In article >,
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.
Heh. That is the type of mature, compassionate, community-building
response I've come to expect from SF.
What's next after this "NO U" response to avoid addressing my points?
Pulling my earrings?
Stay classy, SF! Do you have health insurance to treat that knee after
jerking it so hard?
>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.
My world isn't a zero-sum world, where it's US vs. THEM. So, no feeling
high-and-mighty here - there but for the grace of God go I. I have been
given a lot, but people have helped me out over the way, so I want to keep
paying it forward.
Unlike SF, though, I know it's not all about me me me me meeeeeeeee. I
don't think we're going to get out of our present pickle (ObFood
) in this country without being kind to one another.
If the city wants to start policing the scavengers, that's their call. I
doubt that will happen. In the meantime everyone in town knows it
functions as a social program.
ObFoodForRealThisTime: It got warm here so I made gazpacho. I use Muir
Glen diced tomatoes and V8 juice as the liquid base, add salt, pepper,
and sherry vinegar to flavor, and used the cuke, red onion, garlic, and
Green Zebra tomatoes from my CSA box. (I got the yellow bell pepper at
the Berkeley Bowl.)
Charlotte
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