tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33342813.post89299419532337195..comments2023-07-24T23:47:13.083-04:00Comments on The PA-IN-Erudition: Bob G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09222203353717749897noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33342813.post-76310759076757258772011-12-21T13:30:06.805-05:002011-12-21T13:30:06.805-05:00Diane:
The troops (back then) were probably just h...Diane:<br />The troops (back then) were probably just happy to be ALIVE...song or no song.<br />( I hear the Germans were singing the "blues", though)<br /><br />I agree that some will "fake" their way through other's charity...and that DOES ruin it for the TRULY needy.<br /><br />Our local harvest food bank the other week had a MORE CROWDED parking lot than frigging WALMART...go figure.<br />(nice cars, too...for those "poor")<br /><br />Oh, no...people will SPLURGE on someone else's "dime"...make no mistake about that.<br />(can't remember the last time Wifey and I "splurged" on anything.)<br /><br />Yeah, this guy was greasier than a newly shipped military-issue rifle.<br />You don't park 1/2 block over and then sneak in the backdoor...UNLESS you;re trying to NOT be noticed.<br />(that WILL get you noticed...by ME...REAL easy...lol)<br /><br />Even if it's just some flurries, any snow is always welcome here, as long as it's NOT 4 feet deep...(ACK!)<br /><br />Hey, thanks for stopping on by today and commenting.<br />Much appreciated.<br /><br />Stay safe (and Christmasey) down there.Bob G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09222203353717749897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33342813.post-59711294897603110392011-12-21T13:01:14.493-05:002011-12-21T13:01:14.493-05:00was that the battle where around 6,000 were killed...was that the battle where around 6,000 were killed? <br /><br />I hadn't heard that particular christmas song before lol. And as far as charity, too many people will go from place to place signing up for a free holiday basket of food, so they end up with 5 or 6 christmas dinners, or thanksgiving dinners, etc. Which ruins it for those who *truly* could use some help. <br /><br />As far as charity goes, I don't think there is much poverty per se in the US, unless you count the homeless - which many should be on medication, in which case, they'd be "normal" and able to cope day to day. But noooo mustn't force people to do things like actually take their pills, etc. Much better to let them live under bridges and talk to the garbage can. <br /><br />I was behind (yet another) Lone Star Card user...buying stuff I would not buy because it's too expensive, and if I really wanted fruit snacks, I'd buy the grocery store brand instead of the ..i forgot what they were.. some cartoon character that's $4 for 18 pouches, when I can get 42 of the grocery store brand for $3.50. I guess people don't really think about economizing when they're just *given* stuff.. although Paul gives me grocery money each week, if I save at the grocery store, I have more $ to spend elsewhere.<br /><br />That guy in the van, sounds like he was hooking up one of his buddies for a buy. Introducing him to his "source"..an ever-expanding business, the drug trade is. Learned that long ago from another life :) <br /><br />Hope you get some snow for Christmas. We did back in 2004, our trash man said it hadn't snowed like that since he was a kid, and he's in his 80s.Dianehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17765443131151220391noreply@blogger.com