needed to buy a new one. We don't have much glass in the US anymore. All the bottles are now plastic except for the booze...hehe. A couple of summers ago, my son and I would down beers by the pool. I'm sure my neighbors were talking about our bin. Love xx Chris
I agree throw that bin on the grass. We could do it correctly, couldn't we Kath? We get to dispose of everything (well almost everything) in one bin. Paula
I am sure a woman would have made no noise at all....noisy men!!! Grrrrr. They certainly have put restrictions on the recycling.
xx
Lisa
Hi Kath ,we have three different coloured bins ,its remenbering which one needs to go out each week ,hope you are having a good week ....love Jeanxx
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