Subj : Re: Cyberpope' back again
To   : JOE MACKEY
From : George Pope
Date : Sun Oct 10 2021 12:20:37

 >   I've never worked for tips, but one year I worked as a bell ringer for
 > the Salvation Army, and glad to get that job.  (Long story).  
 >   I did things like greet people, open doors for the store I was outside
 > of, etc. and collected more than anyone else, simply by doing courteous
 > little things like that.  And no, I didn't work on a commission.  :)

I've worked ro the Sallies quite a bit -- every year for 16 years, then had to
pull back. In the beginning I got paid (much needed, as I think you get) then
50/50, them one yearm ywife, after looking at our end of year finances said I
could just straight volunteer if I wanted, as we were doing well, so my last
few years were strictly volunteering.

I enjoyed that better, actually.  I got more thanmost by being courteous and
friendly. I'd occasionally cajole (lightheartedly) someone into digging deeper.
.. . :D 

One lady, funny, shjowed up, poured a handful of change in &said, "I intended
this for the Salvation Army anyway, but I heard the bells on my way wealing
here & then I got thinking, the longer I heard them, maybe I could do better"
then she added a $5 bill.  I snmilded, thanked her, & gave the bells some extra
hard jingling, & darned if she didn't laugh, & dig out a $20 from her purse &
add that!

Some guy pulled up in a Bufatti & I asked him to donate a portion of what he
pays in gas a week every tiome he sees one of our kettles.  He dropped $20 in,
& hopefully went on to give the same several more times. . . :) 




 > > Sure did love that one summer day a year when the classic car club rolled
 > > in with their beautiful cars from the days when style was a thing that
 > > mattered in Detroit(& Windsor, on our side of the 49th)!

 >   Those were the days.
 >   I love old cars, up till about 1970, when the government started
 > "designing" cars (have to have this, not that, etc).
 >   Back in the day you could tell one car from another without looking at
 > the badging like today.

 > >>    Sir, I take that as a personal insult and request your appearance
 > >> tomorrow at sunrise on a field of honour.  :)
 > >  
 > > My apology, I thoght West was south of Virginia itself. Or is this one of
 > > those vagaries of the civil war era & politics?

 >   West (by golly) Virginia was part of Virginia until 1863.  Richmond, the
 > capitol, paid little attention to this part of the state and for years
 > people wanted to break away and the Civil War provided that catalyst, since
 > Richmond was otherwise busy.  :)
 >     
 > > Yeah, I've notiuced that, but I've always been a rebel, so I even went on
 > > Facebook, prior to our big national election this past Monday, & stated my
 > > opinions on all 5 parties running. 

 >   My comments on FB are basically things like "Happy birthday" or happy
 > belated, or I agree, etc.
 >   I'm only on FB a few minutes a day, sometimes not for days.  And the ones
 > I'm friends with are people I know.

 > >>    The same science that says men can have babies, etc?

 > > This is science now?! Not the science I've read.

 >    Ditto.
 >  
 > > The only objective fact in determining a person's rightful sex is the XY
 > > chromie that is in EVERY cell of your body.

 >    Until "science" is able to change one's chromosomes I still think of the
 > person as whatever sex they were born, no matter much they think they are
 > the opposite and play dress up. 
 >    Joe
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Your friend,

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