The dump

Living in the sticks has its advantages and disadvantages. On of the disadvantages is that we do not have garbage pick up. Well, we do if I want to pay $25 a week for it. Guess what? I dint want to pay that much. Considering I usually go every other week to the dump and have only 3 bags. Let us do the math. 1 bag of garbage taken to the dump cost $3. I take 6 bags a month which equals $18...plus gas and about 1 hour out of my time. Hmm I think I would rather go to the dump.

In the summer, though, it is not the best place I like to go. The smell is bad. I mean really bad. Almost to the point that you think you would rather stop breathing then smell the air at the dump. But thankfully when you go it is usually a quick trip. Unless the guy you pay the money too wants to talk.

Now the gentleman that runs this dump is a nice elderly African American man. I would say he is in his late 60's or early 70's. And he loves to talk. And sometimes when you start talking with him it is very difficult to get him to stop. But he is entertaining to say the least. He tells of stories of his crazy ex wife, of black panthers (the animal kind not the group), of dogs and cats and just about anything else he can think of.

Last time I went to take the garbage to the dump I heard of how his crazy ex wife had chased him out of the house on night with a knife. He decided that it would be best to sleep in his car that night. So he went to the company he worked at parking lot and rolled down the windows and went to sleep. In the middle of the night he was woke up by grunting noises. He looked out the window to see a black panther at his front window sniffing the inside of the car. With him in it. He sat motionless more out of fear than anything. After what seemed like a life time but he said was only a minute or 2 the panther left. He decided to take his chances with the crazy ex wife at that point and went home.

Tomorrow it is going to be about 100 degrees outside. I have to make a run to the dump. I hope he is not in much of a talkative mood.