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4theleft

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30. This is why we cant have nice things...
Tue Jan 8, 2013, 12:10 AM
Jan 2013

It seems to me like your neighbor is a freeloader.

You should lock your can so no one else can use it.

Yeah, dammit! libodem Jan 2013 #1
Can you put your cans out in the morning, or closer to pick-up time? Auggie Jan 2013 #2
I live in a row home - no place to keep the cans other than outside LynneSin Jan 2013 #3
booby trap the lid leftyohiolib Jan 2013 #4
That's what I thought - if they lose a few fingers in the process then it'll be a lesson learned... LynneSin Jan 2013 #5
Can you fill a bag with a bunch of lightweight bulky stuff as a place holder? woodsprite Jan 2013 #8
The city said I could drill holes into my garbage can. LynneSin Jan 2013 #9
I'd start minding. Many municipalities now charge by weight. TheMadMonk Jan 2013 #26
woah i meant something like a paint bomb getting paint on them to mark them leftyohiolib Jan 2013 #12
I second this suggestion. Paint bomb plus maybe a really noisy frightening alarm... Demoiselle Jan 2013 #25
Don't let anyone use your can, LynneSin! In_The_Wind Jan 2013 #6
Wow. siligut Jan 2013 #7
Can the cheap bastards just buy another can? RedCloud Jan 2013 #10
That's kind of screwed up.. Lokey Jan 2013 #11
30 lbs. of cat litter a week? I'd be more pissed off about MFM using the litter box. Kaleva Jan 2013 #13
drill a hole through the top and side backwoodsbob Jan 2013 #14
I have considered that and I spoke to the sanitation department - they said it's ok LynneSin Jan 2013 #15
put it on their doorstep lame54 Jan 2013 #16
Which would require me to dig thru their garbage and figure out which neighbor it is LynneSin Jan 2013 #18
Dump your kitty litter on their front doorstep. n/t geardaddy Jan 2013 #17
I would return their trash to them. Seriously. OneTenthofOnePercent Jan 2013 #19
That's exactly what I'd do n/t kudzu22 Jan 2013 #20
I live in a row home - I have no clue who is doing it LynneSin Jan 2013 #23
Game Camera. Cheap and effective. OneTenthofOnePercent Jan 2013 #27
Game camera recommended womanofthehills Jan 2013 #32
As regards the cat litter: GoneOffShore Jan 2013 #21
I have city septic - I don't flush anything down there except the usual stuff LynneSin Jan 2013 #22
I understand - GoneOffShore Jan 2013 #24
if his trash is in a bag, i would take it out MrsBrady Jan 2013 #28
I have sort of the reverse problem Major Nikon Jan 2013 #29
This is why we cant have nice things... 4theleft Jan 2013 #30
kick samsingh Jan 2013 #31
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