Y-NO-9-O wrote:When I bought my house there were 4 cases of institutional size (1 gal) cans of nacho cheese sauce in the crawlspace. This stuff was so old that the labels on the cans of the top box, which was open, had faded to white. I had to open another box to see what they were. So I put it by the curb and someone actually took 4 cans of it! I cannot even IMAGINE the stomach ache that person had.
Mmmmm Nacho Cheese!
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rednekkPH wrote:I dont put out garbage. The flammable stuff gets burned, the glass and metal gets recycled, and anything left over, plus any large appliance-type items and the bodies, get buried in a strip mine.
rednekkPH wrote:I dont put out garbage. The flammable stuff gets burned, the glass and metal gets recycled, and anything left over, plus any large appliance-type items and the bodies, get buried in a strip mine.
LIPH wrote:Legally, I think once you put it out you no longer have an expectation of privacy so it's fair game.
yup, the FBI has been known to dumpster dive the curbside trash of mafia kingpins without a search warrant and it's held up in court so once it's curside it's fair game....
LIPH wrote:Legally, I think once you put it out you no longer have an expectation of privacy so it's fair game.
yup, the FBI has been known to dumpster dive the curbside trash of mafia kingpins without a search warrant and it's held up in court so once it's curside it's fair game....
Do you realize just how much fun you could have if you knew the cops/FBI wee going through your garbage? I'd drive around collecting rotting roadkill, just to bring it home and throw it away.
I decided to put stuff out for our council pickup last year - I had an old single slat bed that was taking up room.
So I started taking the wooden slats out to the curb - one by one ....
I would drop one off, head back in, take another out ... only to get out there and the previous one was already gone
This continued until the whole bed had been taken - and I never saw who it was
creeky wrote:I decided to put stuff out for our council pickup last year - I had an old single slat bed that was taking up room.
So I started taking the wooden slats out to the curb - one by one ....
I would drop one off, head back in, take another out ... only to get out there and the previous one was already gone
This continued until the whole bed had been taken - and I never saw who it was
I think that if it's in "my" trash can then people "should" ask but it would not kill me if they did not.....well as long as they did not make a mess.
If it's just lying there, go for it.
I had a ragged old couch years back that did not last five minutes
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It depends for me- if it's on the curb (as in a pile of magazines tied with twine), it's completely fair game, as opposed to in my trash can, in which case you can't have it and I'm p*** that you were in there in the first place (although if you sift through that much used kitty litter for something, you can have it).
My ship she has a rudder, but I don’t know where to steer
My garbage is full of shredded mail/documents, old food, kitty litter and now dirty diapers.
HAVE AT IT!!
One problem my parents were having was on recycling day. They would put the bins out the night before and around 5 a.m. these guys would drive up and down the street "stealing" the bottles and cans to recycle for themselves.
I think the cops did something about it because the recycling company complained.
LIPH wrote:Legally, I think once you put it out you no longer have an expectation of privacy so it's fair game.
That's exactly what I was going to say. But if you put it in a trash can on your property next to your house or garage you still have the expectation of privacy until you put out to the curb. All I expect is not to have someone make a mess of it.
ToplessRideFL wrote:So you guys dont think people should ask first?
If it's out at the curb waiting to be hauled away, I see no need to ask. Does your garbage man knock on your door to ask if he can take your garbage every week? I really don't see the difference.
Pretty much the way I see it, too.
Right now we don't have street trash service in these apartments. But I did for many years. And once I take it out their, it's fair game.
z-man wrote:when I am throwing out stuff others may want, I make a point of putting the trash out early, and putting the things someone else may want in plain view. It almost always gets "claimed" before the trash man gets there.
LOL I swear its a Florida thang!!!
we did the same thing, with the same results, in Texas
hoping this wasn't already discussed because I didn't read the whole thread
In my daughter's college town when the students are moving out in the spring, the kids put furniture they don't want out for the trash man. The locals have gone as far as communicating via walkie talkie to find the good stuff and claim it! (As if anything used by college kids for over two weeks is 'good'). It goes something like this...
Walkie talkie #1 - Hey WT#2, there's a table at XXX...quick like a flash, get over there!
I kind of have a deal with them
I leave food out in the yard.. and they leave my trash alone..
Wish mine would make that deal!
we leave cat food out for them, but if the garage door is left open, they are into the trash cans every time; and they spread the stuff EVERYWHERE
I kind of have a deal with them
I leave food out in the yard.. and they leave my trash alone..
Wish mine would make that deal!
we leave cat food out for them, but if the garage door is left open, they are into the trash cans every time; and they spread the stuff EVERYWHERE
I leave plums,Bananas and old eggs, along with assorted stuff.
they never bother my trash cans...
now the Cats?? and the Ravens?? and the Squirrels???
It goes something like this...
