Revisiting the talk.
I thought I was free and clear from having to give the talk again to any of my family but it happened recently. I had to have it with my daughter, my son and even had to revisit it with my wife. Yes, she had gotten fuzzy on a few things. I told each of them, just because something is there doesn't mean you can put whatever you want in it. This was no fun but to ignore this would have been a slap in the face to all husbands and fathers. I'm no stranger to not knowing how things should be. I was brought up in a very rural area. Many of my friend's wedding pictures from there show the happy couple each with a toothpick in the mouth. Our biggest traffic concern was getting behind a pickup hauling a load of hay. I first spoke with my daughter while in the car. This is a part of life we all are exposed to. I asked her if she thought it was alright to toss a couple bowling balls in the garbage? You think that would be okay? She said, "I don't see why not?" Not a good idea I interjected. How about if you had a small motorcycle engine, would you toss that in the garbage can? "Maybe" she replied. I asked "How about a dead deer carcass you find along the road or a mounted moose head? Would you toss it in our garbage can? She said: "I guess if it would fit and I could close the lid, maybe." I explained how she was out of her mind and had flunked my garbage can test. You can only put so much in a trash can and that's it. The trash bag can only handle so much weight without breaking. I went over the same questions with my son and wife. They never take out the garbage so they acted put off by my garbage quiz. (To them our garbage can is emptied and taken to the road by magic. I'm sure they don't even know what is garbage day. I had recently had a couple of garbage bags rip out on my trip with them to the road on trash pickup day. I've also had a couple that would have given Lou Ferrigno a hernia. I don't know how closely they paid attention to my garbage lecture. But if this issue continues I'll certainly bring out some more trash talking. Next week I want to talk to them about our bathroom clothes hamper.













