Welcome to General Chat - GAW Community Area
This General Chat area started off as a place for people to talk about things that are off topic, however it has quickly evolved into a community and has become an integral part of the GAW experience for many of us.
Based on its evolving needs and plenty of user feedback, we are trying to bring some order and institute some rules. Please make sure you read these rules and participate in the spirit of this community.
Rules for General Chat
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Be respectful to each other. This is of utmost importance, and comments may be removed if deemed not respectful.
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Avoid long drawn out arguments. This should be a place to relax, not to waste your time needlessly.
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Personal anecdotes, puzzles, cute pics/clips - everything welcome
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Please do not spam at the top level. If you have a lot to post each day, try and post them all together in one top level comment
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Try keep things light. If you are bringing in deep stuff, try not to go overboard.
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Things that are clearly on-topic for this board should be posted as a separate post and not here (except if you are new and still getting the feel of this place)
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If you find people violating these rules, deport them rather than start a argument here.
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Feel free to give feedback as these rules are expected to keep evoloving
In short, imagine this thread to be a local community hall where we all gather and chat daily. Please be respectful to others in the same way
We have different bins for different rubbish in the UK, you can be fined for using the wrong ones. Guess where it all ends up. Definitely more about compliance.
We aren't fined here. You should see the trash on the roads in USA. In my opinion it's getting worse. Most of society has just gone to trash! We have a saying in the south "white trash" that's as bad as the N word as far as a negative description of a person. I have lots of white trash family I don't claim. I'm not saying it's one color or the other throwing trash out. I mean it's the label of "white trash" type of person that's becoming more and more the norm. No morals, theft, car jacking, robbery, murder is at an all time high here. I wouldn't even go pump gas alone right now. (Got a little off topic) What I'm getting at is the recycling scam still going strong and middle class people are still recycling yet people that throw trash out don't get fined. I read an article over five years ago about recycling. For decade or more USA was paying China to take our recycling. China stopped taking it and that's when it started going into the landfills. I didn't know this years ago but always laughed at people separating trash. Red box for recycling and it's going in the same trash truck as your garbage bags🤦🏻♀️ We have long ways to go before people wake up. Don't get me started on fossil fuels scam and earth is millions years old. Blessings to you fren☺️
Not defending slobs, not at all, but dump fees have gone up, and in this rural area, to have a contractor come pick up the trash, it is 8.50 a bag, if a person does not have a truck, old broken metals pile up, sometimes you can find a person who collects metals and brings them in and sells them. We take our trash to the dump, and we recycle because there is no charge to do that, if we take it to the town recycling center on Saturdays. If I am really careful, our actual garbage after recycling and composting only costs, at most, 17 dollars a week, I know some poor people let their stuff pile up, but maybe its because of the cost of disposing it.
I've been away a few days. Replying to your post of trash dump fees. I'm in Eastern North Carolina and live in the county. At least 25 years I've paid for trash pickup from a private company. We aren't charged for trash dump but two years ago you can't dump if you don't have a county dump card that's mailed to homes each year. The trash dump fees are included in the county taxes. I send them my bill for a credit on taxes. I think it's about $80.00 can't remember exactly way less than what we pay. I'll pay it because I can't stand trash bags piled up waiting to go to the dump.
Ah, nothing like a good moaning, let it all out fren - feel better.