Karmacat: To Infinity And Beyond!

gilligansyle

Hi

aren't there a couple of sizes of skip? The big ones that builders use can be expensive but you can sometimes get a mini skip for £60. Other than that, when I had work done and a clear out and had stuff that no one else would want I got a local house clearance firm. They charged £35 but it was worth it to have it all gone.

But agree, it would be cheaper up here.

hypno06

I'm in expensive-skip country too.....bah! No wonder people flytip!

Enjoy the show x

Karmacat

Keeping_Motivated wrote: »

Karma our local council have a 'bulky household waste collection service' and they remove so many items for a small fee, do you know if your council offer anything similar? Might be worth checking the webiste if you are struggling to get rid of things.

I was wondering, but because you posted, I checked they'll collect a double bed mattress for £17.20 - max charge for any collections is £70, but any items which take the amount over this price will not be taken. Hmmm, its worth thinking about.

Karmacat

fayjmck wrote: »

Stupid question here - is there local rehoming/homeless projects near you

This mattress is *really* old - 30 years old, in fact. I don't think I could give anyone a mattress that old

Oh and good morning!!

Morning

Things cheaper in the north - yup see that when I go 'south' (:cool:) - the extreme north is odd - somethings alot cheaper (insurance and alike, good local food, renting, land etc) but somethings more expensive (petrol, furniture, bulky things need to come by ferry adds a cost etc) I often wonder if things balance out?

I know this is a bit sad but I've often wondered 'pound for pound' if I take my low fully comp car insurance etc, lower garage costs and added the higher petrol costs up here - would I just be the 'same' off as other folks with access to cheaper things but with increased crime etc? (sorry I've gone off on a tangent on your diary!):rotfl:

Skip about £50 ish here - :cool:

An isolated place like you is bound to be more expensive, Fay, but in general things are more expensive down here - even national chains like Costa Coffee - I notice it in my town centre, and there's a branch at Liverpool Lime Street, the main station in Liverpool, where the drinks are 50p cheaper :eek:

And a house like mine, in an area like mine (Formby, in the north of Merseyside) would go for maybe £160k, in this condition - here its £270k. _pale__pale__pale_

Karmacat

gilligansyle wrote: »

Hi

aren't there a couple of sizes of skip? The big ones that builders use can be expensive but you can sometimes get a mini skip for £60. Other than that, when I had work done and a clear out and had stuff that no one else would want I got a local house clearance firm. They charged £35 but it was worth it to have it all gone.

But agree, it would be cheaper up here.

I rest my case, m'lud .... The price I quoted of £170 *is* the small skip - the builder's size ones are £220 - I had one of each when I had the garden retaining wall rebuilt, which was 6 months ago, and those are the prices at the cheapest firm in town - and I paid them directly, the builder let me do it to save money :cool:

A house clearance firm is an interesting idea.... I don't think I've got *quite* enough to make it worth their while, but I'll investigate, I like that idea, thank you :T:T :T

Karmacat

hypno06 wrote: »

I'm in expensive-skip country too.....bah! No wonder people flytip!

Exactly - you know what I'm on about ....

Enjoy the show x

I will! I've just accepted a mystery shop for Sunday as well and I was a bit worried about o/d'ing on mystery shops, but it will give me the chance to buy lots of CD storage for the new house - at present, it collects dust something chronic, its all open, and if I buy those nice boxes, I can cut that down, and they'll be more compact as well. And if I can get a mystery shopping firm to buy them for me, even better

Pippilongstocking

Karmacat wrote: »

An isolated place like you is bound to be more expensive, Fay, but in general things are more expensive down here - even national chains like Costa Coffee - I notice it in my town centre, and there's a branch at Liverpool Lime Street, the main station in Liverpool, where the drinks are 50p cheaper :eek:

And a house like mine, in an area like mine (Formby, in the north of Merseyside) would go for maybe £160k, in this condition - here its £270k. _pale__pale__pale_

People pay for coffee :eek::eek::eek:

(Joking I know they do - thankfully we don't have any of that kind of nonsense up here!! No chain places aside the three supermarkets.)

To be honest when I go south - I wonder how people can afford to have so much/eat/drink stuff available and not be utterly broke.

I think south I'd need such a bigger income - we don't have too much temptation up here - there are coffee places of course - but its not like south.

I do miss it - but I think my pocket doesnt miss being south too much:rotfl:

I thought (not to be rude) that the mattress was probably old otherwise you'd have recycled it - well done on the price for the collection thing!

Just back from the dump - garage now empty

taxi73

That is very expensive..lol...can't believe the price you quoted was a mini skip..

How on earth people down south manage to live..I'll never know..they must need a load of money just to pay the basics.


Hope you've had a good day at the show(as you must be back if reading this)

Karmacat

:hello::hello::hello: Hello!

Yep, I'm back - it was lovely, I am absolutely shattered, limping everywhere as my back and my feet are killing me, but I had a great time I mooched around looking at stuff to buy, then looked at the animals - rabbits, pygmy goats (!), cows, a few bulls in with them :eek:, llamas - very aristocratic, just like a hippogriff, watched some gymkhana type stuff - honestly the horses seemed to levitate over the jumps, how do they do that , talked to one woman running "farm holidays" in Alaska - individual experiences, if that comes in under ten grand, I'd be really surprised _pale_ and the flower show -which was *adorable*.

And then the website stuffywotsits - people who are reducing/ conserving energy useage, or recycling previously wasted "byproducts", it was brilliant. I know it sounds mad to be enthused about a toilet - but there was one design, which had the normal dual flush, where the cistern was at the side of the loo, not the back - because on top of the cistern was the sink where you washed your hands, and the greywater from the sink fed back into the cistern! It was absolutely amazing :T

Pippilongstocking

Wow that sounds like an interesting day! Love the sound of the toilet!!!

Llamas do indeed look like hippogriffs - you are right! Alaska sounds gorgeous - but that expensive OMG!

Whats on the cards for today.