On Thu, 13 Aug 2009 11:56:10 -0400, blake murphy
> wrote:

>On Wed, 12 Aug 2009 19:58:17 -0700, sf wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 12 Aug 2009 15:58:20 -0700, Serene Vannoy
>> > wrote:
>>
>>>sf wrote:
>>>> On Wed, 12 Aug 2009 16:55:51 +0000 (UTC),
>>>> (Charlotte L. Blackmer) wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Apparently in sf's world, having a truck and/or being a granny with a pole
>>>>> and two bags means that all needs - housing, food, medicine - are provided
>>>>> for to the extent that trying to make a couple of bucks in a tedious and
>>>>> dirty way is completely unnecessary.
>>>>>
>>>>> It sounds like a nice world to be in. I would certainly like to be able
>>>>> to direct some of the people I know in that direction. I wonder what
>>>>> color the sky is on that planet.
>>>>
>>>> I'll send them over to scavenge from you so you can feel high and
>>>> mighty about supporting the little people.
>>>>
>>>
>>>Charlotte won't tell you this, but she spends significant hours each and
>>>every week, and a significant chunk of her own money, feeding people who
>>>are beyond desperate. She puts her money where her mouth is. I'm proud
>>>to be her neighbor, and awed by the amount of work she does for no
>>>benefit to herself. If she felt high and mighty, and she doesn't, she
>>>would *deserve* to feel that way, because she's a true gem of a person.
>>>
>> All well and good, but she wouldn't be pleased if someone decided to
>> steal from her. What I'm talking about is flat out stealing. If
>> someone wants to paint it with a different brush, that's their
>> problem.
>
>they're 'stealing' something *you've already thrown away*.
>
I'm giving it to my garbage company's recycling plant. If I was
throwing it away, it would be in the gutter.

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