Life was not always easy for the kid “Growing Up On Dump Ground Road.” When I was about 10 years old, my father lost his job as a Yuke driver (a really big dump truck) in the coalmines. This turned out to be a blessing in disguise for many reasons, including his health. Those trucks would literally pulverize the spinal column of the drivers, due to a lack of suspension. I knew men who spent years in the mines who were unable to get out of a chair later in life because of dama