Odd things your neighbours do?

[Promised Land]

anonymous said:

[redacted]

Brilliant, how many bricks a time went in? Did you try and push it every week with one more?

I remember back in mid/ late 90’s we were still on normal dustbins with black bags you had to take to the end of your property and my mate in a different borough already had wheelie bins, he was quite handy with a spanner and always had a car or project on the go, I remarked one day about the wheelie bins being unsightly things.

They’re great things, I sling alternators and alsorts in them, you’d never get away with it with black bags, he said.

They do hide a multitude of crap.

[jimmyjimjim]

I disposed of an old 21" CRT monitor in my wheelie bin. I've also got rid of a full size dishwasher, a cubic yard of clay soil, several bushes and 2 decent size trees.

Not at the same time obviously.

But I was impressed that I got the dishwasher done in 2 loads.

Soil is the worst; heavy so takes several weeks to be rid of it.

[s2kjock]

Before my wheelie bin was requisitioned as a communal one for the flats I stayed at I managed to fit a bathroom sink pedestal and basin into it.

From memory I wasn't able to fit the pan in so had to pay for uplift for that. should have used the money to buy a sledgehammer instead.

[Bluetec350]

I got rid of a Sufflolk Punch lawn mower in the recycling bin (well covered by beer cans and wine bottles)
I had dismantled it, took about three goes

[How u doing]

jimmyjimjim said:

I disposed of an old 21" CRT monitor in my wheelie bin. I've also got rid of a full size dishwasher, a cubic yard of clay soil, several bushes and 2 decent size trees.

Not at the same time obviously.

But I was impressed that I got the dishwasher done in 2 loads.

Soil is the worst; heavy so takes several weeks to be rid of it.

The last dishwasher I disposed of went on freecycle.

Bloke arrives during torrential downpour in MX5, roof down, front seat removed dishwasher fits a treat.

Apparently dismantled the solenoids and valves etc are useful for an eco heating project.

If you're on here then

[Pastie Bloater]

How u doing said:

The last dishwasher I disposed of went on freecycle.

Bloke arrives during torrential downpour in MX5, roof down, front seat removed dishwasher fits a treat.

Apparently dismantled the solenoids and valves etc are useful for an eco heating project.

If you're on here then

Waiting for the next post where someone disposed of an MX5 via their wheelie bin

[geeks]

Pastie Bloater said:

How u doing said:

The last dishwasher I disposed of went on freecycle.

Bloke arrives during torrential downpour in MX5, roof down, front seat removed dishwasher fits a treat.

Apparently dismantled the solenoids and valves etc are useful for an eco heating project.

If you're on here then

Waiting for the next post where someone disposed of an MX5 via their wheelie bin

Given their reputation for rust I imagine all you have to do to get rid of an MX5 is leave it out in the rain for a while

[Wildcat45]

s2kjock said:

Before my wheelie bin was requisitioned as a communal one for the flats I stayed at I managed to fit a bathroom sink pedestal and basin into it.

From memory I wasn't able to fit the pan in so had to pay for uplift for that. should have used the money to buy a sledgehammer instead.

Me too except we inherited an extra large wheelie bin so the whole loo went in.

[I-A]

Wildcat45 said:

Me too except we inherited an extra large wheelie bin so the whole loo went in.

When doing stuff like this, to avoid being the odd neighbour, are you taking the bin out of sight and then filling it with these items? Or are you doing it in plain sight?

[stevesuk]

Wildcat45 said:

Me too except we inherited an extra large wheelie bin so the whole loo went in.

A few years back, our council replaced our large general purpose wheelie bin, with a smaller/thinner version - which has made this sort of thing harder. I keep larger things that are ready for the bin, in a corner of the garage, and slowly get rid of them week by week.

So far this year, we've used it to dispose of 4 broken six foot fence panels, a large office chair - which I had to dismantle with a socket set and large hammer - and a few bags of building rubble.

I have been known to jump up and down inside the bin to squash down the rubbish to make more space. Our neighbours possibly think we're odd, for not just paying someone to take it away for us

[Wildcat45]

Rostfritt said:

stevesuk said:

We still get post for the previous owners of our house, despite us having lived here since 2006.

I think my Dad still gets post addressed to the previous owner and he moved in in 1986.

I doubt they are even still alive.

My family is the second owner of my house. Built in 1901 it was bought in 1982/3 from the daughter of the man who had the house built. She was born in the late 1890s so is long dead. Every few months we get a bank statement in her name from a bank in Kenya.

[snobetter]

Wildcat45 said:

Rostfritt said:

stevesuk said:

We still get post for the previous owners of our house, despite us having lived here since 2006.

I think my Dad still gets post addressed to the previous owner and he moved in in 1986.

I doubt they are even still alive.

My family is the second owner of my house. Built in 1901 it was bought in 1982/3 from the daughter of the man who had the house built. She was born in the late 1890s so is long dead. Every few months we get a bank statement in her name from a bank in Kenya.

Something for the heir hunters?

[DRFC1879]

This could turn into the first ever case of a random citizen in the UK writing to somebody in Africa to say they need help transferring a large amount of cash from a dormant bank account!

[Promised Land]

Pastie Bloater said:

How u doing said:

The last dishwasher I disposed of went on freecycle.

Bloke arrives during torrential downpour in MX5, roof down, front seat removed dishwasher fits a treat.

Apparently dismantled the solenoids and valves etc are useful for an eco heating project.

If you're on here then

Waiting for the next post where someone disposed of an MX5 via their wheelie bin

Reading some of these posts there has got to be a double bed or sofa deposited in one over a few weeks coming up soon.

[DRFC1879]

I've disposed of a double divan in a standard household wheelie bin. Stanley knife to open up the fabric then it's just a matter of putting a foot through some fairly flimsy bits of wood.

In my old apartment block we had some big communal wheelie bins and many a time some berk would dump a big piece of furniture or a bathroom suite in the bin area. I regularly used to smash these up and get them in the bins over a week or two. The hardest things to dispose of were sofa cushions which needed a bit of hacking up and a big leatherette office chair which took some breaking!

[Wildcat45]

snobetter said:

Wildcat45 said:

Rostfritt said:

stevesuk said:

We still get post for the previous owners of our house, despite us having lived here since 2006.

I think my Dad still gets post addressed to the previous owner and he moved in in 1986.

I doubt they are even still alive.

My family is the second owner of my house. Built in 1901 it was bought in 1982/3 from the daughter of the man who had the house built. She was born in the late 1890s so is long dead. Every few months we get a bank statement in her name from a bank in Kenya.

Something for the heir hunters?

She left the UK to spend her Twilight years living with her millionaire son in law and daughter in the Caribbean.

The amount in the account is miniscule. A couple if quid.

I have considered letting the bank know she's long gone, but I like the idea that there is still a link with the past.

We hope to move soon and the people planning on buying the house are aware of the letters. They seem thrilled that I know the history of the house and the names of everyone who lived here. They have asked me to write them a little history of the house and tell me they have no intention of stopping the letters either.

[snobetter]

Wildcat45 said:

snobetter said:

Wildcat45 said:

Rostfritt said:

stevesuk said:

We still get post for the previous owners of our house, despite us having lived here since 2006.

I think my Dad still gets post addressed to the previous owner and he moved in in 1986.

I doubt they are even still alive.

My family is the second owner of my house. Built in 1901 it was bought in 1982/3 from the daughter of the man who had the house built. She was born in the late 1890s so is long dead. Every few months we get a bank statement in her name from a bank in Kenya.

Something for the heir hunters?

She left the UK to spend her Twilight years living with her millionaire son in law and daughter in the Caribbean.

The amount in the account is miniscule. A couple if quid.

I have considered letting the bank know she's long gone, but I like the idea that there is still a link with the past.

We hope to move soon and the people planning on buying the house are aware of the letters. They seem thrilled that I know the history of the house and the names of everyone who lived here. They have asked me to write them a little history of the house and tell me they have no intention of stopping the letters either.

I like that.

[stevesuk]

DRFC1879 said:

In my old apartment block we had some big communal wheelie bins and many a time some berk would dump a big piece of furniture or a bathroom suite in the bin area.

Back in the late 90s, I lived in a block of maisonettes, with a shared extra large bin in a communal area. My upstairs neighbour was some kind of IT consultant, and I occasionally lifted the lid to find it loaded with old CRT monitors (the kind that were used on mainframes in the 1970s)

[Piersman2]

Promised Land said:

Pastie Bloater said:

How u doing said:

The last dishwasher I disposed of went on freecycle.

Bloke arrives during torrential downpour in MX5, roof down, front seat removed dishwasher fits a treat.

Apparently dismantled the solenoids and valves etc are useful for an eco heating project.

If you're on here then

Waiting for the next post where someone disposed of an MX5 via their wheelie bin

Reading some of these posts there has got to be a double bed or sofa deposited in one over a few weeks coming up soon.

I've used my wheelie bin over the years to get rid of plenty of car batteries, various BMW e46 rear subframes (we kept getting sent the wrong one, so ended up with 3 useless old subframes before someone eventually sent us the correct model), old office chairs, several single mattresses (they are a PITA to disassemble to pieces small enough to fit in a bin), a selection of MGTF body panels, exhausts, and several sets of office drawers.

The only time the bin men have flinched was when I put the brick pillar from the top of the drive in one week. To be fair the bin did weigh a bit being full of bricks and was a bit top heavy so I got home from work to see they had thrown about half the bricks out onto my drive, they still emptied the rest mind.

I ditributed the remaining bricks the following week around my neighbours bins to spread the load!

Much of this may be curtailed now though, they replaced our old 140L bins, with slimline 100L bins a month or so back. But I like a challenge and will just have to cut stuff up a bit smaller in future I guess.

[Stan the Bat]

I-A said:

Wildcat45 said:

Me too except we inherited an extra large wheelie bin so the whole loo went in.

When doing stuff like this, to avoid being the odd neighbour, are you taking the bin out of sight and then filling it with these items? Or are you doing it in plain sight?

My bins are always out of sight until bin day, I thought most peoples were?

Except caaaancil that is.