Re: Batch of Mirepoix

Jill McQuown wrote:

On 2/18/2025 7:17 PM, Ed P wrote:

On 2/18/2025 5:40 PM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:

On 2025-02-18, ItsJoanNotJoAnn <ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net> wrote:

 

I did that Sunday night and forgot Monday was a federal,
state, and local holiday.  They picked up trash today.

 
My trash gets picked up on MLK Day, Presidents' Day, Juneteenth
(I'm suprised Trump is keeping that one), and Veterans' Day.  The
local municipality contracts with a private hauler, which doesn't
feel the need to observe those federal holidays.  We don't have
any state holidays that aren't also federal holidays.
 

 
 
I don't get it.  Ours is delayed a day and the pickup people have
to  work Saturday.  I don't know if they get paid extra for it but
the work  is the same.
 

I tried several different trash pickup services over the years and
they always promised next day after a holiday pickup but they never
did show up the next day.  Or even necessarily that week.  Republic
Waste, Waste Management, Sunshine Trash Services.
 
I finally found a local service that not only picks up on holidays
but charges less for their weekly service.
 
It's not that I begrudge anyone taking a holiday off.  Take the day
off!    But don't promise you'll pick up a day later and still charge
me for not doing it.  Meanwhile, the trash piles up and you don't
show up until the next week maybe?  I am so happy I found a locally
based service trash pickup service that actually does what they say
they will do.
 
Jill

We get rescheduled but not sure just when yet.  12 inches snow here and
still falling but just about over.  The 'official' take for southside
is at ORF (Norfolk International Airport) but it's 25 miles from me.
It shows 10 inches I think but local reports show that's just where the
line predictions went from 10 to 12 inches closer to the ocean.

So, trash days are all messed up.  We'll miss Wed-Friday (Friday too
cold for any real meltoff). Hard freezes last night and tonight.

Best is folks calling heating companies who are ripping off people who
didn't know heatpumps go to AUX mode at these temps and there's nothing
wrong or fixable about it.  Meantime, toasty here with the fireplace.