05-09-2008, 02:51 PM
[quote mjgkramer]I have tried without success to get the Waste Management guys to take away an old plastic garbage can with a bottom that was almost worn off and missing a handle. I've put notes on it stating that it was trash and would you please take it away, even putting a big sign on it saying "Basura" (trash in Spanish). I finally took drastic measures last week and cut it in half vertically with a circular saw. They finally took it.
Have any of you ever been successful in getting rid of a trash can without taking drastic measures? If so how did you do it?
They probably thought your name was "Basura" and that you marked it so your neighbors wouldn't steal it.
Ona similar note, a friend had a boat named "Poubell" which I understand is a French slang term for trash can. I never quite understod what was behind that name until I sailed it back to the states for him and found things falling off right and left in a thunderstorm in the the middle of Gulf Stream. It all became very clear.
Have any of you ever been successful in getting rid of a trash can without taking drastic measures? If so how did you do it?
They probably thought your name was "Basura" and that you marked it so your neighbors wouldn't steal it.
Ona similar note, a friend had a boat named "Poubell" which I understand is a French slang term for trash can. I never quite understod what was behind that name until I sailed it back to the states for him and found things falling off right and left in a thunderstorm in the the middle of Gulf Stream. It all became very clear.