Our Trip To The Salvation Army…

Our garage space is looking brighter by the minute as we have been on our mission organization kick for quite some time. Bobby filled the truck with miscellaneous bits and pieces that we no longer want. One being that golf club set with the nice golf bag that he has not used in quite some time. It’s freeing to eliminate the things that once cluttered our lives. Everything needs a place to call home.

We decided to donate to The Salvation Army this time. It was amazing to see their trucks backed up to the docks unloading unwanted things from people just like us. The place was buzzing with workers, trucks and forklifts moving large objects from one place to the next. I couldn’t help but notice this enormous copy machine which must have had at least 25 sorting slots. I watched them pick up the copier and I wondered where that copier had been. I also wondered where it would go after this and who would buy it. As I was thinking about this they were moving it with the forklift and taking it to its new home… THE DUMP! I watched him transfer that machine to the huge and I mean “HUGE” (at least 9’ tall x 18’ long) dumpster in the back. Up he pulled up to the dumpster lifting that machine up to the clearance then tilting the forks and dropped the machine. The machine plunged into that dumpster with a loud thunder and by all indications, I’m pretty sure it will never copy another piece of paper ever again. When taking another look I noticed not just one but two huge dumpsters over there. Apparently other people donate their junk to Salvation Army. I wonder how much of our stuff went in the dumpster too?

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