Minor things that bother you

[1995hoo]

Our community sent out multiple notices that the normal Friday trash pickup would be on Saturday this week. Seems reasonable to me. Garbage pickup is a pretty thankless job and those guys certainly deserved the day off yesterday. Our pickup is delayed so that they can service the neighborhoods that normally have Thursday pickups.

So, naturally, at least two-thirds of the people on our street put their trash out, and some of them don't use trash cans, just flimsy white kitchen bags. The animals in the woods are going to love the buffet. And then the people who put trash out will complain and blame the community. They even complain when trash isn't picked up on Christmas if that coincides with garbage day.

[Scott5114]

So, naturally, at least two-thirds of the people on our street put their trash out, and some of them don't use trash cans, just flimsy white kitchen bags.

Everywhere that I've lived, if it's not in a can, they don't have to pick it up. Hell, in Las Vegas I tried to throw away a foam mattress topper that was large enough it stuck out of the top of the can. They took the foam out, emptied all of the trash that was fully in the can, and then put the foam back in the can.

[Beltway]

A semi-trailer pivots on the kingpin of a tractor unit, like the 18-wheelers Americans are familiar with. The trailer's weight is supported by its own axles at the back and the tractor in the front. If you disconnect the trailer, you have to swing down support legs so it will stand up.
"Semi-trailer", "tractor-trailer", "18 wheeler", and "big rig" are other terms for this setup.
A full trailer is towed by a drawbar, and has axles at both ends to support its weight. You can disconnect the hitch and the trailer supports itself.

Most common in North America is use with two semi-trailers.

Doubles/triples (LTL operations): In North America, especially on turnpike routes, you'll see "twin trailers" — two semi‑trailers connected by a converter dolly.

[LilianaUwU]

A semi-trailer pivots on the kingpin of a tractor unit, like the 18-wheelers Americans are familiar with. The trailer's weight is supported by its own axles at the back and the tractor in the front. If you disconnect the trailer, you have to swing down support legs so it will stand up.
"Semi-trailer", "tractor-trailer", "18 wheeler", and "big rig" are other terms for this setup.
A full trailer is towed by a drawbar, and has axles at both ends to support its weight. You can disconnect the hitch and the trailer supports itself.

Most common in North America is use with two semi-trailers.

Doubles/triples (LTL operations): In North America, especially on turnpike routes, you'll see "twin trailers" — two semi‑trailers connected by a converter dolly.

OK, I thought Cloudflare didn't allow bots to go through?

[LilianaUwU]

So, naturally, at least two-thirds of the people on our street put their trash out, and some of them don't use trash cans, just flimsy white kitchen bags.

Everywhere that I've lived, if it's not in a can, they don't have to pick it up. Hell, in Las Vegas I tried to throw away a foam mattress topper that was large enough it stuck out of the top of the can. They took the foam out, emptied all of the trash that was fully in the can, and then put the foam back in the can.

Oh yeah, don't get me started on trash. (I probably already got started earlier on this thread, but oh well.) We got a container here, and we had to call a specialized truck on multiple occasions because furniture piled up in front of it, preventing the collection of regular trash.

[1995hoo]

So, naturally, at least two-thirds of the people on our street put their trash out, and some of them don't use trash cans, just flimsy white kitchen bags.

Everywhere that I've lived, if it's not in a can, they don't have to pick it up. Hell, in Las Vegas I tried to throw away a foam mattress topper that was large enough it stuck out of the top of the can. They took the foam out, emptied all of the trash that was fully in the can, and then put the foam back in the can.

The trash company that serves our neighborhood distributes rolling cans to single-family houses and won't pick up unless they use those cans. Reason: They use a truck with an automatic lift designed for those cans. But they don't provide those cans to townhouse neighborhoods, like mine, primarily because they're a hassle for residents—if you park in the garage, the rolling can is hard to get in and out unless you move the car out to the street (this because most of have one-car garages). They will rent you a trash can if you want, or you can buy one at any hardware store (probably also at Wal-Mart or similar), or you can use garbage bags. I have a trash can that my parents didn't need and gave me when I moved into my house 24 years ago. The can itself dates back to the 1980s. Back then we used it to hold the bag into which we dumped the grass clippings when mowing.

One guy was complaining a few years ago that the HOA should provide everyone with a trash can. My reaction: Why? Why should everyone chip in to pay for you to have a trash can when they're a cheap purchase at the hardware store and you can pick one that fits your space (e.g., the people two doors down from us have a minivan that takes up more space in the garage, so they found a narrower trash can design).

[Rothman]

So, naturally, at least two-thirds of the people on our street put their trash out, and some of them don't use trash cans, just flimsy white kitchen bags.

Everywhere that I've lived, if it's not in a can, they don't have to pick it up. Hell, in Las Vegas I tried to throw away a foam mattress topper that was large enough it stuck out of the top of the can. They took the foam out, emptied all of the trash that was fully in the can, and then put the foam back in the can.

The trash company that serves our neighborhood distributes rolling cans to single-family houses and won't pick up unless they use those cans. Reason: They use a truck with an automatic lift designed for those cans. But they don't provide those cans to townhouse neighborhoods, like mine, primarily because they're a hassle for residents—if you park in the garage, the rolling can is hard to get in and out unless you move the car out to the street (this because most of have one-car garages). They will rent you a trash can if you want, or you can buy one at any hardware store (probably also at Wal-Mart or similar), or you can use garbage bags. I have a trash can that my parents didn't need and gave me when I moved into my house 24 years ago. The can itself dates back to the 1980s. Back then we used it to hold the bag into which we dumped the grass clippings when mowing.

One guy was complaining a few years ago that the HOA should provide everyone with a trash can. My reaction: Why? Why should everyone chip in to pay for you to have a trash can when they're a cheap purchase at the hardware store and you can pick one that fits your space (e.g., the people two doors down from us have a minivan that takes up more space in the garage, so they found a narrower trash can design).

Sounds like the unfairness is townhouse people paying for single-family homes' trash cans while getting none for their own homes.  I'd want one provided by the company and I'd just keep it outside...

[SSOWorld]

So, naturally, at least two-thirds of the people on our street put their trash out, and some of them don't use trash cans, just flimsy white kitchen bags.

Everywhere that I've lived, if it's not in a can, they don't have to pick it up. Hell, in Las Vegas I tried to throw away a foam mattress topper that was large enough it stuck out of the top of the can. They took the foam out, emptied all of the trash that was fully in the can, and then put the foam back in the can.

Depends on the muni. I've put garbage to the curb not in cans before and it's picked up. Small town, could care less.

[1995hoo]

... I'd want one provided by the company and I'd just keep it outside...

Community rules require trash cans be kept "out of view" until sunset the day before trash day (though of course some people seem to think rushing to put their trash out at noon the day before will somehow get it picked up sooner).

[Rothman]

... I'd want one provided by the company and I'd just keep it outside...

Community rules require trash cans be kept "out of view" until sunset the day before trash day (though of course some people seem to think rushing to put their trash out at noon the day before will somehow get it picked up sooner).

Well, enjoy your "summer church camp from hell" neighborhood...

[1995hoo]

(Shrugs) I would put the trash can in the garage on non-trash days anyway regardless of any local rule, so I don't see a problem.

The worst was the guy who used to live down the end of the block who always put his dog crap bags on the ground outside his garage door. I guess he didn't want them stinking up his garage (whereas we have a small metal can with a tight lid that we use for the cat shit bags until trash day). Whenever it got windy, they'd get redistributed into everyone else's yards. I once picked them up from my yard and left them on his front stoop in front of his front door, which is around the side of the house and not subject to the wind in the same way. I resent people who put out loose trash and then think it's everyone else's job to clean up their mess.

[formulanone]

... I'd want one provided by the company and I'd just keep it outside...

Community rules require trash cans be kept "out of view" until sunset the day before trash day (though of course some people seem to think rushing to put their trash out at noon the day before will somehow get it picked up sooner).

Well, enjoy your "summer church camp from hell" neighborhood...

It's the same in our HOA as well; I thought it was a dumb rule until those 30-50mph gusts kick up a few times per year, and then you're okay with the idea. Having once speared a suddenly meandering empty pail with a rental car, it's not a terrible idea.

Does everyone enforce nor obey it in a timely manner?...nah, but that benefits those of us who walk our dogs and don't feel like taking the waste bag home...

[JayhawkCO]

I don't think I've ever seen anyone use 'half stop'; it seems much rarer.

No, but we do have the semicolon.  I think we should start calling the colon a "full colon".

(not a poop joke)

Hence I used a semicolon in my comment about a half stop, which is synonymous with a semicolon.

[kkt]

... I'd want one provided by the company and I'd just keep it outside...

Community rules require trash cans be kept "out of view" until sunset the day before trash day (though of course some people seem to think rushing to put their trash out at noon the day before will somehow get it picked up sooner).

More like putting it out when it's still light out and perhaps in an interval between showers.

[Plutonic Panda]

... I'd want one provided by the company and I'd just keep it outside...

Community rules require trash cans be kept "out of view" until sunset the day before trash day (though of course some people seem to think rushing to put their trash out at noon the day before will somehow get it picked up sooner).

Well, enjoy your "summer church camp from hell" neighborhood...

We should have a HOA stories from hell thread if we don't already.

[gonealookin]

... I'd want one provided by the company and I'd just keep it outside...

Community rules require trash cans be kept "out of view" until sunset the day before trash day (though of course some people seem to think rushing to put their trash out at noon the day before will somehow get it picked up sooner).

Well, enjoy your "summer church camp from hell" neighborhood...

We should have a HOA stories from hell thread if we don't already.

I have lived in this HOA for over 12 years now.  I really should get involved in the governance part, but...

It seemed peaceful for the first few years.  But then issues about vacation rentals came up and that seemed to start the war.  Suddenly we had "political parties" e-mailing us about who to vote onto the HOA board in the elections.

Recently the board president e-mailed us, saying he was quitting because he was sick and tired of all the nasty feedback he was getting about anything he said.

I guess it's like anything political now.  You can get your way, if you can deal with all the criticism that comes with it.  It's not in my personality to deal with that stuff, so I leave the management of the place to others.

The trash issue here isn't a problem.  We have the steel "bear bins" that you have to put your bagged trash in.  Can leave stuff like broken-down cardboard outside the bins, but that's it.  Once a year there's a "$5 Dump Day", everything you can put in a vehicle you can throw into the pile at the transfer station for the $5 fee.  Some people rent a U-Haul truck for the day for that purpose.

[vdeane]

At my apartment complex, there are three dumpsters for trash/recycling, two for bagged trash, one for recycling.  It was fine under the old management, but since the new management took over, it's been a total shit show (literally, once bagged dog waste is taken into account).  People leave their bags wherever, with some even hiding them behind the dumpsters like it's some kind of game (I blame the people who have their kids take the trash out for that one); at least once, I've seen a bag that was left behind the dumpster get crushed after the garbage was taken out because the garbage people didn't see it, not that they routinely take the ones left next to the dumpster.  They don't do this because the dumpsters are full (far from it), they do it because they're lazy slobs.  They'll even leave bagged trash next to the recycle dumpster, and bag recyclables, even though they sign says not to.  They also leave the doors to the trash corral wide open instead of closing them behind them, even using the ones meant for the garbage trucks (again, they're lazy slobs).  I've given up on trying to restore order every day; now I only do so when I take my own trash out, but in any case, there's only a meager amount an individual can do given all the furniture that's been left there for months and months (and I'm kinda afraid of the couch that has what looks like a large wasp nest on it).

[mgk920]

... I'd want one provided by the company and I'd just keep it outside...

Community rules require trash cans be kept "out of view" until sunset the day before trash day (though of course some people seem to think rushing to put their trash out at noon the day before will somehow get it picked up sooner).

Well, enjoy your "summer church camp from hell" neighborhood...

We should have a HOA stories from hell thread if we don't already.

Start one.   Don't forget the HOAs  in central and southern Florida that don't allow hurricane shutters because they are "unsightly"   Have they outlived their usefulness?

Mike

[formulanone]

... I'd want one provided by the company and I'd just keep it outside...

Community rules require trash cans be kept "out of view" until sunset the day before trash day (though of course some people seem to think rushing to put their trash out at noon the day before will somehow get it picked up sooner).

Well, enjoy your "summer church camp from hell" neighborhood...

We should have a HOA stories from hell thread if we don't already.

Start one.   Don't forget the HOAs  in central and southern Florida that don't allow hurricane shutters because they are "unsightly"   Have they outlived their usefulness?

Mike

HOAs weren't banning the use of shutters in emergency situations, they just didn't want them left up all year long or whatever length of time they felt like enforcing it. Some people will leave up their shutters for most or all of the hurricane season (June-December) if they weren't or aren't occupied (snowbirds).

It doesn't matter anymore, a state law passed that forbade HOAs from policing that idea, anyhow. Although, the ASCE 7-22 standards probably give some latitude against literally boarding up windows with plywood; though with a plaster outer structure or cinderblock construction, it's not likely to be used since all homes in the last 30 years must include metal corrugated shutters and railings, or equivalent. So it would have to be a much older home in an HOA and their covenants vary.

The trick was to drill and install countersink anchors into the plaster, so it could be reused repeatedly. Or in the case of 2005, leaving most of the shutters up for about three months since it was an incredibly busy hurricane season (I didn't live in an HOA). We only had to do that for two windows, the rest had steel Bermuda/Bahama shutters or accordion shutters, which can be lifted and installed in a few minutes.

[TheCatalyst31]

... I'd want one provided by the company and I'd just keep it outside...

Community rules require trash cans be kept "out of view" until sunset the day before trash day (though of course some people seem to think rushing to put their trash out at noon the day before will somehow get it picked up sooner).

Well, enjoy your "summer church camp from hell" neighborhood...

We should have a HOA stories from hell thread if we don't already.

Start one.   Don't forget the HOAs  in central and southern Florida that don't allow hurricane shutters because they are "unsightly"   Have they outlived their usefulness?

Mike

HOAs weren't banning the use of shutters in emergency situations, they just didn't want them left up all year long or whatever length of time they felt like enforcing it. Some people will leave up their shutters for most or all of the hurricane season (June-December) if they weren't or aren't occupied (snowbirds).

It doesn't matter anymore, a state law passed that forbade HOAs from policing that idea, anyhow. Although, the ASCE 7-22 standards probably give some latitude against literally boarding up windows with plywood; though with a plaster outer structure or cinderblock construction, it's not likely to be used since all homes in the last 30 years must include metal corrugated shutters and railings, or equivalent. So it would have to be a much older home in an HOA and their covenants vary.

The trick was to drill and install countersink anchors into the plaster, so it could be reused repeatedly. Or in the case of 2005, leaving most of the shutters up for about three months since it was an incredibly busy hurricane season (I didn't live in an HOA). We only had to do that for two windows, the rest had steel Bermuda/Bahama shutters or accordion shutters, which can be lifted and installed in a few minutes.

"Bermuda/Bahama shutters" is going to get Kokomo stuck in my head.

[Max Rockatansky]

Maybe it is just the Midwest in me but hearing "Kokomo" in a song about tropical getaways always sounded strange.

[gonealookin]

I appreciate knowing about the 56-hour closure, District 3, but a shield error on a Caltrans-prepared graphic is kind of aggravating.

[Scott5114]

something something technically that is SR 80

[cockroachking]

I thought it was SR 51...

[Max Rockatansky]

It has shown up as CA 51 on some news broadcasts.