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Didn't bother putting the wheelie bin out last week because it only
contained one carrier bag of rubbish. Unfortunately, I forgot that the carrier bag contained a chicken carcus. Having now been in a black wheelie bin for two weeks, much of it in the sun (and another week to go before collection), there's a terrible pong coming from the bin, even though the lid fits quite tightly. Seems to be drawing all the flies from a 5 mile radius too. Any suggestions for something I can spray or sprinkle in the bin to quench the stink? The chicken is now burried at the bottom, but an army of thousands of maggots has made its way to the top, so I'm not going to empty it out to retrieve the carcus. -- Andrew Gabriel [email address is not usable -- followup in the newsgroup] |
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![]() "Andrew Gabriel" wrote in message ... Didn't bother putting the wheelie bin out last week because it only contained one carrier bag of rubbish. Unfortunately, I forgot that the carrier bag contained a chicken carcus. Having now been in a black wheelie bin for two weeks, much of it in the sun (and another week to go before collection), there's a terrible pong coming from the bin, even though the lid fits quite tightly. Seems to be drawing all the flies from a 5 mile radius too. Any suggestions for something I can spray or sprinkle in the bin to quench the stink? The chicken is now burried at the bottom, but an army of thousands of maggots has made its way to the top, so I'm not going to empty it out to retrieve the carcus. -- Andrew Gabriel Half a can of fly & wasp killer spray. Best of luck Adam |
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![]() "ARWadsworth" wrote in message news:MbSQn.48113$oi7.43352@hurricane... Half a can of fly & wasp killer spray. Seconded. It works. Probably won't need more than a small spray or two and it's certainly better than chucking gallons of whatever liquid in there. Si |
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On Sun, 13 Jun 2010 09:00:57 +0100, "Mungo \"Two Sheds\" Toadfoot"
wrote: "ARWadsworth" wrote in message news:MbSQn.48113$oi7.43352@hurricane... Half a can of fly & wasp killer spray. Seconded. It works. Probably won't need more than a small spray or two and it's certainly better than chucking gallons of whatever liquid in there. But it doesn't answer the OP's question! Perhaps you should refer to the question before you congratulate someone on a superb answer to a question that the OP did not ask. For the avoidance of doubt, Andrew Gabriel wrote: Any suggestions for something I can spray or sprinkle in the bin to quench the stink? Fly and wasp killer spray won't do anything to reduce the smell. Most of them smell horrible themselves. |
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scribeth thus On Sun, 13 Jun 2010 09:00:57 +0100, "Mungo \"Two Sheds\" Toadfoot" wrote: "ARWadsworth" wrote in message news:MbSQn.48113$oi7.43352@hurricane... Half a can of fly & wasp killer spray. Seconded. It works. Probably won't need more than a small spray or two and it's certainly better than chucking gallons of whatever liquid in there. But it doesn't answer the OP's question! Perhaps you should refer to the question before you congratulate someone on a superb answer to a question that the OP did not ask. For the avoidance of doubt, Andrew Gabriel wrote: Any suggestions for something I can spray or sprinkle in the bin to quench the stink? Fly and wasp killer spray won't do anything to reduce the smell. Most of them smell horrible themselves. Couldn't he just dig a hole in the garden and tip to lot in that?... -- Tony Sayer |
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![]() "Bruce" wrote in message ... On Sun, 13 Jun 2010 09:00:57 +0100, "Mungo \"Two Sheds\" Toadfoot" wrote: "ARWadsworth" wrote in message news:MbSQn.48113$oi7.43352@hurricane... Half a can of fly & wasp killer spray. Seconded. It works. Probably won't need more than a small spray or two and it's certainly better than chucking gallons of whatever liquid in there. But it doesn't answer the OP's question! Perhaps you should refer to the question before you congratulate someone on a superb answer to a question that the OP did not ask. For the avoidance of doubt, Andrew Gabriel wrote: Any suggestions for something I can spray or sprinkle in the bin to quench the stink? Fly and wasp killer spray won't do anything to reduce the smell. Most of them smell horrible themselves. The can of RAID fly spray in my kitchen cupboard is scented. Adam |
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On Sun, 13 Jun 2010 12:35:59 +0100, "ARWadsworth"
wrote: "Bruce" wrote in message .. . On Sun, 13 Jun 2010 09:00:57 +0100, "Mungo \"Two Sheds\" Toadfoot" wrote: "ARWadsworth" wrote in message news:MbSQn.48113$oi7.43352@hurricane... Half a can of fly & wasp killer spray. Seconded. It works. Probably won't need more than a small spray or two and it's certainly better than chucking gallons of whatever liquid in there. But it doesn't answer the OP's question! Perhaps you should refer to the question before you congratulate someone on a superb answer to a question that the OP did not ask. For the avoidance of doubt, Andrew Gabriel wrote: Any suggestions for something I can spray or sprinkle in the bin to quench the stink? Fly and wasp killer spray won't do anything to reduce the smell. Most of them smell horrible themselves. The can of RAID fly spray in my kitchen cupboard is scented. But they all smell *disgusting*. Adding one disgusting smell to another achieves nothing in terms of getting rid of the original smell, which is what Andrew was asking about. |
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![]() "Bruce" wrote in message ... On Sun, 13 Jun 2010 09:00:57 +0100, "Mungo \"Two Sheds\" Toadfoot" wrote: "ARWadsworth" wrote in message news:MbSQn.48113$oi7.43352@hurricane... Half a can of fly & wasp killer spray. Seconded. It works. Probably won't need more than a small spray or two and it's certainly better than chucking gallons of whatever liquid in there. But it doesn't answer the OP's question! Perhaps you should refer to the question before you congratulate someone on a superb answer to a question that the OP did not ask. Shrug It kills flies and maggots and is scented, and doesn't fill the bin with stinking liquid. My bin's had raw fish skeletons and heads in it for over a week and I've not noticed a manky smell. I wasn't congratulating either, you patronising ****flap, I was agreeing. For the avoidance of doubt, Andrew Gabriel wrote: For the further avoidance of doubt, **** you, you argumentative-for-no-good-reason spunkbubble. I bet you're short and wear glasses. Si |
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On Sun, 13 Jun 2010 21:12:25 +0100, "Mungo \"Two Sheds\" Toadfoot"
wrote: For the further avoidance of doubt, **** you, you argumentative-for-no-good-reason spunkbubble. Oh go on then, I'll put you in my kill file. You have surely earned it. ;-) |
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On Jun 12, 9:27*pm, (Andrew Gabriel)
wrote: Didn't bother putting the wheelie bin out last week because it only contained one carrier bag of rubbish. Unfortunately, I forgot that the carrier bag contained a chicken carcus. Having now been in a black wheelie bin for two weeks, much of it in the sun (and another week to go before collection), there's a terrible pong coming from the bin, even though the lid fits quite tightly. Seems to be drawing all the flies from a 5 mile radius too. Any suggestions for something I can spray or sprinkle in the bin to quench the stink? The chicken is now burried at the bottom, but an army of thousands of maggots has made its way to the top, so I'm not going to empty it out to retrieve the carcus. bleach would make chlorine gas in the closed bin, sounds good NT |
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![]() "NT" wrote in message ... On Jun 12, 9:27 pm, (Andrew Gabriel) wrote: Didn't bother putting the wheelie bin out last week because it only contained one carrier bag of rubbish. Unfortunately, I forgot that the carrier bag contained a chicken carcus. bleach would make chlorine gas in the closed bin, sounds good Reminds me of when I was at uni. We (6 of us) were in a house that obviously used to be flats, as it had two separate electricity meters. Towards the end of term, we moved the fridge upstairs, so that we only had to keep one meter going. I was last to move out, and, as I tended to live from day to day, on instant mash and blocks of cheddar from Aldi (and beer and cheap cider), had the unfortunate encounter of discovering what one of my housemates had done with his burgers that had gone out of date, when I finally went back into the room with the fridge. The plonker had just 'discarded' them onto a table. The stench in the room was disgusting, there were flies buzzing around the room, and there were maggots crawling all over the table. Not sure how I avoided puking - I just legged it downstairs - got a bottle of bleach, and poured it over the whole sorry mess. Closed the door, and fled the house! |
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NT wrote:
On Jun 12, 9:27 pm, (Andrew Gabriel) wrote: Didn't bother putting the wheelie bin out last week because it only contained one carrier bag of rubbish. Unfortunately, I forgot that the carrier bag contained a chicken carcus. Having now been in a black wheelie bin for two weeks, much of it in the sun (and another week to go before collection), there's a terrible pong coming from the bin, even though the lid fits quite tightly. Seems to be drawing all the flies from a 5 mile radius too. Any suggestions for something I can spray or sprinkle in the bin to quench the stink? The chicken is now burried at the bottom, but an army of thousands of maggots has made its way to the top, so I'm not going to empty it out to retrieve the carcus. bleach would make chlorine gas in the closed bin, sounds good Bleach & hydrochloric based toilet descaler (one that worns not to mix with bleach) As NT said, chlorine gas - no flies, maggots or bacteria. -- Dave - The Medway Handyman www.medwayhandyman.co.uk |
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On Sat, 12 Jun 2010 20:27:03 +0000 (UTC), Andrew Gabriel wrote:
Didn't bother putting the wheelie bin out last week because it only contained one carrier bag of rubbish. Unfortunately, I forgot that the carrier bag contained a chicken carcus. What a waste. Why was there enough meat left on it for there to be a problem anyway? Just taken a couple of slices of each breast and chucked the rest? The carcus should have been cleaned of most meat, for sarnies, snacks, pies, then popped in a pan with a few root veggies and water to be turned into chicken stock. About all you should be chucking in the bin is bones and gristle. -- Cheers Dave. |
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![]() "Dave Liquorice" wrote in message ll.co.uk... On Sat, 12 Jun 2010 20:27:03 +0000 (UTC), Andrew Gabriel wrote: Didn't bother putting the wheelie bin out last week because it only contained one carrier bag of rubbish. Unfortunately, I forgot that the carrier bag contained a chicken carcus. The carcus should have been cleaned of most meat, for sarnies, snacks, pies, then popped in a pan with a few root veggies and water to be turned into chicken stock. Or some Jewish Penicillin. :-) One trick can be to leave the carcass in the open for a night or two. It will either be cleaned, or will disappear altogether, courtesy of local cats, foxes, and some birds. |
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On Sun, 13 Jun 2010 09:04:19 +0100, John Whitworth wrote:
One trick can be to leave the carcass in the open for a night or two. It will either be cleaned, or will disappear altogether, courtesy of local cats, foxes, and some birds. When I was typing my strip and make into stock post I was trying to remember what happened to thebones from joints and carcases etc when I was a lad, I suspect they just went out for the birds, everything would vanish. B-) -- Cheers Dave. |
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On Sun, 13 Jun 2010 10:25:59 +0100 (BST), "Dave Liquorice"
wrote: On Sun, 13 Jun 2010 09:04:19 +0100, John Whitworth wrote: One trick can be to leave the carcass in the open for a night or two. It will either be cleaned, or will disappear altogether, courtesy of local cats, foxes, and some birds. When I was typing my strip and make into stock post I was trying to remember what happened to thebones from joints and carcases etc when I was a lad, I suspect they just went out for the birds, everything would vanish. B-) The blackbirds love it if they can beat the magpies to it. -- http://www.Voucherfreebies.co.uk http://www.holidayunder100.co.uk |
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![]() "John Whitworth" wrote in message ... "Dave Liquorice" wrote in message ll.co.uk... On Sat, 12 Jun 2010 20:27:03 +0000 (UTC), Andrew Gabriel wrote: Didn't bother putting the wheelie bin out last week because it only contained one carrier bag of rubbish. Unfortunately, I forgot that the carrier bag contained a chicken carcus. The carcus should have been cleaned of most meat, for sarnies, snacks, pies, then popped in a pan with a few root veggies and water to be turned into chicken stock. Or some Jewish Penicillin. :-) One trick can be to leave the carcass in the open for a night or two. It will either be cleaned, or will disappear altogether, courtesy of local cats, foxes, and some birds. Just what I was thinking. At this time of the year the nesting birds like robins will makes short work of any maggots they find in the open. And it is astonishing how they find them: I had some grass seed in a cardboard pack that had been sealed for a number of years. When I opened it some moths flew out, and when I tipped the contents on to the lawn, robins appeared and kept back and forth picking out all the maggots, which I could scarcely distinguish from the seeds. Very sharp eyes they have. Also use this method with sardine tins - having made sure to buy in brine not oil: let the cats lick the tin out to save on smelly sink or bin. S |
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Also use this method with sardine tins - having made sure to buy in brine not oil: let the cats lick the tin out to save on smelly sink or bin. Is there a danger that the pussy cats will cut their tongue? -- I can't go on, I'll go on. |
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We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember Frederick Williams saying something like: spamlet wrote: Also use this method with sardine tins - having made sure to buy in brine not oil: let the cats lick the tin out to save on smelly sink or bin. Is there a danger that the pussy cats will cut their tongue? Mine never have, nor the dog. The edge of the pull-off remaining in the tin isn't particularly sharp, ime. |
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Dave Liquorice wrote:
On Sat, 12 Jun 2010 20:27:03 +0000 (UTC), Andrew Gabriel wrote: Didn't bother putting the wheelie bin out last week because it only contained one carrier bag of rubbish. Unfortunately, I forgot that the carrier bag contained a chicken carcus. What a waste. Why was there enough meat left on it for there to be a problem anyway? Just taken a couple of slices of each breast and chucked the rest? The carcus should have been cleaned of most meat, for sarnies, snacks, pies, then popped in a pan with a few root veggies and water to be turned into chicken stock. About all you should be chucking in the bin is bones and gristle. Yep, that's what I do, the stock then gets frozen in a container, ready for the next soup / caserole / curry I decide to build, - it's surprising how much meat is actually left on a clean carcass, and of course, if simmered long enough, most of the gristle actually melts into the stock, making it sticky and rich. -- Phil L RSRL Tipster Of The Year 2008 |
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![]() "Andrew Gabriel" wrote in message ... Didn't bother putting the wheelie bin out last week because it only contained one carrier bag of rubbish. Unfortunately, I forgot that the carrier bag contained a chicken carcus. Having now been in a black wheelie bin for two weeks, much of it in the sun (and another week to go before collection), there's a terrible pong coming from the bin, even though the lid fits quite tightly. Seems to be drawing all the flies from a 5 mile radius too. Any suggestions for something I can spray or sprinkle in the bin to quench the stink? The chicken is now burried at the bottom, but an army of thousands of maggots has made its way to the top, so I'm not going to empty it out to retrieve the carcus. Fill it with enough water to cover the stuff at the bottom and a bottle of dettol |
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On Jun 12, 3:27*pm, (Andrew Gabriel)
wrote: Didn't bother putting the wheelie bin out last week because it only contained one carrier bag of rubbish. Unfortunately, I forgot that the carrier bag contained a chicken carcus. Having now been in a black wheelie bin for two weeks, much of it in the sun (and another week to go before collection), there's a terrible pong coming from the bin, even though the lid fits quite tightly. Seems to be drawing all the flies from a 5 mile radius too. Any suggestions for something I can spray or sprinkle in the bin to quench the stink? The chicken is now burried at the bottom, but an army of thousands of maggots has made its way to the top, so I'm not going to empty it out to retrieve the carcus. -- Andrew Gabriel [email address is not usable -- followup in the newsgroup] A gallon of bleach and a gallon of amonia will kill anything with chlorine gas, just bleach will do the trick |
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![]() "ransley" wrote in message ... On Jun 12, 3:27 pm, (Andrew Gabriel) wrote: Didn't bother putting the wheelie bin out last week because it only contained one carrier bag of rubbish. Unfortunately, I forgot that the carrier bag contained a chicken carcus. Having now been in a black wheelie bin for two weeks, much of it in the sun (and another week to go before collection), there's a terrible pong coming from the bin, even though the lid fits quite tightly. Seems to be drawing all the flies from a 5 mile radius too. Any suggestions for something I can spray or sprinkle in the bin to quench the stink? The chicken is now burried at the bottom, but an army of thousands of maggots has made its way to the top, so I'm not going to empty it out to retrieve the carcus. -- Andrew Gabriel [email address is not usable -- followup in the newsgroup] A gallon of bleach and a gallon of amonia will kill anything with chlorine gas, just bleach will do the trick I have a covered bin for kitchen waste, as a sort of half way house to the compost bin (in a warmer spot and less far to walk). In the warmer months this gets packed with fruit flies. When they get to be a nuisance, as a home wine maker I have metabisulphite and citric acid to hand: a small jar with dissolved citric acid is placed in the middle of the top of the bin, and the half a teaspoon of metabisulphite added quickly, before putting the lid down firmly (*Essential to hold one's breath.*). The sulphur dioxide produced kills all the hatched out grubs, and can be repeated a few days later to get most of the rest. Won't get rid of the smell though: though actually this bin - in a largely veggie household - does not often smell that bad: from the outside at least! S |
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Well, the stink has died down now, although still strong if you
open the bin. I did balance an aluminium foil tray of bleach on top of the rubbish in the bin, but it didn't bother the maggots, and several seemed to swim in it without coming to harm. However, what happened last night was quite remarkable. I went outside at midnight to find everything within a 2-3 metre radius of the wheelie bin covered in maggots. They were squeezing their way out from under the lid, working their way down the outside (and simply falling off in many cases) and then radiating outwards from the bin. Things they encountered en route such as the other wheelie bin, a bag of hedge cuttings, and an old telly waiting to go up to the tip were all covered too. I didn't open the bin to look inside - there wasn't anywhere I could grab hold of the lid! This vaguely reminded me of an old Dr.Who series from my childhood. Anyway, this morning, not a maggot in sight, except for some which drowned in the puddles last night. I looked in the wheelie bin, and none to be seen in there either. I guess they finished off the chicken and have gone off to become flies... Silly man!, what you should have done is wheeled it out in the street with a big sign saying !!! ANGLERS STOCK UP HERE FOR FREE !!!... They'd soon had the maggots away doing something more useful with them;!... -- Tony Sayer |
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tony sayer writes: Well, the stink has died down now, although still strong if you open the bin. I did balance an aluminium foil tray of bleach on top of the rubbish in the bin, but it didn't bother the maggots, and several seemed to swim in it without coming to harm. However, what happened last night was quite remarkable. I went outside at midnight to find everything within a 2-3 metre radius of the wheelie bin covered in maggots. They were squeezing their way out from under the lid, working their way down the outside (and simply falling off in many cases) and then radiating outwards from the bin. Things they encountered en route such as the other wheelie bin, a bag of hedge cuttings, and an old telly waiting to go up to the tip were all covered too. I didn't open the bin to look inside - there wasn't anywhere I could grab hold of the lid! This vaguely reminded me of an old Dr.Who series from my childhood. Anyway, this morning, not a maggot in sight, except for some which drowned in the puddles last night. I looked in the wheelie bin, and none to be seen in there either. I guess they finished off the chicken and have gone off to become flies... Silly man!, what you should have done is wheeled it out in the street with a big sign saying !!! ANGLERS STOCK UP HERE FOR FREE !!!... They'd soon had the maggots away doing something more useful with them;!... A couple of blackbird families seems to have found them, judging by the fact they've been digging up the ground all around the wheelie bins for the last few hours. -- Andrew Gabriel [email address is not usable -- followup in the newsgroup] |
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![]() "Huge" wrote in message ... On 2010-06-12, Andrew Gabriel wrote: retrieve the carcus. Carcass. You're welcome. I beat you to it in my post @9.04am. But I didn't make a song & dance about it. :-P |
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