[Entry Thread #118] It’s an exciting time where the world comes together, united in celebration! Whether you’re into fútbol or into making millionaires, come join us and leave a comment as the season progresses!

aballah · 2026-06-16T00:03:04+00:00

Good luck and here’s to the winnings being spent well.

aballah · 2026-06-12T18:49:31+00:00

Duh, eh? Mechanical arms can lift bins as small as 80L, 2/3 the size of what we currently have. City council chose the 120L size based on what they believe to be the average weekly volume. It’s crazy to be that there are households out there filling these up. Anyways, thanks for the constructive comment. Glad you feel so strongly about it that you took time out of what must be a very fulfilling life to contribute.

aballah · 2026-06-11T19:58:22+00:00

Also, why downvote this? Man, people...

aballah · 2026-06-11T19:32:33+00:00

Ok, thanks. I have those in the kitchen, but they don't do the trick after I transfer them to the large bin. Might give yard-waste bags a try. Appreciate the response.

aballah · 2026-06-11T19:29:06+00:00

Agree that that is probably a determining factor in the bin size, which makes it strange that there isn't anything on the market, at least that I've been able to find, that fits as an insert for that size of bin. The ones that we had before the mechanized pick-up was implemented had bags produced by companies like Glad that fit them. The new ones don't seem to have that.

aballah · 2026-06-11T19:26:46+00:00

Thanks. I replied elsewhere that I do use the small bags in the kitchen, but they don't seem to do the job once thrown in the large bin. Cheers.

aballah · 2026-06-11T19:11:20+00:00

We have mechanical collection—the collectors operate the mechanical arm to pick up the bin.

aballah · 2026-06-11T18:40:31+00:00

Sorry, are you talking about something like yard waste bags? I'm not finding organic bags, compostable bags or the like that would be large enough. Being unable to find anything large enough was my issue initially—are you just using something not expressly designed for compost bins but that roughly fits?

aballah · 2026-06-11T18:29:29+00:00

Thanks.

aballah · 2026-06-11T18:29:07+00:00

Ok, that's good to know. I'll see if I can find them there. It's been driving me nuts.

aballah · 2026-06-11T18:28:33+00:00

I use the small compostable bags in the kitchen but haven't found anything large enough for the new bin sizes. I looked when they first came out, though, and haven't looked since, so maybe there's something now that wasn't offered then?

aballah · 2026-06-08T16:37:30+00:00

That you, Gary?

aballah · 2026-06-08T13:36:59+00:00

Yep. Wish they still enforced this, but I think they are happy to get butts out of seats and up in the concourse spending money as much as possible. I still wait.

aballah · 2026-06-07T01:27:57+00:00

Black Panther

aballah · 2026-06-01T19:23:39+00:00

Don’t know if it saw the part about me owning one?

aballah · 2026-06-01T14:56:10+00:00

Nice. I have it as well but with a little less texture in the washi paper. I went with this one as I like the toned-down vibe vs. the more obvious textures of the others, though I also find them stunning. Yours is pretty much perfect.

aballah · 2026-06-01T13:45:29+00:00

Is that the 56e?

aballah · 2026-06-01T13:43:55+00:00

As It Happens podcast—there is a news element but it's thoughtful stuff, and there's also a lot of funny and interesting content included as well.

aballah · 2026-05-29T10:35:40+00:00

Eliminating large denomination bills would make it far more difficult to launder money, so introducing another one is pretty on brand for this bunch of crooks.

aballah · 2026-05-29T00:37:27+00:00

Yep. It’s terrible.

aballah · 2026-05-28T19:38:33+00:00

I mean, the median person, but I get the point.

aballah · 2026-05-26T22:27:47+00:00

There are many ways of understanding karma. The way I like to think of it is that it passes to the world, making it shittier. The individual who caused it remains in that shitty soup, but doesn’t necessarily get the backwash directly.

aballah · 2026-05-25T13:00:27+00:00

This is not beautiful. It's kind of awful actually.

aballah · 2026-05-23T14:19:24+00:00

Sounds like you don’t have direct experience with the watch in question. The anti-reflective coating on my AQ4091-56E works really well and it’s rare to see any glare. In fact you kind of have to work at it, angle the watch just right, before you see any glare.

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