chellie
Tour Winner
Dunelm still sell flat sheets.
Random Irritations
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rulefan
Tour Winner
Seemingly in all sizes
Sid Rixon IV
Head Pro
Well, one literally pisses down, the other just, sort of, pisses down.What's the difference between a literal thunderstorm, and a thunderstorm?
nickjdavis
Head Pro
First collection day of the new recycling/bin service down my road here in Ipswich.
Green bin (cardboard and paper) and the food waste caddy put down the end of my drive when I went to bed at midnight last night.
Awoke to find the Green bin empty but the food caddy was untouched. Wheeled the green bin back up the drive and left the food waste hoping it might be picked up later.
Had to go out for a few hours at 10 but got home around 2pm and the food caddy was gone. Got in and found the wife in and asked her if she knew when the food caddy had been emptied....she said it happened around 12 but the bin men were not happy.
She was having a chat with them and it appears that they've all had their hours extended....once they've done the main bin collection they have to return to depot, change into a different waste collection vehicle and repeat the same "round" they did in the morning...this time collecting the food bins.
Whatever the local council might be saving on more efficient recycling, they are surely spending on additional vehicles and wages!!!!
Green bin (cardboard and paper) and the food waste caddy put down the end of my drive when I went to bed at midnight last night.
Awoke to find the Green bin empty but the food caddy was untouched. Wheeled the green bin back up the drive and left the food waste hoping it might be picked up later.
Had to go out for a few hours at 10 but got home around 2pm and the food caddy was gone. Got in and found the wife in and asked her if she knew when the food caddy had been emptied....she said it happened around 12 but the bin men were not happy.
She was having a chat with them and it appears that they've all had their hours extended....once they've done the main bin collection they have to return to depot, change into a different waste collection vehicle and repeat the same "round" they did in the morning...this time collecting the food bins.
Whatever the local council might be saving on more efficient recycling, they are surely spending on additional vehicles and wages!!!!
hors limite
Assistant Pro
Fish and chips (hake), South Africa, 140 Rand c. 8 quid, beer as illustrated 60 Rand. Green fees not bad either.
@nickjdavis we've been on the food caddy for a couple of years now. Works very well. Collected separately from the other bins but on the same day and within minutes of the main bins. Basically a small vehicle with 2-3 guys whizzing around. It sounds like your council have not cracked the efficiency angle yet.
Anyway, they may crack it at some point but bear in mind the council had no choice in this, it's a govt edict.
Anyway, they may crack it at some point but bear in mind the council had no choice in this, it's a govt edict.
Bagger Vance
Active member
The smell of beetroot in the fridge 
rulefan
Tour Winner
As a new trial, we have been given a small brown caddy to put food waste in (including raw meat and fish, cooked meat and bones). As it fills you transfer it to the the large regular brown bin which is collected fortnightly.
Imurg
The Grinder Of Pars (Semi Crocked)
We've been on food bins for years and there only missed 1 collection in all that time....
We have a small bin for in the kitchen and a middle sized bin outside.
We fi d the inside bin can get pretty rank pretty quickly so we empty it into the outside on every couple of days...
We're also allowed to use non biodegradable plastic bags...I've sourced a box of 1000 that cost about 7 quid.
Costs next to nothing to change the bag every couple of days.
We have a small bin for in the kitchen and a middle sized bin outside.
We fi d the inside bin can get pretty rank pretty quickly so we empty it into the outside on every couple of days...
We're also allowed to use non biodegradable plastic bags...I've sourced a box of 1000 that cost about 7 quid.
Costs next to nothing to change the bag every couple of days.
Neilds
Assistant Pro
You leave food waste in the kitchen for a couple of days?!?! Not coming round to Chez Imurg for a meal
We get the bags supplied FOC by the council. When the roll gets low, you tie one around the bin handle on collection day and they leave a new roll.
I'm a big fan of the food collections. It means the main kitchen bin is smell free and we empty that less. It works well, when the appropriate council sort the collections out eh @nickjdavis
irip
Head Pro
Just home from an interesting evening.
Got a call around 19.00 that eldest wasn’t feeling right with the baby, took her to hospital, no major problems apart from baby is breached and what she needs to do if she goes into labour before her appointment to have him.
Mum-in-law called around 22.30 (while we were still at hospital) our son (who has difficulties) has taken an overdose of his medication and on his way to hospital.
So me and the wife took turns spending time with the two kids.
Both are ok thankfully but it’s been a long night.
Got a call around 19.00 that eldest wasn’t feeling right with the baby, took her to hospital, no major problems apart from baby is breached and what she needs to do if she goes into labour before her appointment to have him.
Mum-in-law called around 22.30 (while we were still at hospital) our son (who has difficulties) has taken an overdose of his medication and on his way to hospital.
So me and the wife took turns spending time with the two kids.
Both are ok thankfully but it’s been a long night.
Arthur Wedge
Well-known member
irip
Head Pro
Cheers mate.Good to hear both are ok
Think it’s the start of a worrying fortnight.
I thought it got easier as they got older
nickjdavis
Head Pro
Oh how I hope so.We get the bags supplied FOC by the council. When the roll gets low, you tie one around the bin handle on collection day and they leave a new roll.
I'm a big fan of the food collections. It means the main kitchen bin is smell free and we empty that less. It works well, when the appropriate council sort the collections out eh @nickjdavis
How they managed to come up with the initial idea that sending out the same team twice on two separate rounds was the right way to go I'll never fathom. It just doesnt compute as a sensible rational way to do things.
Slime
Tour Winner
Bit of a long shot, but do you ever see a midnight blue TR6 buzzing around in your area?
I used to have one and the last I heard of it was that it was registered to an address in Ipswich!
Neilds
Assistant Pro
Possibly because they don't have vehicles that can do both collections at the same time?
nickjdavis
Head Pro
That's a bit like an American asking me if I know the King.
But I now feel compelled to keep my eyes open for one when I'm out and about!!!
nickjdavis
Head Pro
All they needed to do was to send both vehicles out at the same time...its not as though the food caddies are big and heavy...just dedicate a couple of guys from the "main crew" to do the food collection...one man could do 4 bins at a time no problem....the food collection vehicle was, according to the wife, a much smaller vehicle than the main bin lorry.
They've had months to organise themselves.....we've been spammed with promotional literature since Christmas about the new recycling services and what you can/cannot put in your purple and yellow spotted bin. The very least they could do was ensure they have the means to undertake the collection in an efficient and cost effective manner.
harpo_72
Journeyman Pro
Today is the day my wife starts a 3rd round of chemotherapy. This option is paclitaxel but weekly. She couldn’t manage this in the 3 week dosage .. she was very weak at the time but everyone knows this is a risk, but there are other Paclitaxel options that don’t give this reaction and still achieve the goal of killing the cancer.
Access to this option can only be applied if the patient has enjoyed a big reaction and then funding has to be requested..
Life is limited, why should what remains be spent being run down, feeling tired or having severe reactions that require adrenaline pens … when it is not required, there are other options.
Access to this option can only be applied if the patient has enjoyed a big reaction and then funding has to be requested..
Life is limited, why should what remains be spent being run down, feeling tired or having severe reactions that require adrenaline pens … when it is not required, there are other options.
