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Default Outback takes EBT cards

On 1/1/2014 11:50 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
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> "Casa Milagro" > wrote in message
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>> On 1/1/2014 8:43 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
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>>> "Casa Milagro" > wrote in message
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>>>> On 1/1/2014 7:54 PM, Hench wrote:
>>>>> On 1/1/2014 6:49 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
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>>>>>> "sf" > wrote in message
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>>>>>>> On Tue, 31 Dec 2013 19:52:06 -0500, Metspitzer
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>>>>>>> wrote:
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>>>>>>>> Actually they don't. I was there tonight and a guy asked the
>>>>>>>> waitress
>>>>>>>> if they took EBT cards. I thought it was a pretty funny joke.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The joke is lost on me... no idea what an EBT card is.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Food stamps.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> What is a food stamp?
>>>>
>>>> Welfare.
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>>> Is it?

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>> It is.
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>>> I don't know. I never qualified for anything like that. I
>>> always thought they were two different things. Dunno.

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>> It's a government-paid electronic food benefits card = welfare.

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> Hmmm... Okay, I looked it up. It is a part of welfare. But there are
> other parts as well.


Quite true.