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"sf" > wrote in message
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> 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.
>

Do you freqently toss refuse in the gutter? I thought that stopped in the
1800s along with the cart for the dead and throwing slops out the windor.