men and klikos

july 20 2007

It's so interesting to see what happens during vacations.
It's like there's a threshold for empty houses, before people feel free and claim their whole neighbourhood as theirs.

We all have "klikos" here.
Containers for "green waste", from gardens, vetegatbles and plants.

Each two weeks the local wastecompany comes to emtpy them and all the green waste will be turned to compost that can be bought for a low price at the shops.

Each house has a kliko. And it's enough space during winter, but in summer most families can do with a second one.
That's why we have a compost container in the garden, where I put all my garden waste and most of the vegetables and fruit waste.
My compost is very good..

I know... Oh yes I do.
For 5 years on a row I've found my compost stolen at the beginning of spring.
That says enough, doesn't it?

But back to the subject.

More and more families are on vacation.
Like last year all the klikos were standing still and firm at their places in front of the houses. Some hidden behind bushes, some proud to be seen by everyone.

Next monday it's "klikoday". The green waste will be fetched.

I expect we need about 3 or 4 families to go on vacation this weekend before people start weeding and pruning like their lives depend on it.

Huge piles in the garden with all that they can do without.

When the evening spreads grey and dark over the neighbourhood, men will come out of their houses and snatch the kliko of someone else, fill it in the dark and bring it back to its place.

In the dark of the night from sunday to saturday the same men will slip from their houses and bring the kliko to the special places to be empties in the early morning by a car that makes lots of noise and wakes up everyone.

So all those men will be seen bringing the empty klikos to their lonely places in front of the empty houses.