I head over to the dump most days while I'm staying at the lake. I try to time it so that Rose is there too. She bikes up with his lunch everyday.
When I drove up I noticed that the robot was gone from the day before. I thought "damn kids". I asked Bruce Fish about his missing art. He said: " It ain't missing bub, some old lad from Toronto bought it for $1000". He had jokingly said that he couldn't let it go for less than a grand. The "old lad" had handed him a stack of bills and said "deal".
We had some lunch. Sweet Rose had brought me a sandwich. Rose kept her distance as we drank a cold lager. When we were done drinking, she had us sit down and read us a chapter of Proverbs. She then biked on back home. Bruce Fish and I go started on making another robot.
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Best $1000 I ever spent, but seriously, "old lad"? I'm younger than you.
Anyways, the robot sits in the front foyer to startle intruders, solicitors and jehovahs.
Poot
"old lad" -- a brilliant, oxymoronic Bruce Fish-logism
Poot you scored some art!
Old lad = Lanarkism
Sounds like good old Fish is the Bill Gates of the dump. When robots take over the world, we will know where it started. Imaginative piece.
What a crew of innovators. With all this cool stuff, who wouldn't want to hang out at the dump?
I foresee the Dumpbot factoring in some stories in the future.
hp
What an interesting idea about the empty easels framing what's behind. Stories and art all around for the seeing.
i want to visit this place. sweet story :)
What a great moment, a great nugget of life - and a good one at that. Thanks for your vignettes, they're always so fun.
I love the picture of art in the dump...and how you pass it to go fishing...wonderful days well spent and sandwiches and beer to boot!
Fun, thanks for the smile on my face.
LOVE the combination of lagers with proverbs with robots. love it.
One man's trash is another man's treasure. And you tell this in the best story. LOVE this. And now I'd like a beer.
Go Bruce!
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