Trashpicking bought my truck

Monday 30 January o7

Today I drove 44 miles round trip to the nearest RX to get my medicines . On the way I pondered , what a great old truck I had and what it took to get it . Just a few hours , four days a week .
The truck is a little 92 Toyota four cylinder , five speed , half ton pickup . It's hauled tons of scrap metal , antiques , furniture , flea market merchindise , and moved many freinds and family . The truck worked hard and gave me little trouble . The first clutch wasn't replaced till 135,000 miles . The engine was replaced when a broken timing chain destroyed the engine . The truck is still performing well on these mountain roads with 158,000 miles on it and no rust . The gas milage is good too .
My monthly payments for four years was less than $200 . I only had to make $50 a week selling scrap metal and selling at the flea market . I had a regular job that paid the insurance and other bills and mortgage payments ( $200 a month ) , Then I was disabled and the insurance paid the rest of the truck payments . I could no longer trash pick without a helper .
There was a local homeless Veit Vet that helped me for many years both night picking , loading , and unloading at the scrap yard and the fleamarket . In return we found him tents , sleeping bags , food , and warm clothes . He had no need for air conditioners , TV's , refrigerators , or lamps , so we sold them . He also got a little cash each day he worked ( three or four hours ) . Amoungst the homeless folk I was named " Toyota Man " .
So that's the story of the truck that trashpicking bought .

Timothy T