How Low Can You Go?

Each year, we give our local trash collectors a Christmas card with a small gift inside, usually $10. This year, because the guys have been exceptionally nice to our dog — throwing him doggie treats whenever he’s outside when they arrive — we decided to bump it up to $20.

So imagine my surprise when I woke up Monday morning, looked out the window, and saw that the card I’d carefully taped to the garbage-can lid was missing.

At first I thought it had blown off during the night — high winds combined with frigid temperatures would probably be enough to defeat the clear packing tape I’d used.

This year’s card was in a white envelope, which would be hard to find on our snow-covered lawn. So I recruited my wife, her brother (who’s in from Albuquerque for the holidays), and the three kids to search for…

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