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I said I’d put it in a public bin, cos I wouldn’t want it leaking or stinking my bin out for 2 weeks.I didn’t realise that was actually illegal though, who knew?!Honesty is the best poverty.1
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I didn't know either until I read something recently about someone being fined.YoungBlueEyes said:I said I’d put it in a public bin, cos I wouldn’t want it leaking or stinking my bin out for 2 weeks.I didn’t realise that was actually illegal though, who knew?!
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If we have anything too far gone but a long way from bin day, we freeze it and rescue it from the freezer on bin day. This is particularly useful with things like fish skin and bones.The cat keeps bringing us dead rodents. We do wrap these in kitchen towel and slip them into the bins in the public park as they are emptied daily, and it's not fair to our normal binmen to have to empty a couple of weeks worth of rotting corpses when she's had a good session.
Make £2026 in 2026
Prolific £177.46, TCB £10.90, Everup £27.79, Roadkill £1.17
Total £217.32 10.7%Make £2025 in 2025 Total £2241.23/£2025 110.7%
Prolific £1062.50, Octopoints £6.64, TCB £492.05, Tesco Clubcard challenges £89.90, Misc Sales £321, Airtime £70, Shopmium £53.06, Everup £106.08, Zopa CB £30, Misc survey £10
Make £2024 in 2024 Total £1410/£2024 70%Make £2023 in 2023 Total: £2606.33/£2023 128.8%2 -
Ooh the freezing thing is a good idea
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YoungBlueEyes said:Ooh the freezing thing is a good idea
OK, confession time here, we have a fridge freezer in our garage that beer and bargains go in. When we first moved into the house we had rats in the garden. Before we started dropping dead rodents (now just mice) in the public bins, we caught a few rats, and they were put in a rat coffin (lidded yogurt pot) and frozen to go out with the black bin.......... They were kept well away from any food,
Make £2026 in 2026
Prolific £177.46, TCB £10.90, Everup £27.79, Roadkill £1.17
Total £217.32 10.7%Make £2025 in 2025 Total £2241.23/£2025 110.7%
Prolific £1062.50, Octopoints £6.64, TCB £492.05, Tesco Clubcard challenges £89.90, Misc Sales £321, Airtime £70, Shopmium £53.06, Everup £106.08, Zopa CB £30, Misc survey £10
Make £2024 in 2024 Total £1410/£2024 70%Make £2023 in 2023 Total: £2606.33/£2023 128.8%4 -
no room in my freezer for anything other than food! rats in the freezer- ugh! It's an integrated fridge/ freezer so not a lot of room anyway.
I remember a friend finding a dead squirrel- not a mark on it- so it went into the freezer until they could get it to the taxidermist. It then went into school where it was much admired, drawn etc.Being polite and pleasant doesn't cost anything!
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2024:Sewn:59Doggy ds,52pyramids,18 bags,6spec cases,6lav.bags.
Knits:6covers,4hats,10mitts,2 bootees.
Crotchet:61angels, 229cards=453 £158.55profit!!!
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Food recycing bin - and suggest that the recycling team wear breathing gear ?
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