Today is garbage day in the little neighborhood of Lakewood near Dyersburg, TN. Truck drivers will skillfully drive their trucks next to waiting trash bins and a hydraulic arm will reach out, clamp onto the "can" and automatically cycle to dump the trash---no manual labor to speak of most stops. 17 hours ahead and many latitudes north, the solo driver's counterparts are manually tossing the refuse from a local general store into the back of a strategically placed truck. Both ways work of course (I can remember watching similar things from my childhood) and things are definitely looking up for this former socialist republic as little bits of freedom begin to take hold with the next generation.
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