[at-l] Lookin'

[David Addleton]

a penny to an organization, no matter what the organization, be it your
mate, your mates, your church, your employer, your city, your state, or your
nation, or whatever, is a penny down the toilet, latrine, or whatever . . .
get used to it . . . they will take from you whatever you care to give and
MORE . . . and believe me, THEY WANT MORE THAN YOU CAN GIVE

On Nov 20, 2007 7:46 PM, Felix J <athiker at smithville.net> wrote:

>  Bror8588 at aol.com wrote:
>
>  In a message dated 2007-11-20 09:43:14 Eastern Standard Time,
> athiker at smithville.net writes:
>
> And...more than likely, a person isn't 'wrong' no matter what they do.
> Know what I mean?
>
>  That may be true but with limited resources the choice made is not right
> or wrong but one of impact.  Rather than give $10 to five organizations, I
> would rather give $50 to an organization where it gives a boost.  Or, I
> could just go outside and find someone down and out and give it to that
> person and not have to pay postage.  :-)
>
>
> So, is $10 better than no dollars?  This reminds me of the time I got a
> parking ticket in San Francisco. When I got home I mailed them a check for
> $20...which is what the back of the ticket said the fine for my infraction
> was. A few weeks went by and I got my check back with a letter (from the SF
> municipality, or whatever it is called) stating that the fine for my
> infraction is now $25. To which I thought 'Screw you'. Some times $20 in
> hand is worth more than the $25 the didn't get. Now, I realize this story
> has little to do with what we're talking about. But, I was reminded of it
> and thought I'd pass it along.
>
> And, there are times...LOTS of times...that I will do things like you
> describe with someone who is 'down and out'.  Giving someone $10 or $10
> worth of food probably does more 'good'...more tangible results...than
> giving an 'organization' $50.
>
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