Thanks for the help with someone else’s garbage

Saturday night, one of our neighbours, Terry Pile, called to ask if I needed a hand loading the garbage that had been dumped at Jameson Creek by the garbage pig. He’d read my column in The Daily News. We agreed to meet around 11 a.m. Sunday.

Sunday morning, I’d barely started loading up when three carloads of paint ballers pulled in. They willingly came over and started helping pile the junk and garbage in the back of my pickup. “We like to use this area, too,” said one, shaking his head at the stupidity of whoever dumped the stuff there. Terry arrived a couple of minutes later, and with all of us working at it we were loaded within 15 minutes.

The City landfill was humming. Free landfill day really inspires people to do some spring yard cleanup. I backed into an open spot and began unloading. Another pickup came in beside and when the driver saw me he asked, “Is that the stuff from Jameson Creek?”

It was, I replied. He said he’d read my column, and then came over to help me unload.

There are a lot of jackasses like the guy who dumped his garbage on the public area at Jameson Creek. But I found out, once again, that there are a lot of others who do give a damn and are ready and willing to lend a hand. Thanks to Terry, to the young paint ballers, and to the guy at the landfill for being the right kind of people.