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Last week after collection day, I noticed my door number had been scribbled on the wheelie bin lids in black marker pen. Bin already has large number on the front & road on the side. A bit strange I thought & scrubbed it off. Last night I noticed the numbers were back on the lids? Just wondered if anyone else has had their bins numbered or if it's just me? lol

Ladygooner Wrote:

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> I expect it is so they take the bin back to the

> correct address after emptying?


I thought that too but no other bin has been numbered. That's why I think it's strange. The marker pen doesn't come off easily but I found nail varnish works & I've now wasted 2 of my new washing up sponges getting it off. I'm quite tempted to do a stake out to catch the culprit.

Callie Wrote:

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> Ladygooner Wrote:

> --------------------------------------------------

> -----

> > I expect it is so they take the bin back to the

> > correct address after emptying?

>

> I thought that too but no other bin has been

> numbered. That's why I think it's strange. The

> marker pen doesn't come off easily but I found

> nail varnish works & I've now wasted 2 of my new

> washing up sponges getting it off. I'm quite

> tempted to do a stake out to catch the culprit.



Why are you trying to remove it? They're presumably doing it for a reason and the bin belongs to the council.

TheArtfulDogger Wrote:

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> Interesting, looking around I have the same, no

> other bin marked with a number

>

> Maybe it's a bad bin thing as I noticed my number

> appeared after a touch of Autumn cleaning with the

> bin stuffed fuller than Mr Creosol



Mr Creosol ?


Oh dogster....

http://youtu.be/rXH_12QWWg8

I would check with the refuse collection team that it was them ..


Burglars chalk mark houses 'Da Pinchi Code.' to target the rich and vulnerable..

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/revealed-secret-chalk-marks-thieves-4668387


I don't want to alarm people but maybe a new way of marking homes..


Hopefully it was the refuse collectors.. but why selective marking.. Better to be aware.


DulwichFox

DulwichFox Wrote:

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> I would check with the refuse collection team that

> it was them ..

>

> Burglars chalk mark houses 'Da Pinchi Code.' to

> target the rich and vulnerable..

> http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/revealed-sec

> ret-chalk-marks-thieves-4668387

>

> I don't want to alarm people but maybe a new way

> of marking homes..

>

> Hopefully it was the refuse collectors.. but why

> selective marking.. Better to be aware.

>

> DulwichFox


Almost certainly an urban myth...

http://www.snopes.com/crime/warnings/housebreakerscode.asp

Ahahahahahahaha!!! BRILLIANT! Maybe there's a sophisticated group of Pontefract burglars surveilling East Dulwich and being so infosec-conscious that they only communicate with each other by marking their targets' bins with felt tip with a secret code consisting of...the house number.

Countrlass22 Wrote:

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> Not on ours

> already marked our own i'm sure its just so you

> get your bin back and not someone else's smelly

> bin,marked ours as clean when needed saves getting

> no bin back or someone else's.


So why mark just selected bins and not all.. None of my neighbours bins have numbers or have been marked.. ?


DulwichFox

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