RUBBISH

I was trying to think of a few things that have drastically changed over the past 30 years, obviously there have been major changes of governments, political systems, etc, but i was thinking more day to day stuff like rubbish ! When i was a kid back in the 70 s, anything other than household rubbish was taken to the local landfill site or tip as it was commonly known, all you did once you was in the tip was pull up anywhere and chuck your rubbish onto the side of the road, legal fly tipping basically, where it would be collected and thrown into a large hole in the ground. Recycling isn't a new thing as many a time we used to come back from the tip with more then we took, especially if you needed a bike frame or some pram wheels for your go-cart ! Now its a day out if you go the recycling centre with a car full of different types of rubbish, there are so many different hoppers for all kinds of rubbish, and don't even think about trying to mix your clean dirt with your dirty dirt, because the friendly and oh so helpful (sarcasm) on site rubbish police will be down on you like a ton of Eco friendly manure ! Another thing that hasn't really stood the test of time are breakers yards, they're still about, but a diluted and watered down version of how they used to be.Many a Saturday afternoon was spent under the bonnet of a hillman avenger, which was balanced on top of a Morris marina, which in turn was on top of a mark 2 cortina, ratchet in one hand, hammer in the other, you couldn't hold onto anything because you needed both hands free to work, so there we were a cross between a circus balancing act and a deranged baboon. 3 cars high, up in the air trying to make a frightening jog even more frightening by trying to relieve the engine of its mountings. In todays breakers they take the parts out for you, they've got parts all cleaned up and on the shelf all ready to go, wheres the fun in that !