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What's Wrong With Some People

Equuleus — Thu, 30 Aug 2018 17:03:43 GMT

I put my recyclables out on the corner yesterday as they pick them up early Thursday morning. Last night I went out to throw out a cardboard box and saw a fire extinguisher in the container. I thought ... "hmmm, why did he (my husband) throw that in the recyclables??? Guess he knows what he's doing." So this morning I go out to bring in the empty containers and the collectors threw the extinguisher in the middle of our front lawn and of course did not entirely empty the containers.

So I texted my husband at work and told him "hey, the garbage collectors threw that fire extinguisher in the middle of the lawn." He replies "what fire extinguisher?" So he didn't throw it in there, who did?? A neighbor that knew it should not be disposed of that way and didn't want it in their containers so they threw it in ours? People are so odd.

Maybe I'm just tired because for the last two nights, the hottest nights of the year, we lost our power for six hours and I could not sleep. It felt like there was no air at all. And last night our next door neighbor decides to run his generator all night so they could run their air conditioner. This thing was so loud I thought I was going to lose my mind.

Re: What's Wrong With Some People

Mistreatedbycs — Thu, 30 Aug 2018 17:06:29 GMT

I put the garbage and recyclables out in the morning, I too have found things stuffed in either one of the containers if I put them out the night before.

It's well worth it no matter how early you may have to get up.

You must be really tired with all that noise last night.

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Witchy Woman — Thu, 30 Aug 2018 17:08:48 GMT

@Equuleus

Because some people are just triffling and lazy!

Too bad you don't have a security camera to catch the culprit.

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Equuleus — Thu, 30 Aug 2018 17:09:49 GMT

@Mistreatedbycs I was trying to get it done so my husband wouldn't have to do it when he arrived home. He told me the same thing ... leave it alongside the house and I'll take it out in the morning before I leave for work. Now we have to figure out how to dispose of it.

Yes, I'm very tired. Two nights without sleep and the first night I had a migraine and it was a very bad one that made me ill.

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Witchy Woman — Thu, 30 Aug 2018 17:15:48 GMT

@Equuleus

I suffered with migraines from age 34 to 50. They drove me to bed and made me sick to the point I couldn't move.

I hope you have found something to take for them. No one should have to live with that kind of pain.

Re: What's Wrong With Some People

Mistreatedbycs — Thu, 30 Aug 2018 17:16:50 GMT

@Equuleus

that's a good question as to what to do with it.

the internet said "yes, everything on the internet is true"

depress the release valve and throw away

call your local fire department and ask them

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Scooby Doo — Thu, 30 Aug 2018 17:18:13 GMT

Reminds me of what an aquaintance did once that made me laugh. Her neighbor parked a big truck on the street side of her house. He used it for hauling. So one evening she cleaned up her yard and threw all her trash in the back of his truck. The next morning she found all her trash, and a lot more, back in her yard. He made his point.

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jpie — Thu, 30 Aug 2018 17:19:31 GMT

It's possible that the recycle workers do that to try to embarrass their customers when something should not be recycled. I've seen this done to someone that had a large potted plant filled with weeds. My guess is that someone in your neighborhood just didn't want to deal with disposing the fire extinguisher from their own collection.

One time I had a plastic grocery bag filled with dog doo placed in my empty recycle bin by a community member walking their dog. I had to tip the bin over and slide the bag out because I couldn't reach to the bottom!

People need to realize that many residents have security cameras placed around their property! Shame on their rude behavior!

Re: What's Wrong With Some People

Montana — Thu, 30 Aug 2018 17:22:46 GMT

@Equuleus wrote:
... And last night our next door neighbor decides to run his generator all night so they could run their air conditioner. This thing was so loud I thought I was going to lose my mind.

@Equuleus, most places have noise regulations for generators. For day and night. Perhaps your neighbor is in violation.

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donovan — Thu, 30 Aug 2018 17:24:14 GMT

We have to take our recycling to a central spot in town. I was taking my cardboard there over the weekend, and someone had dropped off an old bathtub and other garbage and tucked it all behind one of the bins.

So when they shut down the recycling center because the township is tired of disposing of people's garbage we'll know who to blame. I hope they have cameras, but I don't think they do.

It makes me so mad. Take care of your own garbage!

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Kitlynn — Thu, 30 Aug 2018 17:35:17 GMT

Years ago we had a remodel done on our house. We rented a roll off dumpster and it was amazing the things that got thrown in it that weren't anything from our house. A fish tank, kitchen sink and a lot of bags of trash are just a couple of examples. People just felt like it was there so they could use it if they wanted to.

Re: What's Wrong With Some People

Equuleus — Thu, 30 Aug 2018 17:49:24 GMT

@ Montana wrote:
@Equuleus wrote:
... And last night our next door neighbor decides to run his generator all night so they could run their air conditioner. This thing was so loud I thought I was going to lose my mind.

@Equuleus, most places have noise regulations for generators. For day and night. Perhaps your neighbor is in violation.

We called to ask the police and they said there was nothing they could do because it was an "emergency" situation. Everyone else suffered through it and it's not exactly what I call an emergency situation. But, that's our PD for you. Of course the neighbor couldn't hear it over their air conditioner so they got some good sleep. After about three hours he ran out of gas and I thought "thank goodness now I can get some sleep," but he came out and filled it up again and started it. I thought I was gonna cry. They didn't care about anyone but themselves.

This guy was really friendly and nice when he first moved in, then him and his wife split. He stayed, had a live-in friend who he ended up marrying. Ever since then he's been nothing but a "doo-doo head" (not the words my husband uses). He blows snow from his driveway up into our yard, they cut one side of our pine trees so now they are all out of shape. She tried taking over the row of trees and plants and rose bush we have and decided to start pruning and my husband had to tell him that was our property. He showed them the survey and they haven't spoken to us since. She tells him everything to do and he does it.

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Azcowgirl — Thu, 30 Aug 2018 18:26:41 GMT

My county is cracking down on illegal dumping and even recruiting people to watch out for and report offenders ...

its a felony charge if the material dumped is over a certain weight. It’s sickening to see piles of junk and old mattresses spoiling the desert and vacant property.

Makes me angry 😡.

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Twins Mom — Thu, 30 Aug 2018 18:48:29 GMT

Ah, neighbors! Good ones are so appreciated. Our city has an ordinance against parking boats in driveways but each summer a neighbor brings his and it stays until fall. Last year he had something to repair so it was December before it was gone. I can live with a couple of weeks here or there, but this long? If I call the city I have to give name so neighbor will know. Then they are warned and then have a week or so to remove. Then the next year it’s a repeat, you would think this would carry over to next year. I guess we pick our battles but onecexpects more from fellow home owner.

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millieshops — Thu, 30 Aug 2018 18:52:56 GMT

@EquuleusSorry you have to deal with someone else's castoff.

Does your local fire department offer an extinguisher disposal?

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CelticCrafter — Thu, 30 Aug 2018 19:06:16 GMT

@Equuleus wrote:
I put my recyclables out on the corner yesterday as they pick them up early Thursday morning. Last night I went out to throw out a cardboard box and saw a fire extinguisher in the container. I thought ... "hmmm, why did he (my husband) throw that in the recyclables??? Guess he knows what he's doing." So this morning I go out to bring in the empty containers and the collectors threw the extinguisher in the middle of our front lawn and of course did not entirely empty the containers.

So I texted my husband at work and told him "hey, the garbage collectors threw that fire extinguisher in the middle of the lawn." He replies "what fire extinguisher?" So he didn't throw it in there, who did?? A neighbor that knew it should not be disposed of that way and didn't want it in their containers so they threw it in ours? People are so odd.

Maybe I'm just tired because for the last two nights, the hottest nights of the year, we lost our power for six hours and I could not sleep. It felt like there was no air at all. And last night our next door neighbor decides to run his generator all night so they could run their air conditioner. This thing was so loud I thought I was going to lose my mind.

And if you had a generator would have you said, oh it makes noise, poor neighbors we won't run it?

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Equuleus — Thu, 30 Aug 2018 19:08:44 GMT

@CelticCrafter wrote:
@Equuleus wrote:
I put my recyclables out on the corner yesterday as they pick them up early Thursday morning. Last night I went out to throw out a cardboard box and saw a fire extinguisher in the container. I thought ... "hmmm, why did he (my husband) throw that in the recyclables??? Guess he knows what he's doing." So this morning I go out to bring in the empty containers and the collectors threw the extinguisher in the middle of our front lawn and of course did not entirely empty the containers.

So I texted my husband at work and told him "hey, the garbage collectors threw that fire extinguisher in the middle of the lawn." He replies "what fire extinguisher?" So he didn't throw it in there, who did?? A neighbor that knew it should not be disposed of that way and didn't want it in their containers so they threw it in ours? People are so odd.

Maybe I'm just tired because for the last two nights, the hottest nights of the year, we lost our power for six hours and I could not sleep. It felt like there was no air at all. And last night our next door neighbor decides to run his generator all night so they could run their air conditioner. This thing was so loud I thought I was going to lose my mind.
And if you had a generator would have you said, oh it makes noise, poor neighbors we won't run it?

Yes. And we do have one.

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bonnielu — Thu, 30 Aug 2018 19:07:01 GMT

We have a hoarder about 3 miles from our house. He collects. I have found boxes missing that I dumped out and later had second thoughts and went back to get. Not there. Mr Collection got it, no doubt. We also have another neighbor 2 miles from our houses who collects rocks and they are all over his front yard. Perhaps you should consider yourself lucky.

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Equuleus — Thu, 30 Aug 2018 19:09:16 GMT

@millieshops wrote:
@EquuleusSorry you have to deal with someone else's castoff.

Does your local fire department offer an extinguisher disposal?

I will check.

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Financialgrl — Thu, 30 Aug 2018 19:38:11 GMT

How tacky. Our trash gets picked up Mondays and Thursdays and Mondays include the recyclables but that's a different truck. Trash gets picked up at 6am but I'm lucky bc recyclable truck comes thru very late in the day so I dont put it out till I hear them in the neighborhood - and they are loud so you can't miss them coming.