Incoherent Babble

4 Responses to “A Bin or a Bucket?”

1. 1 Tom Simpson
   August 19, 2006 at 11:55 pm

   I would personaly just call it a junk drawer or a floorboard. If it is a choice between the two, though, I would have to go with “bucket”.

2. 2 fadumpt
   August 20, 2006 at 12:16 am

   It depends really.

   Physically, a bin is usually a square or a rectangle. Straight sides and all.

   A bucket is your average cylinder shaped device with an open (or can be opened) end.

   Buckets are normally big but can be small.
   Bins are normally small.

   Those little parts bins you get at Lowes are indeed bins. In that general area, you should be able to find 1 and 5 gallon buckets.

   Like Tom said, you also have your floorboard stash of crap, and your junk drawer. Honorable mention is that pile of shit in the middle of the floor…that’s referred to as a pile.

3. 3 Cal
   August 20, 2006 at 10:59 pm

   If you are throwing it away it’s a bin.

   Otherwise it’s a container…

4. 4 ketsugi
   August 23, 2006 at 7:56 am

   Ordinarily I’d say it’s /tmp but I don’t think that’s the answer you want here

   If I had to choose between the two, I’d go with “bucket” as well.