re: #387 dangerman
where i grew up (out makeitstop’s way)
the trash cans were sunk into the ground at ground level with a heavy metal lid and pedal
by the back door of the housethe ‘garbage men’ would walk around to the back door, open the lid, pull out a full metal can and dump it into their large round plastic bin
they’d do once of each of three cans
then heave the bin onto their shoulder and walk to the truck at the front of the house
dump the bin and walk to the next housesomething like this:
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There is no way to pay a person for doing that much work. A start: Do it for five years and receive a pension for the next 60.