Hard Trash Collection and Ferals
OK, as some of you may know I threw a helluva lot of hardware and software out on the nature strip for an upcoming Council hard garbage collection. There were boxes full of daughter-boards (nw cards, gfx cards, etc.), boxes full of hard-drives, other boxes full of assorted cables, modems, printers, monitors, etc, etc. As you might gather, it was pretty well organised even if it was 'trash.' So why is it that every night about dusk I have to go out and waste half an hour cleaning up the nature strip?
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Why do these mongrel ferals picking over the pile have to dump the box of nw cards on the ground? Do they really think I may've mislaid a $50- note in the bottom of the box? I mean, it doesn't take much to see that it's full of 'puta cards and that's all. Oh, and the boxed sets of SW. DBase III & IV, Framework, Lotus 1-2-3, etc., etc, each in it's original box. All ya gotta do is open the box and look inside... then put the box back when you realise that all that's in there is what's written on the outside. :rolleyes: THERE'S NO BLOODY NEED TO THROW THE CONTENTS ALL OVER THE SERVICE ROAD!! :ranting2:
It's not like the stuff is hard to sort through... the only way to make it any easier would be to set up display cases! (Except I know some mongrel would tip everything onto the ground and disappear with the cases instead. Even if they were dyna-bolted to the pavement. :( )
Some bloke pinched a couple of boxes full of assorted leads, lengths of SCSI ribbon, etc., etc. That's fine mate, I have no problems at all with that. But you know those cables you cut off the backs of all the monitors, printers and scanners? You moron, all you had to do with most of 'em was unplug 'em! :no: Could've done it in less time than it took you to find the pliers in your car. (From the hash you made of it, I doubt you used decent snips. Here's a hint: buy some decent tools! :p)
Now, I have no problems whatsoever with people skiving off with this stuff. You could pull up out front complete with a trailer and load it 'til the tyres burst for all I care... It is being thrown out and I am a turner after all... so I've been known to go skip-diving and gutter sniping on the odd occasion.
But for God's sake, show some manners! What's happening out the front of our place is no different to vandalism. Maybe I should set up a camera to snap the number plates and then, next hard garbage day, do the rounds myself looking for the culprits... then smash'n'break everything in sight and defecate on top for good measure?
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Sorry... but I didn't get in until 11-ish tonight and I was not pleased at what I saw. I feel a little bit better now...
But not by much! [sigh]
