we had one too....in the ground...step on lid kind....I can see it now..
when garbage was garbage
and rubbish was rubbish...
I'm old too I guess Bruce...
I have a plastic barrel with a lid to put bags in between dump/transferstation runs. We had the oil drum pick-axed when I was a kid. I thrwe a 3/8 steel rod through it as a kid, like a spear. Dad thought that someone shot it, I asked why someone would want to kill our trash barrel. He gave me the Dad -look...
He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty, he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself.
Thomas Paine
we had one too....in the ground...step on lid kind....
We had the same kind when I was a kid. I remember my Dad having a nutty when the local racoons would come in pairs to dine. One opened it and one pulled all the "stuff" out of it. Dad would start flashing the porch lights and then if that didn't work, he'd throw whatever was available at 'em.