I’ve never understood this one. How many people put there house number on wheelie bins & why? Someone please enlighten me.

I don't have a number on mine, but my neighbours do.

I'm sure the idea is that binmen, upon having emptied the bin, can then leave it fifty yards down the road away from your house. I'm quite convinced about this.

Try it; put your house number on your bin (let's say, 24) and come collection day the binmen will very kindly leave it outside house number 86.

Take my advice, forget the number and take the bin that's stood nearest to your house (except the smelly nappy one).

Originally posted by adamd
I’ve never understood this one. How many people put there house number on wheelie bins & why? Someone please enlighten me.

I believe it is probably because some people like to keep their wheelie bins clean by using wheelie bin bags or by tying up their rubbish in small refuse sacks, while others just put their rubbish directly into the bin resulting in a dirty smelly container. The person who keeps their bin clean probably wants to increase the chances of getting the same bin back by identifying it with their house number.

People can get very protective about their wheely bins - you dont want a case of bin rage on your street!

Also, for some reason people nick them, or trash them. If you didnt number them then the last person to collect their bin after bin day would find they had no bin, and have to stump up for a new one from the council.

Originally posted by floyd77
People can get very protective about their wheely bins - you dont want a case of bin rage on your street!

Also, for some reason people nick them, or trash them. If you didnt number them then the last person to collect their bin after bin day would find they had no bin, and have to stump up for a new one from the council.
I used to live in a student area (Broomhill), and you definitely needed your house number on the bin to stand any chance of getting a bin back at the end of collection day, ours even had large yellow and black stripes round it just to make it even more visible.

Where we live now it's just not necessary to number our bin.

Oops, I bet that’s jinxed it, it'll not be there now when I get home. :rolleyes:

I live in a terrace and I have a blue bin and a black bin. My black bin is filthy because I have been filling it with soil, over a period of 18 months. My neighbours next door have theirs cleaned. Also many people have lost the stoppers from the lids because they don't make sure they are pressed in, meaning that they will loose their lids in due course.

Because parking is very tight, I often have to put my bin out 4 cars away from my house and I wouldn't know which one to get back if there wasn't a number on it.

I once went out for my blue bin and there were none in the road, I found that my neighbour had pinched it so I took it back. Theirs was around the corner in the next road.

That's why My wheelie Bins have my number on them. I don't want to have to argue with any neighbours.

My friends who live nearby had their wheelie bin stolen. But because they had neglected to put a number on they were looking very suspisciously at all their neighbours for a while until their new replacement finally came after about a week.

I went out one day to collect my 'nice' bin and it was nowhere to be found. However some nice person [who had probably taken mine] had left their bin for me. It was revolting with bits of decomposing food splattered on it and in it and what looked and smelled like a pool of vomit.
I took the offending object in to my yard and then poured disinfectant in it and over it with lots of hot water and then scrubbed it with a scrubbing brush before turning my hose on it.
After all this I got a can of paint out of the cellar and painted my house number on so I can identify it in case some-one tries that trick again.

http://www.wheelie-bin-art.co.uk/wheelie_bin_numbers.asp:thumbsup:

Is it a slow day in the world of SF today or have I missed national wheelie bin day :hihi: third thread and counting on the topic of wheelie bins!

whats with all the wheelie bin threads all of a sudden?

have we got some wheelie bin anoraks?

Add it to the growing list:

1. Halifax Locations
2. The Forum Clock
3. Chavs
4. Where's My Thread Gone?
5. Mods - I Hate Them
6. Wheelie Bins

I've no idea why, because they all smell equally as bad, but I've always had a number on my wheelie bin. All the neighbours line them up in a neat row on the kerb in one spot, it's an unwritten rule, learned by osmosis seemingly. Which is quite pleasant and very English. ;)

But I would worry if I did not have a number on as I might mistakenly get back one of those possessed bins like they had on Doctor Who. :o

What are the 'stoppers' on the lids?

I like when people cover their wheelie bins in that sticky backed plastic with pictures of verdant woodlands printed on it. You know you've 'arrived' when you have that round your bin.

My next door neighbour always takes out my bin, and brings it back. Which is nice. Never took his out. :hihi:

Is a Mathom a million fathoms, or is it Tolkien inspired? Or is your name Mr Mathom? Tom, perhaps. Tom Mathom? Mr Thomas Mathom. Just curious. :rolleyes:

We have our number on our black bin, but have never bothered with the blue or green bins :confused:

Not sure why really. We have our wheelie bin cleaned every fortnight but even so, we're the only house here so it's never going to get mixed up with anyone elses.

Another gripe - I always stand my bins on the edge of my lawn when I put them out, so they don't block the pavement. But, the binmen always leave the empty bin(s) right in the middle of the pavement :suspect: not very helpful to the bloke who walks up and down our street and is blind. The bin men only need wheel it (errr throw it) another 2ft and it'd be back where they collected it from.

Originally posted by Ant
Add it to the growing list:

1. Halifax Locations
2. The Forum Clock
3. Chavs
4. Where's My Thread Gone?
5. Mods - I Hate Them
6. Wheelie Bins

7. people who spend all there time looking at a forum and moan about people contributing to it.

Oh and where can i buy a number plate with a burbury finish that the mods wont like for my wheelie bin?

I can send funds from my Halifax account for this purchase (if only i could find one).

If you cant find this post again it has probably got lost, or you cant find it. or it maybe its in the wheelie bin.(if only I had put my number on it)

Ant, If you have nothing to contribute then dont!

Adam

"posted 11/11/1911 - 03:21 am"

Is there some sort of company that will come and clean your wheelie bin in Sheffield? Used to have a service back up in the north-east, it was £14 for 7 weeks off washes, every fortnight.

Definately worth it, especially with cats!

Originally posted by Hook
...Used to have a service back up in the north-east, it was £14 for 7 weeks off washes, every fortnight.

Definately worth it, especially with cats!
What!, they used to wash your bin out using a cat?!?

:o

Originally posted by foo_fighter
What!, they used to wash your bin out using a cat?!?

:o

Yup, just for the cute factor ^_^

Hmmm what smells worst.. the wet cats or the bin? :hihi:

Adam, you're a grand fella. I like you. But I have no idea what your post was about. Apart from "posted 11/11/1911 - 03:21 am", which was as odd as it was unnecessary. Let's not argue, eh? Let's be friends - the world will be a much sweeter place if we could be friends. I have so much to contribute, and I'll try harder, honest I will. Do you forgive me?

Your new mate,
Ant.

(Wet dogs are far smellier than wet cats. I clean my wheelie bin with a small puppy).

I love people who put numbers on wheelie bins, i drive a taxi, and at night, finding house numbers is a nightmare, especially on roads like Crookesmoor Rd, where i have to annoy every driver behind me, by driving at 1 mph while i look for non existent numbers on doors!
Wow, i cant believe i've answered a 'wheelie bin' thread with such enthusiasm, i need to have a drink. (i'm not working tonight obviously)

This is a Radio Sheffield Phone Rony thread. Lovin' it. :thumbsup:

If you're paying to have your bin cleaned every few weeks (whether they use a cat or any other small domestic animal ;) ) you want to be sure you're getting the right one back. In fact the cleaning guys wrote our number on ours so they knew which one to clean.

I was driving through Sheffield in my van one day...and it was bin day. All the bins were lined up and had the numbers on.. 24..., 44.., etc etc...then there was one that said....., " Im not a number...I'm a free bin! "
... I nearly crashed the van laughing !... I think it was Walkley somewhere..has anyone else seen it?:D

don,t go all green but I have two black wheelie bin,s.... Where the other one came from who know,s.. Eboney painted our number on both bin,s in bright green paint.. for some reason..I don,t want to appear greedy... so if anyone has lost one black wheelie bin please let me know... you can come and wheel it off.. ..

i drive a taxi, and at night, finding house numbers is a nightmare, especially on roads like Crookesmoor Rd, where i have to annoy every driver behind me, by driving at 1 mph while i look for non existent numbers on doors!

And when you find them, do you get out of your cab and knock on the door?

OR

Do you toot your horn to let the neighbourhood know you're there?

More relevantly to this post, I don't know why people take such care in numbering their bins but do sod-all about numbering their house.

You'll regret it when you need the emergency services in a hurry!

(Unless it's bin day of course)

I lost three wheelie bins until I put my house number on the damned thing. Since then I have only lost it once - probably to some idiot with the same number on their door.

Why do people take them? Cos there are idiots out there who do not understand that plastic melts so you cannot burn your rubbish in them.

Also - these bins are not a great place to store dead fish.

Silly but my bin was taken by the bin men and not returned because it was not numbered????

Dragon

if i recycled 100% of my rubbish and therefore had no use for a black bin would i be able to sell it to some one who needed it or is it not mine to sell? My house number is 90 and it is painted on the bin. Does this decrease the value of my bin or is it now more collectable?

I was thinking about modifying my bin.

I was thinking about low profile tyres, a sun roof and maybe even a spoiler!

I'm going to paint it in two tone colours.

Anyone got any ideas what else I could do with it?

Also I was thinking maybe we could all go to a meet. We could all turn up at some supermarket and see whose got the coolest bin. We could have 'bin outs' and everything.

I think this is going to be big, real big.

I'm going to start a magazine 'MAX PUTRIFICATION'

Cool aye

how do you quote more than one person in forum? i wanna quote about 7, (well, come to think of it, everyone) how funny is this thread!

Originally posted by cruella
I was driving through Sheffield in my van one day...and it was bin day. All the bins were lined up and had the numbers on.. 24..., 44.., etc etc...then there was one that said....., " Im not a number...I'm a free bin! "
... I nearly crashed the van laughing !... I think it was Walkley somewhere..has anyone else seen it?:D

Yes i stole it

Originally posted by dan_999uk
And when you find them, do you get out of your cab and knock on the door?

OR

Do you toot your horn to let the neighbourhood know you're there?

More relevantly to this post, I don't know why people take such care in numbering their bins but do sod-all about numbering their house.

You'll regret it when you need the emergency services in a hurry!

(Unless it's bin day of course)

No, my company has ring back so i dont 'honk horn', as it were.
I also work on the radio and love shouting at drivers for beeping horn, because i get the neighbours complaining at me on the phone, which i'd rather not have to listen to.
And your right, very few people have there numbers on there house, they'd rather put a crappy piece of wood saying 'tosser's residence' to sound posh.

Originally posted by Ant
This is a Radio Sheffield Phone Rony thread. Lovin' it.

I'm new to this too, well this forum anyway. I find these 'silly' threads better than the main 'good' ones, because you havent gotta read 24 pages of replies to catch up. and i've found theres a bit more humour in people's thoughts, when the subject is more, real life things that annoy us.
I feel an MPV 'mothers parking on double yellow lines at school times' thread coming on.... but there must be loads of on here....

Originally posted by djash1000

I feel an MPV 'mothers parking on double yellow lines at school times' thread coming on....

That will be good for a rant or two! I'll keep my eye open for when it gets started! :razz:

No, my company has ring back so i dont 'honk horn', as it were.

Top banana! :clap:

never bothered with numbers, i have a delicately shrouded wheelie bin of floribunda roses.
well sticky back plastic from a gardening catalogue,mainly to hide the hideous black thing. although i do now have the only square climbing rose bush in the street that eats rubbish.