Continuing my swimming pool saga:

After I got the swimming pool down, cut up and hauled to the dump in my car (in too many trips to count) I was faced with getting rid of a ton of sand that formed the base of the pool, as well as the mountain of busted up concrete from the walkway and the underlying concrete rim. I talked to the guys at the dump, who've become as close as drinking buddies and asked for their advice. They said I could either bring it down a small car load at a time (not just filling the car with sand...) or I could rent a dumpster. They would set the dumpster down in my driveway and all I'd have to do is to transfer a ton of sand, a wheel barrow full at a time, piling it up in the dumpster. When I finished, I'd just have to call them up and they'd come and pick it up. A piece of cake. Never mind that the dumpster costs $250 to rent. The rental rate was reasonable, but difficult to swallow, but the hardest part was facing having to transfer a ton of sand a wheelbarrow at a time.

(I'm heading out for my morning walk... I'll finish this when I get back.)

Jerry