viv&kev 0 Posted January 19, 2005 Share Posted January 19, 2005 Do you split up all your garbage properly and put it in the right places? We do of course but theres some real fools in our building that just seem to take no notice of it all and put things together. Really annoying. Link to post Share on other sites
gamera 0 Posted January 19, 2005 Share Posted January 19, 2005 Yeah we do. Not that hard work but petbottles. We need to get rid of a ring at the neck of a petbottle, do the seal and a lid apart from the petbottle itself. Lids and seals are okay no prob. But the rings are not so easy to take off. Need a cutter. Link to post Share on other sites
Trying to look busy 0 Posted January 19, 2005 Share Posted January 19, 2005 Yes I do it but lots of people seemingly don't. Link to post Share on other sites
Thunderpants 0 Posted January 20, 2005 Share Posted January 20, 2005 garbage-mentality in this country is a mystery. It seem to be, "WE do everything right (unless nobody is watching)" Grandpa dumping plastic bags in the "river" just outside my appartment. Hamamatsu city is totally clean. My beach is a dump. But hey, it is only nature. Link to post Share on other sites
Yuki's Passion 1 Posted January 20, 2005 Share Posted January 20, 2005 More than that TP is the amount of times Ive caught people looking through their neighbours trash!! Seems like that must be an octagenerian thang here Link to post Share on other sites
Thunderpants 0 Posted January 21, 2005 Share Posted January 21, 2005 octagenerian, what does that mean??? even http://www.britannica.com/ could not answer that one? In my neighbour town they have Garbage Police to go through peoples garbage and check for glass and other items ?!? strange country i've landed in ATB TP Link to post Share on other sites
kintaro 0 Posted January 21, 2005 Share Posted January 21, 2005 A friend of mine lives in a small town near Nagoya and his little area has a rotating gomi patrol where all of the residents take turns being the gomi police. So when it's your turn you go to the gomi site at about 6am and observe and make sure all gomi activity is conducted appropriate to village standards...you are allowed to go home after the gomi has been picked up by the gomi truck who must hanko your release of duty. I don't envy my friend. Here in Sendai, it's much more relaxed. My wife and I try to adhere to the gomi laws. But just down the street is a college dorm were it seems anything goes. I admit to visiting their gomi okiba late at night on one or two occasions when I had to get rid of something that I couldn't figure out which day, if any, would accept it. Link to post Share on other sites
big-will 7 Posted January 21, 2005 Share Posted January 21, 2005 Rubbish police here too, and it is a rubbish thing to have to do as well. I'm on the rota. Link to post Share on other sites
Yuki's Passion 1 Posted January 21, 2005 Share Posted January 21, 2005 maybe my spelling sucks - octogenarian should be the correct spelling. Means people in their 80s. Link to post Share on other sites
Thunderpants 0 Posted January 22, 2005 Share Posted January 22, 2005 Ahh thanks paste from britannica: Main Entry: oc·to·ge·nar·i·an Pronunciation: "äk-t&-j&-'ner-E-&n Function: noun Etymology: Latin octogenarius containing eighty, from octogeni eighty each, from octoginta eighty, from octo eight + -ginta (akin to viginti twenty) -- more at VIGESIMAL Date: 1815 : a person whose age is in the eighties - octogenarian adjective Link to post Share on other sites
DumbStick 13 Posted January 22, 2005 Share Posted January 22, 2005 Pronunciation: "äk-t&-j&-'ner-E-&n really?! Link to post Share on other sites
Thunderpants 0 Posted January 22, 2005 Share Posted January 22, 2005 HEHE sorry funny caracters from an "extended ascii set" sorry about that Link to post Share on other sites
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