What's mildly irritating you today? - Page 263

Trilby · 10-17-2011, 03:18 PM

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Originally Posted by HungLikeJesus

If you don't put it by the curb do they come into your house to get it?

yes - the company has a contract with my city so they do the whole city and the city says you MUST have it. Sounds like Tony Soprano is running my garbage collections.

They want your trash out by 6am monday morning for pickup so most people put it out Sunday night. they are picking up my neighbors trash but not mine but they will continue to bill even if I DON"T use them.

So I am using the "once-a-month" pickup. For 5$/month they will pick up ONE 32 gallon container of trash. ONE.

I'll pay them the five bux, go to the dump the rest of the time and save myself 75.00.

Clodfobble · 10-17-2011, 03:21 PM

Ah, there's the rub! Our dumps are not free. On the other hand, our trash service looks to be a hell of a lot cheaper than yours. Too lazy to dig out the bill, but I think it's about $25/month. A trip to the dump for anything up to a pickup truck load is $17.

glatt · 10-17-2011, 03:28 PM

Ours wraps the water and sewer in with the trash pickup, and there is no option to decline.

infinite monkey · 10-18-2011, 09:43 AM

I can't get anything done, what with all the visitor messages I'm getting. It's getting so a girl can't even post!

Nirvana · 10-20-2011, 09:27 AM

I was bidding on a heifer since Sun and I did not get her.

I am sort of relieved, she was higher than I wanted to spend but damn she was nice >sigh<

Pete Zicato · 10-20-2011, 09:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Nirvana

I am sort of relieved, she was higher than I wanted to spend but damn she was nice >sigh<

Oh yeah, I dated a girl like that, once.

morethanpretty · 10-20-2011, 07:11 PM

BIL has decided to be an asshole all the time which means I'm moving and my sister will probably lose her house. But hey, at least he doesn't have to be told that hiding a rat trap with peanut butter on it in a garden then not telling the household dog's owner exactly where it is so they can keep their dog out of it, is a bad fucking idea. I'm sure he'll feel justified when they're living back at his parents. To be honest, I hope my sister leaves this jerk. He's not good enough for her.

monster · 10-22-2011, 06:58 PM

Homeless fruitflies buzzing fucking everywhere. We finally found their "nest" and removed it, so now the bastards are all over and especially trying to suicide in my beer. I don't mind the extra protein, but beer should not be lumpy.

Aliantha · 10-22-2011, 07:02 PM

If it's any consolation, they probably wont be there tomorrow. Their life span is less than a day I think.

As to what's irritating me. Just about everything. I have the shits, so don't push me cause I'm close to the edge!

Undertoad · 10-22-2011, 07:07 PM

the fruit fly solution is:

half fill a bowl with wine or balsamic vinegar

cover with plastic wrap

punch holes in the wrap with a fork

set bowl where fruit flies fly

they go in but can't get out.

monster · 10-22-2011, 07:15 PM

they prefer my beer, though.

yes, I'm living for tomorrow. i will hoover their little corpses up with glee.....

ok that might have been an exaggeration... I vac so infrequently the cats are still scared of the damn thing...

Sundae · 10-23-2011, 11:27 AM

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Originally Posted by morethanpretty

BIL has decided to be an asshole all the time which means I'm moving and my sister will probably lose her house. But hey, at least he doesn't have to be told that hiding a rat trap with peanut butter on it in a garden then not telling the household dog's owner exactly where it is so they can keep their dog out of it, is a bad fucking idea. I'm sure he'll feel justified when they're living back at his parents. To be honest, I hope my sister leaves this jerk. He's not good enough for her.

Damn, MTP.
Moving on and moving out is usually a big relief.
But it's still frustrating to feel forced to do so by someone else's behaviour. And it's a huge pain in the arse.

Hope all goes better for you from here on in.
I know you were never keen on your BIL, but he's your sister's choice.
Try not to burn any bridges.

classicman · 10-23-2011, 05:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Undertoad

the fruit fly solution is:

half fill a bowl with wine or balsamic vinegar
cover with plastic wrap
punch holes in the wrap with a fork
set bowl where fruit flies fly
they go in but can't get out.

Or you can just poor some wine ( I've heard beer works also) in a mason jar lid.
Lay it out where they typically congregate.
They will fly into it and die.

zippyt · 10-23-2011, 06:11 PM

you can do the same thing for fleas Sorta ,
get a Small desk lamp ,
shallow bowl Partly fill with water and dish soap ,
Put the desk lamp so it shines in the Bowl ,
stick it some place that Kitty or Rover wont get it on the floor ,
come back in the AM ,
All the Little black specks are dead fleas

monster · 10-23-2011, 06:18 PM

OK, so fruit flies congregate where there is rotting vegetable matter. Remove that and they fly around like winged hobos with the IQ of a ZX Spectrum. They're not fucking bright enough to find a trap, and they don't drown. It's either a myth, or in MI we breed fruit flies more on the Commodore Pet level....

Once made homeless, the onsalught dies within a couple of days -no need for "traps" But they're damn fucking irritating while they're waiting for the fruit fly rapture

10-17-2011, 03:21 PM	#3932
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	Ah, there's the rub! Our dumps are not free. On the other hand, our trash service looks to be a hell of a lot cheaper than yours. Too lazy to dig out the bill, but I think it's about $25/month. A trip to the dump for anything up to a pickup truck load is $17. __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

10-20-2011, 09:27 AM	#3935
Nirvana Back in 10 Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 3,684	I was bidding on a heifer since Sun and I did not get her. I am sort of relieved, she was higher than I wanted to spend but damn she was nice >sigh< __________________ Speaking simply... do not confuse this with having a simple mind.

10-20-2011, 07:11 PM	#3937
morethanpretty Thats "Miss Zipper Neck" to you. Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: little town (but not the littlest) in texas Posts: 2,957	BIL has decided to be an asshole all the time which means I'm moving and my sister will probably lose her house. But hey, at least he doesn't have to be told that hiding a rat trap with peanut butter on it in a garden then not telling the household dog's owner exactly where it is so they can keep their dog out of it, is a bad fucking idea. I'm sure he'll feel justified when they're living back at his parents. To be honest, I hope my sister leaves this jerk. He's not good enough for her. __________________ Addicts may suck dick for coke, but love came up with the idea to put a dick in there to begin with. -Jack O'Brien

10-22-2011, 06:58 PM	#3938
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Homeless fruitflies buzzing fucking everywhere. We finally found their "nest" and removed it, so now the bastards are all over and especially trying to suicide in my beer. I don't mind the extra protein, but beer should not be lumpy. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

10-22-2011, 07:02 PM	#3939
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	If it's any consolation, they probably wont be there tomorrow. Their life span is less than a day I think. As to what's irritating me. Just about everything. I have the shits, so don't push me cause I'm close to the edge! __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

10-17-2011, 03:28 PM	#3933
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Ours wraps the water and sewer in with the trash pickup, and there is no option to decline.

10-18-2011, 09:43 AM	#3934
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	I can't get anything done, what with all the visitor messages I'm getting. It's getting so a girl can't even post!

10-22-2011, 07:07 PM	#3940
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	the fruit fly solution is: half fill a bowl with wine or balsamic vinegar cover with plastic wrap punch holes in the wrap with a fork set bowl where fruit flies fly they go in but can't get out.

10-22-2011, 07:15 PM	#3941
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	they prefer my beer, though. yes, I'm living for tomorrow. i will hoover their little corpses up with glee..... ok that might have been an exaggeration... I vac so infrequently the cats are still scared of the damn thing... __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

10-23-2011, 06:11 PM	#3944
zippyt LONG LIVE KING ZIPPY! per Feetz Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Arkansas Posts: 7,661	you can do the same thing for fleas Sorta , get a Small desk lamp , shallow bowl Partly fill with water and dish soap , Put the desk lamp so it shines in the Bowl , stick it some place that Kitty or Rover wont get it on the floor , come back in the AM , All the Little black specks are dead fleas __________________ "Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. " Brother Dave Gardner

10-23-2011, 06:18 PM	#3945
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	OK, so fruit flies congregate where there is rotting vegetable matter. Remove that and they fly around like winged hobos with the IQ of a ZX Spectrum. They're not fucking bright enough to find a trap, and they don't drown. It's either a myth, or in MI we breed fruit flies more on the Commodore Pet level.... Once made homeless, the onsalught dies within a couple of days -no need for "traps" But they're damn fucking irritating while they're waiting for the fruit fly rapture __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

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