The Difference between Technicians and Engineers.

[les]

It's getting to a stage now where you go out of your way to beat these clowns.

[youngun]

...stopping you taking stuff from dumps is stuuuupid, isn't it? -I've rescued loads of bicycles in my time, and done them up for people; no longer poss round here...

Where do you think i got my first motorbike from??

[linearaudio]

quote:
anything dumped at the tip is controlled waste according to the environment(al) agency.
Sorry Ray. I didn't realise they'd nailed it down that much!! Still doesn't explain the different approaches to re-use from different dumps (shouldn't that be Civic Amenity Site? )

[dp]

I had to take a load of stuff to the tip today. After signing various forms saying who i was and that i wasnt dumping stuff banned by an act ive never heard of (they didnt spot the asbestos sheets luckily). I then saw a proper old style Ransome's cylinder mower laid up next to one of the recycled metal containers. you used to be able to give the tip owner a fiver and take what ever you wanted away. Being a bit of a garden machinery nut, i asked if could have the mower away....at which point i was given a huge lecture on how i couldnt. Despite my protests that i was in effect recyling.
This world has gone nuts.

I've had this nonsense at the [s]tip[/s] environmental recovery solutions facility. can't recover and reuse anything due to 'health and safety' all has to be crushed. More likely the private contractor is raking it in on the scrap value and doesn't want his profit margins eroded

[Dru]

Where do you think i got my first motorbike from??

...I actually rescued a Douglas motorcycle from my local dump.

....admittedly, it was a Vespa Ciao assembled under licence by Douglas, presumably just before they went down the toilet, but...

...with hindsight, should have left it there. It was useless