#2953 I should have taken that bet

The other night I was at the recycling station at Red Butte Garden during the Trampled by Turtles concert. It was near the end of the show and we were prepping the exits with recycle containers and garbage cans to make it easy for the guests. One thing we do is take the lids off the containers for aluminum cans and plastic bottles. It works well except that the garbage and recycle containers look similar.

One of the guests, a man, came to throw away and can and commented that there were no lids. I told him I was the human lid, and I was there to help him get his can into the right bin. He told me I was more than just a lid, so I said thanks. He asked if I knew what he meant, and I said no. He said I probably wasn't old enough to know what a lid was. 

Me: Well, I'm probably old enough, I just don't know the reference.. In fact, I'm probably older than you.

Him: No you're not. I'll bet you $100 that I'm older than you.

Me: Hmmm

Him: What are you? 42? 43?

Me: Wow thanks. No; I'll be 59 next week. 

Him: Damn! You have me by two years! I'll be 57 in a month.

Me: Dang! I should have taken that bet!

Then he went on to explain that a "lid" is an old reference to a unit of pot sold in a baggie. (MT explained it to me in more detail tonight.)

I guess I'm grateful that some dude thinks I'm more than a lid and that I look young(er) than I am. 

Happy birthday to me tomorrow :)