re: did your parents rake leaves onto bed sheets?

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My old man would get one of those plastic kiddie pools, cut part of the front out, and tie a rope to it. We'd rake the leaves into that and drag it to the burn pile. It was good for picking up sticks, too, and could be dragged by the lawn mower if it got too heavy. One would last a year or so before getting torn up, so we'd get another one the following summer and repeat. We had several sycamore trees that dropped those giant leaves.

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