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Old 10-17-2011, 04:18 PM   #3931
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If you don't put it by the curb do they come into your house to get it?
yes - the company has a contract with my city so they do the whole city and the city says you MUST have it. Sounds like Tony Soprano is running my garbage collections.

They want your trash out by 6am monday morning for pickup so most people put it out Sunday night. they are picking up my neighbors trash but not mine but they will continue to bill even if I DON"T use them.

So I am using the "once-a-month" pickup. For 5$/month they will pick up ONE 32 gallon container of trash. ONE.

I'll pay them the five bux, go to the dump the rest of the time and save myself 75.00.
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Old 10-17-2011, 04:21 PM   #3932
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Ah, there's the rub! Our dumps are not free. On the other hand, our trash service looks to be a hell of a lot cheaper than yours. Too lazy to dig out the bill, but I think it's about $25/month. A trip to the dump for anything up to a pickup truck load is $17.
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Old 10-17-2011, 04:28 PM   #3933
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Ours wraps the water and sewer in with the trash pickup, and there is no option to decline.
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Old 10-18-2011, 10:43 AM   #3934
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I can't get anything done, what with all the visitor messages I'm getting. It's getting so a girl can't even post!
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Old 10-20-2011, 10:27 AM   #3935
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I was bidding on a heifer since Sun and I did not get her. I am sort of relieved, she was higher than I wanted to spend but damn she was nice >sigh<
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Old 10-20-2011, 10:38 AM   #3936
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I am sort of relieved, she was higher than I wanted to spend but damn she was nice >sigh<
Oh yeah, I dated a girl like that, once.
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Old 10-20-2011, 08:11 PM   #3937
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BIL has decided to be an asshole all the time which means I'm moving and my sister will probably lose her house. But hey, at least he doesn't have to be told that hiding a rat trap with peanut butter on it in a garden then not telling the household dog's owner exactly where it is so they can keep their dog out of it, is a bad fucking idea. I'm sure he'll feel justified when they're living back at his parents. To be honest, I hope my sister leaves this jerk. He's not good enough for her.
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Old 10-22-2011, 07:58 PM   #3938
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Homeless fruitflies buzzing fucking everywhere. We finally found their "nest" and removed it, so now the bastards are all over and especially trying to suicide in my beer. I don't mind the extra protein, but beer should not be lumpy.
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Old 10-22-2011, 08:02 PM   #3939
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If it's any consolation, they probably wont be there tomorrow. Their life span is less than a day I think.

As to what's irritating me. Just about everything. I have the shits, so don't push me cause I'm close to the edge!
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Old 10-22-2011, 08:07 PM   #3940
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the fruit fly solution is:

half fill a bowl with wine or balsamic vinegar

cover with plastic wrap

punch holes in the wrap with a fork

set bowl where fruit flies fly

they go in but can't get out.
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Old 10-22-2011, 08:15 PM   #3941
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they prefer my beer, though.

yes, I'm living for tomorrow. i will hoover their little corpses up with glee.....

ok that might have been an exaggeration... I vac so infrequently the cats are still scared of the damn thing...
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Old 10-23-2011, 12:27 PM   #3942
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BIL has decided to be an asshole all the time which means I'm moving and my sister will probably lose her house. But hey, at least he doesn't have to be told that hiding a rat trap with peanut butter on it in a garden then not telling the household dog's owner exactly where it is so they can keep their dog out of it, is a bad fucking idea. I'm sure he'll feel justified when they're living back at his parents. To be honest, I hope my sister leaves this jerk. He's not good enough for her.
Damn, MTP.
Moving on and moving out is usually a big relief.
But it's still frustrating to feel forced to do so by someone else's behaviour. And it's a huge pain in the arse.

Hope all goes better for you from here on in.
I know you were never keen on your BIL, but he's your sister's choice.
Try not to burn any bridges.
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Old 10-23-2011, 06:03 PM   #3943
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the fruit fly solution is:

half fill a bowl with wine or balsamic vinegar
cover with plastic wrap
punch holes in the wrap with a fork
set bowl where fruit flies fly
they go in but can't get out.
Or you can just poor some wine ( I've heard beer works also) in a mason jar lid.
Lay it out where they typically congregate.
They will fly into it and die.
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Old 10-23-2011, 07:11 PM   #3944
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you can do the same thing for fleas Sorta ,
get a Small desk lamp ,
shallow bowl Partly fill with water and dish soap ,
Put the desk lamp so it shines in the Bowl ,
stick it some place that Kitty or Rover wont get it on the floor ,
come back in the AM ,
All the Little black specks are dead fleas
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Old 10-23-2011, 07:18 PM   #3945
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OK, so fruit flies congregate where there is rotting vegetable matter. Remove that and they fly around like winged hobos with the IQ of a ZX Spectrum. They're not fucking bright enough to find a trap, and they don't drown. It's either a myth, or in MI we breed fruit flies more on the Commodore Pet level....


Once made homeless, the onsalught dies within a couple of days -no need for "traps" But they're damn fucking irritating while they're waiting for the fruit fly rapture
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