Alis girls Posted November 7, 2009 Share Posted November 7, 2009 What is it with people and putting their rubbish in a skip you've paid for. Our builder left his tarpaulin in the drive thats gone and the skip has a manky old table and fan in it - not mine. I have put a sign on saying "get your own blah blah skip" and if anyone complains I will tell as they have to walk onto my drive to read it they are trespassing. There - feel better rant over - chilllllllllllllllllllllll Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willow Posted November 7, 2009 Share Posted November 7, 2009 How annoying ! Our next door neighbour is having an extension built with a whole succession of skips and as my OH has been doing a bit of rubble generating work they keep telling him to chuck it in their skip - I still feel embarassed like we're doing something wrong everytime we wander up their drive with a wheelbarrow of rubble Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Couperwife Posted November 7, 2009 Share Posted November 7, 2009 I remember someone saying (very loudly) "if anyone wants to PAY for part of this skip - I am more than willing to let you put things in it, if not, then please remove it!" amazingly enough, the extra items soon disappeared just take them out, put them on the side of the road (hmmm, can you do that?) annoying isnt it cathy x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjp Posted November 7, 2009 Share Posted November 7, 2009 I remember someone saying (very loudly) "if anyone wants to PAY for part of this skip - I am more than willing to let you put things in it, if not, then please remove it!" amazingly enough, the extra items soon disappeared just take them out, put them on the side of the road (hmmm, can you do that?) annoying isnt it cathy x no thats called fly tipping and the so and so that put the trash in will more than likey be the one to shop you skips come wih an invisible sign that every one but the person paying for the skip can see that says fill me now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Chick Posted November 7, 2009 Share Posted November 7, 2009 I am ashamed to say that I have put something in a skip when I was 21 without permission. Although does it count if you take something out as well? As this is how my beloved dog Henry came into my life as some lowlife had left him for dead in a cardboard box in the skip, I took him out with the intention of finding a new home for him, but he was in such a bad way that I decided to try and help him get back to health. The vet didn't think he'd make it, I wanted to prove the vet wrong. Henry is now 14 and has been my adorable loving baby ever since. He is cute and has so much love to give, I don't know how anyone could have done such a thing. I mean look how adorable he is..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henriette Posted November 7, 2009 Share Posted November 7, 2009 What a beautiful little fellow. Thank goodness you found him Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 7, 2009 Share Posted November 7, 2009 I@m always taking things out of skips. Burning a few as we speak! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chick wiggle Posted November 7, 2009 Share Posted November 7, 2009 I love having a skip with all the rubbish that seems to accumulate in my house I could have one outside my house permanently Debs, Henry is indeed adorable. Without the type of low lifes that left your Henry for dead, I would never have found my very first dog. I was out late one winter night and heard a whimpering, I saw a little dog sitting on a sink in a quiet road. On closure inspection, I thought his paws had frozen to it, but oh no, someone had actually GLUED his paws to the sink and left him How unbelievable! After having to spend a week at the dogs home in case anybody claimed him we brought him home and loved the bones off him until he passed away aged 15 We called him Boss (short for bostik ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Chick Posted November 7, 2009 Share Posted November 7, 2009 I really despair at some people CW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chick wiggle Posted November 7, 2009 Share Posted November 7, 2009 Yep, scum arnt they. I just remember that there ARE more good than bad people about Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alis girls Posted November 7, 2009 Author Share Posted November 7, 2009 When i lived in East London ilived in a quiet little road which was very creepy at night. one night when teetering home on my heels (I was young and foolish and have the bunions to prove it) I passed a council skip and suddenly I heard a moaning noise and a tramp stood up in the skip where he'd been asleep. I screamed and legged it, he jumped and shouted something rude - i dont know who was more scared him or me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted November 7, 2009 Share Posted November 7, 2009 We have a skip outside at the moment. For the first time ever, no-one had added anything to it, but they have taken away acres of manky 15 year old carpet and underlay, that had been torn to make removal from the bedrooms easier. In the past we have had beds, bicycles, an unused load of bricks, a dinner service and a piano appear on skips that we have had. The load of bricks and the piano were taken off again. It is quite entertaining to observe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjp Posted November 7, 2009 Share Posted November 7, 2009 I must admit to being a skip rat always check the skip when I'm working on a building site both the roof,floor and perch to the coop and the roof to the WIR and all the hinges and mortice bolts to the doors were salvaged from skips or before they went in Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenuk99 Posted November 8, 2009 Share Posted November 8, 2009 You just got me thinking watched one of these do you house up programmes and they mentioned getting things out of other peoples skips. The advice was always ask the house owner fist as its apparently illegal to remove anything without permission. Dont want anyone getting told off. Jen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olly Posted November 8, 2009 Share Posted November 8, 2009 Space Chick, that's a heartwarming story - what a lovely picture of Henry as well. I'm afraid this always reminds me of the Tommy Cooper joke ... ... So I said to the builder, I wanna skip outside my house. And he said 'go on love, I'm not stopping you' ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seagazer Posted November 8, 2009 Share Posted November 8, 2009 Space Chick - what an absolutely gorgeous photo of Henry. How lucky he is that you found him. Chick Wiggle - I can't believe how cruel people are and thank goodness you rescued Boss. I must admit whenever we've had skips extra bits have always appeared in them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted November 8, 2009 Share Posted November 8, 2009 We are in the bulding trade & Hubby is always having to stop strangers dumping stuff in the skips we have paid for,or complaining that stuff has been dumped overnight. It is hugely frustrating,as money is tight & we often have to pay for a second skip,or pay to have excess rubbish taken to the dump Our small village has its own skip 3 times a year, paid for by the village society,for villagers to use.its only here for the weekend & gets full pretty quickly,but its really handy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted November 8, 2009 Share Posted November 8, 2009 What a good idea! - I think all villages should do thatt. When I had a skip someone came along in the dark and dumped thir rubbish in it - I made a big sign asking if the person who had dumped it would like to contribute to the cost.......the rubbish was removed the next night! I was rather hoping they would give me some money We have had 10 skips since moving here, to remove some of the rubbish left here - a £1000 plus that we could have done without spending I think it would be good to set up a webcam trained on a skip.........then you could go and ask the right neighbours if they'd like to help with the cost Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhapsody Posted November 8, 2009 Share Posted November 8, 2009 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-d-vhMjjKcM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henriette Posted November 8, 2009 Share Posted November 8, 2009 I'm afraid this always reminds me of the Tommy Cooper joke ... ... So I said to the builder, I wanna skip outside my house. And he said 'go on love, I'm not stopping you' ... I so miss that man - he always made me laugh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
