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Old 01-15-2008, 10:04 PM   #4 (permalink)
trebuchet03
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Originally Posted by roflwaffle View Post
I've gotten quite a few Lances in CA, but after I grunged up a bit even those stopped. Californians want nothing to do with poor, grungy, and practical. I had a dude ask me if I wanted to buy some random stuffed bears because he needed money for food so I gave him a bag of pretzels from my lunch. He gave me one of the dirtiest looks I've ever gotten.
I tried to give a panhandler a bunch of apples while fueling up in Needles (middle of the desert). His response occasionally haunts me still

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Naw thanks - I gave up apples in prison.

mumble mumble

>walking away<
what goes around comes around.
The first part is what bothers me... wtf does that even mean?

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Bike racks in the greater Orlando area have been pretty good where I go... Even McDonald's has it's own rack
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