Working Poor

Half-Century Man

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28. I go to the same food pantries.

Thu Oct 8, 2015, 04:40 PM

Oct 2015

Have to repetitively account for every dollar that just happens to fall my way to receive any help.
Shop at goodwill for clothes.
Know the location of every Dollar Store and Dollar General in 50 miles.
Get to go to a restaurant 1 time a month.

The only thing I currently have more of is time to reflect on the hidden joys of poverty rather than doing my next task. I look for a job I can do, but at 36% lung capacity it has proven elusive.

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I'll start [View all] marym625 Oct 2015 OP

And I'll subscribe. daleanime Oct 2015 #1

Hi! marym625 Oct 2015 #3

Hi! MindfulOne Oct 2015 #2

I don't know who owns the group marym625 Oct 2015 #4

I'm branching off a bit to be the core of the disabled poor. Half-Century Man Oct 2015 #5

Who can? marym625 Oct 2015 #6

Ha! If it weren't so sad, it'd be funny. nt babylonsister Oct 2015 #11

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No problem, we are disabled poor..... daleanime Oct 2015 #20

Aside from work, the group creation is free w0nderer Oct 2015 #22

I go to the same food pantries. Half-Century Man Oct 2015 #28

welcome (i'd call you brother but i chewed different mud(prob diff army) and won't be presumptious) w0nderer Oct 2015 #31

Great idea for a group! silverweb Oct 2015 #7

I agree. Not my idea though marym625 Oct 2015 #8

There are more than two now! silverweb Oct 2015 #9

I should have been clear marym625 Oct 2015 #12

Yes, it's all good. silverweb Oct 2015 #14

+1 Wonderful idea for a group. nt Live and Learn Oct 2015 #10

I don't know who owns the group marym625 Oct 2015 #15

Don't know either but it is long overdue. Live and Learn Oct 2015 #17

YAY!!!! marym625 Oct 2015 #18

:-) thats' what i thought too n/t w0nderer Oct 2015 #24

K&R F4lconF16 Oct 2015 #16

I agree! marym625 Oct 2015 #19

Thanks to all (creator admins, on my request) *steps forward* w0nderer Oct 2015 #21

Thanks again! marym625 Oct 2015 #23

elad made me host :-) w0nderer Oct 2015 #25

Topic suggestions HassleCat Oct 2015 #26

w00t w0nderer Oct 2015 #29

I'll comment here, though we could probably make separate threads about these issues. ladyVet Oct 2015 #34

who are the working poor? bumprstickr Oct 2015 #27

people working more than 40 hours a week w0nderer Oct 2015 #30

good answer. bumprstickr Oct 2015 #32

frequently our bosses keep our hours down yes w0nderer Oct 2015 #33

Better answer. malokvale77 Oct 2015 #35

and your work helps people live with dignity, bumprstickr Oct 2015 #36

Thank you for your kind words. malokvale77 Oct 2015 #37