"Must go to the tip, must go to the tip, must...."
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Just had an errand to run for work and thought I'd take the opportunity en route to chuck away our busted microwave at the Recycling Centre. Not being a tip regular, I naively presumed that 11.15am on a school-day Wednesday in early December would be about as quiet as a small-town tip gets.
Apparently not: 2 lanes of vehicles queueing all round the Centre 1-way system as far back as the entrance. "Sod it", I thought, "I'll do it on the way back," so turned around and came back 15 minutes later. But now they were queueing right out onto the public highway and blocking all the regular traffic.
Seems like the locals round here just can't get enough of the tip! Is that the same all over the country?
Apparently not: 2 lanes of vehicles queueing all round the Centre 1-way system as far back as the entrance. "Sod it", I thought, "I'll do it on the way back," so turned around and came back 15 minutes later. But now they were queueing right out onto the public highway and blocking all the regular traffic.
Seems like the locals round here just can't get enough of the tip! Is that the same all over the country?
Apologies for sounding harsh but that is the most mind numbingly mundane story of white goods based disposal I have ever heard. This is a motoring forum not a municiple facility review forum.
I look forward to tales of an epic road trip to pick up a whisk or your favourite driving road to the local euronics centre to acquire Hoover bags
I look forward to tales of an epic road trip to pick up a whisk or your favourite driving road to the local euronics centre to acquire Hoover bags
CS Garth said:
Apologies for sounding harsh but that is the most mind numbingly mundane story of white goods based disposal I have ever heard. This is a motoring forum not a municiple facility review forum.
I look forward to tales of an epic road trip to pick up a whisk or your favourite driving road to the local euronics centre to acquire Hoover bags
Miaoww !I look forward to tales of an epic road trip to pick up a whisk or your favourite driving road to the local euronics centre to acquire Hoover bags
Always the same with tips I find, and tipping is very key to modern man, I share his pain.
CS Garth said:
Apologies for sounding harsh but that is the most mind numbingly mundane story of white goods based disposal I have ever heard. This is a motoring forum not a municiple facility review forum.
I look forward to tales of an epic road trip to pick up a whisk or your favourite driving road to the local euronics centre to acquire Hoover bags
Sounds like a plan! I'll get my car keys.I look forward to tales of an epic road trip to pick up a whisk or your favourite driving road to the local euronics centre to acquire Hoover bags
CS Garth said:
Apologies for sounding harsh but that is the most mind numbingly mundane story of white goods based disposal I have ever heard. This is a motoring forum not a municiple facility review forum.
I look forward to tales of an epic road trip to pick up a whisk or your favourite driving road to the local euronics centre to acquire Hoover bags
Thread redeemed I look forward to tales of an epic road trip to pick up a whisk or your favourite driving road to the local euronics centre to acquire Hoover bags
I went the other day and mundanely I got b
ked twice
Once for having wood with screws in, then for bringing too much, he said I wasn't allowed to come back with another car full until next month? It's a 3dr a3, and was mostly full of cardboard with a few chunks of an old kitchen,
I tricked however and used the wife's car the next day! I still don't understand what I'd done wrong
ked twice Once for having wood with screws in, then for bringing too much, he said I wasn't allowed to come back with another car full until next month? It's a 3dr a3, and was mostly full of cardboard with a few chunks of an old kitchen,
I tricked however and used the wife's car the next day! I still don't understand what I'd done wrong
Yes, it's almost like they build a waste disposal site but don't want any waste!
No wonder there is so much crap dumped all over the place - it's easier!
I used to work on an industrial estate near the local tip and would regularly see some guys unloading a pick-up into an estate car so they could go in the public area instead of the trade one!
No wonder there is so much crap dumped all over the place - it's easier!
I used to work on an industrial estate near the local tip and would regularly see some guys unloading a pick-up into an estate car so they could go in the public area instead of the trade one!
Matttrakker said:
I went the other day and mundanely I got bked twice
Once for having wood with screws in, then for bringing too much, he said I wasn't allowed to come back with another car full until next month? It's a 3dr a3, and was mostly full of cardboard with a few chunks of an old kitchen,
I tricked however and used the wife's car the next day! I still don't understand what I'd done wrong
Wasn't in Thornton-le-Dale by any chance? One of the blokes there can spot a few pebbles (or 'rubble' as he has it) in a tub of garden waste from 400 yards away. Never a mundane moment with him around, and the bugger never has a day off!ked twice Once for having wood with screws in, then for bringing too much, he said I wasn't allowed to come back with another car full until next month? It's a 3dr a3, and was mostly full of cardboard with a few chunks of an old kitchen,
I tricked however and used the wife's car the next day! I still don't understand what I'd done wrong
Took a single mattress down the dump the other day.
Was tipping it into 'household waste' when the guy came over and informed me that it was, infact, 'bulky waste'
'it's only a single mattress mate'
'it's still bulky waste im afraid, all mattresses are'
So I put it in the bulky waste bit instead.
Was tipping it into 'household waste' when the guy came over and informed me that it was, infact, 'bulky waste'
'it's only a single mattress mate'
'it's still bulky waste im afraid, all mattresses are'
So I put it in the bulky waste bit instead.
Just had to clear relatives overstuffed flat after bereavement - using only my trusty 156 wagon.... 160 bags to the local tip in two days as well as another 10 carloads of assorted junk - no hassle, only a couple of minutes wait at busy times and after a few pleasantries and looking at my knackered state latter loads enjoyed kindly and much appreciated assistance to unload with zero fuss - even when rotten and decidedly aromatic contents of fridge dumped.....(bit of accidental "juice" leakage so top tip from tip chaps - shake & vac - works a charm thank christ...
......the joys of North Somerset! - top rating for Backwell dump :-)
.....another four carloads a couple of days later as got in the habit and cleared my house out a bit ;-)..... down to where you live....!
......the joys of North Somerset! - top rating for Backwell dump :-)
.....another four carloads a couple of days later as got in the habit and cleared my house out a bit ;-)..... down to where you live....!
It's the same round here (North west London). Queue at all hours at the tip.
I'm pretty sure most of the residents here spend 50% of their weekend at the tip getting rid of stuff and the other 50% buying more rubbish from Bicester village / Brent Cross or some other hell hole. If they just took the shopping directly to the tip they could cut out the "storage" period...
I'm pretty sure most of the residents here spend 50% of their weekend at the tip getting rid of stuff and the other 50% buying more rubbish from Bicester village / Brent Cross or some other hell hole. If they just took the shopping directly to the tip they could cut out the "storage" period...
CS Garth said:
Apologies for sounding harsh but that is the most mind numbingly mundane story of white goods based disposal I have ever heard. This is a motoring forum not a municiple facility review forum.
I look forward to tales of an epic road trip to pick up a whisk or your favourite driving road to the local euronics centre to acquire Hoover bags
You've not been here long. Haven't you seen the 'What cufflinks' thread, 'Recommend me a pair of shoes' or 'Hair gel; talk to me' threads?I look forward to tales of an epic road trip to pick up a whisk or your favourite driving road to the local euronics centre to acquire Hoover bags
Having said that, this is The Lounge. There are numerous car-based forum sections on PH. Maybe keep out of the pub if the topics offend you?
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