15/Dec/19 he knows if you've been sleeping, he knows if your awake

Good morning world.

Maximus Handsomius here from my forever home, in Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada.

So, last night the Big Guy was telling a pretty funny story from his childhood.

Back in the day, they didn't have a garbage truck that would go from house to house to collect garbage.  If you look at the pictures, that is the Big Guy when he would have been about 9 or 1 years old.  That was his pepere that was in the trailer.

Also, take note of the 45 gallon drum that is in the trailer.  Well that is FULL of wet garbage.  They didn't always compost back in the day.  They would have several metal 45 gallon drums.  One would be a burn barrel.  You would burn as much of your garbage that you could.  Then there was a "wet" garbage.

People like the Big Guy's pepere would go around, pick up your 45 gallon drum and take it to the woods and dump it there.  In the picture above, from left to right, would have been, Uncle Pete, Cousin Terry, the Big Guy, the Big Guy's father (driving the tractor) and the Big Guy's Pepere.

Here is another pic of the Big Guy learning to drive the tractor with the help of his pepere.  In the back, in the trailer, you can see Robert.  He was the Big Guy's 3rd cousin.  So a cousin of a cousin.  You can also see the plank that Robert is sitting on.

So, during one garbage run, the Big Guy is driving the tractor.  Robert and Pepere are sitting on that same plank that you can see in the picture.  The Big Guy was going to turn into his mother's place (My non-furry memere's place) to get her wet garbage.  The Big Guy put in the clutch, which slowed the tractor down, so much so, that the 45 gallon drum in the back, tipped forward.

That is when Pepere yelled out to the Big Guy, not to turn.  The Big Guy popped the clutch and the Farmall Tractor LEPT forward.  So much so, that the front tires of the tractor, came off the ground.

This caused Pepere and Robert to be slammed back down on the 2x6 that they were sitting on.  But the 45 gallon drum of wet garbage was past the tipping point and was still going to dump.  Well, Robert, not being that situationally aware of what was happening, when the tractor lept forward, he continued to fall backwards, off the 2x6 and into the bed of the trailer.

Both Robert falling backwards and the 45 gallon drum of wet garbage, tipped forward and both hit the trailer deck, at about the same time.

That's when Pepere noticed that both Robert and the drum of garbage had both fallen.  So he yelled out to the Big Guy to stop.  

The Big Guy pushes in on the clutch and stomped on the brake. The tractor ceased it's forward motion.  The wet garbage FLEW out of the 45 gallon drum and into the back of the trailer.  Much to the sadness of Robert.  Who was now laying on the trailer deck, covered in wet, stinky garbage.

Moral of the story.  If a 9 year old is driving a tractor, be aware, he may not be a smooth operator.

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