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    Bin day - following the crowd

    Very funny thing happened, well I found it funny....

    I have just moved into a new neighbourhood. All new houses, some as old as 2 years, some still being built. So some people have been here 2 years, some only a few weeks or months.

    Last week was main bin and recycle bin day... Normally in New South Wales recycle every 2 weeks, normal bin every week...

    So I went out yesterday to put out just the one bin, but next door also had recycle bin out... hmmm thought I, (new to Queensland, almost 3 weeks now), who knows could be every week for recycle, and it is full.... so I put also my recycle bin out.

    What I noticed is that 80% also put out thier recycle bin (I am on a winner I thought)...

    Turns out no, main bin emptied and recycle not, jumping on the website, Queensland also do recycle only every 2 weeks.. BUT 80% in the street followed my neighbours lead and put out recycle bin...

    Are we just sheep, or do we just hope! Or do we simply all not know much...

    So far there are 4 houses who have taken the main bin in, and are living in hope the recycle bin will still be emptied by the "night bin men"

    [I suppose I should not laugh, I thought twice about leaving mine out, then hit myself over the head, and told myself not to be silly...]

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    Re: Bin day - following the crowd

    Quote Originally Posted by Martin View Post
    ~Stuff about bins~
    Slow news day, eh Martin?

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    Re: Bin day - following the crowd

    I never know what is supposed to go out when, so I just see what the neighbours have put out and do the same. Life is too short to think about bins. I let the neighbours do the thinking and Gav do the bin bags.

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    Re: Bin day - following the crowd

    Quote Originally Posted by Gav View Post
    Slow news day, eh Martin?
    Yes, but small things tickle me....

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    Quote Originally Posted by Double Trouble View Post
    I never know what is supposed to go out when, so I just see what the neighbours have put out and do the same. Life is too short to think about bins. I let the neighbours do the thinking and Gav do the bin bags.
    Yes I wait and copy next door, but I think I will no longer copy the young chick who lives at number 5...

    Bins are on my mind, as I have just moved into a new house, throwing stuff out and buying new stuff, so lots of chucking out of old stuff and packaging from new stuff... bins fill up quick atm...

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    Re: Bin day - following the crowd

    Quote Originally Posted by Martin View Post
    Yes, but small things tickle me....
    I hope your wife/girlfriend shares that view

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    Re: Bin day - following the crowd

    Quote Originally Posted by Isis View Post
    I hope your wife/girlfriend shares that view

    Single at the moment, I think we split up over a very small thing... my love of being amused by small things, maybe was not shared....

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    Re: Bin day - following the crowd

    Quote Originally Posted by Martin View Post
    I think we split up over a very small thing
    That can certainly be a problem

    I think I'll stop now

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    Re: Bin day - following the crowd

    Quote Originally Posted by Isis View Post
    That can certainly be a problem

    I think I'll stop now
    Might be best, as she told me anything less than a foot does not do it for me.... and after all, I did hate cutting my toe nails every day....

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    Re: Bin day - following the crowd

    Quote Originally Posted by Martin View Post
    Are we just sheep, or do we just hope! Or do we simply all not know much...
    Well, Milgram's Experiment suggests that two-thirds of us are, in fact, sheep.

    Of course that leaves the other third split between the hopeful and the ignorant...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Stuart M View Post
    Well, Milgram's Experiment suggests that two-thirds of us are, in fact, sheep.

    Of course that leaves the other third split between the hopeful and the ignorant...
    Actually, Milgram showed that almost all of us are sheep; two thirds of us are murderous sheep.

    (It's perhaps a little incorrect; it was experiment to show that we are obedient to authority, whereas sheep just follow the crowd...)

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    Re: Bin day - following the crowd

    Quote Originally Posted by Barry Shnikov View Post
    Actually, Milgram showed that almost all of us are sheep; two thirds of us are murderous sheep.

    (It's perhaps a little incorrect; it was experiment to show that we are obedient to authority, whereas sheep just follow the crowd...)
    there was later experiments where peer pressure was introduced and it didnt decrease the "murder" rate

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    Re: Bin day - following the crowd

    Quote Originally Posted by Barry Shnikov View Post
    (It's perhaps a little incorrect; it was experiment to show that we are obedient to authority, whereas sheep just follow the crowd...)
    Yes, I think it was Asch's experiments which showed most of us are sheep

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