So that's what you do to kill time for 4 hrs when waiting for assistance at the allotmentSadly I havent yet found a productive use for my spare time so end up reading a large amount of forum posts. I have however mastered the search feature
A Full On Rant..
- Thread starter Tourershine
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Lol..So that's what you do to kill time for 4 hrs when waiting for assistance at the allotment
I have studied said image and think you dropped a ball there @Tourershine you seem to have dropped one of your buckets! 
Could not agree with you more @Tourershine, I generaly blame pikies because that is the sort of thing they do but it can also be unscrupulous scumbags outto make a quick buck. It happens around here in Oxfordshire as well, you can get rid of it at the recyling but need a permit if you have a van. Trade waste tends to cost more to dump so that is why they end up dumping in in a layby. Personaly I thing a baseball bat is too good for them, they need dumping in the crusher with the waste
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Hey Tourer don't knock it...We make our living by clearing up after these ankers!
At least it's all in one place and not spread all over the country.
Scourge of society !!!
Thread ressurection... I've been on hold for 15 minutes waiting to speak to someone in the council to confirm whether my van can be classed as a car because it has a pop top fitted and no bulkhead.
I could put the stuff in the back of my Jimny but I'd have to do 3 trips and with the having to book a slot scenario I can see that being a pain in the ass.
I could put the stuff in the back of my Jimny but I'd have to do 3 trips and with the having to book a slot scenario I can see that being a pain in the ass.
When I phoned the council they insisted I needed a permit despite it having 8 seats, windows all around, classed as a car with DVLA and no sign writing business names on the sides.
Duly applied for said permit and carry it in the van. I’ve never been asked for it once!
On the litter topic, I’d just come off the M69 joining the A5 and stopped at the lights there was litter everywhere. It was disgusting! My parents always had the attitude of take your rubbish home, so instilled in me!!
Duly applied for said permit and carry it in the van. I’ve never been asked for it once!
On the litter topic, I’d just come off the M69 joining the A5 and stopped at the lights there was litter everywhere. It was disgusting! My parents always had the attitude of take your rubbish home, so instilled in me!!
Sad, but they are just encouraging fly-tipping!
What would happen if you just turn up? I went to my local tip in my as yet big standard panel van, asked the staff about which skip my stuff went in but none of them batted an eyelid it was a van.
It depends on who you get and whether they have had their jobsworth training or not.
We have the ridicules situation where our closest tip is in the next county.
I went to Screwfix and the tip is next door so I went in to throw a couple of bits as I was there.
Now our local tip guys are always looking for items that can be reused etc. so whilst I was throwing my bits I said to the guy, this is working, do you want it?
He said no, just throw it, I foolishly said, Oh the guys at Horsley keep things like this. He immediately said, Horsley! where do you live? and from that point, I was banned!
No matter how much I tried to reason with him over the reasons I should be able to tip there, he was having none of it.
They have number plate reading signs and now it flags me up and demands I go to the office if I ever try and sneak in there now.
Our local county tip is appointment only at the moment and you have to pay for certain items like glass. Also need another permit for paint.
The tip in the city - no appointment, glass is free and no permit for paint! Having changed several double glazing units at home guess where I went with SWMBOs car loaded to the gunnels, including a paint clear out.
There was a program on TV a couple of weeks ago about recycling and there are 50+ sets of rules in place with local councils about what they will and won’t recycle and different coloured bins that mean different things in different places - its not rocket science - surely one set of rules is simple to agree and implement so everyone understands (maybe two sets because Scotland always have to be very slightly different to England)
Well thats my rant over - I know local authorities have some serious responsibilities in their remit, safegarding vulnerable etc but they could make things easier for themselves!!
The tip in the city - no appointment, glass is free and no permit for paint! Having changed several double glazing units at home guess where I went with SWMBOs car loaded to the gunnels, including a paint clear out.
There was a program on TV a couple of weeks ago about recycling and there are 50+ sets of rules in place with local councils about what they will and won’t recycle and different coloured bins that mean different things in different places - its not rocket science - surely one set of rules is simple to agree and implement so everyone understands (maybe two sets because Scotland always have to be very slightly different to England)
Well thats my rant over - I know local authorities have some serious responsibilities in their remit, safegarding vulnerable etc but they could make things easier for themselves!!
There are people who know exactly when the council offices are shut down, I’ve seen trees with a preservation order cut down over the council Christmas break.
“Jobsworth training” - cracked me up!
I daren’t add to this thread as the views I would like to express could get me thrown off this forum - it’s bad enough how I have to bite my tongue when I do visit! (I’m happier now to slip our regular friendly binmen the price of a few pints occasionally to take away “a bit extra”....though, I haven’t tried a sofa or washing-machine yet!!!)
Around here anything metal is easy - leave it on the front garden and it disappears.
Littering really bugs.
There is a farm gateway near me that gets McDonalds rubbush left in it all the time.
A local resident cleared it up and found the recipt from McDonalds in it.
The local parish council got involved, they contacted the district council, who then contacted the said McDonalds.
The said McDonalds, using the info on the recipt, were able to use that info to pinpoint the car going through thier drive through cctv camera and pass the details back to the council.
The council then contacted the police, who sent out a fixed penalty notice to the cars registered keeper with a £400 fine.
This happend 3 times in one weekend.
Someone had an expensive McDonalds.
There is a farm gateway near me that gets McDonalds rubbush left in it all the time.
A local resident cleared it up and found the recipt from McDonalds in it.
The local parish council got involved, they contacted the district council, who then contacted the said McDonalds.
The said McDonalds, using the info on the recipt, were able to use that info to pinpoint the car going through thier drive through cctv camera and pass the details back to the council.
The council then contacted the police, who sent out a fixed penalty notice to the cars registered keeper with a £400 fine.
This happend 3 times in one weekend.
Someone had an expensive McDonalds.
Makes me want to park the van round the back!
