Hi Shed,
We have already
purchased one BLACK wheelie bin, at about £70, "especially for the occasion", and it looks like we are going to have to buy another. But will the LA empty two bins?
Then there is the matter of the black bin lorry driver knowing that he needs to drive down our cul-de-sac, and reverse his 17 tonner back up, just on the off-chance that somebody has left a black wheely bin out for collection. I have never seen another black bin, and didn't know they existed, until a couple of weeks ago.. On the other hand, the week before last, was week was our first week, with the black bin being emptied, without prompting, for the first time.
Maybe the driver of the big green gulping machine spots the black bin, and phones it in.
OT, A couple of months ago, I noticed one of the bin-men was one of those young
nubile people. Equal opportunities?
More OT, while on the subject, I no longer have to take a shower in front of a young lady social worker ... Barbara had reported that I felt "unstable" in that situation. (I did manage to maintain polite conversation).
MK is very different from the Swansea Valley, where I could just wander in to County Hall, unannounced, and have a casual chat with the Head Honcho in Planning, maps and plans spread over the counter, first name terms. On one occasion, I had to return a document
by Friday.. Both of us had to sign, but Barbara was working in the Midlands that week. Solution was to get her to sign when she did get home, then nip round to the Mayors house (he was in the bath) get him to write a note on the envelope, authorising its late arrival, then hand it into Security at County Hall. The Planners phoned him the following morning to ask what was going on. Whatever, we got our five figure grant.
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