I hadn’t realized how the economy had affected my grocery purchases until I noticed there was a shortage of plastic bags that I use to discard the prizes found in Elvis and Sassy’s cat box.
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I don’t remember the last time I saw a stranded driver trudging along the roadside with a gas can in tow, but I do know that I have never seen more than one such instance in a single day. Until now, that is.
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The other day a saw a man, most likely in his thirty’s, walking with a bag of groceries at Mariner and Northcliffe Boulevards, then later on County Line Road at the Suncoast Parkway entrance. He apparently walked a mile or more in his shoes to get from here to there.
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I found it disturbing to see a young woman with two children, maybe 3 and 5 years old, standing along U.S. 19 holding a sign that read ‘WE NEED MONEY’. Maybe family and friends help with food but cash is needed for housing, electricity, doctors…
When charity is short in coming at home, the last resort is roadside begging.
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