Oh, Harriet, that would be funny if it wasn't so annoying! Are your trash cans issued by your municipality or county? They changed our system and we now get to use one big county-issued can with a lid that swings on and stays on. It has transformed my life here! I no longer have to bungie cord a lid on top against prying paws of raccoons. I no longer have to stockpile garbage in the house until garbage morning, I can take stuff outside when it piles up and the critters can't get into it!
Oh, I see where you called for another can or lid..now this, sheesh!
And I read somewhere someone who was doing freecycle or Craigs list or something similar set out a bunch of stuff to be picked up and people took even the folding table the stuff was sitting on!