Thanks to the modern idea that our half sized bin only needs emptying every
fortnight I now have a full on maggot farm...

Gross little *******s. Just gave the bin top and lid a spray with strong
bleach - not the best but all I could find at 22:40.

Didn't help that someone left a bag poking out so the lid did not close and
the ******* flies got in. But can't control everyone's actions all the time


I feel sorry for the binmen... Yes we recycle and we compost peelings. Must
be some plate scrapings attracting the buggers. But we also have guests so
of course the bin's full.

Ah the joys of driving in reverse from the once civilised country we used to
be...

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Tim Watts wrote:
Thanks to the modern idea that our half sized bin only needs emptying
every fortnight I now have a full on maggot farm...

Gross little *******s. Just gave the bin top and lid a spray with
strong bleach - not the best but all I could find at 22:40.

Didn't help that someone left a bag poking out so the lid did not
close and the ******* flies got in. But can't control everyone's
actions all the time

I feel sorry for the binmen... Yes we recycle and we compost
peelings. Must be some plate scrapings attracting the buggers. But we
also have guests so of course the bin's full.

Ah the joys of driving in reverse from the once civilised country we
used to be...

Maggots have a bad name.

Did your bin have a bad smell? If so don't blame the maggots. Maggots fed
on bran do not have a bad smell.

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"Tim Watts" wrote in message
...
Ah the joys of driving in reverse from the once civilised country we used
to
be...


Absolutely true. Maggots every week, even with bleach, boiling water and
double bagging. The fact that the last two climate change (i.e. green lobby)
advisors have had to stand down due to conflict of interest is neither here
nor there. No r the fact that SamCam's dad makes a grand a day from 'green'
subsidies be of any concern and that we should consider that it is a total
money making scam.

Still, we'll be in Syria soon, doing the money lender's work, changing their
State owned central bank into a private central bank, so that they can
fiscally tax the citizens of that country. Just like we did with Libya.

I heartily agree, two weeks in summer is not often enough.
Brian

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"Tim Watts" wrote in message
...
Thanks to the modern idea that our half sized bin only needs emptying
every
fortnight I now have a full on maggot farm...

Gross little *******s. Just gave the bin top and lid a spray with strong
bleach - not the best but all I could find at 22:40.

Didn't help that someone left a bag poking out so the lid did not close
and
the ******* flies got in. But can't control everyone's actions all the
time


I feel sorry for the binmen... Yes we recycle and we compost peelings.
Must
be some plate scrapings attracting the buggers. But we also have guests so
of course the bin's full.

Ah the joys of driving in reverse from the once civilised country we used
to
be...

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On Thu, 29 Aug 2013 22:50:20 +0100, Tim Watts
wrote:

Thanks to the modern idea that our half sized bin only needs emptying every
fortnight I now have a full on maggot farm...

Gross little *******s. Just gave the bin top and lid a spray with strong
bleach - not the best but all I could find at 22:40.

Didn't help that someone left a bag poking out so the lid did not close and
the ******* flies got in. But can't control everyone's actions all the time


I feel sorry for the binmen... Yes we recycle and we compost peelings. Must
be some plate scrapings attracting the buggers. But we also have guests so
of course the bin's full.

Ah the joys of driving in reverse from the once civilised country we used to
be...

Try a large barbecue. Flies don't seem too atracted to things that are
black & crunchy, an added bonus is that you would have room for more
guests if you pack em down a bit.

AB

On Thu, 29 Aug 2013 22:50:20 +0100, Tim Watts
wrote:

Thanks to the modern idea that our half sized bin only needs emptying every
fortnight I now have a full on maggot farm...

Does your council not do a weekly food waste collection?
If not, why not ask them.

The letters page of the local free paper is always a good place to
start moaning about bin services.


Gross little *******s. Just gave the bin top and lid a spray with strong
bleach - not the best but all I could find at 22:40.

Didn't help that someone left a bag poking out so the lid did not close and
the ******* flies got in. But can't control everyone's actions all the time


I feel sorry for the binmen... Yes we recycle and we compost peelings. Must
be some plate scrapings attracting the buggers. But we also have guests so
of course the bin's full.

Ah the joys of driving in reverse from the once civilised country we used to
be...
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On Friday, 30 August 2013 07:37:40 UTC+1, Archibald wrote:
On Thu, 29 Aug 2013 22:50:20 +0100, Tim Watts wrote: Thanks to the modern idea that our half sized bin only needs emptying every fortnight I now have a full on maggot farm... Gross little *******s. Just gave the bin top and lid a spray with strong bleach - not the best but all I could find at 22:40. Didn't help that someone left a bag poking out so the lid did not close and the ******* flies got in. But can't control everyone's actions all the time I feel sorry for the binmen... Yes we recycle and we compost peelings. Must be some plate scrapings attracting the buggers. But we also have guests so of course the bin's full. Ah the joys of driving in reverse from the once civilised country we used to be... Try a large barbecue. Flies don't seem too atracted to things that are black & crunchy, an added bonus is that you would have room for more guests if you pack em down a bit. AB

I tried packing our guests down a bit to get more in, but they complained. !:*^))

On 30/08/2013 08:22, mogga wrote:
On Thu, 29 Aug 2013 22:50:20 +0100, Tim Watts
wrote:

Thanks to the modern idea that our half sized bin only needs emptying every
fortnight I now have a full on maggot farm...

Does your council not do a weekly food waste collection?
If not, why not ask them.

The letters page of the local free paper is always a good place to
start moaning about bin services.


Gross little *******s. Just gave the bin top and lid a spray with strong
bleach - not the best but all I could find at 22:40.

Didn't help that someone left a bag poking out so the lid did not close and
the ******* flies got in. But can't control everyone's actions all the time


I feel sorry for the binmen... Yes we recycle and we compost peelings. Must
be some plate scrapings attracting the buggers. But we also have guests so
of course the bin's full.

Ah the joys of driving in reverse from the once civilised country we used to
be...

I notice public bins are normally emptied daily. In this weather that's
where the odd disposable nappy we get lumbered with goes

On Fri, 30 Aug 2013 10:19:32 +0100, stuart noble
wrote:


Gross little *******s. Just gave the bin top and lid a spray with strong
bleach - not the best but all I could find at 22:40.

Didn't help that someone left a bag poking out so the lid did not close and
the ******* flies got in. But can't control everyone's actions all the time


I feel sorry for the binmen... Yes we recycle and we compost peelings. Must
be some plate scrapings attracting the buggers. But we also have guests so
of course the bin's full.

Ah the joys of driving in reverse from the once civilised country we used to
be...

I notice public bins are normally emptied daily. In this weather that's
where the odd disposable nappy we get lumbered with goes


Round here they wrote to everyone saying too many people had two grey
(general waste) bins. You could keep both if you met the requirements.
I don't think anyone has.
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"Tim Watts" wrote in message
...
Thanks to the modern idea that our half sized bin only needs emptying
every
fortnight I now have a full on maggot farm...

Gross little *******s. Just gave the bin top and lid a spray with strong
bleach - not the best but all I could find at 22:40.


Plus Eric Pickles has offered to give councils the extra funding to have
weekly collections and virtually every council says no, we're not
interested.

On Friday, 30 August 2013 10:29:14 UTC+1, mogga wrote:
On Fri, 30 Aug 2013 10:19:32 +0100, stuart noble

wrote:





Gross little *******s. Just gave the bin top and lid a spray with strong

bleach - not the best but all I could find at 22:40.



Didn't help that someone left a bag poking out so the lid did not close and

the ******* flies got in. But can't control everyone's actions all the time





I feel sorry for the binmen... Yes we recycle and we compost peelings.. Must

be some plate scrapings attracting the buggers. But we also have guests so

of course the bin's full.



Ah the joys of driving in reverse from the once civilised country we used to

be...



I notice public bins are normally emptied daily. In this weather that's

where the odd disposable nappy we get lumbered with goes





Round here they wrote to everyone saying too many people had two grey

(general waste) bins. You could keep both if you met the requirements.

I don't think anyone has.

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Our council has a rather disgusting (to my mind) system where food waste (cooked only, uncooked such as peelings, cores, egg shells etc go in the compost bin) goes in a small container inside, transferred to a slightly larger (think mop bucket sized) bin when the inside one is full, and this is collected weekly. Other general rubbish is fortnightly, with paper / card / tetra packs / tins / cans / etc also collected weekly.

To be honest, the food waste our family of 6 generates is usually sufficient to about 1/8 to 1/4 fill the outside "mop bucket" sized food recycling bin, and it only gets transferred to outside on the day of collection, so no maggots for us.

I don't like the idea of a food waste only container in the house, but it does seem to work OK.

Matt

In article k,
Road_Hog wrote:

"Tim Watts" wrote in message
...
Thanks to the modern idea that our half sized bin only needs emptying
every
fortnight I now have a full on maggot farm...

Gross little *******s. Just gave the bin top and lid a spray with strong
bleach - not the best but all I could find at 22:40.


Plus Eric Pickles has offered to give councils the extra funding to have
weekly collections and virtually every council says no, we're not
interested.

probably because the "extra funding" would not cover the costs involved.

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In article ,
Jethro_uk wrote:
On Fri, 30 Aug 2013 11:36:21 +0100, Road_Hog wrote:

"Tim Watts" wrote in message
...
Thanks to the modern idea that our half sized bin only needs emptying
every fortnight I now have a full on maggot farm...

Gross little *******s. Just gave the bin top and lid a spray with
strong bleach - not the best but all I could find at 22:40.


Plus Eric Pickles has offered to give councils the extra funding to have
weekly collections and virtually every council says no, we're not
interested.

Birmingham did. Although they (rather cunningly) have linked taking the
cash with introducing wheelie bins. Finally. There's something 3rd world
about seeing ripped open bin bags everywhere.

I was amused to see on their FAQ about wheelie bins a "question" saying
"The system we have already is working, so why change ?". As if anyone in
their right mind would think rubbish strewn over the roads is working.

its is working - if you asked an urban fox.

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On 30/08/2013 16:41, Jethro_uk wrote:
On Fri, 30 Aug 2013 15:50:43 +0100, charles wrote:

In article ,
Jethro_uk wrote:
On Fri, 30 Aug 2013 11:36:21 +0100, Road_Hog wrote:

"Tim Watts" wrote in message
...
Thanks to the modern idea that our half sized bin only needs
emptying every fortnight I now have a full on maggot farm...

Gross little *******s. Just gave the bin top and lid a spray with
strong bleach - not the best but all I could find at 22:40.


Plus Eric Pickles has offered to give councils the extra funding to
have weekly collections and virtually every council says no, we're
not interested.

Birmingham did. Although they (rather cunningly) have linked taking the
cash with introducing wheelie bins. Finally. There's something 3rd
world about seeing ripped open bin bags everywhere.

I was amused to see on their FAQ about wheelie bins a "question" saying
"The system we have already is working, so why change ?". As if anyone
in their right mind would think rubbish strewn over the roads is
working.

its is working - if you asked an urban fox.

Birds get to the bags first ...


Yep, those crows are very efficient emptiers of bins. Then the local
yobs get the blame. Shame

On Fri, 30 Aug 2013 03:41:59 -0700 (PDT), larkim
wrote:



Our council has a rather disgusting (to my mind) system where food waste (cooked only, uncooked such as peelings, cores, egg shells etc go in the compost bin) goes in a small container inside, transferred to a slightly larger (think mop bucket sized) bin when the inside one is full, and this is collected weekly. Other general rubbish is fortnightly, with paper / card / tetra packs / tins / cans / etc also collected weekly.

To be honest, the food waste our family of 6 generates is usually sufficient to about 1/8 to 1/4 fill the outside "mop bucket" sized food recycling bin, and it only gets transferred to outside on the day of collection, so no maggots for us.

I don't like the idea of a food waste only container in the house, but it does seem to work OK.

Matt

We compost the stuff that can be, so fairly small amounts of food need
to be thrown out - the birds will eat various bits.
The food waste gets wrapped in paper and put straight out in the
bigger food bin - the small one is only used if it's too rainy tba
going outside.
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In article ,
Tim Watts writes:
Thanks to the modern idea that our half sized bin only needs emptying every
fortnight I now have a full on maggot farm...

They're in the bin.
You're not planning on retrieving anything from the bin to eat (I hope),
so why does it matter?

They actually eat the stuff that generates the smell, thereby reducing
the smell from the bin.

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On Fri, 30 Aug 2013 01:20:21 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

On Friday, 30 August 2013 07:37:40 UTC+1, Archibald wrote:
On Thu, 29 Aug 2013 22:50:20 +0100, Tim Watts wrote: Thanks to the modern idea that our half sized bin only needs emptying every fortnight I now have a full on maggot farm... Gross little *******s. Just gave the bin top and lid a spray with strong bleach - not the best but all I could find at 22:40. Didn't help that someone left a bag poking out so the lid did not close and the ******* flies got in. But can't control everyone's actions all the time I feel sorry for the binmen... Yes we recycle and we compost peelings. Must be some plate scrapings attracting the buggers. But we also have guests so of course the bin's full. Ah the joys of driving in reverse from the once civilised country we used to be... Try a large barbecue. Flies don't seem too atracted to things that are black & crunchy, an added bonus is that you would have room for more guests if you pack em down a bit. AB

I tried packing our guests down a bit to get more in, but they complained. !:*^))

You didn't barbecue 'em properly!

You after salmonella or something?

AB

On Friday 30 August 2013 21:40 Andrew Gabriel wrote in uk.d-i-y:

In article ,
Tim Watts writes:
Thanks to the modern idea that our half sized bin only needs emptying
every fortnight I now have a full on maggot farm...

They're in the bin.
You're not planning on retrieving anything from the bin to eat (I hope),
so why does it matter?

err - because it's gross and they are all over the lid and rim when I open
it...

They actually eat the stuff that generates the smell, thereby reducing
the smell from the bin.

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In message , Jethro_uk
writes


Round our way it's Magpies. Who are viscous buggers. I have an abiding
memory of looking out the kitchen window and seeing 5 Magpies* strutting
5-abreast across the lawn, looking for all the world like there were re-
shooting an avian version of "Reservoir Dogs".

*1 for sorrow ...5 for a secret never to be told ?

1 for sorrow,
2 for joy,
3 for a girl,
4 for a boy,
5 for silver,
6 for gold,
7 for a secret never to be told.
8 is a wish
9 a kiss
10 is a bird you should not miss.


MAGPIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
--
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In article ,
Tim Watts writes:
On Friday 30 August 2013 21:40 Andrew Gabriel wrote in uk.d-i-y:

In article ,
Tim Watts writes:
Thanks to the modern idea that our half sized bin only needs emptying
every fortnight I now have a full on maggot farm...

They're in the bin.
You're not planning on retrieving anything from the bin to eat (I hope),
so why does it matter?

err - because it's gross and they are all over the lid and rim when I open
it...

They can only climb up a plastic container if it's wet.
If the rubbish isn't up to the rim, leave the lid open for a while so
it can dry in the sun, and then they'll be stuck down with the rubbish.
(It might get cold enough at night to form condensation on the
inside again though.)

They actually eat the stuff that generates the smell, thereby reducing
the smell from the bin.

--
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On Sat, 31 Aug 2013 12:30:19 +0000, Huge wrote:

On 2013-08-31, Jethro_uk wrote:
On Fri, 30 Aug 2013 18:58:22 +0100, stuart noble wrote:

Yep, those crows are very efficient emptiers of bins. Then the local
yobs get the blame. Shame

Round our way it's Magpies. Who are viscous buggers.

I never thought magpies were slimy? Perhaps you meant vicious?

)

I was going to point out that they only went viscous after they'd been
dead a while.



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On 31/08/2013 11:50, Jethro_uk wrote:
On Fri, 30 Aug 2013 18:58:22 +0100, stuart noble wrote:

On 30/08/2013 16:41, Jethro_uk wrote:
On Fri, 30 Aug 2013 15:50:43 +0100, charles wrote:

In article ,
Jethro_uk wrote:
On Fri, 30 Aug 2013 11:36:21 +0100, Road_Hog wrote:

"Tim Watts" wrote in message
...
Thanks to the modern idea that our half sized bin only needs
emptying every fortnight I now have a full on maggot farm...

Gross little *******s. Just gave the bin top and lid a spray with
strong bleach - not the best but all I could find at 22:40.


Plus Eric Pickles has offered to give councils the extra funding to
have weekly collections and virtually every council says no, we're
not interested.

Birmingham did. Although they (rather cunningly) have linked taking
the cash with introducing wheelie bins. Finally. There's something
3rd world about seeing ripped open bin bags everywhere.

I was amused to see on their FAQ about wheelie bins a "question"
saying "The system we have already is working, so why change ?". As
if anyone in their right mind would think rubbish strewn over the
roads is working.

its is working - if you asked an urban fox.

Birds get to the bags first ...


Yep, those crows are very efficient emptiers of bins. Then the local
yobs get the blame. Shame

Round our way it's Magpies. Who are viscous buggers. I have an abiding
memory of looking out the kitchen window and seeing 5 Magpies* strutting
5-abreast across the lawn, looking for all the world like there were re-
shooting an avian version of "Reservoir Dogs".

*1 for sorrow ...5 for a secret never to be told ?


:-)

On 31/08/2013 15:10, Bob Eager wrote:
On Sat, 31 Aug 2013 12:30:19 +0000, Huge wrote:

On 2013-08-31, Jethro_uk wrote:
On Fri, 30 Aug 2013 18:58:22 +0100, stuart noble wrote:

Yep, those crows are very efficient emptiers of bins. Then the local
yobs get the blame. Shame

Round our way it's Magpies. Who are viscous buggers.

I never thought magpies were slimy? Perhaps you meant vicious?

)

I was going to point out that they only went viscous after they'd been
dead a while.



Back to maggots...

--
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In article , polygonum
scribeth thus
On 31/08/2013 15:10, Bob Eager wrote:
On Sat, 31 Aug 2013 12:30:19 +0000, Huge wrote:

On 2013-08-31, Jethro_uk wrote:
On Fri, 30 Aug 2013 18:58:22 +0100, stuart noble wrote:

Yep, those crows are very efficient emptiers of bins. Then the local
yobs get the blame. Shame

Round our way it's Magpies. Who are viscous buggers.

I never thought magpies were slimy? Perhaps you meant vicious?

)

I was going to point out that they only went viscous after they'd been
dead a while.



Back to maggots...

Flog 'em off to the local Anglers...
--
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On Sat, 31 Aug 2013 13:09:22 +0000 (UTC),
(Andrew Gabriel) wrote:


err - because it's gross and they are all over the lid and rim when I open
it...

They can only climb up a plastic container if it's wet.
If the rubbish isn't up to the rim, leave the lid open for a while so
it can dry in the sun, and then they'll be stuck down with the rubbish.
(It might get cold enough at night to form condensation on the
inside again though.)

They actually eat the stuff that generates the smell, thereby reducing
the smell from the bin.


And move your bin to a less sunny spot?
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