<sf> wrote in message ...
> On Sat, 22 Dec 2007 18:07:01 GMT, Wayne Boatwright
>>
>>It actually doesn't bother me. I was just writing an observation of what
>>happens in our neighborhood. I am glad, however, that everyone on our
>>street retrieves their barrel within the day of pickup and puts it where
>>it
>>belongs.
>
> We have what amounts to a monopoly here and never thought about anyone
> actually having a choice of garbage collectors before this.
>

Here too. But, until maybe five years ago, the trash guys went behind or
beside the house
to get the cans and returned them, too.