Stinking Dustbins

My neighbour was busy yesterday power-hosing his dustbin. When I enquired if this was simply a whim or a planned event he replied "t'bin stinks - its 'cos they only empty them every two weeks"

Personally I hadn't considered this new demand on my time and energies, it's bad enough that I now need an encyclopaedic knowledge of recyclable items and a memory like an elephant to ensure the right bins are put out on the correct days without this additional burden of washing the bin and presumably, before long, scenting it rather like the Paris Metro.

The blame of course stands firmly with our marvellous elected representatives, those erstwhile members of the local ruling elite who seem unable to say NO to the latest government nonsense.

Had they simply said "no" to fortnightly emptying of bins life would be much simpler but alas the word is not in the local lexicon.

Take Sudden roundabout: years ago there were traffic lights that seemed to work OK , but no we were subjected to months of building work to make a roundabout for the new Tesco store. Now we are getting traffic lights again and have suffered months of delays and queues but guess what - now Tesco want to build a new store on the same site but with new entrances - whats the betting they will want a roundabout at sudden?

On the subject of delays at Sudden, who is the genius in the local highways department who decided that it would be a good time to carry out work at the Green Lane traffic lights in heywood at the same time as the Sudden roadworks? this numpty effectively cut Marland off from the rest of Rochdale for a week and managed to delay those of us who do not have the flexibility of choosing our working hours even further. Genius indeed!