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Is there a Bin?
YES!
Where it all began - on the Tan Hill ride:
(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-Qr7lczSEmPM/ThilQWpP45I/AAAAAAAAAg4/bjmWpdNccIM/s512/P1000799.JPG)
Knettishall Country Park:
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-dkIAhTW1HeE/ThilotzwFKI/AAAAAAAAAg8/m8k53BLL5IQ/s512/IMAG0107.jpg)
a positive selection box of bins:
(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-u3oftLKcd-4/ThilreXq0NI/AAAAAAAAAhA/1NUhnD2nObw/s640/IMAG0108.jpg)
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Bins: the choice of audaxers who consider bus shelters the 'soft' option?
;D
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Bin in Worcester for Jane, with added Viaduct for CrinklyLion:
(http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6144/5947961534_5ef1450bf3.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/40735552@N05/5947961534/)
IMAG0169 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/40735552@N05/5947961534/) by Pelotonhound (http://www.flickr.com/people/40735552@N05/), on Flickr
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Do dog bins count?
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At last: a thread worth reading and pictures worth looking at on this forum. I especially like the tastefully arranged array of bins in last picture.
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Do dog bins count?
If they are as artistically arranged as the array in the last picture, I for one would be fascinated. As long as the lid is left firmly closed.
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At last: a thread worth reading and pictures worth looking at on this forum. I especially like the tastefully arranged array of bins in last picture.
May one ask why? ???
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Do dog bins count?
If they are as artistically arranged as the array in the last picture, I for one would be fascinated. As long as the lid is left firmly closed.
Some dog bins are sponsored. A few round here are sponsored by the makers of Drontal worming tablets, which makes some kind of sense, and I suppose Febreze might want to get in on the act. Maybe not the local curry house though. Especially if they sell sheek kebabs.
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At last: a thread worth reading and pictures worth looking at on this forum. I especially like the tastefully arranged array of bins in last picture.
May one ask why? ???
+1
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At last: a thread worth reading and pictures worth looking at on this forum. I especially like the tastefully arranged array of bins in last picture.
May one ask why? ???
+1
Like so many threads on YACF - it's an In Joke. You know - someone says something banal, and about 50 people respond with "FUCK YEAH" and "Damn Right!" and you are left thinking "WTF?" but daren't say anything lest you look A Chump?
Well. You had to be there. On the Tan Hill ride, we waited in Topcliffe for Wowbagger to fix a puncture, and Jane - somewhat punch-drunk from the start, was looking for a bin. She was most animated about finding a bin - oblivious to the fact there was such a device next to the bench she was sitting on.
Thereafter that night - any cry of "Is there a bin?" caused maximum hilarity to ensue. Like I said - you had to be there.
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Huh! No one asked why bridges though, did they? Just another example of the discrimination we bin lovers face.
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Huh! No one asked why bridges though, did they? Just another example of the discrimination we bin lovers face.
The bridges went over my head too. :facepalm:
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(http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/06/02/article-1393679-0C245ECC00000578-681_233x423.jpg)
A Google image search for journalist bins finds the above and even, improbably, Wayne Rooney, but no journalists rooting through bins chiz.
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You were maybe hoping for a peek at a computer in the Brooks' waste disposal? ;)
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(http://www.ductilebiscuit.net/gallery_albums/kitten/IMG_2949.sized.jpg)
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A friend of mine has a professional interest - he drives a bin lorry.
When on holiday, he makes it a point of principle to have his photo taken next to the local equivalent of a wheelie bin. Just so that he can show his work colleagues that he's still thinking about work.
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Now if Kim can find a way to get a picture of a cat, bin, bridge, and narwhal simultaneously, then she'll pretty much have covered most areas of interest.
If she really wanted to be adventurous, she get a shot of a bicycle in with all of those as well, but that might be getting silly. ;D
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That sounds like an ideal photoshop project for Riggers! ;D
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Stonehaven:
(http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6137/6014920697_f874494de1.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/the_pingus/6014920697/)
IMG_4807 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/the_pingus/6014920697/) by The Pingus (http://www.flickr.com/people/the_pingus/), on Flickr
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Hmm.. I can get my hands on a narwhal tusk, a catn, bin and bridge might be a bit more problematic..
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Now if Kim can find a way to get a picture of a cat, bin, bridge, and narwhal simultaneously, then she'll pretty much have covered most areas of interest.
If she really wanted to be adventurous, she get a shot of a bicycle in with all of those as well, but that might be getting silly. ;D
I reckon we can hack about with the famous "Think Your (sic) Having a Bad Day?" shark/helicopter/Golden Gate image to get there. Just make the diver into a cat, the helicopter into a flying wheelie bin and the shark into a YEAAAHHH AINT NO HOOVES ON THAT narwhal.
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I saw this etc etc..
(Tomb of Cyrus, Persia/Iran)
(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8115/8658231959_9b4d192d01_z.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/30024450@N04/8658231959/)
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Well. You had to be there. On the Tan Hill ride, we waited in Topcliffe for Wowbagger to fix a puncture, and Jane - somewhat punch-drunk from the start, was looking for a bin. She was most animated about finding a bin - oblivious to the fact there was such a device next to the bench she was sitting on.
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Tan Hill.
I've bin there
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A bin AND a fully loaded touring bike. Perfect Heaven.
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(http://www.ductilebiscuit.net/gallery_albums/yacf_rutland_2013/Photo0055.sized.jpg)
I took this one as a homage to Auntie Helen, but re-framed it to get the bin in shot too...
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There are four bins in this room: Sharps, clinical waste, domestic waste and, er, the other one that no one seems to use. I should supply photos, I suppose, when I get home.
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Is the 4th bin for recyclables?
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Not as far as I can tell.
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No photo, only a memory. There is a town in central Poland called Kielce, whose bus station is an odd shape like a flattened sphere with a roof made of concrete with circular, glass windows. Locals call it "the UFO". And in this bus station are bins shaped like penguins.
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Is the 4th bin for recyclables?
Linen, I think.
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On North Weald airfield, next to the hangar in which they used to film "The Crystal Maze", is a mahoosive collection of wheelie and recycling bins. Unfortunately I can't get a picture coz I'm doing 60 mph when I pass them.
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No photo, only a memory. There is a town in central Poland called Kielce, whose bus station is an odd shape like a flattened sphere with a roof made of concrete with circular, glass windows. Locals call it "the UFO". And in this bus station are bins shaped like penguins.
This place (https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=Kielce+bus+station,+poland&hl=en&ll=50.874932,20.620437&spn=0.008232,0.045447&sll=51.528642,-0.101599&sspn=0.573272,1.454315&hq=Kielce+bus+station,+poland&radius=15000&t=m&z=15&layer=c&cbll=50.874929,20.620449&panoid=6GmdaP1T1BO3GBN3aVbY0A&cbp=12,41.5,,1,-4.8) ? I can't see to get any closer to it, or find any bins however.
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That's it. The bins are, or were, inside the bus station itself.
I didn't know streetview had arrived in Poland - I'll have to have a play! Haven't been to Kielce for many years, it looks more of a building site than I remember, but every bit as messy and dirty. ::-)
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An ex-bin. King[']s Norton Park:
(http://www.ductilebiscuit.net/gallery_albums/random/Photo0238.sized.jpg)
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We could have made a little more effort in our location when taking the team photo...
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn2/968811_10151995679614126_900465492_n.jpg)
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There are several of these in Pennan:
(http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5459/9062232300_e2bf62ee34_z.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/the_pingus/9062232300/)
IMG_1675 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/the_pingus/9062232300/) by The Pingus (http://www.flickr.com/people/the_pingus/), on Flickr
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I've always found the concept of litter bins something of an oxymoron. Surely once you put rubbish in a bin it ceases to be litter, assuming it ever was...
Doubly so in the case of "Put litter in its place" signs. That'll be the ground, then? :facepalm:
(This is the sort of internal pedantry that I usually keep quiet about. But this is a thread full of bin photos...)
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A few minutes spare and a cameraphone, so I went chasing the bin in front of the Caird Hall. Tried lots of compositions but this was my favourite.
(http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3693/9126434699_4c6ec3716a_z.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/davidmam/9126434699/)
rubbish rule of thirds (http://www.flickr.com/photos/davidmam/9126434699/) by davidmamartin (http://www.flickr.com/people/davidmam/), on Flickr
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(https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/1482_10151643446756839_409273797_n.jpg)
West Brom. You even need to lock up your wheelie bins, it appears.
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Reeth.
(http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5333/9234051968_0fa4d28cb9_z.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/30024450@N04/9234051968/)
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The smoking / bin parking facility at Quinton Tesco:
(http://www.ductilebiscuit.net/gallery_albums/cycling/Photo0485.sized.jpg)
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(http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3757/9276144797_b21bb124f9.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/nikki_pugh/9276144797/)
Found a delightful bench with not one but 3 bins!
Two were for dog poo (different colours?!1) and the other appeared to be Welsh.
1 The bins! The bins!
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It occurs to me - thankfully too late to check - that maybe one of them was a special bin for white dog poo.
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Antwerp Cycle Tunnel:
(http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6056/6247619100_b933c739c4_z.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/30024450@N04/6247619100/)
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Some excellent binnage at Midlenhall:
(http://www.ductilebiscuit.net/gallery_albums/mildenhall2013/Photo0612.sized.jpg)
Bins of Christ ( + possible holy water butt?)
(http://www.ductilebiscuit.net/gallery_albums/mildenhall2013/Photo0652.sized.jpg)
Captive bin
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What excellent birthday presents for Jane!
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Oh, happy birthday, Jane!
And here's another.
(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/57044735/P8030034.jpg)
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I just got sent this (for work) and thought of you, Jane
(http://i952.photobucket.com/albums/ae7/fboab/bins.jpg)
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(http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm310/lindagordinho/Kleinburg%20and%20Niagara/IMG_0348_zpsdac0149c.jpg) (http://s299.photobucket.com/user/lindagordinho/media/Kleinburg%20and%20Niagara/IMG_0348_zpsdac0149c.jpg.html)
Kleinburg, Ontario
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(http://peter.chesspod.com/gallery/d/7012-2/DSC04859.JPG)
You can just about make out a bin in that photo. That's Binverness.
(http://peter.chesspod.com/gallery/d/7046-2/DSC04871.JPG)
Bins with red deer, Corran
(http://peter.chesspod.com/gallery/d/7343-2/DSC04970.JPG)
The Cuilbins
(http://peter.chesspod.com/gallery/d/7514-2/DSC05027.JPG)
Just bin...
(http://peter.chesspod.com/gallery/d/7571-2/DSC05046.JPG)
Bin Nevis
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A roadside bin in Denmark:
(http://i1104.photobucket.com/albums/h323/nocensure/stzozi_0140_zps4c369e80.jpg) (http://s1104.photobucket.com/user/nocensure/media/stzozi_0140_zps4c369e80.jpg.html)
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Outside the entrance to the Botanical Gardens on Большой Соловецкий остров *
This is the most northerly bin I've ever photographed:
(http://i1104.photobucket.com/albums/h323/nocensure/stzozi_0992_zps6989caa9.jpg) (http://s1104.photobucket.com/user/nocensure/media/stzozi_0992_zps6989caa9.jpg.html)
It's about 5 feet NNE of this one:
(http://i1104.photobucket.com/albums/h323/nocensure/stzozi_0991_zps782185cb.jpg) (http://s1104.photobucket.com/user/nocensure/media/stzozi_0991_zps782185cb.jpg.html)
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(http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5463/9691127653_578ceac0e8.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/89773100@N02/9691127653/)
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It's about 5 feet NNE of this one:
;D
We want greater precision next time though.
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Saw one of those in York last year. Thought it was a dalek.
The technology isn't absurd in a world where it's more expensive to empty bins than to make solar-powered miniature compactors. Given that emptying bins involves employing binmen, that seems entirely plausible.
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Solar powered bins have been popping up all over Oxford for the last few months. I was quite curious as to why a bin should need solar power, but according to their website [http://www.bigbellysolar.co.uk/ (http://www.bigbellysolar.co.uk/)] it has a compactor so it doesn't need to be emptied as often and has some sort of fancy telemetry that tells the head office when it needs emptying. This strikes me, slightly, as an absurd use of technology, but I suppose our cash-strapped local authority has got to justify its Council Tax bill somehow. I wonder how long the solar bins'll last before they revert to being, well, just bins?
(http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5484/9955152815_e257d22f2c.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/oranjh/9955152815/)
SolarBin (http://www.flickr.com/photos/oranjh/9955152815/) by Oranj (http://www.flickr.com/people/oranjh/), on Flickr
Hmm... I suppose if the authority hasn't got the Honest Frontery to just say "Our Council tax bill is so high because of the astronomically expensive Pension Bill we have to cover. In fact, in the next twenty years or so, that's ALL we'll be able to afford - because so many of our employees are "retiring" at 50 and we're so unbelievably generous that we happily give them their pensions early."
Uh oh. I appear to have become the Daily Mail. Bugger.
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We have many of these solar bins at the Uni. I can get more pictures and find out how well they are behaving if you are interested.
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Solar powered bins have been popping up all over Oxford for the last few months. I was quite curious as to why a bin should need solar power, but according to their website [http://www.bigbellysolar.co.uk/ (http://www.bigbellysolar.co.uk/)] it has a compactor so it doesn't need to be emptied as often and has some sort of fancy telemetry that tells the head office when it needs emptying. This strikes me, slightly, as an absurd use of technology, but I suppose our cash-strapped local authority has got to justify its Council Tax bill somehow. I wonder how long the solar bins'll last before they revert to being, well, just bins?
(http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5484/9955152815_e257d22f2c.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/oranjh/9955152815/)
SolarBin (http://www.flickr.com/photos/oranjh/9955152815/) by Oranj (http://www.flickr.com/people/oranjh/), on Flickr
Hmm... I suppose if the authority hasn't got the Honest Frontery to just say "Our Council tax bill is so high because of the astronomically expensive Pension Bill we have to cover. In fact, in the next twenty years or so, that's ALL we'll be able to afford - because so many of our employees are "retiring" at 50 and we're so unbelievably generous that we happily give them their pensions early."
Uh oh. I appear to have become the Daily Mail. Bugger.
If you really believe what you said about LA employees retiring at 50, then you really have become the daily mail. Totally untrue, and I'll forgive, you for realising you are at risk of becoming Mr Daily Mail...
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Aberdeen bins with leopards:
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7379/10461131416_db613d4cd9_z.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/the_pingus/10461131416/)
IMG_2390 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/the_pingus/10461131416/) by The Pingus (http://www.flickr.com/people/the_pingus/), on Flickr
(http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3810/10461108394_e97359aa61_z.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/the_pingus/10461108394/)
IMG_2391 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/the_pingus/10461108394/) by The Pingus (http://www.flickr.com/people/the_pingus/), on Flickr
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(http://i1104.photobucket.com/albums/h323/nocensure/Mobile%20Uploads/2014-02/IMG_0041_zpseflq3gqw.JPG) (http://s1104.photobucket.com/user/nocensure/media/Mobile%20Uploads/2014-02/IMG_0041_zpseflq3gqw.JPG.html)
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(http://i1217.photobucket.com/albums/dd396/jcm56/austria2009001_zps3d68ae5a.jpg) (http://s1217.photobucket.com/user/jcm56/media/austria2009001_zps3d68ae5a.jpg.html)
In Cambridge a few years ago.
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It would make sense if he were playing a banjo!
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https://twitter.com/FacesPics/status/479851864058777602
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A group portrait from a picturesque spot in the New Forest:
(https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2923/14515074796_2d58e557b1_z.jpg)
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(http://www.ductilebiscuit.net/gallery_albums/random/Photo0801.sized.jpg)
A blurry photo of just some of the many thousands of bins that guard the lay-bys of the A34. Either someone's got some credible research evidence of the meagre distance the average driver is willing to walk to properly dispose of litter, or there's some sort of sinister bin-based conspiracy afoot.
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(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5455/9668763456_7a732a0021_c.jpg)
This one was originally taken due to the fuddish parking of the berk inna Merc but, by happy coincidence, there is a generic USAnian motorway services BIN in the background. Mahoning Valley Service Plaza, Ohio, September 2013.
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Inspired by my serendipitous BIN find above, I offer:
(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5564/14777272605_209ce694be_c.jpg)
My BINS, including New! IMPROVED!! brown BIN with a sensible number of wheels. Palm tree is to persuade the viewer than I live in a tropical paradise rather than Walthamstow.
(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5560/14776917672_5ac173bccd_c.jpg)
This orphaned BIN took up residence at Larrington Towers a few weeks ago. When he first arrived he was clearly drunk, and lying in a heap, but he has sobered up now. I've run his fingerprints and DNA through The Database, but no hits :(
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(https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3882/15054588106_a6a4e525f5_c.jpg)
A BIN. I think these are BEAR-proof. Lake Mead in the background.
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(https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3839/15123412992_66bc8ccde9_c.jpg)
This fine and shiny BIN lives somewhere off CA-190 in the southern Sierra Nevada
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(http://www.ductilebiscuit.net/gallery_albums/wales2014/Photo0887.sized.jpg)
Somewhere on NCN 8 in the middle of the Hafren Forest, with no obvious sign of anything that might generate recycling nearby. ???
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(https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2942/15376677691_0f11c53b3d_o.jpg)
BEAR-proof BIN at Crowe Gulch, about three miles up Pike's Peak, Colorado
(https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2942/15193177290_ed28d52573_b.jpg)
Detail of BEAR-proof fastening gadget
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(https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3947/15575056275_9c4891da5c_b.jpg)
Bench & BIN, Hillingdon Cycle Circuit.
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That's a cute bin. With its own bench. How thoughtful.
I also like the bear bin. I wonder if they will ever evolve opposable claws to deal with them.
Sadly, I passed no bins today.
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(https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3956/15024839594_eff3361086_z.jpg)
Bins. Lots of.
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(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7575/15934367726_b5d12bee50_o.jpg)
Shamelessly stolen from "Signs Of Life" by Alex Normanton & Dave Askwith.
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Taken specifically with this thread in mind.
(http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b176/Riggers_1956/ShorehamBeach_zpse1601b4f.jpg) (http://s19.photobucket.com/user/Riggers_1956/media/ShorehamBeach_zpse1601b4f.jpg.html)
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Riggers! That bin has lost its pipe!
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Back to 2004:
(http://www.pbase.com/image/158685518.jpg)
Armand was more than a little frustrated with his derailleur.
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Assuming dogshit bins count:
(https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8665/15973278174_96750bf3b1_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/qkve6Q)
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(https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8735/16918852291_67cd105e99.jpg)
...with some sort of hat to keep the poo dry...
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Wot no dedicated bike bin yet?
No not for putting bikes in, and that's bin done anyway (see what I did there)
(http://s15.postimg.org/vhkdcav6z/Bin.jpg)
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Some virtual bins:
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/351/18901630921_1c79a7e781_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/uNgNmi)
Generic bins in a freight depot somewhere (https://flic.kr/p/uNgNmi) by Mr Larrington (https://www.flickr.com/photos/mr_larrington/), on Flickr
(https://c4.staticflickr.com/4/3683/18872532116_85a4418f44_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/uKGEhL)
Motorway services bin (https://flic.kr/p/uKGEhL) by Mr Larrington (https://www.flickr.com/photos/mr_larrington/), on Flickr
Note twat in Transit who managed to drive into my wagon even though I was stationary >:(
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Is there a prize for taking a photo of Jane and a bin?
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As long as there's one for taking a photo of CrinklyLion and a bridge.
(http://www.ductilebiscuit.net/gallery_albums/mild_touring_june2011/PICT0335.sized.jpg)
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Crikey, I'd forgotten there was photographic evidence that my arse used to be half its current size and I actually used to ride m'bike!
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Is there a prize for taking a photo of Jane and a bin?
That looks very much like the bin on Tankerton Slopes.
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It's bin day in Barnt Green, and as this one passed through my peripheral vision, I though it was Bill & Ted. On closer inspection ...I've no idea. Maybe Wowbagger or somebody under the age of 25 can explain?
(http://www.ductilebiscuit.net/gallery_albums/random/2015_08_06_16_38_34.sized.jpg)
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Looks like something out of the Partridge Family1 to me...
1: Second only to the Manson Family in the history of crime in southern California
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An unpopular beat combo, m'lud.
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Meanwhile, in Tanworth-in-Arden, the bin adornments are classier. Or possibly an attempt at camouflage, it's hard to tell:
(http://www.ductilebiscuit.net/gallery_albums/random/2015_08_09_18_19_23.sized.jpg)
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It's bin day in Barnt Green, and as this one passed through my peripheral vision, I though it was Bill & Ted. On closer inspection ...I've no idea. Maybe Wowbagger or somebody under the age of 25 can explain?
(http://www.ductilebiscuit.net/gallery_albums/random/2015_08_06_16_38_34.sized.jpg)
Ha! It's not what you know, it's who you know...
<kim> [REDACTED] you're down with the kids... do you know who these people are? [URL to bin photo]
<[REDACTED]> I’m slightly ashamed that my first guess was correct, they’re the lead character in Disney’s TV movie Camp Rock, the rockier alternative to High School Musical, that I’ve never seen
<kim> ha!
<kim> should have just asked you in the first place
<[REDACTED]> at least I didn’t know that their names were Joe and Demi until I googled it
<kim> i suppose that's one way to stop people nicking your wheelie bin
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1055366/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4juAN9yt6d8
https://youtu.be/4juAN9yt6d8
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<kim> i suppose that's one way to stop people nicking your wheelie bin
Has anyone ever actually had their wheelie bin nicked?
Our recycling didn't get collected last week, presumably because someone in the building had filled the wrong recycling bin with cardboard boxes. After having to do a wheelie bin contents swap manoeuvre, I decided it was probably time I found a round tuit for labelling what the green and the blue bins are for. (It's really hard to tell them apart in the dark.)
The Woman Who Lives Downstairs has a different view on these sorts of things - she insists all of the bins stay corralled behind a section of fencing in order to prevent them being stolen, and she also requested I put the building number on them, for similar reasons. Helpful comment shouted out of the window as I started work: "Don't forget it's $house_number A next door, don't leave enough space for them to add an A in afterwards".
Really? ???
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<kim> i suppose that's one way to stop people nicking your wheelie bin
Has anyone ever actually had their wheelie bin nicked?
We don't have wheelie bins, because this is Birmingham[1], but since we've lived here we've lost about 5 recycling boxes and a Mk 1 plastic rubbish bin.
Hard to tell how much of that is wind/binmen/theft, of course. But my understanding is that it's SOP to nick a neighbour's[2] bin if yours disappears.
Depending on the bin-storage arrangements, marking can be more about preventing people from overfilling or putting the wrong things in your bin, though TBH, if someone's going to do that, they're unlikely to be doing so accidentally.
[1] More specifically, a part of Birmingham that's right next to the bit where they trialled experimental wheelie bin technology a few years ago. As such, that makes us bottom of the list for the full-scale deployment. It's supposed to happen in November or so. I'm looking forward to a similar painting job, and not having to plan meals around the bin collections.
[2] If you've got a modicum of sense, you nick it from a neighbour a few houses away, obviously.
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Has anyone ever actually had their wheelie bin nicked?
Last year a drunken wheelie bin appeared in the grounds of Larrington Towers. It may have been left by the council after I requested a replacement organic waste bin but its distance from the gate and its recumbent posture indicate cheery East End urchins rather than burly blokes in hi-viz.
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A bin, complete with Union Jack, beside an obscure cycle path near Nettetal, Niederrhein. Also, a plaque commemorating a dead member of the Bowes Lyon family. Knowing that Jane is as much of a royalist as I am, I feel certain that this particular bin will occupy a place very close to her heart.
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decorative covers over trash receptacles in Cannon Beach, Oregon, USA, on the left (Pacific) coast
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Astoria, Oregon, USA - once a salmon fishing/canning center
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Highgate Wood, London
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Taken by a friend in Silver Spring, Maryland, US.
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Just to be different, the absence of a bin:
(http://www.ductilebiscuit.net/gallery_albums/random/2015_10_13_17_14_32.sized.jpg)
I was wondering if it was some sort of passive-aggressive comment on the illegal parking that usually takes place on that corner, but then nikki pointed out that it's just Normal For Selly Oak. Cyclist shown undertaking the rubbish to turn left because I didn't manage to get a photo of the SUV performing some particularly gratuitous pavement-driving to achieve the same manoeuvre.
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A bin with a view :)
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Another BIN/bridge double:
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/581/20609249893_dfa9966d9f_c.jpg)
(https://flic.kr/p/xpaMYH)Bin & bridge, Houston BC (https://flic.kr/p/xpaMYH) by Mr Larrington (https://www.flickr.com/photos/mr_larrington/), on Flickr
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Excitement in south Brummingham: Shiny! New! Wheeliebins! have just been delivered.
(http://www.ductilebiscuit.net/gallery_albums/random/2015_10_19_15_18_17.sized.jpg)
The "warranty void if removed" tape is mostly about warning us that they're not going to actually empty any of them until next month. I'm hoping it'll reduce the occurrence of this sort of thing (https://yacf.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=49529.msg1931766#msg1931766).
I get to paint our house number (or possibly some Disney characters) on them tomorrow in an attempt at pre-empting bin theft.
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Wheelie bins are so last year. We now have subterranean communal bins. Looks like a normal bin on the surface but this is just the opening to 2 X 2 X 3 metre bin in the ground.
Bad side, you have to walk down the road to deposit your bag of waste and a couple of parking spaces were lost.
Good side, they empty them a couple of times a week or when they are full and you can put anything in them that will fit into the rotating orifice.
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The Tennis Dene, Darlington:
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(Squints)
Using your skill and judgement, put an "X" where you think the centre of the ball bin is?
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It's in there somewhere - just in front of the bridge...
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And next to the flowers...
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Bins of London
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Many years ago there used to be a large department store in Newcastle called Binns. I recall on my unsuccessful university application there in 1971 I went to an interview, and all the municipal buses had "Shop at Binns" emblazoned over them.
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I think the Newcastle one has long gone. There's still one in Darlington (and possibly other Northern towns).
https://goo.gl/maps/GP16RKLwx4U2
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There's a spoof advert for Binns - presumably the Newcastle one - in "The Big Hard One", the first compendium of the best bits of "Viz".
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I've never been to Newcastle, or anywhere near it, but I seem to have heard of that shop.
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Highgate Wood, London
The thread for Photos of daleks that sprogged with Hobbits is thataway >>>
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IMG_6314_01 (https://flic.kr/p/Eh5aAw) by The Pingus (https://www.flickr.com/photos/the_pingus/), on Flickr
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Walking home from work this evening I spotted one of Zev's relatives scrounging in a bin:
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That's the first time I've seen that bin not overflowing.
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One of our 'iceberg' refuse bins being emptied.
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Seems a bit daft, having such an enormous bin just for icebergs, when a bowl of hot water should suffice... ;D
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One of our 'iceberg' refuse bins being emptied.
(http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t140/VinceHall/CyclingStuff/20160531_151456_zpskopnhqdi.jpg)
That's not a bin. It's an experiment in archaeology.
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That's a lot of lettuce.
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(https://c5.staticflickr.com/8/7643/27531192292_4d10756c6c_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/HWQyib)
IMG_6758_01 (https://flic.kr/p/HWQyib) by The Pingus (https://www.flickr.com/photos/the_pingus/), on Flickr
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(http://www.ductilebiscuit.net/gallery_albums/normandy2016/2016_06_12_15_23_04.sized.jpg)
On the D925 outside Ouville-la-Rivière, in the rain.
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IMG_6959_01 (https://flic.kr/p/JX5WZD) by The Pingus (https://www.flickr.com/photos/the_pingus/), on Flickr
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Obviously one of the highlights of last week's tour was seeing a genuine blikvanger so I could photograph it for this thread:
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(https://c5.staticflickr.com/9/8259/29664152692_a8c5289d60_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/Mcjx7u)
P9180372 (https://flic.kr/p/Mcjx7u) by Mr Larrington (https://www.flickr.com/photos/mr_larrington/), on Flickr. My grate frend Western Half-Devil Monster Face van Schaik auditioning for the part of Nagg in the Battle Mountain1 Players' forthcoming production of Endgame.
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/9/8006/29800365961_f9e82705f5_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/MpmEz8)
P9230046 (https://flic.kr/p/MpmEz8) by Mr Larrington (https://www.flickr.com/photos/mr_larrington/), on Flickr. "I'm really getting into Samuel Beckett!" exclaimed Thomas. "And what's more, this one's even BEAR-proof!" Somewhere on the Ontario side of Lake Superior.
1: Bin is actually just outside Jackpot NV a couple of hundred miles from Battle Mountain, but hey...
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(https://c4.staticflickr.com/1/427/31111182043_50ec10fb15_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/PpbWwp)
North Pier, Whitehaven, Xm*s day (https://flic.kr/p/PpbWwp)
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One of our 'iceberg' refuse bins being emptied.
(http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t140/VinceHall/CyclingStuff/20160531_151456_zpskopnhqdi.jpg)
At first I thought "Fancy Wotton-under-Edge having something like that!" Then I realised...
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Forgot about this one.
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At first I thought "Fancy Wotton-under-Edge having something like that!" Then I realised...
No, we are much more down to earth in W-u-E. Stroud District Council have kindly provided us with the following:
- A wheelie bin for general rubbish, emptied every other week.
- A wheelie bin for recycling, emptied on the alternating weeks
- Two boxes for recycled paper and card
- An indoor 'caddy' for food waster to be emptied into
- An outdoor bin for food waste collected every week.
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We have:
Grey bin for non-recyclable household waste, fortnightly collection.
Blue bin for non-glass recyclables , alternating fortnightly collection
Brown bin for garden waste - periodic collections according to the season (monthly or fortnightly)
Burgundy bin for glass - periodic collection according to the season.
small green bin (and caddy) for food waste collected weekly.
Overall the blue bin is the one that seems to fill up quickest.
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Blaby District Council
Black lid - stuff - weekly
Green lid - everything dry recyclable (glass, paper, card, plastic, metal) - weekly
Brown lid - garden stuff, costs £19/year - collected when they feel like it
We also have our own Enfield District council brown caddy for compostable gunk.
Works well
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(https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4178/34342550392_9a95806ceb_k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/UjJxKN)Minster Mission (https://flic.kr/p/UjJxKN) by Ruth Irving (https://www.flickr.com/photos/106826773@N02/), on Flickr
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Not sure if this counts, but: https://twitter.com/YorkshireTea/status/861876010295361536
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(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4373/36278422364_a2a72f8079_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/XgNp3L)
BEAR-proof BINS, Lassen Volcanic National Park (https://flic.kr/p/XgNp3L) by Mr Larrington (https://www.flickr.com/photos/mr_larrington/), on Flickr
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4343/36972400121_b75b8700d4_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/Yk8dsv)
But BEARs don't recycle (https://flic.kr/p/Yk8dsv) by Mr Larrington (https://www.flickr.com/photos/mr_larrington/), on Flickr
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BRITAIN's answer to the blikvanger: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-41320505
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Wobbly John OTP models these stylish wheelybin enclosures on overlooking Rutland Water near Witwell:
(http://www.ductilebiscuit.net/gallery_albums/cycling/2017_09_23_13_37_06.sized.jpg)
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Bin in the snow
(http://www.ductilebiscuit.net/gallery_albums/2017_snow/2017_12_10_13_26_54.sized.jpg)
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One from the summer, a bin at the side of the road on the north side of the Col du Galibier. The aluminium plates are angled to deflect objects into the bin. The sign on the front gives the distance to the next bin.(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20171213/927092a12b1edcab788535e40b86b042.jpg)
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This story seemed relevant: https://rochdaleherald.co.uk/2017/12/29/dog-shit-bin-rochdale-park-named-nigel-farage-new-years-honours-list/
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I recall taking these and thinking, what a shame they've scattered the bins randomly across such a beautiful setting.
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4726/25504719788_1296c6c6a3_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/ERLmC5)
Gadebridge Park, January 2013 (https://flic.kr/p/ERLmC5) by R_nger (https://www.flickr.com/photos/75563493@N04/), on Flickr
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130120-Jan_20_2013_132146_0112 (https://flic.kr/p/ERY4db) by R_nger (https://www.flickr.com/photos/75563493@N04/), on Flickr
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P8240213 (https://flic.kr/p/LEb8jM) by Mr Larrington (https://www.flickr.com/photos/mr_larrington/), on Flickr
This year's obligatory BEAR-proof bin in a lay-by on the Alaska Highway in northern British Columbia.
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P9040378 (https://flic.kr/p/M1BqtB) by Mr Larrington (https://www.flickr.com/photos/mr_larrington/), on Flickr
Bonus BC BEAR-proof bin that looks like it might eat a marauding BEAR without batting an eyelid.
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Bin bins
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Remember this one?
It's bin day in Barnt Green, and as this one passed through my peripheral vision, I though it was Bill & Ted. On closer inspection ...I've no idea. Maybe Wowbagger or somebody under the age of 25 can explain?
(http://www.ductilebiscuit.net/gallery_albums/random/2015_08_06_16_38_34.sized.jpg)
Turns out that whoever was responsible is now no longer a fan of Joe and Demi, from Disney's rockier alternative to High School Musical, Camp Rock. The adhesive holding the lower half of the guitar in place appears to have been particularly difficult to remove.
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St Ninian's Beach, Shetland (https://flic.kr/p/2gnTKXD) by Mr Larrington (https://www.flickr.com/photos/mr_larrington/), on Flickr
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(http://www.ductilebiscuit.net/gallery_albums/dunrun2019/2019_07_15_12_34_16.sized.jpg)
Great Yarmouth bin with big angry shitehawk eyeing up my chips.
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Santillana del Mar
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48775346266_ce2bdacf5c_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2hj7p8Y)D9 bin - PH (https://flic.kr/p/2hj7p8Y) by Paul (https://www.flickr.com/photos/phbike/), on Flickr
And the bin men working on a Sunday
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48775522527_bfeb9ccc98_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2hj8iwX)D9 Sunday street cleaning - PH (https://flic.kr/p/2hj8iwX) by Paul (https://www.flickr.com/photos/phbike/), on Flickr
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Bins in Utrecht.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48877181627_ecedb112b7_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2ht7kf4)
IMG_4085_01 (https://flic.kr/p/2ht7kf4) by The Pingus (https://www.flickr.com/photos/the_pingus/), on Flickr
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IMG_4086_01 (https://flic.kr/p/2ht6kqA) by The Pingus (https://www.flickr.com/photos/the_pingus/), on Flickr
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IMG_4096_01 (https://flic.kr/p/2ht3uek) by The Pingus (https://www.flickr.com/photos/the_pingus/), on Flickr
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48876967931_e7dd069c23_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2ht6eHD)
IMG_4097_01 (https://flic.kr/p/2ht6eHD) by The Pingus (https://www.flickr.com/photos/the_pingus/), on Flickr
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Clue's in the name: https://twitter.com/lakes_bins
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Meanwhile, down under: https://spaceaustralia.com/news/wheelie-bin-radio-telescope
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Found this sturdily reinforced (presumably on account of the wind) retro wastebasket one at the top of the Malverns...
(https://www.ductilebiscuit.net/gallery_albums/cycling/2022_08_19_17_02_57.sized.jpg)
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https://www.instagram.com/binsta_gram_bristol/
https://www.bristol247.com/news-and-features/features/an-appreciation-for-bristols-bins/
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I took this back in June last year on my York trip and I don't think that I posted it yet so here it is :)
https://photos.app.goo.gl/E4kGZg5uqE4UHr4JA