My father in law lives with us and has for the last 7-8 years. He's the ripe old age of 91. He left school in the 5th grade to go to work to support his family, as most young men did during the great depression. He never graduated high school, doesn't have a college degree. He has been a cowboy his entire life. His biggest claim to fame is that he used to work on the Chapman ranch with legendary actor, the late Ben Johnson.
He doesn't go to the coffee shop to hang out with all the other old timers, because frankly, he's so much older than them. He has literally outlived most everyone his age. He stays somewhat active, which keeps him out of the nursing home. He's always tinkering around the house, doing this and that, just to stay busy. He ALWAYS has a pair of leather work gloves in his back pocket, ready to work.
Something he has done for the last several years, is collect aluminum cans and sell them. He has a few people in town who also saves cans for him, so he stays pretty busy. Imagine how upset he was, when over the weekend, he and I took his load of cans to the local recycling place and they told him that they are not buying cans any longer.
So, we went to another recycling center. Same response.
So, I called other recycling centers in our surrounding area, and they all said the same thing.
What the hell? Is this again the curse of the Covid? I thought "going green" was the big thing nowadays. Hell, we've been doing this for years. But sadly, I guess no more.
He doesn't go to the coffee shop to hang out with all the other old timers, because frankly, he's so much older than them. He has literally outlived most everyone his age. He stays somewhat active, which keeps him out of the nursing home. He's always tinkering around the house, doing this and that, just to stay busy. He ALWAYS has a pair of leather work gloves in his back pocket, ready to work.
Something he has done for the last several years, is collect aluminum cans and sell them. He has a few people in town who also saves cans for him, so he stays pretty busy. Imagine how upset he was, when over the weekend, he and I took his load of cans to the local recycling place and they told him that they are not buying cans any longer.
So, we went to another recycling center. Same response.
So, I called other recycling centers in our surrounding area, and they all said the same thing.
What the hell? Is this again the curse of the Covid? I thought "going green" was the big thing nowadays. Hell, we've been doing this for years. But sadly, I guess no more.