manlycornhusk's blog post - Garbage day

You can tell a lot about a person by what they throw away.

Yesterday was garbage day and it struck me that we seem to have 4 times as much as anyone else in the locale. Assuming that most of it was a result of Christmas, we must be the most prolific celebraters in the immediate area. Most of our neighbors are older couples with adult children who don't visit home very often and of course, we just have a bucketful of grandchildren to spoil. You could almost hear the groans as the waste removal specialists pulled onto our road, lol.

Maybe it's rural living...you notice what others throw out...sometimes to recycle it...we're not above asking for something that's been tossed out if it's in good condition, and sometimes, while driving alone, we fine ourselves commenting to each other that the jones's got a new tv this year or that the smiths are trying to drop a few pounds with their new exercise bike. I started thinking that others must feel the same way about us.

A few weeks ago, we put in a new fireplace hearth, bet the neighbors know all about that and my daughters electric guitar was noticed long before summer when the electronic strains of ironman could be heard out the windows of her bedroom. I'm realizing that it was best to smash the boxes we got from the store to wrap presents and hide them in big bags. Imagine 10 empty cases of beer sitting by the road in one week.

Where am I going with this? Hell if I know...just felt like putting this down in cyberspace and clearing some space for the next odd and useless thought that clambers into my overly crowded brain.

Peace and Love and Others Trash.