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EveInGardenia t1_jb09m00 wrote

Reply to comment by kuddlesworth9419 in My dad rescued this school chair from a skip in the 70s. They were throwing them all out and replacing them with soulless plastic ones by 5552020

Thanks, I know I could have googled but prefer to talk to people. Is this a term where you’re from? I’ve never heard it before. Honestly never seen a trash like that either

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kuddlesworth9419 t1_jb0a4d1 wrote

In the UK we just call them skips, I assume it has another name in other countries. If they even exist?

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EveInGardenia t1_jb0omqx wrote

I’ve never seen one like this, close shape to like a construction dumpster or like a business dumpster here! Love learning things that are a little different than where I’m from. Confused on the downvotes 🤷🏻‍♀️

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kuddlesworth9419 t1_jb0pfud wrote

They go on the back of a lorry that can lift them up and drive them away. They are pretty handy for getting rid of rubble and stuff like that. As for why someone downvoted you, well some people are just ass holes.

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EveInGardenia t1_jb1zzc6 wrote

Yeah we definitely have our own versions of these in the states, I like the word “skip” for it :)

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kuddlesworth9419 t1_jb3k79a wrote

We also have a crips called skips.

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EveInGardenia t1_jb4gvu6 wrote

Crips in the US is plural for a gang haha

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kuddlesworth9419 t1_jb5ofhf wrote

I meant crisps. Sorry. You guys call them chips for some reason.

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EveInGardenia t1_jb5pbhr wrote

Oh haha that one I’m familiar with, damn English language

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kuddlesworth9419 t1_jb5qtpe wrote

English is a really stupid language, there are so many rules but they all have exceptions. And then when you move around the UK there are a bunch of different accents and new words that make no sense.

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EveInGardenia t1_jb6a9hq wrote

Oh same here in the US, my husband and I are from different sides of the country and we poke fun at each other for our regional slang all the time

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5552020 OP t1_jb0a41l wrote

Hmm.. what do you call them? Dumpsters? Its not really a dumpster though.. its a skip

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EveInGardenia t1_jb0otgq wrote

Yeah I guess they’re like a dumpster! Pretty much the same thing just a different shape and name! Wonder if it has to do with the trash truck style? (I’m way too invested in learning about this trash receptacle haha)

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5552020 OP t1_jb0p6v2 wrote

Ok. Lets say you are having the builders in to demolish your old patio and build a new one. They will usually hire a skip and throw all the remains of the old patio in there, hire another guy with a big truck with a crane to haul it away. This doesn’t happen on your side of the pond?

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hanimal16 t1_jb19nmn wrote

Yes! We have these. I’ve typically seen one that can be connected to a truck that can haul it away, but yeah this is pretty much the same as what we have in the US.

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BurnTheOrange t1_jb1g6ho wrote

In the States a similar activity takes place, but the container and the truck to remove it are differently shaped. The trucks in the States tend to have rollers rather than a crane and the bin is longer and flatter. Seems it is a case of parallel evolution to solving the same problem.

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EveInGardenia t1_jb1zh3j wrote

We definitely have that, they just look different and have other names!

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