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Monday, March 08, 2021

Where to get rid of Corrugated Cardboard and Styrofoam in Plymouth, MA.














Recycling Cardboard, Week by Week

In our neighborhood you can put out cardboard for recycling if it can fit into the recycling bin, or if you tie it up in 3 foot x 3 foot bundles tied with string, and balanced on the top of the recycle bin.

That's ok if you've got a little bit of recycling to get rid of, but if you've recently moved into a new home, you've got a lot more to recycle, and it would take days and days of cutting the cardboard to the correct size, and weeks and weeks of putting it out on trash day. 

A Better Way









A better way to get rig of large amounts of cardboard is to load up as much as you can in the back of your car/SUV, and bring it to the Manomet Transfer Station. 

Note: Participation in Town-provided Trash & Recycling, and a permit IS required.

Here's how  you get there and get rid of your cardboard once you arrive. 

Lots of cardboard left over from moving. 





















Filling the SUV with as much cardboard as we can.









Take Old Sandwich Road to Beaver Dam Road











Take a LEFT onto Beaver Dam Road at the Stop sign.












Turn RIGHT into the Manomet Transfer Station



Drive around inside, past the small office


Then, on your LEFT is the first of
two dumpsters for CARDBOARD


Throw, or carefully place, your cardboard
into the dumpster.

There is no need to push any button

The dumpster has a sensor that knows when
to compact the cardboard to make room for more. 

Carol happily getting rid of cardboard.

And we are done!




Where to get rid of Corrugated Cardboard in Plymouth, MA.

A permit is required. They can be obtained online or in person at City Hall.

Manomet Transfer Station Trash & Recycling [PDF]
350 Beaver Dam Rd, Exit 7 (old exit 3) 

Open Sun, Mon, Tues, Fri & Sat, 8am to 4pm (508) 830-4162 x12100 

Where to get rid of Styrofoam in Plymouth, MA.

The UPS Store takes flat sheets of styrofoam to use as packing material. Call first to see if they have room.

The UPS Store
31 Home Depot Dr, Plymouth, MA 02360

Video: Transferring Cardboard







Monday, February 15, 2021

STAS Picture Hanging Systems

I tried to follow directions and drill a hole 3/4 of an inch down from the ceiling, but the drill won’t fit that close to the ceiling, so I ended up doing 1 1/4 inches. When drilling a hole for the anchor I found that 3/16 of an inch worked well.

White Horse Beach

White Horse Beach is a great walking beach. Plymouth Residents are lucky because starting this year, street parking is available if you have a beach or 4x4 parking sticker. 

We enjoyed a long walk on the beach, exploring the big rocks, and looking at the raised home with the buoys on it.


Wikipedia says, 

"White Horse Beach is a village of Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States. It is located on Cape Cod Bay, south of Priscilla Beach. Much of the southern end of the beach, which is also known as Taylor Avenue Beach, south of the outflow of Bartlett Pond, either has cottages on it or has a fenced off conservation area to protect the dunes and fragile plant life." 


















Sagamore Bridge

Saturday, January 30, 2021

Setting up Comcast Xfinity Voice Remote

When setting up a new Comcast Xfinity Voice Remote, the instructions tell you to hold XFINITY and INFO for 5 seconds until the RED light TURNS GREEN.

What it should say is, “Hold the XFINITY and INFO for about 5-6 seconds until the RED light CHANGES TO BLINKING GREEN."

Sunday, January 03, 2021

LED Lights Improve Video Look For Online Video Meetings.

 Anyone who is doing video meetings should have a couple of lights like this to improve their video's look.

I got this LED lighting kit for live and recorded video shoots. For my testing, I used the white diffuser filter. The lights were easy to attach to the adjustable 1/4 screw head on top of the tripod. I plugged the two USB plugs into a power strip that supports USB plugs directly. The tripod legs were difficult to open up all the way. Maybe because it was new, but it won't matter because once I got them open, they are going to stay open. Unlike most tripods that I am used to, these are SHORT, measuring only 3' 11". So for my application, I placed them on top of my table to make the lights higher than the interview subjects head, aiming down. I placed one on either side of the subject, high enough so the light would not reflect off the glasses. Anyone who is doing video meetings should have a couple of lights like this to improve their video's look. Two lights are better than one straight on.
Disclosure: This was a customer review of a free product.

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