I can try to arrange a private book signing so you can avoid the hassle, Rich.
On Mon, Jun 23, 2014 at 1:56 PM, Rich Thomas < richthomas79td...@constructivity.net> wrote: > Besides, they are all "working" for the gummint. > > Once many years ago while walking down M street near Wisconsin Ave one > evening, a young gentleman, not scruffy, was begging for spare change. I > said to him that he looked perfectly capable of working (and I had noticed > many of the restaurants along there had help wanted signs in their windows, > must have been during the Reagan years) so why did he not go get one of > those jobs. He sorta laughed and said very quietly, "because I can make a > lot more money in a coupla hours doing this!" Gotta give him credit! > > When I lived in Houston there was a freeway a half mile or so away, and > the underpasses always had quite a congregation of bums, at least during > the warmer months. I got to recognize some of them since I drove past them > quite often. One afternoon I was driving a coupla blocks away and I see 2 > of them, ones that looked at the collection point to be on their last legs, > walking along on the sidewalk, counting their money and yucking it up. > They had a HUGE wad of cash, probably mostly 1s, but still, it was a good > pile of money. The guy who made the most was a Mexican who had a sign that > said, "Need another $10 to buy bus ticket back to Mexico." > > --R (who has been to that Costco, and parking is a PITA even without > Hillary! and vagrants, but I repeat myself...) > > > On 6/23/14 11:38 AM, Andrew Strasfogel wrote: > >> The parking lot in the Arlington, VA Costco closest to D.C. - where >> Hillary >> just held her book signing - is always full, so vagrants wouyld have no >> space to roam around and pester folks. >> > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those > individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner > has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
