I'm just going outside and may be away some time

[sovay]

I just hacked a foot and a half of solid ice off my recycling bins with a metal spade so that I could take out the trash tonight. That was a lot more Scott of the Antarctic than I was expecting from a Monday night.

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[rushthatspeaks.livejournal.com]

Yes, but are they going to come pick it up? I have serious doubts that they are going to come pick it up.

[sovay]

Yes, but are they going to come pick it up? I have serious doubts that they are going to come pick it up.

I share your skepticism: I didn't take the bins out to the curb. I just wanted the trash and recycling out of our kitchen. That wasn't possible without de-icing the bins, which wouldn't open for the weight of compacted snow and roof-drip freezing them shut. There were stalactites.

[ckd]

I'm just letting bags pile up on the landing of the back stairs. I'm pretty sure there's a trash can outside that door somewhere, but doubt I'm going to find it any time soon....

(If they are picking up this week, I'll just lob the bags onto the giant freaking snow berm or something I guess. Recycling will wait because there's no way I can roll that bin through the house, and outside the back door there's snow up to my hips.)