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Post subject: How bad is the Economy?
 Posted: Jun 19, 2009 - 04:35 PM
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A man in Oklahoma City said he was attacked for his bologna and cheese sandwich. Police say 24-year-old Roger Hamilton told them he was sitting on a bus station bench Wednesday, about to put mayonnaise on his sandwich, when another man began staring at him.
Hamilton told police that the man then punched him in the mouth and grabbed his sandwich and left.
Police said Hamilton has a swollen lip and his face was covered in blood. The police report listed the value of the sandwich at 76 cents.
Police have not found the attacker.
...and we thought we had it bad!
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Post subject: Re: How bad is the Economy?
Posted: Jun 19, 2009 - 04:49 PM
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desperate circumstances lead to desperate acts.
However, I think the recession has bottomed out and I see signs of recovery.
| windslipper wrote: | A man in Oklahoma City said he was attacked for his bologna and cheese sandwich. Police say 24-year-old Roger Hamilton told them he was sitting on a bus station bench Wednesday, about to put mayonnaise on his sandwich, when another man began staring at him.
Hamilton told police that the man then punched him in the mouth and grabbed his sandwich and left.
Police said Hamilton has a swollen lip and his face was covered in blood. The police report listed the value of the sandwich at 76 cents.
Police have not found the attacker.
...and we thought we had it bad!
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Posted: Jun 19, 2009 - 04:54 PM
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Location: I destroy my enemy when I make him my friend.--Abraham Lincoln
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| I have known some people to deliberately get into fist fights just so they can be taken to jail where they know they will get fed. |
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Posted: Jun 19, 2009 - 05:29 PM
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My guess is that we all should be thankful for what we have instead of what we have not........
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Posted: Jun 19, 2009 - 05:35 PM
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Sadly, that sort of hunger is fairly common in this country.
People who are homeless may go for a couple of days a week without food. Unless they are lucky, they may only get one meal a day at that.
One thing that I've seen in some areas and that I strongly advocate is a coordinated effort to help those people. In some cases, the groups that help people who are homeless will all provide food on essentially the same days- so that the person has to choose where they will go and miss out on others.
People who see someone who is homeless shouldn't be disgusted- they should be humbled and thankful, because almost everyone is only a few paychecks away from homelessness. |
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Posted: Jun 19, 2009 - 05:44 PM
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| rdb wrote: | Sadly, that sort of hunger is fairly common in this country.
People who are homeless may go for a couple of days a week without food. Unless they are lucky, they may only get one meal a day at that.
One thing that I've seen in some areas and that I strongly advocate is a coordinated effort to help those people. In some cases, the groups that help people who are homeless will all provide food on essentially the same days- so that the person has to choose where they will go and miss out on others.
People who see someone who is homeless shouldn't be disgusted- they should be humbled and thankful, because almost everyone is only a few paychecks away from homelessness. |
Well Said, Bob!
Star Trek covered this subject with City on the Edge of Forever... Way back in the 60s....
One of my favorite Bible quotes is:
Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.
Bringing Food to the Homeless is kinda' like that...
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Posted: Jun 19, 2009 - 05:55 PM
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I have this weird routine I do....I often go to Yardsales where there are clothes for 25 cents to a Dollar ( For a Ski or leather jacket)....I buy stuff and then I go around and gift them with clothes, blankets, tarps, rope, socks, shoes, and FIRST AID KIT, plus toiletries from when I used to travel allot...they share them with others.... I don't eat junk food anymore, but if I go in with someone else..I buy it and give it to someone hanging outside.
( they tend to congregate around Carl's Jr for some reason)
I like to share...you'd think I was born in the depression the way I hang onto stuff....ask Di...I had lingerie that was 3 sizes too small for me,since I grew a big azz, but new and useful for the girls |
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Posted: Jun 19, 2009 - 08:46 PM
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I like to share...you'd think I was born in the depression the way I hang onto stuff....ask Di...I had lingerie that was 3 sizes too small for me,since I grew a big azz, but new and useful for the girls |
I'm in the same mindset, except I don't hang onto stuff. I just don't buy it. If I'm out and I see something, the first question that comes to mind is "do I really NEED that"? If the answer is no, I don't get it. I've taught the kids to think that way also, and decide what's really important and what's not. I guess I'm just cheap, right?
There is one thing that I hang onto, cars. My car is 17 years old, still runs good, looks good, so why bother with a car payment. And the price of a new Mercedes???  Forgettaboutit. |
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Posted: Jun 19, 2009 - 08:47 PM
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Littlestar, you sound so much like us. We can't afford to buy things to give to other people, but we DO help where we can- and sharing is FAR more fun than not.
When I encounter people who are about to throw (good useful) things away- I suggest that they take them to the nearest homeless shelter, or to an organization that helps poor people. If those organizations can't use them directly, they take the stuff somewhere else where it would be used.
Several truckloads worth of stuff have gone to the shelters that would otherwise have gone into the trash. |
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Posted: Jun 19, 2009 - 08:52 PM
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CaptainJTK- one of our cars is 35 years old (but we don't drive it because it guzzles gas), the other is nearly 20. I don't much like getting rid of cars either.
However, the 20 year old car (the newer one) has over 200,000 miles on it- and it's too tired for the routine I have to put it through. So I hope to someday sell the Tbird and get something fairly new- and let the Escort (the newer car) retire to local runs (such as the store) only. |
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Posted: Jun 19, 2009 - 09:03 PM
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My mercedes has 177,000 on it, and terrible mpg. That's why the bike comes in handy. 50 - 60 mpg, it's a no brainer, as long as the weather cooperates.
rdb, any idea where I could donate some old bicycles? They need a little work but I'm sure there's some kids somewhere that would appreciate having their own ride. I just need to think of somewhere where they would fix them up. I would but I just don't have the time. Ideas? |
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Posted: Jun 19, 2009 - 11:08 PM
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I remember something about an organization that takes bikes and gets them to kids.
If you don't mind telling me what town/city you live in, I could do some checking. I wouldn't just give those to any organization that helps the poor- some of them take the better stuff and sell it for a profit (which doesn't usually trickle down to the people they're supposed to be helping). |
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Posted: Jun 19, 2009 - 11:23 PM
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That's true...I've tested it...and get this..if say, accidentally, a box of things you weren't getting rid of, should happen to end up in the Salvation Army Pick up and you go there to retrieve it...THEY TRY TO SELL IT TO YOU!!!
I know , because it happened to an Elder Lady and I had to SCREAM at the Mgr. to give her things back !!!
I like to give directly...that way I know it makes it ....
How about getting some help to fix up those bikes, Steve...from one of the neighbors with a kind heart...or even a really smart and mechanical teen...
and then find out from a local organization who they are collecting names of for next Xmas and then you draw their names and HO HO HO..there ya go !!! |
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| CaptJTK wrote: | | littlestar wrote: |
I like to share...you'd think I was born in the depression the way I hang onto stuff....ask Di...I had lingerie that was 3 sizes too small for me,since I grew a big azz, but new and useful for the girls |
I'm in the same mindset, except I don't hang onto stuff. I just don't buy it. If I'm out and I see something, the first question that comes to mind is "do I really NEED that"? If the answer is no, I don't get it. I've taught the kids to think that way also, and decide what's really important and what's not. I guess I'm just cheap, right?
There is one thing that I hang onto, cars. My car is 17 years old, still runs good, looks good, so why bother with a car payment. And the price of a new Mercedes??? Forgettaboutit. |
I have always done this . It is a great disipline. The only one of my kids that didnt follow my teaching, was a see it, want it, buy it. and now she is in terrible financial trouble, IN the US.
Not Cheap at all. just very wise:)
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Posted: Jun 20, 2009 - 01:28 AM
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We have a chain of stores called Village de Valeur (Value Village) that my daughter Hannah and I frequent. Here, we search for designer "pieces" that are under $10. Items of clothing that are in perfectly good shape but the original owner may have outgrown (literally...). We are often lucky on account she's a size 4 and I'm a 12. Sizes that aren't very popular. Sometimes we find vintage pieces that add a timeless quality to an outfit.
I recently found a blazer by Jones of NY in chocolate brown wool/silk blend which I know was over $200 in the department stores for $8. I get compliments on it each time I've worn it. |
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