View Full Version : Some general whinging... had to get it off my chest..
I made the mistake of clearing out the garden.
It's free from weeds. I managed to get four bags out of it. I put them out with the rubbish and they won't take them away.
I called the council and apparently I need to buy green bags from them to put the weeds in (they're already in green bags, but these ones have 'Gosport Council' written on the side of them).
They won't take them unless they're in the council green bags.
The bags cost £1.30 and you have to buy a minimum of 5.
You can only buy them at the Town Hall.
Well neither me or the missus work in Gosport, so there is no way I can get to the Town Hall to buy them - "can you send me some and I'll give you my card details over the phone?"
"Sorry you need to send a cheque. Also we only really send them to the elderly and infirm so you'll have to speak to the refuse manager to see if he's happy that we send them to you"
"Well I already give you £110 a month in council tax so why do I have to pay for these bags? can I just write 'Gosport Council' on the side of my bags, they're just as good?"
"No, the cost of the bags goes towards making the compost"
"But doesn't my weeds 'breaking down' make your compost? should you not be paying me? do the elderly and infirm get in on the compost action too?"
..and that was the end of the conversation... the refuse guy is calling me back.
How do councils get away with this shit? :(
and then they wonder why people dump there rubbish:search:
Fly tipping is 'free-ish', whereas you have to pay for it to be disposed of properly. Crazy.
Maybe you could turn it into a flood defence? :)
Nightmare. Take it to the tip and put it in the green waste container. Or hide it under some normal rubbish bags in your normal rubbish bin :innocent:
Nightmare. Take it to the tip and put it in the green waste container. Or hide it under some normal rubbish bags in your normal rubbish bin :innocent:
Cheeky!
Nightmare. Take it to the tip and put it in the green waste container. Or hide it under some normal rubbish bags in your normal rubbish bin :innocent:
I would but after all the rain it's all looking a bit grim.... 'obviously' it wouldn't fit in the Soop... :innocent: and I don't think Charlotte too keen to have an army of slugs and snails sauntering around the Clio... :d
I tried hiding but these binmen have x-ray eyes... :complain:
My winge for the day (well one of them), why do Americans believe there is such a word as "addicting"?
i.e. "Crack is very addicting"
I had the same problem, in the end I just filled my bin up with garden waste, taped the lid shut and threw it in the car so I could take it to the tip myself, obviously not an option in the Supra though.
They won't take our bins if the lids aren't shut, they won't take them if they aren't left in a specific place (yet are happy to scatter them across the driveway to prevent me driving onto it) and just generally annoy me by making too much noise and driving around like idiots.
They also smell.
My winge for the day (well one of them), why do Americans believe there is such a word as "addicting"?
i.e. "Crack is very addicting"
do they mean morish?
Have a similar issue with the recycling bins. We have one for cardboard here.
If you have excess cardboard that doesn't fit into the bin, they won't take it for recycling, but you can put it in a regular bin bag and the normal collection will take it away to landfill!!!!
You can even burn the stuff in your garden if you like!
But leave it out with the rest of the cardboard - specifically so a truck which comes round to collect cardboard for recycling can take it, and they won't touch it!!!!!
How stupid is that?
I had the same issue not so long ago, as I refuse to burn garden refuse. Well that and fire + me = BIG disaster :D
My winge for the day (well one of them), why do Americans believe there is such a word as "addicting"?
i.e. "Crack is very addicting"
LOL - that one really annoys me too!!! :D
It's up there with people writing "alot" as one word!
I wouldn't care but on the first 'garden blitz' I had, I got about 14 bags of rubbish out of it.. lots of rubble and stuff, and I paid them £25 to take it away.
Now I only have four bags (with no rubble), I'm loathed to pay them again.
I've obviously marked my own card at the council refuse department as 'soft touch'....
Burn it.
It's soaking wet... wait, but that would create lots of smoke and *really* piss off the neighbours... :sly:
You might be on to something there :eyebrows:
The incinerator we've got in our garden is just great! We could probably dispose of everything that way, but for the smoke pollution, which we'd probably get a fine for!
I agree with Michael though, except for the smelling bit. Hazard of the job I think! :)
Ordinarily, I'd ask for your address, make a call to my step-dad, he'd make call to Gosport council refuse collections and your rubbish would be removed.
He's on holiday at the moment though.
Rubbish men are well 'rubbish', they wouldnt take some bags i left next to my wheelie bin so i rang the council and asked what would happen if the bags should some how split and rubbish was blowing down my road, shortly after they collected them :d
That's my next plan of action....
What is I were to unleash an army of angry snails and slugs on the unsuspecting Gosport public? then would you make me pay for special bags?!
That's my next plan of action....
What is I were to unleash an army of angry snails and slugs on the unsuspecting Gosport public? then would you make me pay for special bags?!
NO NO NO THINK ABOUT THE PEOPLE:p
Speaking of slugs and snails... what do they do exactly?
The ones at my house hang out on the patio and then climb up my doors and windows leaving poo behind, there must be more to life than that surely?
Lots of them about at the moment though.
Speaking of slugs and snails... what do they do exactly?
The ones at my house hang out on the patio and then climb up my doors and windows leaving poo being, there must be more to life than that surely?
Lots of them about at the moment though.
just like kids really:D
Speaking of slugs and snails... what do they do exactly?
They frighten me when I squash them by accident.
Charlotte got some Snail pellets (we had quite a population explosion back there)... and I duly put them down.
A few days last I could hear a fizzing sound in the garden and it was the snails disintegrating! how bad is that?! hardly the most humane way to kill them... dissolve them.
I felt bad for all of the two minutes it took me to smoke a cigarette and work out if I had any more pesky weeds.
They frighten me when I squash them by accident.
I hate stepping on them, but taking my doggy out for a wee in the mornings I can't help it sometimes. At least its quick (I tell myself).
All this wet weather, and yes there's hundreds of them everywhere. How come there isn't an explosion of thrushes/blackbirds to chow down on them?!
Maybe cooked in a light garlic oil and some herbs, they may taste quite nice. :)
They frighten me when I squash them by accident.
Especially if you are barefoot.:)
If you stand on a snail does it turn into a slug?
i'm always in rant mode with the corporate ... at the moment its this stupid bin thing ... the house i live in, has a nice little shared courtyard with to one side a garage. but it's shared and was built for all the houses to store their rubbish in to prevent mess etc.
well the bin men wont come down and take it from there cause it's 'not on the street'. it's 4 meters at best from the road side. stops cats / foxs / children going through the bags but they dont want to know.
also now that we are going to a every 2nd week collection, should that not mean the waste bill will go down ?
RobSheffield
03-07-07, 15:25
If you stand on a snail does it turn into a slug?
Slugs are hobo snails ;)
I just made a great incinerator, cut the top off of a 200 ltr Toluene drum (filled with water first) cut some air holes around the base and bingo.
Great for burning all the garden crap.
We had that problem a few moths ago. So we decided to take it all down the tip, except whilst on the way we noticed the councils offices are closer.......you can guess the rest :)
Especially if you are barefoot.:)
*shudders*
My dad used to live in Dubai and he had an experience like this once, only with cockroaches, in the dark.
Slugs are just retarded. They always wait outside the front door when I'm trying to get to my car in the mornings. I'm sure they dare each other to see who can get squashed first.
Speaking of slugs and snails... what do they do exactly?
The ones at my house hang out on the patio and then climb up my doors and windows leaving poo behind, there must be more to life than that surely?They're hanging around waiting for unsuspecting puppy dogs to pass by. They then drop down onto the dogs tail and make little boys.
Allegedly. ;)
*shudders*
My dad used to live in Dubai and he had an experience like this once, only with cockroaches, in the dark.
eeurgh. I'm suprised he didn't trip over them, they can be huge!
Mr Rickets, the refuse man (no laughing at the back please) is still in his meeting... the saga continues.
What are they meeting about? it's literally been 3 hours of meeting for the poor guy... or is he avoiding me and my garden rubbish? :(
My place is slug/snail city at the moment. I have slug pellets but that doesn't help my veges etc. They have still had every Hosta bar 1 and my new sweet peas and morning glory's (oo err) I HATE them.
Get cider, cheap stuff, put it in a bucket and sink it into the ground. They will crawl in and die mwoahhhhh
OK, so he called back... really nice bloke actually... :)
There is no other option... I'm going to have to visit our lovely Town Hall.
I think he felt my pain.
Get cider, cheap stuff, put it in a bucket and sink it into the ground. They will crawl in and die mwoahhhhh
The thing is, Charlotte would probably find me in there with them.... :d
They're hanging around waiting for unsuspecting puppy dogs to pass by. They then drop down onto the dogs tail and make little boys.
Allegedly. ;)
Aww is that where they come from. I did wonder!
The thing is, Charlotte would probably find me in there with them.... :d
lol :) Would be a shame to waste it ay!
Chris Wilson
03-07-07, 17:34
Burn it in the road, use lots of waste oil and old tyres, get a good blaze going :)
In The recycling mecca of lichfield :p We have 2 bins, one for normal refuse and one for garden rubbish they are collected fortnightly.
Seems a bit of a cheek to make you pay for refuse sacks.
Pop down the tip instead.
Chris Wilson
03-07-07, 18:06
OK, so he called back... really nice bloke actually... :)
There is no other option... I'm going to have to visit our lovely Town Hall.
I think he felt my pain.
Council employees and "nice" do not go together, not now, not then, not never ;)
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