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Many's the time I sit down at the computer without a peeve and either I see something, or something happens around me that triggers an idea.
Today is a good example of that. A second ago I heard the arrival of the recycle lorry (truck) collecting glass. I had put the glass bin out. We also get the refuse (trash) collection once a week, as well as general recycling once a week.
Many places in the UK would be highly envious of that, getting collections only once a fortnight. Do you know what a fortnight is?
Spoiler
Two weeks.
So, my idea for a peeve is simply when you forget to put stuff out for whatever collection is due and either go to the dump/recycling centre or wait for the next collection.
Yep, these days it's not good to miss the trash or recycle truck. I rarely do! But, there's times we could use more pick up days and times that less would do. Great pics Jezer!
Forgetting to put the stuff out hasn't happened to us yet, especially now that we are retired. However, we have another peeve related to the collection of recyclables: There is a woman who has been sneaking around the neighborhood late on the evening before collection day, rifling through all the recycle bins and taking anything recyclable that can be sold, such as soda cans. She puts them in a large sack that she carries with her. This alone wouldn't be so bad, but when she paws through the bins, she drops things she doesn't want and leaves a mess on the sidewalk.
Now I feel sorry for anyone who is so poor that they have to scavenge recycling bins for a living, but it's right to leave a mess behind on someone else's property. Not only that, but we are paying for a recycling service that someone else is making a profit from.
It's not meant to be demeaning- I don't do that DG!
I'm interested to know who knows this word and who doesn't.
My wife used it in the office in Houston and got blank looks on more than one occasion.
According to Wiki: The word derives from the Old English: fēowertyne niht, meaning "fourteen nights". Fortnight and fortnightly are commonly used words in the English-speaking world, where many wages and salaries and most social security benefits are paid on a fortnightly basis, except North America, where it is rare outside of some Canadian regions and insular traditional communities (e.g. Amish) in the United States.
American and Canadian payroll systems may use the term biweekly in reference to pay periods every two weeks. Neither term should be confused with semimonthly (in one year there are 26 fortnightly or biweekly versus 24 semimonthly pay periods).
... so not many non-English people know that word. I needed to Google it too...
DG is a Brit, so HE knows.
It's peculiar what words some people don't know that you think they would.
There's a few words commonly used over there that throw me- says he trying to think of an example. There really are- it's just that my memory is not what it was!
Interesting post there elnina- thanks.
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Not only that, but we are paying for a recycling service that someone else is making a profit from.
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