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On 2019-03-22 9:11 p.m., Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> On 3/22/2019 8:59 PM, graham wrote:
>> On 2019-03-22 6:33 p.m., Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>>> On 3/22/2019 1:12 PM, graham wrote:
>>>
>>>>>
>>>> Our system is the same except that RC is collected weekly, garbage
>>>> every 2 weeks and organics the same (but weekly for the latter
>>>> during the warmer months). I know I can put them out every week but
>>>> I just don't bother if there's little in them.
>>>
>>> Garbage every 2 weeks?Â* I cannot imagine what the shrimp shells and
>>> crab shells, disposable diapers would be like in summer.Â* In FL we
>>> have garbage twice a week.

>>
>> Isn't that a commentary on Floridean lifestyle?

>
> Not really.Â* People all over the country have babies that shit in
> diapers.Â* Maybe more seafood in coastal regions, but there is all types
> of rotting garbage all over the world.Â* I never saw a place that did not
> have at least weekly pickup.Â* I don't want to store that stuff for 2
> weeks.Â* We do have 2 pickups a week here though.


Organics are picked up weekly in the warmer months when garden waste is
abundant. Diapers go in the general garbage and you are right, stink to
high heaven in the summer. But you can't have everything in life!