A bin lorry is the thing that wakes me up at 7 am every Tuesday morning, as it tips the wheely bins into the back of it to take to the dump or sorting centre. Posh people probably call them refuse disposal apparatus.
There was another story yesterday about some nursery felling umpteen ancient trees as they considered them a hazard to the visiting parents and children. I despair of these people. They got a paltry fine which doesn't even begin to address the problem.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
It comes to the entrance of the shared farm track, half a mile away. Have to put the bin bags in the car to get them there.
Ah. So that flashing orange light I sometimes see in the distance at the end of our track, about a mile away - that's a bin lorry going by? I've never actually seen it, much less heard it.
Thing is, by the time I've put all the rubbish in the car, I may as well drive it all the way to the tip and see if I can pick up any bargains while I'm there
Gardening on the edge of Exmoor, in Devon
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
Our recycling centres won’t accept ‘dustbin’ rubbish. It has to go out for the bin collection. Don’t know if that’s because our waste collection is paid for by our local council, and the recycling centre is run by another ( Devon County Council)
If you think chopping down daff's on health and safety grounds is stupid, have you read about the guy who has been told he will have to 'make improvements' to his property before it can be approved for him to take in Ukrainian refugees? He lives in a multi-million pound mansion!
I found it annoying that people were using the phrase 'revert back to you' in emails, but apparently we have to accept that they're not idiots because there are enough people doing it to make it correct.
‘Revert back to you!? ‘ Is that the ultimate in empathising with your customers? What utter cr*p! It doesn’t even remotely make sense. I suppose they think ‘it doesn’t notice’
I'm getting annoyed with language changing again. The dictionary method now seems to be 'enough people are using this word incorrectly so we'll change its meaning to suit'. I found it annoying that people were using the phrase 'revert back to you' in emails, but apparently we have to accept that they're not idiots because there are enough people doing it to make it correct.
using O in a phone number, rather than 0 seems acceptable even though it's a letter and not a number. I hate it.
Blood group O was originally designated blood group 0 but it was misread and O has stuck.
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There was another story yesterday about some nursery felling umpteen ancient trees as they considered them a hazard to the visiting parents and children. I despair of these people. They got a paltry fine which doesn't even begin to address the problem.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Thing is, by the time I've put all the rubbish in the car, I may as well drive it all the way to the tip and see if I can pick up any bargains while I'm there
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
What utter cr*p! It doesn’t even remotely make sense.
I suppose they think ‘it doesn’t notice’