bedbugs

[schpahky.livejournal.com]

This isn't a Davis-centric PSA (thank goodness), but as we gear up for the usual May/June mass exodus, and the sidewalks flood with random items to be picked over before trash night, I thought y'all might find this article on bedbugs an informative read. I know it seems like common sense to not drag random mattresses in off the street, but hey, these things spread in weird ways.

If you're an inveterate scavenger, or just like giving and getting free stuff, there is a lively Somerville Freecycle community where you won't have to ask yourself, "Why IS this armchair on the curb?"

Comments

[mizufae.livejournal.com]

actually, when is trash night?

[chenoameg.livejournal.com]

Depends on where you are. Check out the city webpage:

http://www.ci.somerville.ma.us/Works.cfm?page=28

[mizufae.livejournal.com]

sorry, let me rephrase that. when is the day when i could conceivably leave a bunch of large stuff on the curb and it would be picked up and my landlord wouldnt get a fine? is there no such day and it just happens anyway?

[schpahky.livejournal.com]

Any earlier than 3pm the night before trash pickup, they can fine the landlord.

[chenoameg.livejournal.com]

There is no bulk collection day.

You can leave out a few pieces of furniture a week. Any loose trash needs to be in barrels. Or maybe not. The regulations are not exactly clear.

This is the first year since the new trash regulations went into effect. I don't think anyone really knows what is going to happen when the big summer move outs take place.

[myselftheliar.livejournal.com]

I had bedbugs, and it was hell. HELL I SAY. Be very careful what you bring inside. I got them from staying at a friends who (unbeknownst to me) had brought in a couch off the street. This was near fenway, but even so, BE CAREFUL

[schpahky.livejournal.com]

I am remembering my first Boston boxspring, dragged in off the curb on September 1 a decade ago...ah, innocence! Thankfully it was fine, but won't ever do that again.