I had taken the NEW trash dumpster to the end of the driveway Wednesday evening. It gets dumped on Thursday mornings, before 7:00 a.m. When I left home, I could tell that the trash truck had been there, because the dumpster was turned with the handle facing the house. I usually park it there, full, with the handle facing toward the neighbor's driveway. That way, the trash men can flip it back kind of sideways. They don't have to turn it around or anything to get it open. I always think they're helping me out by putting it back with the handle facing the house, for me to grab onto and start pulling. Maybe they're just repeatedly telling me they wish I'd park it this way when I bring it up. Anyhoo...I could tell they'd been there. I don't pull it back until my evening walk on Thursday.
Without the weight of the trash inside...
Dumpy Dumpster took a great fall. The winds were quite strong on Thursday, and caught him just right to topple him over.
That's how lids get broken, you know. And we just got this new dumpster after 20 years. I don't think it would have blown over if it was parked like I leave it, with the wheels at a right angle to the road and wind direction.
This is how dumpsters get broken, you know. I'm not sure I have another 20 years in me if this one gets cracked.
Val--Perhaps in the few minutes of spare time you have every day, you could invent an unbreakable trash can lid?
ReplyDeleteWell...I don't know. That might cut into my casino time, and thwart my pennyillionaire quest. I could hand off that task to Hick, though. He can never have too many projects.
DeleteI think everyone prayer for calm and non windy day when they put on the cans.
ReplyDeleteStop in from Jimmy and if you have time stop in for a cup of coffee
Welcome! Our dumpster only blows over a couple times a year, so it was either really windy, or all conditions lined up perfectly to tip it over.
DeleteBut if the wind came from the other direction it would fall into the gravel road and still suffer damage plus be a hazard, or do your "Trade Winds" only blow in one direction like in the Caribbean?
ReplyDeleteThat's a good observation. Our wind almost always comes from that direction. Good thing for Juno in the winter, with her house tucked away from it in the alcove on the back porch.
DeleteThat's how they get broken indeed, especially if not placed properly. Warm greetings!
ReplyDeleteYes. I'm pretty sure that's what happened to the last one. But at least it took about 18 years.
DeleteWe are instructed to park our wheelie bins facing the road, that is with the handles facing away from the kerb, so as the truck arms lift it, the lid falls open and the rubbish falls into the truck. If it is lifted the wrong way, rubbish can get caught on the flapping lid and blow where it shouldn't I suppose. Bins facing the wrong way or stuffed too full so they're too heavy get a notice stuck on them, repeat offenders get fined.
ReplyDeleteWow! That's hard-core! I glad I'm not getting fined for being non-compliant with trash regulations. I imagine that truck is really rough on bins. My trash men would have to work pretty hard to beat up my dumpster with their bare hands.
DeleteThen all Val's men couldn't put Humpty Dumpster back together again.
ReplyDeleteHeh, heh! One of them would give it a good try, though, using parts saved for many years. Or go on a nationwide Goodwill tour to find the right parts.
DeleteI'm sure they think that they are doing you a favor by turning the handle towards the house, but this is simply because they are not factoring in the wind. Maybe you are going to have to bring it up to them, or it's like our guys sometimes they pick the can up and slam it back down so fast the lid flops open and the can lands on it's backside, kind of like the one in your picture. I've seen it happen...
ReplyDeleteI'm sure they don't think about the wind. It could have been a fluke. The neighbor's dumpster was still upright.
DeleteMy dumpster is stationary. I have lots of the smaller cans like yours to collect aluminum cans in. Even the wind that picked up the storage shed and took it away can't blow my dumpster over!
ReplyDeleteYou must have one of those big 'uns like we had at school, that the truck picks up and pours out. You can lead people to your dumpster, but you can't make them put their trash in it! Just ask your water-collector thingy!
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