MEANIE, MEANIE, get over here before you get hurt! I don’t know what I would do if something happened to you,” Wanda Boydstun yells as her dog walks near her 15-foot tall truck.
The truck is filled almost to the rim with pieces of metal, and a large claw drops more metal in, making a loud shattering sound. Wanda drives around the Bowling Green area looking for people’s unwanted and used items.
Attached to the truck is a small flatbed trailer. She drives into R.E. Harp & Sons Recycling with a broken back window and the trailer loaded with a hot water heater, bits of metal, a microwave and other unusual items, all found on the side of the road.
“I can usually make from five dollars to forty dollars, but with gas as high as it is nowadays, I only have a few dollars for milk or some bread,” she says.
Meanie goes everywhere Wanda goes. Wanda found him when he was a pup and she had no idea he would become so large. She jokes and says that he’s just a beast.
Meanie got his name from her niece, who thought he was mean. However, this isn’t the case. Meanie is as sweet as can be and is still a good watchdog.
After Wanda’s business is finished and the truck is emptied, she gets back in and drives off. Meanie follows behind on foot.
Nick Adams is a freshman photojournalism major from Houston, Texas. He can be reached at nicholas.adams@wku.edu.
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